1999 Toyota Camry complaints

THE BRAKE PADS, REAR DRUMS/ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A TOYOTA CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE. THE REPAIR PERSON INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON BECAUSE THE ROTORS/DRUMS WERE" MELTED." WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED, THERE IS A VERY LOUD GROANING NOISE.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCEERATION AS THE CONSUMER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE CONSUMER PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE AS SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE HIT A FIRE HYDRANT AND CAME TO A STOP, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT RECALL 01V-012 BUT WAS TOLD THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED, CONSUMER BELIEVES A WIDER RECALL MAY BE NECESSARY. NLM

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY GRIND AND MAKE NOISE. DEALER REPLACED PADS. BUT, GRINDING SOUND PERSISTED. DEALER ADJUSTED BRAKES, STILL NOISY. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID THAT ALL TOYOTAS DO THAT, AND THEY COULD REPLACE BRAKES WITH AFTER MARKET BRAKES TO REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE GOING UP A HILL HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN VEHICLE WAS CHANGING GEARS. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. TECHNICIAN STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ABS TOO SENSITIVE FOR ROAD CONDITIONS. SLIGHTEST VARIATION IN ROAD CONDITION CAUSES ABS SYSTEM TO GO INTO PANIC MODE BRAKING. ON MANY OCCASIONS THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP BECAUSE OF ROAD WAS WET UNDER ONE TIRE AND NOT THE OTHER. CURRENT WINTER CONDITONS CAUSE ABS SYSTEM TO BRAKE ERRATICLY EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE BRAKES TO BE PULSATING LIKE THEY DO OR FOR THE BRAKES TO VIBRATE SO LOUD TO CAUSE THE DRIVER TO PANIC . I DREAD DRIVING THIS CAR FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BRAKING SYSTEM WILL REACT. *AK

SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED THE BRAKE PEDAL ON MANY OCCASIONS HAS DROPPED TO THE FLOOR PAN FO NO APPEARANT REASON. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT BOTH HIGHWAY SPEED AND IN-CITY SPEEDS. I HAVE TO PUMP THE PEDAL A FEW TIMES FOR IT TO MAINTAIN BRAKE PRESSURE. IF I KEEP MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL LONG ENOUGH IT EVENTUALLY DROPS. *AK

BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED THE BRAKES MAKE A LOUD VIBRATING NOISE WITH POOR STOOPING EFFECT. MOST OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY YET THE BRAKE WEAR OUT AS IF I APPLY THEM CONSTANTLY. DEALER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BRAKE WEAR HAS BEEN ERRACTIC WITH CAR, YET ALL THEY RECOMMEND IS REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACING THE ROTORS EVERY 10000 TO 15000 MILES. I'VE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS TWICE SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND NEED TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN SOON SINCE THEY ARE WORN AGAIN. IN GENERAL, THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHCLE FUNCTION POOR AT BEST WITH PREMATURE WEAR OUT OF BRAKE PADS AND DRUMS.*AK

RECALL 01V012000; ACCELERATOR CABLE HOUSING COULD BE DEFORMED AT CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATOR TO THROTTLE BODY CONNECTION. CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM.THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I AM A LITTLE DISPLEASED WITH MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. I BOUGHT IT AS A CERTIFIED USED CAR WITH 19,300 MILES. ALREADY, I HAVE SHELLED OUT 450.00 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS, DISC PADS, AND ASSEMBLY. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAD FAILED BEFORE, AND I HAD THEM REPLACE THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY. THE DASH LIGHTS JUST FAILED RECENTLY, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE REAR LIGHTS BURNED OUT IN NOV. I LOGGED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA CUST. SERVICE CENTER, BUT I STILL FEEL THAT THIS CAR IS A LEMON. WHAT NEW 1999 CAR WITH 30,000 MILES HAS HAD THIS MANY FAILURES? PLEASE SEND ME ANY OTHER INFO THAT MIGHT PERTAIN TO THIS, OR ANY INFO YOU HEAR BACK. ITR WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I DON'T WANT TO BE TAKING MY CAR IN FOR MAJOR SERVICE EVERY YEAR!!!

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM THE FRONT AND REAR, HOWEVER THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT. *SLC

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM REAR AT 50 MPH, PUSHING VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER VEHCLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAR DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF TH VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERABLY DAMAGE DURING THE ACCIDENT AND PASSENGER WAS INJURED. *YH

WHEN PUT IN PARK, AND BEFORE CONSUMER SHUTS OFF ENGINE, VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD, HAPPEND 3 TIMES, ONCE IT WENT THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP PEDAL TRAVELED TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR. *AK THE BRAKE PADS FAILED AT 12000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 16200 MILES. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT BRAKE SAFETY ON LONG TRIPS. *YH

BRAKE PROBLEMS EMERGED PRIOR TO BEING TOLD THAT POWER BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER WERE BAD. ALSO, HAD NO BRAKE PADS, AND HAD TO HAVE ROTORS TURNED. VEHICLE AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE CAR WILL JUMP BACKWARDS, AND CONSUMER IS VERY SCARED TO DRIVE CAR. *AK

CONSUMER HAS TO TAKE VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKES EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AT THIS POINT. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR, MASTER CYLINDER WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, ROTORS WERE REPLACED. VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO WATER PUMP FAILURE THE WATER PUMP CAME APART AND BROKE THE TIMING BELT. *SLC *AK

RUNNING ON 3RD PAIR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS & 2ND FRONT ROTORS @ 29K MI. GROANING NOISE WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGH SPEEDS APP. 50+ MPH REGARDLESS OF PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL

WHEN MAKING A STOP BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOORBOARD TO MAKE A FULL STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 25 MPH. THERE WAS EXSTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TOYOTA HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIMMED, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, CONSUMER FEELS THE LIGHTS ARE TOO FAR BACK. *AK *SLC

THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE ROAD PROPERLY. THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE DEALER AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. THE LIGHTS STILL DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROAD PROPERLY AND ARE A SAFETY CONCERN. FRONT SUSPENSION SHAKES AGGRESIVELY (OFTEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS) MAKING DRIVING VERY DANGTEROUS. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT BY DEALER. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. ALL FOUR TIRES WORE COMPLETELY OUT IN LESS THAN 12,000 MILES. FRONT END PULLED STRONGLY TO RIGHT. DEALER TRIED TO CORRED SEVERAL TIMES. FRONT END NOW PULLS TO THE LEFT. REAR END "BANGS" AND "BOTTOMS OUT" OFTEN WHILE AT SPEED. DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THIS SAFETY CONCERN IS "TYPICAL" OF THIS CAR. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TO HOLD CAR WHILE ON AN INCLINE AT LEAST TWICE. WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE FOR DEALER. REAR DOOR HAS NEVER CLOSED PROPERLY. DEALER HAS ATTAMPTED SEVERAL REAPIRS. DOOR STILL "CREEKS AND POPS" WHEN OPENED.

BRAKES HAVE EXPERIENCED GRINDING NOISE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PADS BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURED, FINALLY THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT A PIN WAS OFF-SHIFT AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED, CONSUMER OPENED ARBITRATION CASE. NLM

THE CAR IS PRODUCING HEAT, BUT SOMEHOW OBSTRUCTED TO GET INTO THE CAR. SO IS IS FREEZING FOR THE FIRST 10-15 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP. I AM TOLD THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. WHAT SHOULD I DO ? *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED IN A CRASH, HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FIRST, VEHICLE CHANGED DIRECTION AND HIT A POLE HEAD-ON. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF FRONTAL OR SIDE AIR BAGS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND FRONT ROTORS; AT 10,000 MILES DEALER HAD TO REPLACE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. CURRENTLY, AT 21,000 MILES, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHT NOT ALIGNED. DEALER INFORMED THAT VEHICLE MET MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE. ALSO, WATER PUMP FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS BEING MADE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS NOT GOOD AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO TEST THE FLUIDS. *SLC

THE COOPER TIRES (SEARS STEEL BELT PI 95/70R14) ON THE VEHICLE ALL WERE DEFECTIVE, ONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING. *MJS

NO SUMMARY

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THERE WAS A BRAKE FAILURE, DEALER FOUND THE CALIPERS TO BE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS, IN THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT AND THE SEATBELTS DID NOT WORK, PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *SLC

MULTIPLE TIMES CAR WILL NOT START. THE ONLY TIME FIALED AT DEALER SUSPECT PART WAS THE ALARM SYSTEM. REPLACED ALARM BUT PROBLEM CAN BACK 9 MONTHS LATER.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN YOU TAKE OFF. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD IT (THIS WILL MAKE) 5 TIMES SINCE MARCH 31,1999. THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. THE BRAKES MAKE NOISES WHEN THEY ARE APPLIED. THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE VENTS BUT WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM. WE STILL, AFTER ALL THOSE TIMES IN THE SHOP, HAVE THE SAME ORGINAL PROBLEMS AS BEFORE WE EVER WENT TO THE SHOP. WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE EVEN LIED TO US WHEN WE WERE BUYING THE CAR. THEY TOLD US IT WAS A LIMITED EDITION AND IT ISN'T. THEY WERE THE ORGINAL OWNERS, THEY WERE NOT. THEY WON'T GIVE US THE NAME OF THE ORGINAL OWNER. (FOUND THIS OUT DURING ARBITRATION) THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG WITH THIS CAR. AND CAN'T FIND ANY HELP ON THE SITUTATION. PLEASE ADVISE.

BRAKES HAVE WORN OUT EVERY 3,000 MILES. BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE RERPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. BRAKES WENT OUT AGAIN, AND DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPLACED THEM.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH IN A INTERSECTION AND HAD THE RIGHT AWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TURNING AND VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. MECHANIC OF A PRIVATE STATION TOLD HER THAT THERE WERE BAD SENSORS INSIDE OF AIRBAGS, AND THAT WAS WHY AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF.*AK

LOUD NOISE WHEN BRAKING KIND OF AN AIRPLANE LANDING / BRAKING TOYOTA SAID THAT ITS NORMAL... ABS DEPLOYEES OFTEN IN DRY PAVEMENT OR REVERSING DOWN HILL OR OF A PARKING LOT. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED A COLLISION/ MINOR INJURIES. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE BY THE DEALER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CALIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS/PADS AND CALIPERS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A RATE OF APPROX. 35 MILE PER HOUR THE BRAKES WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHICH RESULTED IN A BACK END COLLISON . THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT AND THE AIR BAGS DID BOT WORK. ACCIDENT WAS REPOTED TO POLICE AND INSURANCE COMPANY. INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE SEATBELT AND AIRBAG WAS OK. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP HAVING AMASTER CYLINDERREPALCED, FROZEN CALIPERS REPLACED AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED BECAUSE OF UNEVEN WEAR.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIAMETLY 35 M.P.H., WHEN BRAKES WERE PRESSED THEY WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN A REAR END CRASH. THE AIR BAGS AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK. THE CRASH WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND INSURANCE COMPANY. THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE AIRBAG AND SEATBELT WAS OK. THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE MASTER CYLINDER, FROZEN CALIPERS AND BRAKE PADS BECAUSE OF UNEVEN WEAR. THE INJURED PASSENGER SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND SPRAINED WRISTS.

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, TAKEN IT BACK 4 TIMES, THEY GLAZED THE ROTERS. I CANNOT MAKE SAFE STOPS. BREAKS ARE GRINDING. ASKING FOR HELP BE FOR FATALITY TOLD OVER AND OVER NOTHING IS WRONG. THEY ARE WRONG. I PAID $1500.00 FOR CERTIFIED WARRANTY AND THEY STILL WON'T FIX MY BRAKES.

IN 30000 MILES WE HAVE REPLACED FRONT ROTORS TWICE, PADS 3 TIMES, AND TIRES TWICE-TOYOTA HAS TOLD US THIS WEAR IS NORMAL

SERIOUS UNSAFE VIBRATION AT 60MPH AND UP. DEALER HAS REPLACED TIRES 3 TIMES, BALANCED THE TIRES 5 TIMES AND PERFORMED ALIGNMENT. STILL HAS PROBLEMS. HAD A HIGHSPEED BALNCING PERFORMED TO NO AVAIL ALSO.

FIRESTONE TIRES ON TOYOTA, CAMRY 1999. FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE GENERAL HP 400 AS TIRE BLEWOUT. TIRE SIZE, 20565R15. GENERAL WAS CONTACTED.*AK DOT#ACUR2V1468. *SLC

AS CONSUMER WAS GETTING INTO VEHICLE SOMETHING BETWEEN DRIVER'S SEAT AND FLOOR CAUSED A SEVERE CUT ON HER LOWER LEG. *AK UNCOVERED SHARP METAL ON SEAT ADJUSTMENT TRACT INJURED THE DRIVER. *YH

THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, AND WHEN IT DOES IT'S JUST BRIEFLY.

BOTTOM OF DRIVER'S DOOR IS VERY SHARP WHICH CAUSED DRIVER TO RECEIVE FIVE STITCHES. *AK

DRIVING FROM HOME WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS PURCHASED AT 29500 AND CHARCOAL CANISTER NEEDED REPLACING WITH ONLY 35000. *AK

ON APRIL 2003, THE CONSUMER BOUGHT 4 BRIDGESTONE TIRES, MODEL POTENZA P195/70R14 DOT- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 WEEKS LATER, ON 4/21 WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT AND TREAD SEPARATED. AGAIN, ON MAY 22 THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT OF THE RIM(S), WHEEL COVER(S), HUB CAPS, AND A REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. *SCC *JB

VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT LEFT SIDE OFFSET CRASH AT 40 MPH, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. DRIVER SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, AND SOME FRACTURED RIBS.*AK

VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND BODY AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND ABOVE/ GROWNING NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT MODERATE SPEEDS. *AK

FRONT DISC BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN 13 MONTHS OF PURCHASE OF NEW AUTO. COMPLAINED OF NOISE EST. 6 MONTHS BEFORE. WEAR NOSIE NOTICED AT 21500 MILES

PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR, NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. ENGINE WOULD SPONTANEOUSLY REV- WITHOUT ACCELERATOR BEING TOUCHED. AFTER A 2 HOUR REST PERIOD THE CAR WAS AGAIN DRIVEN THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE RPM WOULD REV WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING PUSHED, AFTER ABOUT 50 FEET THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD SOMETIMES ENGAGE THE ENGINE SO WE WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL A SHORT DISTANCE. IT WAS UNPREDICTABLE AS TO WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WOULD WORK. IT WOULD SOMETIMES KICK IN WHILE THE RPM'S WERE REVING AND THE CAR WOULD JERK FORWARD. I FELT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AS WE WERE SHUTTING THE CAR OFF TO LOAD IT ON THE TOW TRUCK WHEN THECAR WAS SHUT OFF, AND THE KEYS WERE STILL IN THE IGNITION, THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS REPEATEDLY WENT OFF- IN A RAPID MOTION ABOUT 20 TIMES UNTIL THE KEYS WERE REMOVED. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. *AK