2005 Toyota Camry VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS ON A CITY STREET, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR END. DURING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND TO FIRM BRAKE PRESSURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE WAS NOT CONTACTED AND NO REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED, BUT BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED ON 8-17-06 BY A TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE, HOWEVER HE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR. UPDATED 09/05/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS PLANTED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PARKED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HIT A POLE AND STOPPED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON 06/26/06 AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED.

I WAS SLOWLY TURNING LEFT INTO A PARKING SPACE AT ABOUT 3:30 P.M., WHEN MY 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SUDDENLY, AND QUITE RAPIDLY, ACCELERATED WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM ME. IT JUMPED A CURB, CROSSED A SIDEWALK, AND A TREE STOPPED THE CAR. IT FELT LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. ALSO, THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. SOMEHOW, I MANAGED TO STEER THE CAR AWAY FROM THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND MY NEIGHBOR GLASS SLIDER. THE CAR TRAVELED ABOUT 30 PLUS FEET IN ITS ACCELERATION, WHEN A TREE STOPPED IT. IT LEFT ABOUT 20 FEET OF SKID MARKS. I WAS NOT HURT IN THE CRASH. THE CAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE, MAINLY TO THE FRONT BUMPER, COOLANT SYSTEM, AND HOOD, FOR APPROXIMATELY $5,400. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA CORPORATION, TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, AND THEY INVESTIGATED THE CAR. THEY REPORTED THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, AND THERE WERE NO DESIGN FAULTS. THE TOYOTA DEALER WHERE I HAD BOUGHT THE CAMRY ADDITIONALLY TESTED THE CAR COMPUTERS, AND ALSO CALLED IN A TOYOTA FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE TO TEST THE CAR. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I SOLD THE CAMRY BACK TO THIS DEALER. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 5,400 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL UNTIL THIS SUDDEN, UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION THAT RESULTED IN A CRASH. *JB

I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT TO PARK. WHILE STILL HAVING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I WAS JUST BEGINNING TO PUT MY CAR INTO PARK WHEN THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD. I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR. AS HARD AS I BRAKED, I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR. I HIT A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME, PROCEEDED THOUGH THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDST OF A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS WHO WERE EXITING THE FUNCTION, MIRACULOUSLY MISSING THE PEDESTRIANS. I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN ON ACROSS THE STREET ONTO A LAWN. I TOOK DOWN A MAIL BOX AND PROCEEDED BACK INTO THE STREET AGAIN. STILL GOING FORWARD RAPIDLY, I HIT ANOTHER PARKED TRUCK AND THEN A WALL BEFORE THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A SIDEWALK, PUSHED OVER A SIGN AND HIT A FENCE, HOWEVER NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION; HOWEVER NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. UPDATED 03/22/06.*JB

ON 9/11/05 OUR 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SUDDENLY ACCELERATED (SA) WHILE THE DRIVER WAS SLOWLY TURNING INTO A LOCAL PARKING LOT. APPLYING THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE AUTO BUT DID LEAVE SKID MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT, AS NOTED BY THE POLICE. WE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS BUT CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED CARS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND LATER TO A TOYOTA BODY SHOP. TOYOTA KEPT US FROM REPAIRING THE CAR FOR 12 DAYS UNTIL THEIR EXPERT INSPECTED THE CAR. HE REPORTED NO BRAKE OR THROTTLE PROBLEM AND DISREGARDED THE SKID MARKS EVIDENCE. . WE DON'T KNOW IF HE CHECKED THE CRUISE CONTROL. A RECENT REQUEST FOR THAT INFORMATION HAS GIVEN NO RESPONSE. TOYOTA REPORTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. WE SOLD THE CAR BACK TO TOYOTA AT A $10,000 LOSS. AFTER A MONTH, THE DRIVER DEVELOPED A SEVERE RIGHT HIP PAIN, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT BY TWO DOCTORS. SHE RECOVERED SLOWLY WITH MUCH THERAPY. WE DID NOT KEEP THE CAR BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT ,IN SEVERAL CASES AT LEAST, A REPAIRED SA CAR HAD A SECOND SA. THE POSSIBILITY OF A MALFUNCTIONING CRUISE CONTROL LINKAGE WAS POSSIBLY NOT INVESTIGATED. SEE ODI 10136882. *DSY*JB

DT: CONTACT STATES VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, LOST CONTROL AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE DEALER INFORMED HER NO OTHER FAILURES OF THIS TYPE HAVE BEEN REPORTED. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE MANUFACTURER THAT IT WAS DRIVER'S ERROR.*AK UPDATED 12/14/2005. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *NM UPDATED 12/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/08/10

DT:THE CONTACT STATED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE RACED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE, AND WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND THEY RECOMMENDED TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK UPDATED EVOQ 10/08/10 THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, SINCE THE FALL OF 2005. UPDATED EVOQ 04/19/12 THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION FROM 2005-2010. IT APPEARED TO BE A PROBLEM MOSTLY LIKELY CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE MICROPROCESSOR. UPDATED 04/09/14

CAR SURGES. IT HAS DONE THIS TWICE. THE DEALER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, AND TOYOTA STANDS BEHIND THE DEALER. ACCIDENTS WERE AVOIDED BOTH TIMES. *NM

I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO THE GARRISON PARKING LOT,TEANECK, DRIVING MY 2005 CAMRY. I PRESSED VERY LIGHTLY ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD A SURGE OF ACCELERATION DISPROPORTIONATE TO MY GENTLE TAPPING OF THE GAS PEDAL. PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ALSO TURNING THE IGNITION KEY OFF DID NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT A CRASH INTO TWO PARKED CARS. THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS IN THE PARKED CAR. MY HUSBAND, IRVING J. BOROWITZ, WAS WITH ME. WE HAD NO APPARENT INJURIES AT THAT TIME EXCEPT FOR LEFT SHOULDER ACHE (GRACE). WE WERE BOTH TRAUMATIZED. THE CAMRY IS AT A TOYOTA BODY SHOP, AWAITING INSPECTION BY TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE TOM MORIN ON SEPT. 23. OUR ALLSTATE INSURANCE ADJUSTER ESTIMATED PARTIAL COST OF REPAIRS AT $5025. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE YET. THE CAMRY HAS 2391 MILES. REFERRED TO YOU BY LEONRAD BURCHMAN (VOICE OF THE ELDERLY). CAR PURCHASED FEB 26, 2005 AT PARKWAY TOYOTA, ENGLWD CLIFFS, NJ. *NM SEE ODI 10145141. *DSY

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY; SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CAR WASH. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, ONCE IT CAME OFF OF THE CONVEYER BELT SHE ENTERED THE VEHICLE, PUT HER FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE, THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO DRIVE WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE HIT A MEDIAN STRIP. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. SHE THEN HIT A SCHOOL BUILDING. SHE HAS A FRACTURED LEG, NECK AND FACIAL INJURIES.. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND. THIS HAPPENED JUNE 4, 2005. THE CONSUMER IS NOT SURE WHETHER THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM IMMEDIATELY AND HAS NOT LEFT THE HOSPITAL SINCE. *JB UPDATED 10/06/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/08/10*JB UPDATED 10/14/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/19/10*JB UPDATED 03/15/11*LJ THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED THE IDLE CONTROL WAS STUCK, WHICH CAUSED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. TOYOTA THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. UPDATED 05/13/11*JB UPDATED 09/18/15*LJ *TR

DT: THE CRUISE CONTROL TOOK OFF AND ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WENT TWO YARDS AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY. CONTACTED TOYOTA, THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO CALL BACK, COME AND LOOK AT VEHICLE. . THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 12, 2005. THE CONSUMER DID NOT WANT TO GIVE PHONE NUMBER.*AK

MY ONE WEEK OLD TOYOTA CAMRY'S SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED. BELL ROAD TOYOTA TOLD ME THERE'S A 10% TOLERANCE SO IF IT'S NOT OFF BY MORE THAN THAT THEY WON'T FIX IT. MINE IS OFF BY 10% AND I THINK THAT'S A HAZARD. EVERY TIME I LOOK DOWN AT THE SPEEDOMETER I HAVE TO DO THE MATH TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAST I'M ACTUALLY GOING. IT'S DISTRACTING TO ME AND IT'S A DANGER TO OTHER DRIVERS WHEN I'M GOING SLOWER THAN ALL THE OTHER TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDOMETER BEING INCORRECT. I THINK THE TOLERANCE SHOULD BE LOWER. *NM

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP POSITION.*MR THE DEALER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REDESIGNED ELIMINATING THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE CABLE AND THAT THE BEHAVIOR IS TYPICAL AND NORMAL FOR THAT THE 2005 CAMRY.

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SURGES FORWARD WHEN THE BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT DEACTIVATE AFTER TURNING OFF AND ON AGAIN. THIS OCCURS IF NOTHING ELSE IS DONE TO DEACTIVATE IT (E.G. PRESSING BRAKE). THEN, WHEN YOU TURN IT BACK ON, IT SETS TO A DIFFERENT SPEED. TO REPRODUCE: SET CRUISE CONTROL AT 60 MPH. THEN, SET TO 65 MPH. THEN, TURN OFF (BY PRESSING BUTTON ON END OF WHEEL MOUNTED LEVER SWITCH, NOT USING BRAKE OR ANYTHING ELSE). THEN, TURN BACK ON (AGAIN, BY PRESSING BUTTON ON END OF WHEEL MOUNTED LEVER). NOTICE, IT IS SET AT 60 MPH OR SOMETHING OTHER THAN LAST SETTING AND VEHICLE TRIES TO CRUISE AT THAT SPEED, BUT SHOULD NOT BE SET TO ANY SPEED. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATES AFTER READING THE OWNER'S MANUAL IT STATED NOT TO LET THE ENGINE IDLE FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES AT A TIME. CONTACT DID NOT KNOW THIS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. HE HAS CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE MANAGER FROM THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS LISTED IN THE MANUAL. THE CONTACT DID FILE A CLAIM WITH THE MANUFACTURER, THE REFERENCE # IS 20050609014.*AK

NEW VEHICLE DRIVEN 108 MILES. THE ONLY PROBLENS NOTICES WAS THE RADIO WOULD TURN ITSELF ON WHEN HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD. CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF WHEN BRAKES WERE ENGAGED, BUT WOULD DISCONNECT CRUISE CONTROL. WAS PARKING IN A MALL PARKING LOT PARRALL TO ACCESS ROAD. SPEED NO MORE THAN 1 OR 2 MPH. FRONT WHEEL DROPPED INTO HOLE. THE ACCELORATOR CAUSED THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. APPLIED BRAKES BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP CAR FROM MOVING FORWARD AT A SLOW SPEED OF 5 MPH. TURNED RIGHT, TO AVOID STRIKING HANDICAP PARKING SIGN, INTO THE PATH OF A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING ON MALL ACCESS ROAD. STRUCK TRUCK AND CONTINUED FORWARD TOWARD PEDESTRIANS ON SIDEWALK. MANAGED TO AVOID THEM AND THE ENGINED STOPPED AT THAT POINT. I APPLIED THE BRAKE SO HARD I INJURED MY RIGHT HAMSTRING MUSCLE AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK. TOYOTA SEIZED VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION AND HAS NOT RELEASED OR INSPECTED IT AS OF THIS DATE.

AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION (WITH MY CAMRY XLE V6) WHEN REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AT A BUSY RESTAURANT, I ATTEMPTED TO PULL FORWARD A FOOT OR TWO AND PARK BY PUTTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE (NOT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR). UPON PRESSING THE BRAKE TO PARK THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY (WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE GAS PEDAL) CRASHING INTO THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME AND PUSHING THAT CAR INTO THE CAR DIRECTLY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM IT. THE CAR DIRECTLY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT WAS PUSHED OVER THE CONCRETE PARKING BLOCK AND INTO A TREE. AFTER PUSHING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I WAS ABLE TO STEER AWAY FROM OTHER CARS AND WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR ONLY BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. FROM THE TIME THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. AFTER CLEARING THE CARS I LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE I WAS USING THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH I WAS, AND IT WAS NOT WORKING AT ALL. DURING THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT THERE WAS A VERY LOUD AND CONSISTENT NOISE COMING FROM MY CAR. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED. *NM

DT: 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE BACK. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM ON LEVEL GROUND OR UP HILL. IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING DOWN HILL, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT STAY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT A FASTER SPEED THAN IS SAFE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER TOLD CONSUMER THAT WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE PERFORMED. CONSUMER CONSIDERS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, CONSUMER FILED A COMPLAINT # 20050706 ON JULY 6, 2005 WITH TOYOTA. THERE ARE NO OTHER KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

2005 CAMRY XLE V6. CAR HESITATES OR LAGS UPON ACCELERATION. FROM DEAD STOP ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS A LAG BEFORE CAR WILL ACCELERATE. WHILE MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY, CAR WILL HESITATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE. DROVE ANOTHER 2005 CAMRY V6 AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING.

THE VEHICLE INCREASES IN RPM'S WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE RPM'S WILL INCREASE FROM 750 TO 900 RPM'S. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. ALSO CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS THE CURRENT DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. *AK THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT TO OCCUR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER WAS AWARE OF TWO OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *SC

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION 11 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AFTER EACH INCIDENT, BUT THE CAUSE WAS STILL UNDETERMINED.*AK *JB

VEHICLE HESITATED THEN LAUNCHED FORWARD BEFORE ACCELERATING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TECHNICALLY THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD, BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW DRIVE BY WIRE TECHNOLOGY FOR WHICH MANUFACTURER HAD TO PROVIDE A REMEDY.*AK

TOYOTA CAMRY XLE 2005, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. *BF AS THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR FROM A STOP THAT IS WHEN THE FEELING OF STALLING WOULD OCCUR. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A LINKAGE CABLE, BUT A SENSOR AT THE GAS PEDAL; UPON DEPRESSING THE PEDAL THE COMPUTER DOES ALL THE REST AND HESITATION IS NORMAL. *JB