2005 Toyota Camry

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE--BEGINNING IN MARCH 2007 MY CAMRY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. MY CAMRY WOULD TAKE OFF AT HIGH SPEEDS FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY DEALER BILL PAGE TOYOTA IN FALLS CHURCH, VA. THE FIRST TIME THE ACCELERATION OCCURRED WAS AFTER 2 YEARS AND IN MARCH 2007. I WAS ON CONSTITUTION AVENUE, RIGHT LANE IN DC--WHICH EITHER TURNS RIGHT OR GOES STRAIGHT. CONSTITUTION AVENUE IS 3 OR 4 LANES EACH EAST AND WESTBOUND--I WAS HEADING EASTBOUND. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME TURNED RIGHT, THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND UNTO THE GAS, MY CAR SHOT FORWARD SO FAST MY BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP MY CAR. UPON SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES WHICH WERE SHUDDERING SO BADLY, I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS NEVER GOING TO STOP AND HIT THE NEXT CAR (RUSH HOUR). I STOPPED SHORT OF HITTING THAT CAR. I WAS SO SCARED. MY SERVICE MANAGER SAID COULDN'T REPRODUCE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES OR CAR. HE TOLD ME THAT THE SHUTTERING IS NORMAL WHEN I SLAM ON MY BRAKES--A SAFETY FEATURE TO STOP THE CAR. COMPUTER SAID NOTHING WRONG. HAD THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM AT LEAST 3 MORE TIMES. I WAS AT A PARKING METER, 1ST SPACE. GOT INTO MY CAR, TURNED ON THE KEY, RELEASED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND UNTO THE GAS. I WANTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK, AND THANKFULLY THEY DID NOT WALK IN FRONT OF MY CAR--I WOULD HAVE RUN OVER THEM. MY CAR TOOK OFF SO FAST FROM A STOPPED POSITION THAT I HAD A HARD TIME STOPPING MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY 2005 CAMRY TO THE DEALER. AGAIN SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME COMPUTER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR--THINK COMPUTER/SOFTWARE GLITCH. LAST WEEK TOYOTA CORP SAID WON'T FIX B/C NOT ON RECALL AND ONLY INTERMITTENT, WHICH IS THE PROBLEM. TOLD ME I OWN THE CAR, IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY WON'T PAY TO FIX. HELP! WHEN DRIVING IT'S LIKE RUSSIAN ROULETTE! *TR

BRAKE FAILURE WHEN BRAKING ON SLIGHTLY UNEVEN SURFACE. 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY LE - CURRENT 50K MILES WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES ON A SMALL BUMP OR POTHOLE, IT BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND DO NOT WORK FOR A FEW SECONDS. AFTER THE SURFACE IS EVEN THE BRAKES WORK FINE. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ABS AS OCCURS WITH SLIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE AND ON VERY MINOR BUMPS ON THE ROAD. FOR SAFETY, MUST USE EMERGENCY 'HAND BRAKE' TO PREVENT MAJOR ACCIDENTS WHILE ON UNEVEN SURFACES. ONE INCIDENT, BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT RED LIGHT AND A SMALL BUMP ON ROAD NEAR STOP LINE CAUSED CAR TO NOT STOP AND JUMP THE CURB ON STREET. THANKFULLY NO PERMANENT DAMAGE OR BODILY INJURY. SINCE I HAVE MANAGED TO AVOID ACCIDENTS WITH HANDBRAKE OR BRAKING WAY AHEAD OF TIME WHEN I SEE AN UNEVEN SPOT IN FRONT OF ME.. HOWEVER, ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER SAME MODEL YEAR CARS. THIS OCCURS REGULARLY WHILE ON UNEVEN SURFACES STARTING NEAR PURCHASE DATE. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND REPORTED AS 'NORMAL'. SUSPECT CURRENT BRAKE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED BY TOYOTA. *TR

I OWN A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY AND SINCE I BOUGHT IT FROM THE DEALER IT HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND THE ACCELERATOR . FOR EXAMPLE WHEN I STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I BEGIN TO ACCELERATE THE CAR TAKES TO LONG TO SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR AND WHILE THIS TIME ELAPSES FOR ABOUT 2 TO 4 SECONDS THE CAR KEEPS ACCELERATING WITH NO GEAR AT ALL, THIS ALMOST MAKE ME CRASH THE OTHER DAY TRYING TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER THAT GOT IN MY WAY AND I COULD NOT ADVANCE WITH THE CAR AT THAT CRUCIAL MOMENT AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SITUATION SINCE THE GEAR WAS NOT READY FOR ME TO ACCELERATE AND ADVANCE . ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE BEEN NOTICING IS THAT WHILE AT LOW TO MEDIUM SPEEDS THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS TO BRAKE THE CAR AFTER IT GETS OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD; SEVERAL TIMES IT HAD HAPPENED TO ME THAT AFTER I GET A BUMP I HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES 2 TO 3 TIMES IN A RAPID SUCCESSION TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ALSO SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS WITH LOW RPMS THE CAR STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AND THE WHEEL GETS VERY HARD TO MANEUVER ,I EVEN HAVE TO STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN AND CONTINUE WITH MY TRIP. ALL THIS COMPLAINT WAS GIVEN TO TOYOTA IN PRIORS CALLS I MADE TO THEM BUT THE DEALERS THEY SEND ME TO SEE SAID THAT WAS NORMAL OPERATION OF THE CAR ,THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *TR

I'M CONCERNED THE TOYOTA BRAKING ISSUES GO DEEPER THAN LATE MODEL PRIUS. MY 2005 CAMRY LE V6 EXHIBITS SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AS BEING DESCRIBED TODAY - BRAKE FAILURE WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN, IRREGULAR OR ROUGH PAVEMENT. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE BRAKE PEDAL STIFFENS AND BRAKING ACTION CEASES. I'VE LEARNED TO PRESS DOWN V-E-R-Y HARD ON THE PEDAL DURING THIS INTERMITTENT BEHAVIOR. HAD TAKEN TO THE DEALER MORE THAN ONCE. THE COMPLAINT ALONG WITH HARSH SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION WHICH MANIFESTS IN THE ENGINE OVER-REVVING WHILE NOT ACTUALLY ENGAGING INTO ANY GEAR, THEN THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGES MAKING THE VEHICLE GO FURTHER/FASTER THAN DESIRED/ANTICIPATED. TOYOTA INDICATED THE ISSUES WERE "AN OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE", BEING DISMISSIVE IN THEIR RESPONSE DEMONSTRATING A CORPORATE CULTURE OF ARROGANCE. HAVE SPOKEN WITH TOYOTA SERVICE MANAGERS IN HENDERSON, NV, SANTA MONICA AND THOUSAND OAKS, CA RE: THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ALL HAVE SIMILAR RESPONSES... ROLLING THEIR EYES TOWARD THE SKY AND LAMENTING, "OHHH, THAT V6 CAMRY TRANSMISSION" AS IF SOME SORT OF FACTORY 'INSIDE JOKE'. THESE ARE CLEARLY KNOWN ISSUES THE FACTORY HAS CHOSEN TO DO NOTHING ABOUT, THUS THE SERVICE MANAGER'S HANDS ARE TIED. (HAD BEEN EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH MY FORMER '95 CAMRY TO THE TUNE OF 300,000 MILES.) IT'S DISAPPOINTING TOYOTA HAS CEASED TO BE THE HONORABLE COMPANY THEY ONCE WERE. *CN

IT HAD STARTED TO SNOW WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR LESS ON GROUND. SINCE MY STREET IS ON AN INCLINE AND BEING AWARE OF POSSIBLE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS I WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 10MPH AS I APPROACHED MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS JUST CREEPING ALONG. AS SOON AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO GET READY TO PULL INTO MY DRIVEWAY(VERY CAUTIOUSLY) THEY JUST DIDN'T WORK AND I SLID SLOWLY DOWN THE REST OF THE STREET (APPR. 200 FT) INTO THE CROSS ROAD, WHICH THANKFULLY HAD NO CARS APPROACHING, AND I ROLLED RIGHT INTO A TREE. BECAUSE I WAS GOING SO SLOW THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO MY CAR EXCEPT FOR DENTED LICENSE PLATE NOR WAS I INJURED, JUST SHAKEN UP. I WAS ALARMED BY THE TOTAL LACK OF BRAKE CONTROL THAT I EXPERIENCED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE SERVICE REP SAID THAT WAS THE WAY THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WORK AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE SNOW TIRES FOR WINTER DRIVING. I HAVE LIVED ON THIS STREET FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WHEN I HAD MY HONDA ACCORD BEFORE THE CAMRY I NEVER FELT FRIGHTENED THAT IT WOULD NOT STOP IN THE SNOW. I'M A VERY CAREFUL DRIVER. I'VE ALWAYS FELT CONFIDENT DRIVING IN SNOWY CONDITIONS AND HAVE NEVER OWNED A 4-WHEEL DRIVE CAR. THIS DIDN'T FEEL NORMAL TO ME EVEN THOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT I WAS ON MY STREET AT JUST THE PERFECT MOMENT DURING A SNOWSTORM WHEN THE STREETS HAD ACCUMULATED JUST ENOUGH SNOW TO BE HAZARDESS. NOW, AS I AM READING ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH TOYOTA I'M REMINDED AGAIN OF MY DISCOMFORT IN REGARD TO MY BRAKES AND AM WONDERING AGAIN IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS REMEDYING. IN ADDITION TO THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT I HAVE ALSO EXPEIENCED GREAT DISCOMFORT DUE TO LACK OF BREAK CONTROL WHEN I BRAKE OVER BUMPS OR, AGAIN, ON AN INCLINE IN NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THE LATEST PRIUS PROBLEMS. I HAVE TOLD MYSELF OFTEN THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BUY ANOTHER TOYOTA. MY FEELING THAT I CAN'T TRUST THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY CAMRY IS BEING CONFIRMED BY WHAT I'VE BEEN READING IN THE NEWS. *CN

I OWN A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY AND EVERY TIME I BRAKE ON ICE OR SNOW MY BRAKES MAKE A LOUD GRINDING AND VIBRATING NOISE. I REPORTED THE CONCERN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY CONTINUE TO SAY IT'S NORMAL ABS WORKING LIKE THEY SHOULD. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT HAS EVER MADE THIS TYPE OF GRINDING SOUND WHEN BRAKING IN THE SNOW. WE ALSO OWN A COROLLA AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THIS SOUND. *TR

IT IS SURPRISING THAT THERE IS ONLY NOW PUBLICITY ABOUT TOYOTA BRAKES. I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. IF I HIT A BUMP OR GOES OVER WASHBOARD PAVEMENT WHILE BRAKING, THE BRAKES GO OUT FOR A SECOND OR SO. BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM EARLY ON BUT WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. I JUST LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT OVER THE YEARS. I LIKE THE CAR AND HAVE NOT REGRETS ON THE PURCHASE. *TR