10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
29,573 miles

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problem #24

Jun 162022

Camry

  • miles
My car would not turn off, change gears out of park into drive or reverse, no reaction when the gas pedal was pushed. It was part way into the garage on an inclined driveway. I called my insurance company to have a tow truck help. I got out of the car to try and open the trunk and get my shopping out of it, but the trunk would not open either. I thought perhaps if I put the car in neutral it might open, but instead it rolled down the driveway, bottomed out at the end of the driveway, rolled across the street and crashed into the ditch. Thank goodness it hit the ditch because it was headed toward the neighbor's cars and house. It was still running when it stopped in the ditch! The neighbors all came out and tried to turn it off without success. The frame was bent, the rear end of the car was smashed and the insurance company said it was totaled. My car had been in perfect condition. I have since spoken with others who know of friends who have had the same issue. One person left their car running all night until it ran out of gas.

- Woodinville , WA, USA

problem #23

Apr 302022

Camry

  • miles
I was stopped at a traffic light, on an uphill grade, for roughly thirty seconds when my 2016 Toyota Camry Hybrid just started slowly accelerating. I looked down and my foot was still on the brake. The car then accelerated quickly. I turned into the left hand turn lane in order to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me. The car then jumped the center divider and slam in the curb on the other side of the street before it stopped. At no time did I take my foot off the brake. There was only minor damage to the front bumper, but I destroyed two plants in the center divide. (I do not know, as of yet, if there was any damage to underneath of car.) As I was less than two miles from home, I drove the vehicle home. The next business day I had the vehicle towed to the Toyota dealership in San Juan Capistrano, CA. I told them of the problem and they immediately notified corporate. Corporate has taken possession of the car and said its investigation will take 30 days. I was not offered a loaner car.

- Laguna Niguel, CA, USA

problem #22

Apr 202021

Camry

  • 98,000 miles
First issue, (minor) driver side rear seatbelt does not recoil correctly. Must be manually fed in order to reset for next use. Second issue, hood latch does not release as it is supposed to. You must have a long flat head screwdriver and manually lift the hook from the hood in order to raise hood. Appears to be a weak spring on the lever. Not sure what about this car makes it eat tires but I bought it brand new (12 miles) and now have 98,000 and I am goong through tires approximately every 10,000 miles regardless of brand or warranty. Have had the vehicle aligned multiple times by multiple companies and still no wear pattern on tires just worn completely smooth. I purchased this vehicle with the thought of putting my son in it it travel to college and back but I will get rid of the vehicle before I put my child in it full time. He doesn't need the headache of checking tires and replacing them every couple of months. There is no tire specialist with any idea why the tires would be wearing this bad on this vehicle. Makes me wonder if other consumers are having to replace theirs as often as I do. I do live in a rural area but on a paved road and most of my travel is via highway. Date provided is date of last tire rotation and replacement.

- Hackett, AR, USA

problem #21

Sep 012016

Camry

  • 1,900 miles
I purchased a new 2016 Camry in May 2016, but I was unaware of the issue with this particular vehicle. Whenever the vehicle is on an uneven surface between axles, it produces a knocking, popping, ticking, or snapping noise from god knows where! I have spent hours (from work with no pay) at the dearership and a ton of monies to get no satisfaction. I am suffering from ptsd and the noise & popping sounds makes me want to jump out of my skin. Many times I thought I had ran over an animal, hit another vehicle when backing up and these issues has cause me to swerve into oncoming traffic, hit street signs & on many occasions unable to perform my duties at work.

- Starkville, MS, USA

problem #20

Nov 062020

Camry

  • 60,545 miles
Sunroof explosion: My partner and I were driving on the freeway when we heard a very loud, frightening explosion above and slightly behind front driver/passenger seats. There wasn't any visible sign of broken windows, body damage or a wobbly tire to indicate the cause. We were traveling in the middle lane of the freeway at approximately 70 mph with no other vehicles in front of, next to or behind us. We could not see anything on the road in front of, next to or behind the car to have caused damage to the car. Nor, was there anything or anyone on either side of the freeway in open grassy areas. There was no overpass behind or above us to account for this loud, scary noise. We pulled off at the next exit to examine the car. We didn't find any damage to the body of the car or the tires, but when we closed the door, we could hear the sound of broken glass above us from the area of the sunroof. There was a very large rectangular area in the center of the sunroof that was missing. The surrounding glass was completely shattered. Later we could hear the large section of glass sliding back and forth inside above the shade cover when we came to a stop or started up after having stopped.

- Bellevue, WA, USA

problem #19

Aug 302020

Camry

  • 28,886 miles
Drivers smile rear door window shattered while parked in driveway. No known reason, no indication of impact uniform shattering.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

problem #18

Sep 042019

Camry

  • 100,000 miles
The speedometer and odometer on the Camry are grossly inaccurate. During a recent road trip upon a odometer speedometer checkpoint used by interstate truck drivers of which I am one the vehicle revealed that it calibrates one mile at 4900 feet. Toyota was notified about this on three separate service occasions and they have failed to correct this deficiency. As it turns out the Toyota Camry is the most rented mid-sized car in North America which means that there is considerable overcharging of miles. This deficiency also causes significant overcharging of insurance rates and premature wear of privately owned vehicles. The speedometer has been cross checked against gps and tomtom navigation systems and revealed itself to be at least 16 miles per hour off at highway speed on five separate occasions.. the cars over reporting of speed, and milage indicates false epa milage estimates. Toyota has not discovered access in repairing this error.

- San Bernardino, CA, USA

problem #17

Jun 022018

Camry

  • 70,000 miles
There is rust in my vehicles body and the chassis is bent out of shape in the front. I didnt realize until I took it to the body shop. Also the ac system will not work no one knows how to fix it I spent over $3000 trying to fix it at the dealership.

- Far Rockaway, NY, USA

problem #16

Nov 012018

Camry

  • 140,000 miles
My, Toyota Camry 2016 has torque converter problem, I checked with couple of mechanics and, my friend's cars who has same model car also has that problem.

- Ashburn, VA, USA

problem #15

Jan 052019

Camry

  • 51,669 miles
Hit on driver door and passenger hit real hard the side bags didn't deploy turning in a left hand lane was hit

- Beaumont, TX, USA

problem #14

Apr 222018

Camry

  • 10,567 miles
With right foot on the brake, the car was very slowly moving forward with a plan to park in front of a palm tree that is surrounded by concrete border approx. 8' high. The car unexpectedly and abruptly accelerated then hit the palm tree. Although, the concrete stopped further forward movement, the car had significant front end damage. I brought the car to autonation dealer for inspection on 04/23/18, who advised me to call Toyota claims dept. Toyota claims dept. Assigned an inspector to review the event electronic data recorder (edr). The inspector downloaded the data from the edr, gave me a copy and forwarded to Toyota Corp. The inspector also test drove the car. On 04/04/18 I received a mail from Toyota indicating that there is no evidence of a defect with the throttle control system that caused the incident based on the edr readouts. The readouts cover the pre-crash data as follows: 1. the edr readouts indicated that there was a momentary accelerator input that brought the engine RPM from 700 to 1500. However, the edr readout also indicated the engine RPM increased from 1500 to 1900 without accelerator input. 2. the edr readouts also indicated at 0 sec, the engine is at 1500 RPM with accelerator and brake inputs at the time. On 04/08/18 I sent a letter to Toyota claims administrator requesting further review of above items 1 & 2. on 07/10/18, Toyota claims administrator responded maintaining that there is no evidence of defect. On 07/17/18 I sent a written request to Toyota for an explanation as to why the engine RPM increased from 1500 to 1900 without accelerator input. Also requested for an explanation of how could there be accelerator and brake inputs at the same as indicated in above item 2. I also followed up with a phone call. As of today, I have not received a response or return call from Toyota.

- La Palma, CA, USA

problem #13

Jul 152018

Camry

  • 53,877 miles
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.

- Surf City, NJ, USA

problem #12

Mar 202018

Camry

  • 32,056 miles
His looks extremely scary!! while I was driving on highway us 78 towards atlanta suddenly I heard a weard sound then the car appears attempting a hard press on the brake. The dashboard showed check brake system in bold red and another brake light is on where the odd meter is. I have to pull off the side the highway. Stayed on the side of the highway and attempted to call Toyota 800 331 4331 and sent email to ask Toyota. I am very scared to drive this car. The car is Toyota Camry 2016

- Snellville, GA, USA

problem #11

Jan 082018

Camry

  • 30,000 miles
Driving on a highway (approx 65 mph) and sunroof exploded. Nothing had hit the vehicle and there had been no extreme temperatures or fluctuations.

- Tempe, AZ, USA

problem #10

Aug 022017

Camry

  • miles
The doors will lock when in drive but in case of an accident they will not unlock automatically.only if the owner, driver disables the auto locking system.most of people don't have idea about this issue because when the vehicle is purchased no one warns us.about this safefy issue.I am pretty sure that all Toyota have the same setup as standard factory setting.

- North Potomac, MD, USA

problem #9

Jul 112017

Camry

  • 15,000 miles
Car hesitates before accelerating after a stop or following a turn, then acts normally when accelerator is released

- Higginsville, MO, USA

problem #8

Oct 152016

Camry

  • 250 miles
Shortly after getting the vehicle the ac unit when activated emits a moldy smell through the vents. The vehicle now has 8512 miles. I feel this might be a contributor to allergic symptoms

- Lakewood, CO, USA

problem #7

Dec 012016

Camry

  • miles
While driving with the cruise control on I applied the brakes and the car started speeding up. This has issue has done this 2 times. It took me several time by hitting the cruise switch to get it to stop accelerating. I feel problem is going to cause some to get injured or possibly killed.

- Fayette, AL, USA

problem #6

Oct 272016

Camry

  • 14,174 miles
Soy based components attracting mice that cause damage to wiring, filters, and even blower motor. If the critters eat thru airbag wiring this could be catastrophic.

- Cazenovia, NY, USA

problem #5

Mar 042016

Camry

  • 2,200 miles
I own this car from Nov 2015. I parked car and got out, a small wind caused the door on the driver side, open too much (I have never seen a car-door opening that much, though I owned more than 18 cars in 40 years of driving in us roads. It went and hit against the car parked adjacent normally that door should not open that wide, because there more than normally has. I think it has some problem with the hinge not holding enough to prevent that wide open. It went to hit the mirror of other vehicle and caused dent in my car. It is the first time the door went out that far.

- Sunnyvale, TX, USA

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