10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 2
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 27,830 miles
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2006 Toyota Camry. Consumer writes in regards to a vehicle fire the consumer stated prior to the fire, the engine light illuminated. He looked out the window and saw a woman screaming that his vehicle was on fire. He immediately pulled over to the shoulder, jumped out of the vehicle and then it burst into flames. The cause of the fire had not been determined.
- Newark, DE, USA
Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I purchase a 2006 Camry in Dec. 2005. Within weeks the oxygen sensor needed replacement. Jan 2006 as I entered 290W in northboro MA the car accelerated from 10mph to 80 +mph without warning. As traffic was bumper to bumper the car slammed into the back of a semi trailer. When the car was repaired of course I was told I had stepped on the gas not the brake. This was not true!!! however, having no other explanation I accepted the cause. However, as many as 2 dozen times the car accelerated when parking into a spot. I had been instructed to shift the car into neutral if this ever happened again, and I did. I drove the car for 3 years, took it to dealers, tried to file a lemon law complaint, but to no avail. I have finally traded in the auto and want to recoup my $4000 of deductibles and surcharges that I paid for no fault of mine. How do I do this. [xxx]
- Worcester, MA, USA
My 2006 Camry ranaway on rt 290 West when it was a few months old following the replacement of an oxysendor and installation of Toyota floor mats. I could not stop the car as it entered the highway and thus I rearended a semi who never even knew that I hit him. Yet, greater than $2000 of damage happened to my auto. I have paid nearly $3000 in penalties for an accident which I had no control over. From thence, I was told to put my car in neutral when I stopped at lights etc. It tried to runaway at least 20 times sporadically.. I took it to Toyota dealers who told me that nothing was wrong with the car. I tried to file a lemon law. It was 3 yrs of driving in ?!@#$% never knowing what could happen next. I have witnesses.
- Worcester, MA, USA
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that there was a fire under the hood of the vehicle while it was parked in the garage. The fire department extinguished the fire. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 30,000.
- Sunnyville, CA, USA
Leaking head gasket-car began making intermittent clicking noise. Dealer checked and said nothing to worry about-probably loose fuel pump. They tightened that. Still noise. Took it back-"oops" it's a leaking head gasket they said had been defective since manufacture. Had I continued to drive I could have experienced complete engine failure at any speed.
- Coon Rapids, MN, USA
- Irvine, CA, USA