2000 Toyota Camry

1. SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY IN NOV. 2009. WHEN IT WAS IN DE-ACCELERATION AFTER TAKING AN EXIT IN EWING NJ, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED LIKE A WILD HORSE, I TOTALLY LOST CONTROL AND THE CAR CROSSED A RED LIGHT, FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO COLLISION OCCURED AND THE CAR WAS UNDER CONTROL FINALLY. 2. ACCELERATION PEDAL STICKING: SOMETIME WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED, IT DOES NOT MOVE, A BIG FORCE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO MOVE THE PEDAL AND START ACCELERATION. IT USUALLY CAUSE OVER SHOOTING. *CN

MODEL: TOYOTA CAMRY YEAR: 2000 PROBLEM: BRAKE SHIVERS OR SHUDDERS WHEN APPLIED. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THE CAR DOES NOT COME TO A STOP AS SOON AS THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. IN FACT, THE CAR MOVES SOME DISTANCE AND COMES TO A STOP. RESOLUTION: CHANGE PARTS OF THE BRAKE (EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE) . THIS HAS BEEN AT LEAST 10 TIMES. THE DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF HOW THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. I DISAGREE. I HAVE A HONDA-CRV 2000 MODEL AND THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. IT IS NOT IN THE RECALL BUT IT SHOULD BE. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND HAS FOR YEARS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS BUT THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. TOYOTA MAY NEED TO EXPAND THEIR RECALL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER THAT THE VIN NUMBER ON MY CAR IS NOT ONE OF THE CURRENT RECALLS SO THEY WILL NOT PAY TO FIX IT. *TR

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WITHIN CITY LIMITS DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH. I REALIZED THE VEHICLE I WAS APPROACHING HAD SLOWED DOWN OR HAD STOPPED DUE TO MERGING TRAFFIC. I HAD MORE THAN THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF CLEARANCE AHEAD. I APPLIED BRAKES. HOWEVER, BRAKES DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE BY ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT -- IT APPEARED AS IF THE ENGINE WAS CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN ITS SPEED. I CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. THE VEHICLE I CRASHED INTO VEERED TO THE RIGHT. MY VEHICLE CONTINUED FORWARD AND THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT. AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, THE GEAR SELECTOR MOVED INTO N, WHICH IS THE REASON I THINK THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED. I HAVE THE CRASH REPORT DOCUMENTING THIS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SUCH AN INCIDENT HAD HAPPENED AFTER I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR USED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THE CAR WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY MY INSURANCE CARRIER. *TR

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY BUT MORE OFTEN HAPPENS AFTER COMING TO A QUICK STOP AT A RED LIGHT. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS FOR ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO AND AFTER APPLYING MORE PRESSURE IT FINALLY ENGAGES AND STARTS TO ACCELERATE. NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE WHERE THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION. *TR

I WENT TO MY MECHANIC TWO YEARS AGO TO REPORT THAT MY TOYOTA CAMRY 2000 HAD AN ACCELERATOR STICKING PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, ASSUMED IT WAS THE MAT, OR MY IMAGINATION. IT WASN'T. THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS BUT TOYOTA IS ONLY COVERING THE LAST 7 YEARS, IS THIS BECAUSE OF WARRANTY? WHAT CAN I DO? CAR IS OTHERWISE FINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY LIMITED EDITION. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES ON HER LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SPINNING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE ENGINE REVVED LOUDLY AND AS SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. WHILE IN THE DITCH, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE AND THE TIRES BURROWED INTO THE DITCH AS IT ATTEMPTED TO PROGRESS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER HEAD, SHOULDERS, UPPER BACK, HANDS, FINGERS, KNEES AND NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS OVER 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED SHE NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STICKING TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT HAS TO PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER FOR THE PEDAL TO STOP STICKING AND AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 180000.

WE BOUGHT OUR CAMRY 2000 10 YRS AGO WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. AFTER 2-3 YEARS, WE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE THE GAS PEDAL STICKING ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE SUDDENLY LOST THE POWER WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY. SINCE LAST YEAR, THE GAS PEDAL STARTED TO GET MUCH WORSE AND STICKS ALMOST EVERY TIME WE STOP/RESTART THE CAR BEFORE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. NOW MY WIFE AND I ARE VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND BELIEVE IT WILL CAUSE HUGE PROBLEM SOONER OR LATER. I JUST READ THE NEWS ABOUT TOYOTA'S RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE, AND NOW I BELIEVE IT IS DUE TO THE VEHICLE DESIGN WHICH HAS CAUSED THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I JUST CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME ONLY CAMRY 2007 TO 2010 MODELS WERE COVERED. BUT I BELIEVE OUR CAR HAS EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE LATER MODEL AND I WOULD REQUEST YOUR ADMINISTRATION TO ADVICE TOYOTA TO ISSUE THE RECALL CERTIFICATE FOR PREVIOUS MODELS ALSO BEFORE ANY UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT HAPPENS DUE TO ITS FAULTY DESIGN. *CN