HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
1992 Toyota Camry complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
HOOD SUPPORT RODS REPLACED.
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
VEHICLE'S FRONT HOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POSSIBLE INJURY TO ANYONE WHO MAY BE WORKING OR ATTEMPTING TO HOLD HOOD DUE TO THE HEAVY WEIGHT. *AK
COIL SPRING BROKE.
HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL DOWN.
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED TO HOLD HOOD UP WHILE IN USE. *AK
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED TO HOLD UP HOOD, CAUSING HOOD TO COLLAPSE ON OWNER'S BACK. *AK *JB
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED. *AK CONSUMER STATES HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OIL AND HE TURNED AROUND TO GRAB A OIL FILTER WRENCH WHEN THE HOOD CAME DOWN, HE HAD TO USE A ROD TO KEEP THE HOOD UP.*JB
PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH FAILED . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE HOOD ON THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY UP, HAVE TO SUPPORT IT WITH A STICK TO HOLD THE HOOD UP. *AK
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. *AK
WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD,THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED/DOES NOT STAY UP. *AK
WHILE CHECKING THE OIL THE HOOD FELL DOWN ON THE OWNER'S HEAD DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TWO HOOD LIFT CYLINDERS. *AK
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE/HOOD WILL NOT STAY UP BY ITSELF AND THER EIS NOTHING UNDER THE HOOD TO PROP IT UP. *AK
TWO ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT DO NOT WORK, THE ENGINE HOOD DOES NOT STAY UP. *AK
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. THE SUPPORT STRUTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *AK
HOOD SUPPORT FAILS, NOT KEEPING HOOD FROM SLAMMING SHUT. *AK *JB
THE HOOD WILL NOT STAY UP, THE SUPPORT STRUTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *AK *JB
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
HOOD STRUTS FAILED.
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. *AK *JB
ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE, THE HOOD WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION, PE96-040. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT BRAKE COMPUTER FAILED VEHICLE WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND CONSUMER APPLIED HER FOOT TO BRAKE DUE TO BUILD UP OF TRAFFIC AHEAD, AND CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE SO THAT VEHICLE SURGES FOWARD AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, EALER STATED IT WAS DUE TO COMPUTER NOT RECONIZING CONSUMER'S FOOT THERFORE NOT ENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL, ALSO ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM FELL OFF THE MAINFOLD DUE TO BEING HELD ON OLY BY A THIN PIECE OF SOLDER WHEN VEHICLE WAS ABOUT ONLY 20 MONTHS OLD.*JB
#PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED . *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE 2 CYLINDER THAT LIFT AND HOLD THE HOOD WILL NOT SUPPORT IT. *SLC
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ENGINE HOOD HYDRAULUC PISTONS FAILURE. *AK
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE: WHILE CHECKING OIL, HOOD CAME DOWN, HIT OWNER IN HEAD, TWO OCCURRENCES. *AK
PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH FAILED . *AK *JB
CONSUMER WAS LEANING OVER UNDER THE HOOD AND IT CAME DOWN ON HIS SHOULDER AND BACK OF NECK, WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURIED.*AK
HOOD SUPPORT CYLINDER FAILED.
PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH FAILED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
VEHICLE'S HOOD LATCH SUPPORT BECAME INOPERATIVE WHILE SOMEONE WAS UNDER THE HOOD. *AK
THE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH BROKE, DO NOT HOLD HOOD IN THE UP POSITION. *AK
HOOD SUPPORTS FAILED.
CONSUMER HAD HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE . *AK
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. #PE96040. *AK *SLC
FAILURE ON THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT, THE HOOD WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION PE96-040. *AK
AUTOMATIC WINDOW BROKE ON THE INSIDE/MALFUNCTIONED AND WILL NOT OPEN ON ITS OWN. *AK
ENGINE HOOD LATCH SUPPORT FAILURE, THE HOOD DID NOT REMAIN IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN MECHANICAL WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED. *AK *JB
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. THE SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. #PE96040. *AK SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*JB
ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.
ENGINE HOOD LATCH SUPPORT FAILURE.*AK
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