2006 Toyota Camry

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY. SHE STATED WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES WOULD HESITATE TO ENGAGE AND WOULD FEEL SPONGY CAUSING HER TO USE EXTREME FORCE WHEN BRAKING. THIS WOULD OCCUR FREQUENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGING AS DESIGNED. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITHIN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY DECREASED IN SPEED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL WERE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT WAS 95,000. UPDATED 6/21/10 *CN WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER, THEY FOUND AIR IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE SECOND TIME SHE WENT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY FOUND THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. UPDATED 06/24/10.*JB

CONSUMERS 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY ACCELERATED DRIVING OVER AN ISLAND AND HIT A TREE BEFORE BRAKES BECAME RESPONSIVE. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND AS HE WAS ABOUT TURN ONTO THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD OVER AN ISLAND, KNOCKING DOWN A 6 INCH DIAMETER OAK TREE AND LEAVING ABOUT 25 FEET OF SKID MARKS ON THE ROADWAY BEFORE THE BRAKES KICKED IN. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME. *JB

2006 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH A STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK FOR THE FOURTH TIME WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THE LAST TIME, THE CONSUMER ALMOST CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL WHILE BACKING DOWN A HILL TOWARDS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/01/10*JB

2006 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER SLOWED DOWN. WHEN SHE PUT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE STARTED GOING FASTER. THERE WERE CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF HER, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT JUST MISSING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. WHEN SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. ONE YEAR LATER, WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH ABOUT TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE, SHE PUT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. SHE SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND STOPPED WITHIN A FOOT OF THE POLE. A MONTH AFTER THAT INCIDENT, SHE WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE TO PREPARE TO EXIT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

I AM WRITING ABOUT MY CURRENT CAR, A TOYOTA 2006 CAMRY, BECAUSE IT RELATES TO AN ACCIDENT I HAD WITH MY 2005 CAMRY. I AM AWARE THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT RECALLED THE 2006 MODEL. WHEN I START UP MY 2006 CAMRY AFTER IT HAS BEEN IN PARK, WITH THE ENGINE OFF, FOR AS LITTLE AS A 5 MINUTE STOP OR OVERNIGHT IN THE GARAGE, WHEN I SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND RELEASE MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE CAR MOVES BY ITSELF, FAIRLY RAPIDLY, WITHOUT MY FOOT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE ALONG THE ROAD DURING WHICH I ALTERNATELY APPLY THE BRAKE AND LIFT MY FOOT FROM IT, STILL NOT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR FINALLY BEGINS TO OPERATE NORMALLY REQUIRING FOR THE FIRST MOMENT SOME PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN I RETURN HOME, REGARDLESS OF HOW FAR OR LONG I HAVE DRIVEN, AFTER PAUSING TO OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR (BY REMOTE) I EASE MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR GLIDES INTO THE GARAGE ON IS OWN. WHILE I AM ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR SAFELY SO FAR I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SITUATION BECAUSE I HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MY 2005 CAMRY IN AUGUST, 2006. IT HAPPENED AS I EMERGED FROM A CAR WASH. WHEN I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE FROM NEUTRAL, THE CAR ACCELERATED ITSELF AND STUCK IN HIGH SPEED, AT LEAST 80 MILES PER HOUR. I AM SURE THAT I TRIED TO STOP IT BY APPLYING THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY AND CERTAINLY IN THE END BEFORE I PURPOSELY CRASHED INTO A TREE AFTER A TERRIFYING DRIVE DODGING PEOPLE, CARS, AND BUILDINGS. I SURVIVED ALTHOUGH SUSTAINING A BACK INJURY WHICH NECESSITATED AN OPERATION, BUT THE CAR DID NOT. I DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH TOYOTA ABOUT IT AND DO NOT KNOW IF MY INSURANCE COMPANY DID. LAST WEEK I TOOK MY 2006 CAMRY TO MY TOYOTA DEALER AND DESCRIBED WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CAR AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS "INDEPENDENT" ACCELERATION IS NORMAL AND INTENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) VEHICLE SURGING. DID ON 11/13/08 FROM 65 TO 78 MPH. ALSO LOW SPEEDS IN TOWN FROM 20 TO 35 MPH. 2 TIMES WIFE TOLD ME AND ABOVE HAPPEN TO ME AND ONCE IN TOWN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. TEST DROVE 11 MILES NOTHING. I MADE DEALERSHIP CORRECT WORDING ON REPAIR ORDER. HAS DONE 4 MORE TIMES BUT NOT ON RECALL LIST. ON MARCH 6TH READ IN PRESS ENTERPRISE A CAR DRIVEN BY [XXX] SUDDENLY SPED UP TO 100 MPH ON EUCLID - SAME DAY CHP OFFICER DIED. PROBLEM; MINE AND [XXX] VEHICLE IS A '2006 CAMRY NOT ON RECALL LIST".. TAKEN ONCE SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN TRYING TWO DAYS TO GET TOYOTA CORPORATION. IF 2006 CAMRY NOT ON LIST WHY ABOVE DEATH AND MY SURGING... CALLED YOUR NUMBER AND TOLD COULD FILE ON LINE.... VERY CONCERNED SINCE DONE ABOUT 3 TIMES SINCE AND ESPECIALLY READING ABOUT THE WOMAN WHOSE SAME MODEL AS MINE DIED..... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 1-2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED, ANOTHER DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE STATED THAT THE ENGINE REVVED SLIGHTLY A FEW TIMES. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD CHARGE HIM A FEE TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 19,500. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,629. UPDATED 04/13/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/08/10

I WAS DRIVING ON A FAMILIAR RURAL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. ANTICIPATING SLOWING DOWN BEFORE APPROACHING THE VILLAGE WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30 MPH, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. AT THE MOMENT I LIFTED MY FOOT FROM THE PEDAL, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS, AND THEN, AGAIN ON ITS OWN, WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY FAILURE I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I TOOK NO REMEDIAL ACTION (OTHER THAN REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO MY HUSBAND.) *TR