2000 Toyota Camry

WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP, OIL LIGHT CAME, PLENTY OF OIL IN IT. WE HAD TO DRIVE SLOWLY FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO GET OUT OF THE BOONIES, ENGINE LIGHT THEM CAME ON, SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED SO NOT TO HURT THE ENGINE. MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE IS SHOT!!! 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE - V6 DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 50,000 MILES ON IT YET. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND FOR BIG BUCKS! THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR UNTIL NOW? *JB

LEFT WORK, STOPPED AT A GAS STATION, WENT IN TO PAY FOR GAS, AND WHEN I CAME OUT THE DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THERE WAS NO WARNING THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS REALLY PANICKED INITIALLY BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THE OTHER DOORS WOULDN'T WORK; IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT IN A BAD AREA OF TOWN. I TRIED THE REMOTE, THEN THE KEY, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AT ALL. I FINALLY WENT TO THE PASSENGER DOOR AND WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THAT DOOR, CRAWL OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT AND SQUEEZE MYSELF IN TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I HAVE NEVER BEFORE HAD A DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE JUST STOP WORKING, NOT EVER. WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE, THE FIRST BRAND NEW PART THAT CAME IN WAS DEFECTIVE, I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE DEALER TO GET IN A SECOND ONE THAT WAS FUNCTIONAL. I FIND THAT ODD TOO. ALMOST $410.18 LATER THE DOOR WAS OPERATIONAL, AT MY EXPENSE. MY CONCERNS WITH THIS IS THE FACT THAT IF THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE THIS COULD POSE A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD TO SOMEONE WHO IS IN AN ACCIDENT AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THEIR CAR. OR IF SOMEONE IS IN A BAD PLACE, LIKE I WAS, AND CAN'T GET BACK IN TO THEIR CAR BECAUSE THE DOOR IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. I FIND IT ODD THE AUTOMATIC LATCH BROKE WITHOUT WARNING OR NOTHING TO INDICATE PRIOR TO THE HAPPENING THAT IT COULD, AND SECONDLY, THE FIRST PART THE DEALER GOT IN WAS DEFECTIVE. MAKES ME WONDER IF THE PART HAS A HISTORY OF BEING DEFECTIVE TO BEGIN WITH. I'VE NEVER BEEN ADVISED OF ANY RECALL ON MY CAR; SO DO NOT KNOW IF THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THIS MODEL OR NOT. WE DID CONTACT TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND WERE TOLD THIS WAS NOT COMPENSATORY. TO HANG ON TO THE BILLS I PAID AND IF IN THE FUTURE THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM I CAN DEAL WITH IT THEN. *JB

THE CAMRY [XXX] I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST 2000 ENGINE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, GIVING OUT LOUD RATTLING AND KNOCKING NOISES, EVEN THE CAR IS ONLY 5.5 YEARS OLD WITH 95000 PAMPERED HIGHWAY MILES ON IT. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT THE CAR WITH LESS THAN 6 YEARS OF DRIVE, AND BEING WELL MAINTAINED, THE ENGINE COULD BE OF SUCH INFERIOR QUALITY. IT IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF MY EXPECTATION WHEN I FIRST MADE THE DECISION TO BUY THIS CAR. I WAS BANKING ON THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE CAR, THE DURABILITY. EVEN DEALERSHIP AND TOYOTA EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN ADMIT THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN GOOD CARE OF, THEY ARE ALL SURPRISED THAT THE CAMRY LESS THAN 100,000 MILES WOULD HAVE SUCH PROBLEM. ALL THAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT I DID NOT HAVE GOOD LUCK, IT MAY WELL BE 1 BAD APPLE OUT OF 1000 GOOD ONES, BUT I GOT IT. ALL I WANT TO SAY BAD APPLE IS BAD APPLE. IT IS NOT 1 OUT OF 1000; IT IS 1 OUT OF 1 FOR ME. TOYOTA SALES PROMOTED THE CAMRY WITH FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENT BY SAYING CAMRY IN AVERAGE CAN RUN FLAWLESSLY FOR 200000 MILES, BASED ON THE TRUST AND PERCEPTION OF HIGH QUALITY OF THE CAR, I BOUGHT IT, I PAID HIGH INTEREST OF 8.9%, PAMPERED MY CAR, THE ENGINE IS STILL PREMATURELY WEARING OUT. TOYOTA REFUSE TO CORRECT THE OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT, EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED BY TOYOTA DOCTOR IN TUALATIN OR, AND BEAVERTON TOYOTA EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN, THEY BOTH AGREED THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN GOOD CARE OF, AND THE PROBLEM IS MANUFACTURE DEFECT. TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE SIMPLY GAVE ME A BLUNT ANSWER "TOUGH LUCK" THEY NEED TO RECALL MY CAR, REPAIR IT AT TOYOTA'S EXPENSE, TOYOTA SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR SUCH INFERIOR QUALITY OF THE CAR, SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR ITS DENIAL OF CORRE FOR TOYOTA CEO'S COMMENTS ON TOYOTA'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING VIDEO LINK HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/PACKAGES/KHTML/2006/01/09/AUTOMOBILES/20060109_TOYOTA_AUDIOSS.HTML. *NM *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. BECAUSE OF THE SMOG CHECK ISSUE, I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED MY $80 JUST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. I FELT IT WAS A RIP-OFF. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY EGR VALVE AND VACUUM SWITCHING VALVE HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WOULD BE $650. SINCE THIS HAS TO DO WITH EMISSION ISSUE, TOYOTA SHOULD BE THE ONE COVERING THE CHARGES. APPARENTLY, THIS PROBLEM IS PREVALENT AMONG RECENT TOYOTA MODELS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ON TWO OCCASIONS THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP HIS VEHICLE. THERE WAS A PULSATION WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME THE BRAKES FAILED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HIT A VEHICLE THAT STOPPED IN FRONT. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT HE REPLACED THE ROTORS. HE FOUND THAT A CRACK HAD FORMED ON THE OLD ROTORS. HE BELIEVED THE CRACK WAS THE REASON FOR THE VEHICLE NOT STOPPING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *AK UPDATED 11/16/2005 - *NM