2000 Toyota Camry

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY INCREASED ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FRONT END AREA SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT AND THEY INFORMED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL PERTAINING TO THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000. JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, SHE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 151,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.UPDATED 08/11/11*LJ UPDATED 3/01/2012 *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,000.

I HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH MY 2000 CAMRY. FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS NOW--WHEN AFTER A STOP, WHEN I STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR, NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL I TAP IT DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES--THEN IT ACCELERATES. ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TO PUNCH THE GAS PEDAL A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET IT TO "TAKE." DANGEROUS WHEN YOU EXPECT TO ACCELERATE AND DO NOT. MY SON AND I HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CAR, AND UPON DOING RESEARCH MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IT ALSO. *TR

MAY 28 2008, DRIVER AND 1 PASSENGER KILLED IN 2000 CAMRY CAUSED BY SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS AND DETACHED SEATS IN A RUNAWAY TOYOTA THAT LURCHED AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND HIT A TREE (GOING UNDER 35 MPH). BECAUSE DRIVER WORE A MEDIC-ALERT BRACELET SAYING, "SEIZURE DISORDER", ALL ASSUMED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. DRIVERS (ME) LIFE WAS RECOVERED IN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, PASSENGER HAD CHEST CRUSHED BY FORCE OF AIR BAG AND SEAT BELTS WHEN SEAT BROKE LOOSE., BLED TO DEATH INTERNALLY. I , THE DRIVER HAVE A PERMANENT CRUSHED LARYNX PAIN FROM BROKEN CHEST BONES AND PERMANENT SMASHED FEET FROM SEAT BREAKING LOOSE AND ME BEING SHOVED UNDER THE DASHBOARD.. 48 HOSPITAL OBSERVATION AND WEEKS OF FOLLOW UP REPORTED NO SEIZURES. BLOOD TESTS SHOWED NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WERE INVOLVED. LAST PREVIOUS SEIZURE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS SOME 5 YEARS PRIOR. I NOW HAVE PERMANENT LEG AND /FOOT DAMAGE AND MUST WALK WITH A WALKER AND CANNOT WEAR REGULAR SHOES, NOR CAN SIT FOR MORE THAN 1 HOUR AND HAS TO SLEEP IN A RECLINER DUE TO THE PAIN AND INABILITY TO BREATH LYING DOWN IN A BED. USES CANE IN APARTMENT. LIVES ALONE (AGE 77) TOYOTA CLAIMS REFUSES ANY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE CAR INSURER TOTALED CAR BEFORE TOYOTA COULD INSPECT TO SEE THE USED AIRBAGS, FRONT SEATS BLOOD AND CUT AWAY SEAT BELTS TO GET PERSONS INTO AMBULANCES. FRONT WAS TOO SMASHED TO DETERMINE ANY STEERING ISSUES. TIRES IN GREAT SHAPE... 34 DVD PHOTOS AND FULL POLICE REPORT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. REGARDLESS OF LOSS OF CAR CONTROL. SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS AND SEATS BREAKING LOOSE ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1 DEATH AND 1 PERMANENT PHYSICALLY DAMAGED DRIVER. *TR UPDATED 06/03/10*BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THIS WAS A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT WAS TWO OCCUPANTS. UPDATED 07/19/10*TR UPDATED 6/29/11*CW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND CRASHED INTO AN ELECTRICAL POLE AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 72,000. UPDATED 07/19/10*BF UPDATED 07/21/10*JB UPDATED 0730/10 *BF 09/23/10*JB UPDATED 01/14/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED A FORENSIC EXPERT FOUND THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION IN THE GAS PEDAL. UPDATED 01/19/11 UPDATED 03/31/11

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO (2008), WHEN STARTING OFF FROM SAY A STOP LIGHT, I WOULD PRESS THE GAS PEDAL & NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN FOR A SECOND OR TWO, THEN THE CAR WOULD JERK AHEAD. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD OR SO. A MECHANIC (NOT TOYOTA) TOLD ME THE HOUSING FOR THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS HE DID AND I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SINCE. COST WAS ABOUT $200. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR IN FOR REQUIRED SERVICING AND REPORTED TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE GAS PEDAL WAS STICKING. THIS IS NOTICED AFTER I HAVE STOP AND THEN STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GO. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS ON THE TOP SO THERE IS A JERKING ACTION WHEN I START OFF. I HAVE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW CLOSE I STOP BEHIND OTHER AUTOS SO THAT I DO NOT HIT THEM IN THE REAR IF IT JERKS WHEN I TAKE OFF. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AFTER EVERY STOP. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED I GO TO A RETAIL STORE TO PURCHASE SILICONE GREASE TO PUT ON THE ACCELERATOR. I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT REMOVE THE FLOOR MAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE THE VIN WITH ME AT THIS TIME BUT I CAN SUPPLY IT IF NEEDED. *TR

MY TOYOTA 2000 CAMRY HAD AN ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN PROPERTY DAMAGE, SIMILAR TO THE RECALL, YET IT WASN'T RECALLED AND TOYOTA EXECUTIVE COMPLAINTS AND THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR REFUSE TO ASSIST ME. MY INSURANCE IS WITH GEICO, 800- 424-3426, CLAIM NUMBER 0115001950101329. THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE IN AMOUNT OF 447.00 AND THERE WAS AN INJURY. I WAS A GAS PUMP, BACKING UP, TO LEAVE THE HESS/WILCO STATION IN KEMPSVILLE, VIRGINIA, WHEN MY CAR ACCELERATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, OUT OF CONTROL. HIT A POLL, AND LUNGED FORWARD AND DID THE SAME THING. *TR