2000 Toyota Camry

05-23-2008 AT 5:35PM MY CAR WAS SEVERE DAMAGED B/C OF SA AT NEAR COMPLETED STOP IN THE PARKING SPACE-PARKING LOT OF PO 90027 DURING DAYLIGHT&NORMAL WEATHER COND.I AM AN ORIGINAL OWNER- 24,000MILES. AAA REPLACED BATTERY 04-17-08-CIRCUIT/AMPER RECORDED;ALL PARTS ARE ORIGINAL TOYOTA. THE PARKING LOT PO90027 IS NARROW U-TURN,WAS PARKING AT THE ENTRANCE. HALFWAY IN THE PARKING SPACE=2' BEFORE THE PARKING CONCRETE GUARD=HEARD A POP SOUND,CAR FLEW OVER THE PARKING GUARD&SIDEWALK CURB INTO THE BRICK WALL OF PO,RICOCHETED&STOPPED 1'AWAY. HEAVY WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE HOOD AT THE WINDSHIELD, DEPLOYED AIRBAGS W/TERRIBLE HEAT,WINDSHIELD CRACKED AT THE AIRBAGS HEAT/TOUCH POINTS-A BURN SKIN ON MY LEFT ARM THROUGH 2THICK CLOTHING,ENGINE WAS RUNNING! PULL OUT KEY,GOT OUT FROM CAR B/C EXPECTED EXPOSION/FIRE.INSTANTLY 2POSTAL EMPL.CAME OUT TO HELP,CHECKED PO BRICK WALL,ASKED MY NAME-HANDLED THEM MY PARCEL W/PREPAID POSTAGE-NAME/ADDRESS.KILLING ATTEMPT WAS TOTAL 5-6'-NOT ENOUGH FOR THE FATAL FORCE,MY FOOT WAS PRESSING PARKING PEDAL,ALREADY W/UNBUCKLED SEATBELT-MY RIGHT KNEE HAS ONLY A BUMP-NOT FRACTURED. 20'LATER MY CAR HALF SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK-SMOKE IS GONE, SML LEAK UNDER HOOD/RADIATOR? STARTED CAR,W/WITHNESS SLOWLY REVERSED IT FRM SIDEWALK/GUARD-CAR WAS CONROLLED FINE DESPITE OF DEPLOYED AIRBAGS-PUSHED WIPERS/WASHER,DROVE BACK HOME/UNDERGROUND GARAGE-1 MILE W/2-3 STOPS. RECALLED THAT A WEEK AGO HAD SA W/OUT PRESSING PEDAL,HAPPENED ON SUNSET BLVD,GOT SURPRISED W/HIGH SPEED SO SLOW DOWN. BOTH TIMES THE DISTANCE BEFORE SA WAS 1MILE FRM THE START,TIME~5MIN.THIS IS ENGINE CONTROL MALFUNCTION.05-24-08 AT 4 PM WENT TO HOLLYWOOD TOYOTA-ASKED FOR SERVICE PERSON IN CHARGE-REFERRED TO PATRICK.EARLIER RCVD TOYOTA GEL NOTICE W/MY VN,WAS TOLD BY PATRICK TO HAVE THE BODY FIXED FIRST.AFTER THE BODYJOB BRING MY CAR FOR THE ENGINE CHECK $99/HOURLY PLS HELP TO FULLY INVESTIGATE THIS ACCIDENT-LIVE IN LA W/HEAVY TRAFFIC.THANKS GOD DID NOT KILL ANYBODY.THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. *TR

2000 TOYOTA CAMRY DRIVEN AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED THREW A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED WHICH I CAN PROVE WITH RECEIPTS FROM MY CERTIFIED MECHANIC. NO ONE I SPOKE TO AT TOYOTA WOULD HELP ME. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED AS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE. THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED BUT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL ESP. WITH ONLY 80,000 MILES. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE ALL AT MY COST. THIS SAME VEHICLE BROKE A TIMING CHAIN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY THEN. I SPECIFICALLY PURCHASED A TOYOTA BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPOSED RELIABILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS WILL BE MY LAST TOYOTA. *JB

THE CAR HAS 77000 MILES ON IT. VEHICLE WAS WELL MAINTAINED. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER THE CAR FOR MAINTENANCE ONCE IN 4000 - 5000 MILES. WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 55 ON THE FREEWAY I HEARD A BIG SOUND AND SAW THE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE FRONT PANEL. I PULLED OVER THE CAR AND OPENED THE FRONT PANEL. I SAW FIRE FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. I CHECKED IT WITH MY MECHANIC , AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE CONNECTIVITY ROD #2 CAME OUT VERY NEXT TO THE OIL FILTER WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLEW UP. I CALLED TOYOTA AND FILED THE COMPLAINT. BUT TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THEY WON'T REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT FROM THE DEALER SHOP, AND THE DEALER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELLING THE DEFECTIVE CAR. I GOT A DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND FORCED REPLACE IT ON MY OWN. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY THAT HAS HAD FOUR ENGINE COIL PACKS FAIL IN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. THE LAST TIME TWO OUT OF THREE COIL PACKS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND IT WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 20 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURED AS I WAS TRYING TO PARK MY VEHICLE AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND CAR SHOOK AS SOON AS I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND CONTINUED TO SHAKE AS I PUT IT INTO DRIVE. THE FIRST AND SECOND TIMES I EXPERIENCED THE COIL PACK FAILURES (BOTH SINGLE FAILURES) I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 35 MPH. I HAD TO PUT MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND TO A SERVICE STATION.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CHARCOAL CANISTER OF THE EMISSION CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DISCONTINUED ILLUMINATING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 9/20/2006 - *NM

WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP, OIL LIGHT CAME, PLENTY OF OIL IN IT. WE HAD TO DRIVE SLOWLY FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO GET OUT OF THE BOONIES, ENGINE LIGHT THEM CAME ON, SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED SO NOT TO HURT THE ENGINE. MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE IS SHOT!!! 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE - V6 DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 50,000 MILES ON IT YET. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND FOR BIG BUCKS! THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR UNTIL NOW? *JB

THE CAMRY [XXX] I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST 2000 ENGINE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, GIVING OUT LOUD RATTLING AND KNOCKING NOISES, EVEN THE CAR IS ONLY 5.5 YEARS OLD WITH 95000 PAMPERED HIGHWAY MILES ON IT. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT THE CAR WITH LESS THAN 6 YEARS OF DRIVE, AND BEING WELL MAINTAINED, THE ENGINE COULD BE OF SUCH INFERIOR QUALITY. IT IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF MY EXPECTATION WHEN I FIRST MADE THE DECISION TO BUY THIS CAR. I WAS BANKING ON THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE CAR, THE DURABILITY. EVEN DEALERSHIP AND TOYOTA EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN ADMIT THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN GOOD CARE OF, THEY ARE ALL SURPRISED THAT THE CAMRY LESS THAN 100,000 MILES WOULD HAVE SUCH PROBLEM. ALL THAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT I DID NOT HAVE GOOD LUCK, IT MAY WELL BE 1 BAD APPLE OUT OF 1000 GOOD ONES, BUT I GOT IT. ALL I WANT TO SAY BAD APPLE IS BAD APPLE. IT IS NOT 1 OUT OF 1000; IT IS 1 OUT OF 1 FOR ME. TOYOTA SALES PROMOTED THE CAMRY WITH FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENT BY SAYING CAMRY IN AVERAGE CAN RUN FLAWLESSLY FOR 200000 MILES, BASED ON THE TRUST AND PERCEPTION OF HIGH QUALITY OF THE CAR, I BOUGHT IT, I PAID HIGH INTEREST OF 8.9%, PAMPERED MY CAR, THE ENGINE IS STILL PREMATURELY WEARING OUT. TOYOTA REFUSE TO CORRECT THE OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT, EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED BY TOYOTA DOCTOR IN TUALATIN OR, AND BEAVERTON TOYOTA EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN, THEY BOTH AGREED THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN GOOD CARE OF, AND THE PROBLEM IS MANUFACTURE DEFECT. TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE SIMPLY GAVE ME A BLUNT ANSWER "TOUGH LUCK" THEY NEED TO RECALL MY CAR, REPAIR IT AT TOYOTA'S EXPENSE, TOYOTA SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR SUCH INFERIOR QUALITY OF THE CAR, SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR ITS DENIAL OF CORRE FOR TOYOTA CEO'S COMMENTS ON TOYOTA'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING VIDEO LINK HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/PACKAGES/KHTML/2006/01/09/AUTOMOBILES/20060109_TOYOTA_AUDIOSS.HTML. *NM *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. BECAUSE OF THE SMOG CHECK ISSUE, I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED MY $80 JUST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. I FELT IT WAS A RIP-OFF. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY EGR VALVE AND VACUUM SWITCHING VALVE HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WOULD BE $650. SINCE THIS HAS TO DO WITH EMISSION ISSUE, TOYOTA SHOULD BE THE ONE COVERING THE CHARGES. APPARENTLY, THIS PROBLEM IS PREVALENT AMONG RECENT TOYOTA MODELS. *JB

TOYOTA CAMRY WITH 4 CYLINDER ENGINE, 2000 SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER SLUDGE POLICY SUDDENLY SEIZED THROWING A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK AT HIGHWAY SPEED. TOYATA IS REFUSING TO FIX DUE TO UNABLE TO PROVIDE 5 DOCUMENTED OIL CHANGES DUE TO HUSBAND DOING MOST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. REFUSING TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION STATING DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.