1998 Gulf Toyota Camry

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1
000

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs98V277000
Filed Nov 4, 19987,794 vehiclesGulf States Toyota, Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 1998-1999 TOYOTA SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH WHEEL LUG NUTS, PART NO. 1207, SUPPLIED BY PRIME WHEEL CORPORATION, AND DISTRIBUTED BY GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC. IN THE STATES OF TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI ONLY. THE LUG NUTS CONTAIN A DEFECT WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF THE LUG NUTS, AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF THE WHEEL.

Risk. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL THE WHEEL LUG NUTS AND ALSO PERFORM A COMPLIMENTARY WHEEL ROTATION WHEN THE REPAIR IS DONE.

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control Module98V279000
Filed Nov 3, 19981,519 vehiclesGulf States Toyota, Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AND PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AUDIOVOX SECURIKEY+ SECURITY SYSTEM AND SECURIKEY+ SECURITY SYSTEMS WITH REMOTE STARTER SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTED BY GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC., IN THE STATES OF TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI. CERTAIN SECURIKEY+ AND SECURIKEY+ WITH REMOTE START WIRING HARNESSES CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

Risk. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE INTERMITTENT PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS AND/OR HVAC FAN SPEED CONTROLS. ALSO, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT RUN SMOOTHLY AND COULD STALL.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SECURIKEY+ WIRING HARNESS AND, IF NECESSARY, WILL REPLACE THE HARNESS.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Aug 25, 2003WI

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING AS MENTIONED IN SERVICE BULLETIN EG01302, AND THAT VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS EMISSION BECAUSE THE EMISSION CONTROL PANEL LIGHT IS ON, INDICATING THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH EMISSION CONTROL COMPUTER ONBOARD. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Sep 12, 2002WA

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED LEAKING OIL FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS NOT WORKING. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20000100Routine
19993200Routine
1998 — this page2200Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Nov 4, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.