2006 Toyota Camry

I BOUGHT MY 2006 CAMRY IN OCTOBER 2005 AND HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO CLAREMONT TOYOTA, THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND BRAKING PROBLEM SINCE ABOUT 2006. IT'S AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. MY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPS TO THE FLOOR AND THEN THE CAR ACCELERATES FORWARD AND THAT THE CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. THE SERVICE WRITERS HAVE DISMISSED MY COMPLAINTS AND GIVEN MANY EXCUSES SUCH AS: WHEN I LEFT THE CAR THERE TO HAVE THEM CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPEATED SO THE CAR WAS FINE, ANOTHER TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE NEW CARS HAVE ABS BRAKES THAT DROP DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND AT A DIFFERENT TIME THEY SAID THAT WITH THESE NEW CARS THE REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE ADJUSTED AT EVERY OIL CHANGE AND ETC. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN 2006 WHEN I WAS AT A STOP AND SOME PEDESTRIANS WERE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET. THE CAR DID STOP BUT ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR AND THE CAR STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. I HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES IN ORDER FOR IT WORK AGAIN. THANKFULLY THE PEDESTRIANS HAD NOT PASSED INFRONT OF MY CAR YET. I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC DATE BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS IN 2006. ON 2/20/2010 I HAD MY HUSBAND TAKE THE CAR TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AT CLAREMONT TOYOTA. I HAD MY HUSBAND TAKE THE CAR BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO LIED TO OR GIVEN ANOTHER EXCUSE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CARS. MY HUSBAND MENTIONED THE PROBLEM ABOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND SOMETIMES HAVING TO DOWNSHIFT OR USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS CONDITION EXISTS DUE TO THE ABS SYSTEM SENSING THE ROTATION OF THE TIRES AND THAT THE CAR WOULD EVENTUALLY STOP. MY HUSBAND THEN MENTIONED WHAT WE HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE REAR BRAKES AND THE SERVICE WRITER GRINNED AND SAID THAT THE BRAKES DO NOT NEED ADJUSTMENT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR BECAUSE IT FEELS AS IF IT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN. *TR

MY WIFE SLOWLY PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT IN A SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT. AS SHE HIT THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE BEGIN RAPIDLY ACCELERATING AND BEFORE SHE COULD REACT THE CAR JUMPED A CURB AND ACROSS A GRASSY STRIP AND HIT A PARKED CAR. SHE HAS A CRACKED SPINE AND OTHER INJURIES. THE FRONT END CAR DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERABLE (ESTIMATE $5800) AND THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. OUR VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN FOR 20,000 MILE SERVICE JUST THE WEEK BEFORE. *TR

TOYOTA CAMRY 2006 MODEL PURCHASED 2/28/2006: COULD IT BE THAT THIS MODEL WAS ALSO BRAKE OR ACCELERATION DEFECTIVE? MY WIFE TRIED TO PARK THE CAR BUT IT DID NOT STOP. IT MOUNTED THE CURB, DROVE OVER OUR LAWN, CONTINUED TOWARD A DITCH WHEN SHE MANAGED TO STEER IT TO A TREE WHICH IT KNOCKED DOWN. SHE CONTINUED TO ANOTHER STREET, WENT DOWN THE CURB AND REGAINED CONTROL. OUR NEIGHBORS SAW IT AND CARRIED HER HOME. SHE WAS CLEARLY CONFUSED AND NEVER DROVE THE REPAIRED CAR AGAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A SEVERE PARTIALLY DISABLING CEREBRAL BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. AMBULANCE. LOCAL HOSPITAL COULD NOT TREAT IT AND SHE WAS PICKED UP BY A NY PRESBYTERIAN AMBULANCE. WAS TAKEN TO NEUROSCIENCEOPERATIONICU. AFTER 1 MONTH IN HOSPITAL AND 3 MONTHS REHAB IS BACK HOME BUT DEFINITELY IMPAIRED. WE ONLY A FEW DAYS REALIZED THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THE TOYOTA CAMRY PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *TR

WITH ONLY 63,000 MILES ON MY 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY, 4 CYLINDER, STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THAT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. A POWER STEERING LEAK WAS DETECTED AND HAD TO REPLACE POWER STEERING RACK OR RUN THE RISK OF LOSING ABILITY TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO PAY OVER $1,300 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY. SHE HAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS THE TOYOTA PRIUS REGARDING THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. WHENEVER SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP OR ENCOUNTERED A POTHOLE THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY. SHE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, BUT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS DRIVER ERROR. SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVING HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. SHE WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY. HE EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING FAILURE TWICE WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 60 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITED SOME RESISTANCE. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

MY TOYOTA CAMRY 2006, PURCHASED ON 3/29/06 WAS INVOLVED IN TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND IT WAS TOTALLED AFTER THE SECOND MAJOR ACCIDENT WHICH OCCOURED ON 3/30/07. ON THE FIRST MAJOR ACCIDENT, MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT THE SIGNAL, INSTEAD IT RACED FORWARD ON ITS OWN AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. ON THE SECOND MAJOR INCIDENT, AFTER STOPPING THE CAR AND ALLOWING ANOTHER CAR TO PASS ON THE SAME ROAD IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SHE MADE A LEFT TURN AND THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY AND HIT A BIG TREE STANDING AT AN ELEVATED PART OF THE ROAD. BY LOOKING AT THE SCENE ANYBODY CAN COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SOME KIND OF MALFUNCTIONING OF THE ACCELERATION MECHANISM HAS HAPPENED. IN BOTH OF THESE MAJOR ACCIDENTS, NONE OF THE AIR-BAGS DEPLOYED. THE SAME CAR HAD ANOTHER SIMILAR INCIDENT BUT NO PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED AND THEREFORE, THAT INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO POLICE BUT A CO-WORKER DROVE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE RETAINING POND. IN THIS INCIDENT, MY WIFE AFTER PARKING THE CAR, TRIED TO PULL IT A LITTLE FURTHER AND THEN THE CAR JUMPED ACROSS THE CONCRETE BUMP AND FELL INTO THE RETAINING POND. LUCKLY THERE WAS NO WATER. *TR