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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 →

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Dec 4, 1996NY

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Dec 4, 1996FL

HOOD SUPPORT RODS REPLACED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Dec 4, 1996FL

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Dec 2, 1996NJ

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

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Filed Dec 2, 1996CA

COIL SPRING BROKE.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 27, 1996NJ

HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL DOWN.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 22, 1996LA

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED TO HOLD HOOD UP WHILE IN USE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 22, 1996MD

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED TO HOLD UP HOOD, CAUSING HOOD TO COLLAPSE ON OWNER'S BACK. *AK *JB

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 22, 1996FL

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 21, 1996NY

WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 21, 1996FL

WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 21, 1996VA

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 21, 1996NJ

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 20, 1996PA

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

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 20, 1996FL

PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH FAILED . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996FL

THE HOOD ON THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY UP, HAVE TO SUPPORT IT WITH A STICK TO HOLD THE HOOD UP. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 19, 1996MA

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 19, 1996FL

WHEN LIFTING THE HOOD,THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILED/DOES NOT STAY UP. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996FL

WHILE CHECKING THE OIL THE HOOD FELL DOWN ON THE OWNER'S HEAD DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TWO HOOD LIFT CYLINDERS. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 19, 1996TX

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE/HOOD WILL NOT STAY UP BY ITSELF AND THER EIS NOTHING UNDER THE HOOD TO PROP IT UP. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996NY

TWO ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT DO NOT WORK, THE ENGINE HOOD DOES NOT STAY UP. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 19, 1996TX

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. THE SUPPORT STRUTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996NJ

HOOD SUPPORT FAILS, NOT KEEPING HOOD FROM SLAMMING SHUT. *AK *JB

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996NH

THE HOOD WILL NOT STAY UP, THE SUPPORT STRUTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *AK *JB

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996NH

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996MD

HOOD STRUTS FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 19, 1996VA

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 18, 1996NY

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. *AK *JB

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 18, 1996NY

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

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 18, 1996MS

#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

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 15, 1996MA

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ENGINE HOOD HYDRAULUC PISTONS FAILURE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 15, 1996NY

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE: WHILE CHECKING OIL, HOOD CAME DOWN, HIT OWNER IN HEAD, TWO OCCURRENCES. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 15, 1996NY

PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH FAILED . *AK *JB

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 15, 1996CA

CONSUMER WAS LEANING OVER UNDER THE HOOD AND IT CAME DOWN ON HIS SHOULDER AND BACK OF NECK, WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURIED.*AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 15, 1996MD

HOOD SUPPORT CYLINDER FAILED.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 14, 1996AL

PE96-040, THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH FAILED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 14, 1996AL

VEHICLE'S HOOD LATCH SUPPORT BECAME INOPERATIVE WHILE SOMEONE WAS UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 13, 1996MA

THE HOOD SUPPORT LATCH BROKE, DO NOT HOLD HOOD IN THE UP POSITION. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 13, 1996NY

HOOD SUPPORTS FAILED.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 12, 1996TX

CONSUMER HAD HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE . *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 12, 1996FL

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. #PE96040. *AK *SLC

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 12, 1996CA

FAILURE ON THE ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT, THE HOOD WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION PE96-040. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Nov 12, 1996CA

AUTOMATIC WINDOW BROKE ON THE INSIDE/MALFUNCTIONED AND WILL NOT OPEN ON ITS OWN. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 12, 1996NY

ENGINE HOOD LATCH SUPPORT FAILURE, THE HOOD DID NOT REMAIN IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN MECHANICAL WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED. *AK *JB

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 12, 1996FL

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 8, 1996FL

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. THE SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. #PE96040. *AK SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*JB

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 8, 1996CT

ENGINE HOOD SUPPORT FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 8, 1996MA

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Nov 8, 1996MD

HOOD SUPPORT FAILED.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Nov 7, 1996NH

ENGINE HOOD LATCH SUPPORT FAILURE.*AK

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