1997 Toyota Camry complaints

SMOG SENSOR FAILED. YH

STEREO EXPERIENCING FAILURE. *YC

REAR WHEEL CYLINDER BRAKE KIT REPAIR. YH

ENGINE DIED, DIAGNOSED THAT A POWER SHORT ON AIR BAG ASSEMBLY FAILED. YH

BRAKES PADS WORE TOO FAST, AND THE REPLACEMENT WORE TOO. YH

LEFT BRAKE LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT. *YC

SUSPENSSION DESIGN PROBLEM,CAR BOTTOMS OUT ON ALL DIPS AND DRIVE WAY. YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCIG TIRE FAILURE ( MICHLEN P195-70 ). *YC

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. *YC

LEFT TURN SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED. *YC

BRAKES MAKE NOISE. YH

EMERGENCY LIGHT KEPT COMMING ON. YH

FRONT BRAKES FAILURE CAUSED RUBBING NOISE WHEN WHEELS WERE TURNING. YH

UNABLE TO OPEN REAR DOOR BECAUSE THE LINKAGE FAILED. YH

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NOISE. YH

BRAKES FAILED. YH

STRUTS FAILED. YH

STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONS. YH

FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS MAKE VIBRATION NOISE. YH

BRAKES MAKES SQUEAKING NOISE. YH

LIGHT ON PANEL STAYED ON. YH

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM EXPERIENCING ODOR. *YC

CHARCOAL CANISTER FAILED. YH

ENGINE COMPUTER SENSOR FAILED. YH

ISC VALVE IS STICKING. YH

SEAT BELT BUTTON FAILED. NLM

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. YH

I STILL HAVE THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEM AND UNEVEN STOPPING POWER/GRIND.

HAD FOOT FIRMLY ON BRAKE, CHANGED GEAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE, AND WHILE FOOT WAS STILL ON BRAKE THE CAR STARTED ROLLING AND CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT HIT A TREE.

CAR LOCKS & UNLOCKS ITSELF, VERY ANNOYING

THERE IS A NOTICEABLE RUMBLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FLOOR OF MY 1997 TOYOTA CAMRY. THIS IS MOST NOTICEABLE DURING ACCELERATION, BUT CAN BE DETECTED WHILE TRAVELING AT CONSTANT SPEED. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTENT IN NATURE.

FRONT STRUT FAILING TO OPERATE BETWEEN 6000 -7000 MILES OF WEAR. WHENEVER VEHICLE HIT A BUMP THE STRUT WOULD BOTTOM OUT/ METAL TO METAL ARE HITING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHT POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE NO SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. MFR. NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY CONSUMER COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER WAS GOING TO SEND AN ENGINEER OUT, BUT HE NEVER SHOWED UP. *AK.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS IN WHICH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ON BOTH OCCASIONS. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TWO ACCIDENTS. 1ST. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE SIDE. 2ND ACCIDENT INVOLVED A HEAD-ON COLLISION. ON BOTH OCCASIONS AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED OF THE THE 1ST ACCIDENT. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE SIDE. ON THE SECOND ACCIDENT DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THE TIME. 831843 DUP OF 831726; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

THE ENGINE SIEZED AT 21,000 MILE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN #. *AK

CONSUMER WAS REARENDED BY A VEHICLE GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ,DRIVER SEATBACK TRACK BROKE, CAUSING HER TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURIES. *AK

THE CAR FRONT SUSPENSION IS VERY LOW. THE FRONT (UNDER) OF THE CAR SCRAPES THE CEMENT WHEN BACKING FROM A DRIVEWAY OR WHEN DRIVING OVER SOME DIPS IN THE STREETS. MY NEIGHBOR HAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF THE CAR AND HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AND THE FRONT END WAS CRUSHED. THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISE AND PRODUCE A GRINDING SOUND WHEN APPLIED WITH NORMAL PRESSURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT TOYOTA KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT CAN'T FIX IT. MY REGULAR MECHANIC HAS HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH TOYOTAS FROM HIS CUSTOMERS. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT CAN'T BE FIXED. 2) ON MY 25,000 MILE SERVICE I COULD NOT HAVE MY BACK TIRES ROTATED BECAUSE THEY WERE CUPPED. I WAS TOLD THIS IS BECAUSE OF WEAK SHOCKS ON THE CAR. MY WIFE WHO WEIGHS 100 POUNDS IS THE ONE WHO DRIVES THIS CAR 85% OF THE TIME AND WITH MY TWO KIDS THE TOTAL WEIGHT IS LESS THAT 300 POUNDS. I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD BOTTOM OUT BUT DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE POORLY PERFORMING SHOCKS. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THESE TWO PROBLEMS TO THE POINT THAT I WONDER WHERE ELSE TOYOTA CUT CORNERS ON QUALITY. IF THIS REPORT IS GOING TO TOYOTA, PLEASE PASS ON THAT THE CHANCES OF THIS CONSUMER BUYING ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS IS ZERO. ALSO, THE CHANCES OF A BAD REFERRAL IS HIGHLY PROBABLE. AT THE MINIMUM, IT IS BETTER THAN TOYOTA COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION TO A KNOWN PROBLEM.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT BRAKES. WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE BRAKES SOUND AS IF IT IS METAL TO METAL GRINDING. VEHICLE INSPECTED, AND BRAKES PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, AND CONDITION STILL A OCCURS. *AK

THERE IS SHAKING IN THE TIRE, AND THE TIRERS ARE OUT OF BALANCE. ALSO, THERE IS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE STRUCTURE. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, IT MAKES A LOUD CHATTERING NOISE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 3 TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FEB/97. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKES MAKES LOTS OF NOISE

DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE CAUSES THE DRIVER KNEE TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL ADJUSTER LEVER MAKING THE STEERING WHEEL GO UP AND DOWN.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE HYDROPLANED @ APPORX. 65-70 MPH HITTING A CONCRETE BRIDGE WHICH TURNED THE VEHICLE 180 DEGREES AND THE FRONT HIT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED SPINNING. NIETHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.

HEADLIGHT DESIGN DOES NOT LIGHT EFFICIENTLY RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY.

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. ANYTIME VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE WOULD GO FOWARD AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND CONDITION STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ALONG THE STREET WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING FROM PARKING AREA DRIVEWAY ONTO STREET STRUCK CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK