1999 Toyota Camry complaints

TOYOTA DOES NOT FIX THEIR CARS PROPERLY. I BROUGHT MY 1999 CAMRY IN FOR A REPAIR TO THE STEERING COLUMN, THEY "FIXED" THE PROBLEM, BUT PUT MY STEERING WHEEL BACK ON INCORRECTLY. THE DEALERSHIP IS HARD TO DEAL WITH, AND TOYOTA HOME OFFICE, WILL NOT GET INVOLVED, AS THEY STATE THAT EACH OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED AND OPERATED.

AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY

WHILE DRIVING ON A DOWNWARD INCLINE, THE CONSUMER SWITCHED THE GEARS TO DOWN SHIFT WHEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. ALL SYSTEMS FAILED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PH SCC

1999 TOYOTA CAMRY - FOR NO APPARENT REASON STARTED ON FIRE AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY - PEDAL FELT LIKE IT COLLASPED AND FIRE APPEARED INSTANTLY GIVING SMOKE STRAIGHT AT DRIVER & PASSENGERS BARELY MAKING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY BEFORE COMPLETELY TOTALLING CAR

THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN APPLIED WOULD STOP LESS THAN AN INCH FROM THE FLOOR BOARD. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS, DEALERSHIP REPLACED A FAULTY BOOSTER, WHICH SEEM TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. *TT *JB

EVAPORATIVE CONTROL SYSTEM: VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW. AT 43,219 MJILES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER TEST FORUND DEFECTIVE VACUME CONTRO VALVE. DEALER REPLACED AT A COST TO ME OF $85.98. AT 49,597 MILES ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. DEALER TEST REVELED LEAKING CHARCOAL CANISTER. DEALER ADVISED REPLACEMENT WOULD COST $438.54. DEALER INDICATED PART WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM.

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF A VEHICLE CRASH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HWY WATER PUMP FAILED CAUSING TIMING BELT AND IDLER TO ALSO FAIL AND DAMAGE TO OIL PUMP.

TAKEN VEHICLE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT FILLING STATION. MECHANIC NOTICED ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS WERE CRACKED. OWNER INFORMED NOT TO DRIVE UNTIL REPAIRED, BUT OWNER DROVE VEHICLE. MECHANIC FINALLY CONTACTED OWNER TO BRING VEHICLE IN FOR BRAKE ROTOR REPAIRS. TS

1999 TOYOTA CAMRY (VIN # [XXX]).JULY 7TH ,2002 , THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED THE CAMSHAFT BELT (TIMING BELT) AND OTHER BELTS AND PULLEYS TO BE DAMAGED. THE STANDARD TOYOTA WATER PUMP IS WARRANTED FOR 60 MONTHS OR 60,000 MILES. SINCE MY CAR IS ONLY 40 MONTHS OLD AND HAS ONLY 41,562 MILES, IT FALLS WELL WITHIN THE COVERAGE I HAVE CHECKED THE INTERNET PAGE FOR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION WEB PAGE( WWW.NHTSA.DOT.GOV) AND FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS SAME EVENT OCCURRING. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA CASE # 200208090013. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CUSTOMER CENTER ABOUT 15 TIMES TO SUPPLY ALL THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS THEY REQUESTED , BUT THEY REFUSE TO DOCUMENT WHY THE CASE WAS DENIED. THIS CASE ALSO CONNECTS TO ODI NUMBER 765034. DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATES THE CRUISE CONTROL FAIL AT 70MPH CAUSING AND ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE BATTERY EXPLODED AND ACID SPILLED ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO DEALER 4 TIMES IN ONE YEAR FOR THE SAME ISC VALVE PROBLEM, EVERYTIME THIS VALVE GO WRONG MY CAR WILL NOT START!! I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN! COST $370 FOR THE VALVE. DT

THIS SEEM TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM TO 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. ISC VALVE JUST DIE OFF FOR NO REASON AND NO SIGNS OF ANY BROKEN . CAR CAN NOT BE STARTED WHEN THIS VALVE IS DEFECTED. EVEN IF CAR CAN BE STARTED, IT WILL BE VERY SHAKEY. DT

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND SOMETIMES GOES OFF BY ITSELF. COMPUTER ANALYSIS INDICATES AN OXYGEN SENSOR IS BAD BUT ITEM IS UNDER WARRANTY FOR 96 MONTHS OR 80,000 MILES. PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 40,000 MILES. TOYOTA SAYS THE WARRANTY IS GOOD ONLY IN THOSE STATES THAT ADOPTED CA STANDARDS, I.E., NY AND MA. OTHER STATES WARRANTY IS FOR 36,000 MILES. PROBLEM DID NOT SURFACE UNTIL 40,000 MILES. ORIGINAL AND SEND PURCHASE OF CARS WAS IN VIRGINIA BUT TOYOTA CHOSE TO PUT A CA SENSOR. I HAVE NO VOICE IN VA OR SC EMISSION STANDARDS. PROBLEM NOW IS WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, IS IT THE SENSOR OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS? THE TOYOTA WARRANTY POLICY IS ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS SINCE MOST TOYOTA'S ARE SOLD OUTSIDE OF CA. CAN YOU HELP ME?? TS

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH AND WITH NO WARNING CONSUMER COULD HEAR A LOUD NOISES COMING FROM ENGINE. THEN VEHICLE SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS LOCKED INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK WILL NOT OPEN. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM THE DEALER COULD FIND, WAS THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON, CONTACTED DEALER, AND EALER TRIED TO FIX AIR BAG, BUT THE REMEDY DID NOT WORK. SECOND TIME CONSUMER TOOK IT BACK TO TRY TO GET IT FIXED. CONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP THRREE TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR BRAKE SHOES NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND ADJUSTED, BOTH REAR AND FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFOMRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE STILL GOOD.*JB

CONSUMER STATED BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING SOUND AND PULSATE AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CONCERNING THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, AS WELL AS FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, DUE TO THEM BEING WORN.*JB

ON 9/8/2001 I HAD THE 30,000 MILE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. ON JULY 7,2002, THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND DAMAGED THE TIMING BELT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP, TIMING(CAMSHAFT BELT) , SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BELTS, IDLER , TENSIONER AND ANTI-FREEZE. LABOR AND PARTS TOTALED $710.44. THIS IS THE 5TH OCCURANCE OF A WATER PUMP FAILING ON A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH UNDER 45,000 MILES THAT WAS REPORTED ON THIS WEB SITE ALONE. THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY COVERS THE WATER PUMP FOR 60 MONTHS OR 60,000 MILES. I HAVE SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER TO TOYOTA , WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THEM. THE WATER PUMP SHOULD LAST MORE THAT 45,000 MILE AND WITH THE NUMBER OF FAILURES THAT HAVE OCCURED, THERE IS A TREND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART.*AKI

ADDITIONAL INFO TO ODI NUMBER 765034 - SHOP MENTIONED THAT THE WATER PUMP DAMAGED CAUSED SCRAPPING ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. SINCE THE ENGINE BLOCK IS MADE OF AN ALUMINUM BASE HIS CONCERN WAS THAT THE MARKS MIGHT CAUSE A CRACK TO OCCUR. HE SAID NO LEAKING WAS SEEN AT THIS TIME BUT I WANT TO PUT ON RECORD THAT DAMAGE WAS MADE TO THE ENGINE THAT MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE FURTURE. THIS SCRAPING WAS DUE TO THE WATER PUMP FAILURE THAT WAS NOTED IN THE ODI NUMBER 765034 QUESTIONNAIRE. THIS INFO WAS ALSO MENTIONED TO TOYOTA IN A CERTIFIED LETTER BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE YET FROM TOYOTA.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB

THIS IS THE SECOND POWER STEERING PUMP THAT HAS FAILED ON MY TOYOTA CAMRY WHICH WAS PURCHASED NEW.THE FIRST PUMP FAILED AT 7,800 MILES AND NOW THE FRONT SEAL IS LEAKING ON THE REPLACEMENT PUMP AT 76,243 MILES. THIS IS UNACCEPTBLE. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPING THE CURB AND CRASHING INTO A BUILDING.*AK

01/2001 - 03/2001 4 WHEEL ABS. INTERMITTENT OCCURRENCE OF THE FOLLOWING: ABS FUNCTIONING OR BRAKES OPERATING WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. NOTICE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY FROM UNNEEDED BRAKING. THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY AS DRIVING CONTINUES. AFTER 1 INCIDENT TOOK CAR TO A REPAIR STATION BECAUSE I NEEDED TO APPLY THE GAS PEDAL TO GO DOWN HILL TO KEEP CAR GOING AT SPEED LIMIT (WHERE USUALLY CAR WILL ROLL AT SPEED LIMIT). CAR PUT ON RACKS AND FOUND BRAKES WERE EXTREMELY HOT. ALL WHEELS COULD NOT BE HAND TURNED. AFTER BRAKES COOLED PROBLEM WAS ABLE TO DRIVE CAR NORMALLY. HAD 4 OCCURRENCES OF THIS IN LAST 3 MONTHS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO SENSE IS TAKING THINGS APART WHEN THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS. 03/2001 TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER 3 WEEKS LATER. LATEST EXPERIENCE WAS THAT BRAKES WERE NOW FAILING. PEDAL WENT LOW WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER SAID BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINTATED AND WARRANTY IS NOW VOID. DEALER MENTIONED THAT 1 WEEK EARLIER ANOTHER CAR CAME IN WITH CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID. DEALER SAYS THAT DUE TO CONTAMINATION, THEY NEED TO REPLACE ALMOST ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM (CALIPERS, LINES, MASTER, ABS SENSORS) THIS WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER $3,000. TOLD DEALER TO TRY AND ONLY FLUSH BRAKE FLUID. HE SAID COULD DO THIS BUT THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO REPLACE THE MASTER SINCE BRAKE PEDAL WAS GOING LOW. DEALER ALSO SAID THAT THEY (TOYOTA) WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRAKE FAILURE THAT OCCURRED FOLLOWING THIS C

THERE IS A SQEAK COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN I GO OVER SMALL BUMPS/DIPS IN THE ROAD. TOYOTA RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT OF TIE RODS, WHICH DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THE NOISE CONTINUES AND HAS INCREASED IN SEVERITY. THE AIR CONDITIONER SMELLS WHEN USING IT. IT SMELLS LIKE MOLD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, BUT ALL THEY DO IS SPRAY IT WITH FRIGI-FRESH, WHICH ONLY MASKS THE SMELL FOR A SHORT WHILE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING APPLIED BRAKES AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK DURING THE ACCIDENT THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED ALSO. *YH

SPECKS IN WINDSHIELD ARE CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY AND ND AFFECTING CONSUMER EYES WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS, THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. *JG

TURN SIGNAL BLINKS VERY RAPIDLY WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. SPEED RETURNS TO NORMAL WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURN. SIGNALS OPERATE NORMALLY WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE OFF. I'VE NOTICED THIS ON MY FATHER'S 1998 CAMRY AND ON ANOTHER DRIVER'S CAMRY (1998-2001 MODEL?- SAME BODY STYLE AS MINE). I'M AFRAID THE SIGNALS WILL STOP WORKING, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY WORRISOME IN TRAFFIC OR AT NIGHT.*AK

ENGINE SLUDGE ISSUE CONTINUES EVEN AFTER REPAIR AND PROPER MAINTENANCE. *AK

CLAIM NUMBER 52-2382-276 - WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND, CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, THE WIRING HARNESS WAS CAUSE OF FIRE. *TT

(18-0457-786) INSURED WAS DRIVING AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP BUT BRAKES FAILED, TRYING AGAIN, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. *JG

CLAIM NUMBER 13-7035-944 - ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO LEAVES AND STICKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PUT THERE BY AN ANIMAL. *TT

THE INSURED STATED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE AREA. CLAIM NUMBER 18-0283-122. *YH

WHEN THE INSURED PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO THE ROAD, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF INSURED'S VEHICLE, AFTER THE IMPACT, A FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE AND STARTED TO SMOKE THEN IGNITED. CLAIM NUMBER 52-2323-385. *YH

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN CAMRY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT AN APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREE ANGLE AT AN ESTIMATED 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FENDER HIT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT FENDER OF THE OTHER CAR.*JB

CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A GRAVEL ROAD. THE INSIDE OF THE CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE RAPIDLY AND WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS INDICATION OF PROBLEM OR WARNING. ALL GAUGES REGISTERED NORMAL. DRIVER EXITED THE CAR AND SAW FIREBALLS FALLING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS TOTALLY BURNED AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE MAIN POINT IS THAT THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AND IT HAD BEEN MAINTAINED PER THE MANUFACTURERS SPECS. WE ARE NOT SURE OF WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE, BUT HAD TO BE RELATED TO FUEL SINCE IT BURNED SO FAST. *AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY FOLLOWING FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH TOTALLED OUR VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE STARTED MAKING NOISES, SO CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. IT WAS SAID TO CONSUMER THERE MAY BE A GEL SUBSTANCE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM OCCURING FROM LACK OF MAINTENANCE. THERE WAS NOT ANY GEL BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO COMPLETE ANY ENGINE WORK UNTILL CONSUMER SHOWS PROOF OF MAINTENANCE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *JG

ENGINE MAKES LOUD CLICKING NOISE; DEALERSHIP SAID IT MAY BE OIL GEL PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE VEHICLE.*JB(CLAIM#20-5411-606)

WHILE DRIVING, THE INSURED SMELL SMOKE, THE INSURED THEN PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE SMOKE SMELL AND DISCOVERED THAT FLAMES WERE COMING UP TO THE WINDSHIELD.*JB(CLAIM#11-3646-015)

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND AND VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, SMOKE BEGAN TO COME THROUGH THE VENTS, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE AND BURNED TO THE BACK SEAT AREA.*JB(CLAIM#48-5188-694)

THE ENGINE HAS BEEN EMITTING A STRONG BURNING SMELL FOR ALMOST A MONTH. AFTER DRIVING, A HAVE A HEADACHE AND FEEL DIZZY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE CAR. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE DEALER CLAIMS HE REMOVED A PLASTIC BAG FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, BUT THE SMELL CONTINUES WITH THE SAME INTENSITY. THE SMELL EXISTS IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING AND STANDING IN SEVERAL PLACES AT THE FRONT HOOD WITH THE IGNITION TURNED OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AGAIN YESTERDAY; THEY CLAIM PLASTIC IS STILL BURNING ITS WAY THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. NOT ACCEPTABLE.*AK

DURING AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY RESULTING IN HEAD AND FACIAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER, THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THERE IS NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON FOURTEEN OCCASIONS, AND IS STILL AT THE DEALER. *AK