2016 Toyota Camry

WHEN I START TO DRIVE MY CAR THE STEERING EITHER GOES TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND DOES NOT STAY STRAIGHT. IT IS HAPPENING PERIODICALLY. I HAD IT CHECKED, HAD AN ALIGNMENT AND THEY COULD NOT COME UP WITH ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS. ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BUT DRIVING ON THE STREET IT SEEMS AS IF SOMEONE IS GRABBING THE STEERING WHEEL AND PULLING IT TO EITHER SIDE.

DURING BOTH WET AND DRY CONDITIONS AT TIMES THE CAR DOESN'T REALIGN AFTER MAKING TURNS, GRINDS WHILE TURNING, PULLS TO THE RIGHT, PULL AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN HAVING TO COME TO OR MAKE AN ABRUPT STOP. WITH CAR IN PARK, TURNED OFF, AND KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND TRIES TO OSCILLATE. CAN PROVIDE VIDEO UPON REQUEST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL COLLAPSED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COLLAPSABLE AND WOULD FOLD WHEN THE COLLAPSE BUTTON WAS PRESSED. WHEN THE CONTACT LEANED ON THE DEVICE, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD FOLD WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER AND THEN PULL THE STEERING WHEEL BACK UP. LYNCH TOYOTA (179 TOLLAND TURNPIKE, MANCHESTER, CT 06042, (860) 646-4321) DIAGNOSED THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD REACH OUT TO THE CONTACT SOON. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,478.

WHILE I WAS TAKING A 360 DEGREE EXIT RAMP AT 35 MPH MY STEERING COLUMN COLLAPSED AND I GOT CONTROL BARLEY BEFORE I HIT THE CURB AROUND THE MEDIAN. I STOPPED AND RE-LOCKED THE MECHANISM. ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER AS I WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE ON THE HIGHWAY 55 MPH THE CAR ROLLED OVER TWO EXPANSION JOINTS THE LOCK AGAIN RELEASED THE STEERING WHEEL SHOT UP THE COLUMN COLLAPSED I BARLEY GOT CONTROL AGAIN JUST AVOIDING SIDE SWIPING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME. IS THIS PART A SAFETY ITEM LIKE SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS ? IS THIS AN ITEM THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOSEN ITSELF WHILE YOUR DRIVING ? PLEASE FORGIVE ME MY SCANNER IS NOT WORKING, IF YOU NEED THE REPAIR ORDER PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL MAIL IT TO YOU.

THE STEERING STARTED PULLING LEFT OR RIGHT AFTER THE CAR WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN . WOULD STOP AFTER THE THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE BATTERY IS LOW ON AMPS AND YOU TURN ON THE IGNITION THE LOW AMPS MESSES UP THE ELECYRICAL POWER ASSIST OR THE STEERING SENCER AND LOCKS THE STEERING PROBLEM IN WHEN YOU START THE CAR AND THEN IT"S RUNNING OFF THE ELECTRICAL ALTERANOR. BECAUSE IS YOU PULL OVER AND STOP AND RESTART THE CAR SOME TIMES IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM TILL YOU RESTART THE CAR. I REPLACED THE LOW AMP BATTERY AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR NOW. TOOK TOYATO TOMATO AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM COULD BE FIXED WITH A VOLTAGE REGULATOR OR WIRE CHANGE DIRECTLY TO THE ALT. REAL DANGERS PROBLEM ALMOST PULLED ME IN TO THE OTHER LANE!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A HANDICAP PLACARD SIGN POLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. CONSUMER (ROBERT JONES) REPLACED LOWER CONTROLL HAND AND BROUGHT A NEW RIM (DRIVER'S SIDE OF CAR) DAMAGE CONTROL AND MAG WHEEL. KEN GANLEY TOYOTA (LOCATED AT 1110 CLAIRTON BLVD, PLEASANT HILLS, PA 15236, (412) 469-3000) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *TT*JB

IF STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN I START THE ENGINE, WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL PULLS IN THAT DIRECTION WHILE GOING DOWN THE STREET. IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS STRAIGHT WHEN I TURN ON THE ENGINE AND DRIVE, THE CAR GOES STRAIGHT DOWN THE STREET, NO PULL LEFT OR RIGHT. SO I ALWAYS STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL BEFORE I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE.

MY CAR IS A 2016 TOYOTA CAMRY SE 4-CYLINDER AUTOMATIC WITH 67K MILES. IT IS ON IT'S SECOND SET OF TIRES WHICH HAVE ABOUT 25K MILES ON THEM, AND HAVE BEEN ROTATED ONE OR TWO TIMES SINCE PURCHASED NEW. KEY POINT: THERE HAS BEEN NO WORK (INCL. NO TIRE ROTATIONS) DONE TO THE CAR RECENTLY... EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN I NOTICED A STRONG PULLING OF THE CAR TO THE LEFT. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE THE CAR I NOTICED A STRONG PULL TO THE RIGHT, WHICH SEEMED VERY STRANGE SINCE IT WAS NOT THE LEFT AS BEFORE. THIS PULLING TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK NOW. THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION I HAVE LEARNED THAT TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTING SEEMS TO CLEAR THE PROBLEM - IF THE FRONT WHEELS ARE POINTED STRAIGHT FORWARD. I BELIEVE HAVING THE FRONT WHEELS POINTING STRAIGHT FORWARD WHEN I SHUT OFF / RESTART SEEMS TO CORRECT THE PULLING PROBLEM. BUT IF THE WHEELS ARE POINTED LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN I RESTART THE CAR, THE CAR PULLS THAT DIRECTION WHEN RESTARTED. I'M NO AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC, BUT BASED ON WHAT I THINK I'VE LEARNED, THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRONIC ONE. SEEING OTHERS INCIDENTS BEING ENTERED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON 2015 AND 2016 CAMRYS, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP.

ON SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM, I WAS TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE, EAST ON ROUTE 72 TOWARDS LBI, THE BLACK PICK UP TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME LOST HIS HITCH. HE DID NOT HAVE IT SECURELY ATTACHED TO HIS VEHICLE. THE HITCH HIT THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME AND BEGAN BOUNCING AND WAS BOUNCING HIGHER AND HIGHER AND I HAD HEAVY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AND IN THE RIGHT LANE AS WELL. I HAD TO TIME THE BOUNCE OF HIS HITCH SO I COULD GO OVER IT. WHEN I SUCCESSFULLY DID THIS THE HITCH MADE DENTS TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY CAUSED OTHER DAMAGES THAT I HAVE NOT YET FOUND. THE BLACK PICK UP TRUCKS' LICENSE PLATE NUMBER WAS NJ:H45HNJ. I DID NOT PURSUE THE VEHICLE. I MADE MY WAY TO MY WORK AND FILED REPORT WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY GEICO.