1999 Toyota Camry

ACCELERATOR IS GETTING STUCK REPEATEDLY IN MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS STUCK I HAVE TO EITHER FORCE HARDER ON THE PEDAL OR I HAVE TO RELEASE MY FOOT AND THEN HIT THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN WITH A GREATER FORCE TO REMOVE THE PEDAL FROM THE STUCK POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE HIGHLY WHEN THE PEDAL GETS RELEASED AND WITH MY GREATER FORCE ON PEDAL. I HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE VEHICLE LIKE THIS FOR SOMETIME BUT THIS ISSUE IS FREQUENTLY HAPPENING SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO YOUR NOTICE AS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY CAR. BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE I DON'T DRIVE MY KIDS IN THIS CAR AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND THE PASSENGERS IN IT. *TR

2 YEARS AGO, MORE OR LESS, I ADJUSTED THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE STEERING WHEEL OF MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. SINCE THAT TIME, ON OCCASION, I AM UNKNOWINGLY TURNING ON THE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH IS A BUTTON ON THE END OF AN ARM OFF THE STEERING COLUMN. I CANNOT RESET THE SEAT AND STEERING WHEEL POSITION TO FIT ME BUT I AM VERY WORRIED THAT HAVING THE CRUISE CONTROL OPERATING MY CAR WHEN I DON'T KNOW IT MAY BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME AND MY CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING AT 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A PARKING SIGN. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT NO CAUSE OF FAILURE COULD BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIR EXPENSES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 60,000. UPDATED EVOQ 08/19/10*JB

I REPORTED THIS TO COMPLAINTS.COM ON 11/12/2005 BUT WANTED TO ALSO SUBMIT IT TO YOU DUE TO ALL OF THE NEWS LATELY. IN NOVEMBER 2005, MY PARENTS WERE DRIVING THEIR 1999 CAMRY AND PULLING SLOWING INTO A PARKING SPOT. JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO COMPLETE PARKING AND ONLY GOING LESS THAN A MILE PER HOUR, THEIR CAR ACCELERATED VERY FAST, LEFT THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. WE ASKED ABOUT IF SUDDEN ACCELERATION COULD BE INVESTIGATED AT THIS TIME BUT WERE TOLD IT COULDN'T. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. MY MOM WAS INJURED (BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO HER CHEST) BUT RECOVERED FAIRLY SOON AFTER. SHE DID GO TO THE ER. MY DAD, WHO WAS DRIVING, WAS OK BUT FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT WAS STRESSED DUE TO WORRY ABOUT MY MOM'S INJURY AND HAVING THEIR CAR TOTALED SINCE HE WAS SURE HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY DAD IS SURE HE DID NOT HIT THE GAS BY MISTAKE AND MY MOM AGREES THAT HE DIDN'T HIT THE GAS EITHER. *TR

NOT SEVERE - BUT THIS IS AN OLDER TOYOTA AND I WANT THE PROBLEM LOGGED. MY CAR DOES "LURCH" IN SUDDEN ACCELERATIONS, BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN SEVERE. I HAVE ONLY NOTICED WHEN I AM STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AND IN REVERSE. WHEN I AM STOPPED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY REVS. BUT I'M ALWAYS CLAMPED DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE, SO THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM THERE. WHILE IN REVERSE, I HAVE ALSO HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION, BUT MINOR AND IT ONLY LASTS FOR A SECOND. BUT IT DOES HAPPEN. SINCE IT WASN'T HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, THE DEALERSHIP COULD NEVER FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT. *TR

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY (4 CYLINDER) HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ENGINE ACCELERATION. I DETECTED THAT THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN I AM COASTING TOWARDS A LIGHT BEFORE A HILL, THAT THE ENGINE WILL SPEED UP ON ITS OWN AND BEGIN ACCELERATING THE CAR. APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE STOPPED THE CAR IN MOST CASES, BUT ONCE I ENDED UP ACCELERATING AND COULD NOT STOP THE CAR UNTIL I HIT SOME BUSHES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT THE ACCELERATION INCREASED ON ITS OWN. I AM REPORTING THIS NOW AS WITH THE NEWS ABOUT TOYOTA CAMRY'S, I BELIEVE THE 1999 MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LAST DATE THAT THIS OCCURRED TO ME WAS FEB 28, 2010, BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING A FEW TIMES PER YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING TOWARD A RED LIGHT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, SHE PUT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER PRESSED HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH MUCH FORCE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER THOUGHT THE DRIVER HAD ENGAGED THE ACCELERATED PEDAL SINCE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE; HOWEVER, SHE WAS ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,890.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE TWO ACCIDENTS THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. I PURCHASED MY TOYOTA CAMRY IN 2003 AND LOVED IT. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 57 YEARS AND NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT. ON OCTOBER 11, 2007, I DROVE UP MY DAUGHTER'S DRIVEWAY, CAME TO A STOP (MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE) AND WAS PUTTING MY CAR IN PARK WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO AND CRASHED THRU THE CLOSED GARAGE DOOR! I FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO THE HOT WATER HEATER AND A WORK TABLE, PUTTING A BIG HOLE IN THE WALL BEHIND IT. A CABINET FELL ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE BROKEN GARAGE DOOR CLOSED ONTO THE REAR OF MY CAR. LUCKILY I WAS NOT INJURED BEYOND BRUISING AND STIFFNESS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I AM RELIEVED MY GRANDSON WAS NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME, OR WORSE, HAD NOT COME INTO THE GARAGE WHEN I HONKED FOR HIM. THIS HAPPENED IN SECONDS AND WAS TERRIFYING. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME! TWO YEARS LATER, ON JUNE 16, 2009, I DROVE INTO A JEWELRY STORE IN A STRIP MALL. I PULLED SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPACE. AGAIN, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AS I WAS STOPPING. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO A LARGE CONCRETE PILLAR, JUMPING THE CURB. AGAIN, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THIS HAPPENED IN A SPLIT SECOND; MY SEAT BELT TIGHTENED AND LOCKED AROUND MY CHEST AND THROAT. I JAMMED MY THUMB, HIT MY LEFT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND WAS IN IMMEDIATE CHEST PAIN FROM THE SEAT BELT. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND ALSO SAW MY DOCTOR. I SUFFERED MANY DEEP CONTUSIONS AND IT TOOK SIX WEEKS FOR MY CHEST AND BACK TO HEAL. I AM STILL HAVING NECK AND KNEE PROBLEMS. THIS WAS A HORRIBLY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD THAT CONCRETE PILLAR NOT STOPPED THE CAR??!! WHAT IF PEOPLE HAD BEEN ON THE SIDEWALK OR JUST A COUPLE OF MORE FEET AND THE CAR WOULD HAVE CRASHED THROUGH THE GLASS FRONT OF THE JEWELRY STORE. TWO CRASHES--$11,000 DAMAGES I STILL FEEL VERY UNSAFE ABOUT MY CAR. WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN? *TR