2010 Toyota Camry

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY BOUGHT 2 MONTHS BEFORE RECALL NEWS / 5,000 MILES / HAD RECALL WORK DONE AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ON MARCH 4, 2010 / ON JULY 25, 2010 WHILE IN LINE AT DRIVE-THROUGH, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WAITING MY TURN IN LINE. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT DID HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE BACK TIRES BEGAN SPINNING, AND ALTHOUGH I WAS MASHING DOWN ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD, THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD (PRODUCING SKID MARKS) AND HIT THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAMRY PUSHED INTO THE TRUCK'S TRAILER HITCH, BENDING THE REBAR IN THE FRONT OF MY CAR , WHICH PUSHED UP THE RADIATOR, ETC. THERE WAS A WITNESS WHO WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE DRIVE-IN WINDOW BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT HAD MESSED UP HIS ORDER. HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICER THAT CAME TO THE SCENE THAT HE HEARD THE CAMRY'S ENGINE START REVVING, AND WHEN HE LOOKED TO SEE WHY, HE COULD SEE THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. OBVIOUSLY, THE TOYOTA CAMRY RECALL WORK IS NOT EFFECTIVE. MY GRANDDAUGHTER (WHO WAS IN THE CAR) AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, SHE NOTICED A RAT CRAWL FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT, INTO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE SIGHT OF THE RAT ALMOST CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE RAT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO THE REAR SEAT AND SEAT BELTS, IN WHICH THE RAT HAD CHEWED THROUGH. THE DEALER ALSO CLEANED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A WIRE MESH INSTALLED OVER THE AIR INTAKE TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE RODENTS FROM ENTERING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, HE WOULD HAVE TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.

ON 07/09/2010, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 TO 65 MPH, WHEN A CAM GEAR BROKE ON MY 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY (15878 MILES ON IT). I PUT MY CAR IN THE SHOP THE NEXT MORNING. BEFORE THE ENGINE WAS EVEN TAKEN APART, THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A CAM GEAR HAD BROKE. AFTER TAKING THE ENGINE APART, SURE ENOUGH, A CAM GEAR HAD BROKE. MY HUSBAND WAS LATER SPEAKING TO A MECHANIC WHO WAS WORKING ON MY VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND ASK THE MECHANIC IF THIS WAS JUST A FLUKE DEAL OR IF THE DEALERSHIP HAD SEEN MANY BROKEN CAM GEARS ON TOYOTAS. THE MECHANIC THEN TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT HE PERSONALLY, HAD SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE BROKEN CAM GEARS. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD MY HUSBAND AND I THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHEN THE CAR WOULD BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER ON THE CAM GEARS FOR THIS CAR. IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER TOYOTA RECALL? HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN TOYOTAS HAVE HAD TO REPORT A BROKEN CAM GEAR? IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE TOYOTA SHOULD KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIT OF INFORMATION THAT GETS KEPT FROM CONSUMERS? TOYOTA SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CAM GEARS USED ON THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

ON 07/13/10 HAS AN ACCIDENT IN A 2010 CAMRY. WAS COASTING INTO PARKING SPACE INFRONT OF HESS GAS STATION AND CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE GAS. ALL I COULD DO WAS PRESS ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD CAR WOULD NOT STOP? FHP RESPONDED AND NO TRAFFIC TICKET WAS ISSUED. CONTACT INSURANCE THEY TRANSPORT CAR TO REPAIR SHOP CAR DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE WHERE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I REFUSE TO DRIVE CAR AND VERY AFFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WENT TO DEALERSHIP THEY WANT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. HOW DO I KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS IMPARTIAL AND TRUE. IF THERE WHERE AN TRUE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE OR THE ACCELERATOR WOULD THEY ACTUALLY ADMIT IT? *TR

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER WRITES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND OBSERVATIONS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HE EXPECTED THE VEHICLE TO NATURALLY SLOW DOWN WITH NO BRAKING NECESSARY. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE ACTED AS THOUGH THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. WHEN THE ENGINE DID RESPOND, THERE WAS A 2 TO 5 SECOND SEARCH PATTERN ENGAGED WITH A SWEEP LOW RPM TO HIGH RPM WHILE IT TRIED TO FIND A PERFORMANCE SOLUTION AND SET POINT. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL) YET THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,900.

MY 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR RUNNING A STOP SIGN. THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS BETWEEN THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT AND FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL. CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE CAR SPUN AROUND. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE BRIDGEWATER, NJ POLICE AND THE OTHER DRIVER CITED. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, LEFT A MESSAGE AND HAD NOT RECEIVED A RETURN CALL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DRIVER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,734. REMAILED 11/19/10. *LJ

MY 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE WAS IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT THIS PAST WEEK. MY SON WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR ABRUPTLY WENT TO THE RIGHT AND HE LOST CONTROL AND SKIDDED ACROSS A ROAD INTO A SOFT SHOULDER/EMBANKMENT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE CAR THEN FLIPPED/ROLLED OVER LANDING ON IT'S ROOF. THERE ENDED UP BEING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO MOST OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY US ON THE FOLLOWING DAY WE DID NOTICE THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT, I ASSUME THIS CAUSED THE ABRUPT VEERING TO THE RIGHT DESCRIBED ABOVE. MY SON HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON AND LUCKILY HAD ONLY MINOR INJURIES. MY CONCERN/QUESTION IS WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. THIS INCLUDES THE ONES BUILT INTO THE FRONT PILLARS AND THOSE ON THE SIDE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS HEAD AND ARM, ETC. BTW: THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THE DEFECTIVE GAS PEDAL/FLOOR MATS AND WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE RECALL/REPAIR COMPLETED ON 7/29/10. PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN BY HIM OF THE DAMAGE. *TR