2000 Toyota Camry

2000 CAMRY LE, 4 CY ACCELERATES GOING DOWN HILLS. IT SEEMS TO THIS DRIVER THAT ACCELERATOR GOING DOWN HILLS FOR THIS MODEL IS TOO RAPID. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE DRIVING ON NARROW MOUNTAINOUS CURVE IN 2009, I HAD PROBLEMS HOLDING THE CAR STEERING WHEEL STEADY AND WAS FORCED TO SUDDENLY BRAKE HARD SO THAT THE CAR DID NOT GO OVER THE STEEP MOUNTAIN RIDGE THAT MOST PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED MY DEATH, AS WELL AS THE PASSENGERS WHO WERE IN THE CAR. THE LAST ACCELERATOR PROBLEM OCCURRED IN 2009; HOWEVER, EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE 2000 TOYOTA, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WHENEVER I WENT UP AND DOWN HILLS. THE 4 CYLINDER ACCELERATOR DID NOT SUPPORT GOING UP HILLS, BUT SPEED GOING DOWN HILLS WAS SUCH THAT I HAD TO BRAKE HARD MANY TIMES AND WAS FORCED TO HOLDING STEERING WHEEL STEADY SO THAT ACCIDENTS DID NOT OCCUR. IN VIEWING YOUR WEBSITE AND PROBLEMS OCCURRING WITH THE 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, I FOUND 438 COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN FILED. *TR

MY ACCIDENT/INJURIES BECAUSE THE DEFECTS/FLAWS OF MY CAR: BRAKE SYSTEMS, ACCELERATOR PEDAL, UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, SPEED OUT OF CONTROL, CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEMS...I HAVE THE CAR FIXED, REPAIRS SOMETIMES (RECORDS AT DEALERSHIP). THEY REPLACED COMPUTER BOARD...BUT STILL HAVE A PROBLEMS... MY ISSUES ARE ABOUT MY TOYOTA CAMRY/MODEL 2000 GOT ACCIDENT/INJURIES ON OCT. 2004 BECAUSE THE CAR HAD MANY PROBLEMS ARE: ROUGH OF CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS, ROUGH SPEED/RPM, GAS PEDAL, BRAKE, ROUGH IDLE, SUDDENLY ACCELERATED - WITHOUT PRESSING A GAS PEDAL. I HIT THE CAR AND MY FRONT BUMPER IS ALMOST FELT OFF. IT COSTS OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE BUT MY INJURIES IS NO MONEY TO REPLACE ITS BACK TO NORMAL, MY AUTO INSURANCE NOT PAYING MY MEDICAL BILLS ANY MORE... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER MOTHER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE A VERY LOW SPEED (1-2 MPH) AND TRYING TO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, OVER A CURB AND RAN INTO A BUILDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WERE NO PRIOR FAILURES RELATED TO THAT PROBLEM. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO REPORTS ON RELATED PROBLEMS AND COULD NOT ASSIST HER. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER INSPECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,257.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH HIT A PERSON AND FRACTURED THEIR LEG. THE INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS FAILURE AND THOUGHT IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR. SINCE THE NEWS WAS RELEASED REGARDING THE STICKY PEDAL RECALL THE CONTACT IS CERTAIN THAT THE STICKY PEDAL COULD HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

TOYOTA CAMRY 2000: INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE (LURCHING FORWARD) EITHER JUST BEFORE, DURING, OR JUST AFTER APPLYING SUBTLE PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL. ISSUE TYPICALLY OCCURS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHEN: - ATTEMPTING TO SLOW VEHICLE'S FORWARD MOTION IN RESPECT OF POSTED SPEED LIMITS - APPROACHING STOP SIGNS OR RED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, OR - SWITCHING BETWEEN BRAKING AND ACCELERATION IS REQUIRED (ROAD CURVES, SPEED BUMPS, PARKING LOTS, ETC.). NO ACCIDENTS OR SPECIFIC INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM THAT I AM AWARE OF. I FIRST DISCOVERED THE ISSUE DRIVING MY MOTHER'S CAMRY WHILE VISITING HER IN FLORIDA. BECAUSE THE NHTSA REQUIRES INCIDENT-SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THIS FORM, I SELECTED A DATE IN EARLY JUNE 2009 WHEN I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE MILEAGE REPORTED IS APPROXIMATE. NOTE: ALTHOUGH I DO NOT TYPICALLY DRIVE THIS PARTICULAR CAR, I HAVE OWNED TWO TOYOTAS AND CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2006 PRIUS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ANOMALY IS WORTH REPORTING, GIVEN THAT TOYOTA'S CURRENT RECALL OF ITS VEHICLES FOR VERY SIMILAR ISSUES HAS NOT YET ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES FOR OLDER MODELS. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL HAS A SPOT THAT STICKS WHEN YOU DEPRESS IT. IF YOU PUSH QUICKLY OR SORT OF "SMACK" THE PEDAL WITH YOUR FOOT, YOU CAN GET PAST THE STICKING SPOT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT THE PAST YEAR OR MAYBE EVEN LONGER. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THE CAR, IT HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED. *TR

1. THE ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND THEN HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. 2. IT OCCURS OCCASIONALLY. THE CAR GOT STUCK AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. 3. COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER(TOYOTA DIRECT), WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, THEY SAID THEY WILL CALL BACK AND DID NOT RESPOND BACK. IT IS VERY HARD TO GET THE DEALER. CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. TOLD THEM THAT THE DEALER IS NOT RESPONDING. TOOK TO AAA CAR CARE PLUS AND THEY SAID THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND THE BRAKE LOOKS FINE. BUT THE ISSUE STILL HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY. (2000 TOYOTA CAMRY LE). I JUST CAME TO KNOW OF THIS SITE DUE TO THE RECENT RECALLS AND WANTED TO REPORT IT. *TR