1998 Toyota Camry complaints

TIRES WOBBLE/VIBRATE 70-75MPH BEING THE WORST. MULTIPLE TRIPS TO DEALER. 6 TIRES REPLACED. MULTIPLE TIME BALANCING TIRES. LATEST RESULT - PER DEALER "WE CAN'T FIX BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WITH SPEEDS OVER 65MPH AND TOYOTA WILL NOT AUTHORIZE REPAIRS ON ISSUES OCCURING OVER 65 MPH. ALSO, BRAKES MAKE BAD GRINDING NOISE AND SQUEEKS FORWARD/REVERSE - ADVISED IT IS BECUASE OF THE MATERIAL OF THE PADS. PADS CHANGED ONCE AND HAVE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, BUT HAVE LEFT LONG SKID MARK WITH ONE TIRE AND CAR PULL TO THE SIDE. *AK

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BRAKES BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE, AND VIBRATE. BRAKES ARE ALWAYS VERY LOW. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

ENGINE CUTS OFF, BAD ECU

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT OR EXTEND FROM THE RETRACTING MECHANISM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A CLIP WITHIN THE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY BROKE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR DRIVER AND PASSENGER TO OPEN DOORS. *AK *ML

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35 MPH DURING WHICH BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOYED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FRACTURE OF STERNUM.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITHOUT INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY TOYOTA (NO COST TO ME ) BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. BUT THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM STILL EXISTS SINCE DAY ONE: ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN TOUCHING DOOR ON THE WAY OUT AFTER TURNING ENGINE OFF. WHEN TURNING ENGINE OFF.

STEERING COLUMN VIBRATES AFTER BEING REPAIRED IN RECALL. DEALER WILL NOT INSPECT IT AGAIN. *AK

CAR VEERS TO THE LEFT FOR NO REASON. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG, BUT SAID VEHICLE NEEDS NEW TIRES. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS UNDER SNOWY AND FREEZING CONDITIONS WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND INJURY. YH

FRONT BRAKES MAKE RUMBLING NOISE AFTER BEING FIXED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE. YH

RIGHT FRONT STRUT FAILURE CAUSING FRONT END NOISE. YH

WHILE DRIVING CAR WENT DEAD AND BRAKES STARTED TO FAIL, THIS WAS A VERY BUSY ROAD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY, REPLACED BATTERY. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE MILEAGE DISAPPEARED, AND CAR WENT DEAD AGAIN. CONSUMER TOOK CAR BACK TO TOYOTA. *AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM SURGED CAR INTO WALL WITH DRIVERS FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SHORT TO FIT AROUND SELF OR ANYONE ELSE THE SAME SIZE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE STRUT IS VERY LOOSE WHICH MAY CAUSE THE STRUT TO COME OFF, AND CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH. THERE IS TSB BULLETIN ON THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES EXCESSIVE NOISE OVER BUMPS. THE DEALER THAT I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT TODAY, CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. HE STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE STRUT MOUNTING BRACKETS. HE HAD OVER 14 SETS ON BACK ORDER TODAY. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT THEY ARE HAVING AND YOU ARE RECEIVING TOYOTA SHOULD DO A RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT A RECALL MIGHT HAPPEN. THE COST TO CORRECT WOULD BE INEXCESS OF $300. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *AK

HEADLIGHTS PROVIDE POOR VISABILITY AT NIGHT, THE LEFT SIDE HAS DARK SPOTS. HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED THREE TIMES, AND THERE HAS BEEN KNOW CHANGE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

MAKES EXCESSIVE NOISE OVER BUMPS IN PAVEMENT. HAD REPLACED ON 1/17/00 AT COST TO ME OF $132.XX PLUS 1 1/2 HOURS LABOR. THE PARTS IN QUESTION ARE THE FRONT STRUT MOUNTS. TOYOTA MUST ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS, AS THEY ACCELERATE THE WEAR OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND PROVIDE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK

THE BRAKES ARE MAKING GRINDING NOISE. THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED ONCE BY THE DEALERSHIP AT 13000 MILES, AND THEN AT 27000 MILES THEY WERE AGAIN CHANGED BY SEARS. BUT THE BRAKES ARE GETTING WORN OUT EASILY AND THE GRINDING SOUND WILL NOT STOP. THE LEFT AND RIGHT SEAT BELTS HAVE BOTH FAILED AT 20000 AND 27000. THEY GET STUCK AND WONT COME IN OR OUT. THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY THE DEALER *AK

FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES EXCESSIVE NOISE OVER BUMPS. DEALER SAYS VERY COMMON PROBLEM BUT NO SOLUTION AVAILABLE. REFERNCE TSBS: NHTSA ITEM NUMBER: SB602177 & SB602531. REFERENCE ODI ID: 545483, 706991, 712064, & 714862. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER COULD STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR TO SLOWDOWN VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES WON'T WORK, AND MAKE NOISE L GRINDING METAL TO METAL NOISE. *AK

BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING. *AK

IGNITION SYSTEM, CABORATOR AND STARTER FAILED IN THE 1998-99 MODEL CAMRY'S. NLM

BRAKES DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT STOPPING DISTANCE EFFECTIVENES .WHEN THE PEDAL IS APPLIED IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THEY FEEL MUSHY THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

STEERING COLUNM PULLS TO RIGHT AND VIBRATES AT 70MPH FUMES FROM ENGINE GO THROUGH VENTS INTO CAR CAUSE HEADACHES AND UPSET STOMACH. BRAKES SQUEAK WHEN STOPPING LOUND NOISE. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION. ( 4 AIRBAGS 2 FRONTAL AND 2 SIDE). YH

STRUTS BAD ON FRONT END AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK

REPEATED BRAKE NOISE - METAL ON METAL - TOYOTA HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MALFUNCTIONS. YH

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON, ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO THE DRIVER. NLM

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE TOOK OFF ABOUT A MILE PER HOUR, CRASHING INTO A WALL. CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, BUT THEY DID NOT WORK, ALSO AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

LOW BEAM (LEFT) ONLY ILLUMINATES ABOUT 3 CAR LENGTHS AHEAD OF CAR ,WHEREAS THE RIGHT LOW BEAM ILLUMINATES WAY OUT AND A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT. TWICE TOOK VEHICLE TO SERVICE DEPT. ,DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND PROBLEM.MADE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT ON RIGHT BEAM. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT BEAM AND LIVING IN DEER COUNTRY THIS REPRESENTS A SAFETY PROBLEM! PLASE HELP. *AK

VEHICLE EX.PERIENCING PROBLEM WITH COLUMN SHIFT;WHENEVER SHIFTING INTO DRIVE A CLICK SOUNDS CAME FROM THE COLUMN. ALSO WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, AND PEDAL RETURNED TO POSITION, A POPPING SOUND COULD BE HEARD, AND PEDAL WOULD BE LOOSE. CONDITION APPEARED TO GET WORSE AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING STILL FOUR FIVE DAYS OR MORE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT HIM BACK,BUT NO WORDS ( MFR. COMPLAINT #199909280711). ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.*AK

IN A PARKING LOT GETTING READY TO PULL ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY BRAKES FAILED, AND VEHICLE SLID INTO THE HIGHWAY. CONTACTED DEALER WHO COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. LET SISTER DRIVE IT, AND SHE HEARD GRINDING NOISE. ALSO COULD FEEL IT UNDER THE PEDAL. HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED, AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES A THUMPING AND CLUNKING NOISE WAS COMING THE FROM BRAKES. *AK

NOISY SUSPENSION FRONT & REAR. ROADWAY BUMPS CAUSE THE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM TO MAKE A BANGING AND BUMPING NOISE. THE FRONT STRUTS HAD REPLACEMENT MOUNTS INSTALLED BUT DID NOT ELIMINATE THE BANGING AND BUMPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT STRUTS. THE REAR STRUTS BOTTOM OUT WITH MINOR BUMPS IN A ROADWAY. THE CASE IS IN ARBITRATION WITH TOYOTA AND TOYOTA IS AGAIN TO REPLACE THE FRONT STRUT MOUNTS WITH A NEWER 2ND GENERATION REPLACEMENT STRUT MOUNT. TOYOTA IS GOING TO REPLACE BOTH REAR STRUTS WITH REPLACMENT STRUTS. AT THIS TIME THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED SO I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE 2ND GENERATION STRUT MOUNTS AND REPLACEMENT STRUTS FOR THE REAR WILL ELINIMATE THE SUSPENSION NOISE. I'VE TOLD TOYOTA I BELIEVE THE STRUT SYSTEM IS BADLY DESIGNED AND THAT THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS WEAK. IF TOYOTA'S ADDITIONAL ACTIONS DON'T STOP THE BUMPING NOISE, THE CASE GOES BACK TO ARBITRATION WITH TOYOTA.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE, AND WHEN PLACING THE KEY IN IGNITION, IGNITION WILL NOT TURN OVER/START. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT STEERING FRONT WHEEL MUST BE FACED IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START TURNING IGNITION KEY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES ARE WHINNING..THE DEALER INSERTED A BRAKE KIT FOR STOPPING POWER, AND THE BRAKES STILL DON'T WORK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM. ALSO WHILE BRAKING, THERE IS A NOISE, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A RUMBLING NOISE AND VIBRATION. ALSO THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND HAS A LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS ADJUSTED BRAKES 4 TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

WHILE DRIVING DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE SEATBELTS BECAME LOCKED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS ALSO HAPPENED UPON ENTERING THE CAR.DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

CONTINUOUS NOISE FROM REAR AS IF THE CAR IS GOING OVER A SERIES OF BUMPS. THE VIBRATION CAN BE FELT ON THE STEERING ALSO.

BRAKE FAILURE. NO FURTHER DETAILS GIVEN.

WIDE RANGE SENSOR FAILURE.

HUB CAP AND TIRE.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE DOESN'T WORK FROM INSIDE THE CAR.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.

GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW OUT.