2011 Toyota Camry

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY SE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, SHOULDER, LOWER BACK, HIP AND RIBS. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE LEVEL OF IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FRONT END OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.. ..UPDATED 12/03/12 *BF UPDATED 12/7/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFURED A CHEST INJURY AND HAD A STROKE, THE FRONT PASSENGER ALSO SUFFERED A CHEST INJURY. THE REAR PASSENGER SUFFERED SHOULDER, LEG, AND HEAD INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

WE WERE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, AND WE WERE AT A COMPLETE STOP IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CAR BEHIND US GOING 65 ? 70 MPH NEVER STOPPED. SMASHED US FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED US INTO THE BACK OF A SEMI TRUCK. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THEY DO NO GO OFF ALL THE TIME. ISN'T WHAT THEY ARE FOR? THIS WAS AN IMPACT FROM THE BACK AND THE FRONT. WHEN I DID THE RESEARCH ON AIRBAGS, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO GO OF AT WHAT MPH. THE REASON THAT WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WAS FOR THE SAFETY RATINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME ANSWERS. ALL TOYOTA DOES IS MAKE EXCUSES. I LOVED MY CAR. 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS A USED RENTAL RETURN VEHICLE ON AUGUST 18, 2011. ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP (IRON TRAIL MOTORS - VIRGINIA, MN) BECAUSE THE AIR BAG SENSOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TURNED OFF WHILE THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED BY AN ADULT. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THEY RESET THE AIRBAG AND THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND WITHIN A WEEK THE SAME ERROR OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ORDERED A NEW WIRING HARNESS FROM TOYOTA AND REPLACED THE WIRING TO THE AIR BAG AND SENSORS. I ONCE AGAIN TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND WITHIN THREE DAYS THE SAME ERROR RECURRED. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE AND AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR FOUR DAYS I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP STATING THAT THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE FROM TOYOTA TOLD THEM (DEALERSHIP) THAT WE WERE "BEING SEATED TO HEAVILY" ON THE SEAT AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD RESET THE SENSOR ONCE AGAIN, ADDITIONALLY I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT TOYOTA WOULD NO LONGER PAY FOR ANY FURTHER RETURNS OF THE CAR BECAUSE OF AIR BAG ISSUES. TODAY I FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE (CASE # [XXX]) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. GOING UP HILL ON AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT SIDE ( PASSENGER) AND PASSENGER DOOR. UPON IMPACT THE FORCE OF THE HIT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED AND THAT VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. THE PASSENGER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS SINCE SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE WINDOW. *BF

HEADING EAST ON RT. 41 AND UPON INTERING AN INTERSECTION ON A GREEN LIGTH I SLOWED TO ALLOW 2 CARS TO PASS FROM THE ONCOMING EAST TRAFFIC BEFORE MAKING A LEFT TURN NORTH ONTO A 4 LANE STREET. UPON ACCELERATING TO MAKE THE TURN, THE CAR HIT THE RIGHT CURB AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED CAUSING ME TO QUICKLY STEER TO THE LEFT TO STOP ME FROM HITTING THE ON COMING TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH.. I MANAGED TO CROSS TWO LANES BUT IN THE THIRD LANE WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING SOUTH BOUND VEHICLE.. MY CAR WAS THEN STOPPED BY THE LEFT HAND CURB. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DEMOLISHED AND $8,000 DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO MY FRONT END. THE AIR BAGS IN THE DEMOLISHED CAR WERE DEPLOYED BUT MINE WERE NOT. I FEEL AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXCELERATED CAUSING THE ACCIDENT SO AFTER HAVING THE CAR REPAIRED AND CHECKED I COULD NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT SO TRADED IT OFF THE ONE THAT I COULD. *LN

ON 9 DEC 2010, I DROVE A RENTAL CAR, 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY (BLUE) FROM VIRGINIA BACK TO NEW JERSEY (NJ). THE CAR HAD 3316 MILES WHEN I RENT ON 8 DEC 2010 IN NJ. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:35 PM EDT ON 9 DEC 2010, I WAS DRIVING IN THE MOST LEFT EXPRESS LANE AT 60 MPH IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY IN MARYLAND. THE DRIVER FROM MY RIGHT HAND PASSENGER SIDE TENDED TO PASS ME FROM THE RIGHT, AND THAT CAR WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO ME. I COULD NOT EVEN SEE THE REAR LIGHT OF THAT VEHICLE. I WAS FORCED TO SLOW DOWN THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY TO AVOID COLLISION, BUT THE CAR COULD NOT SIMPLY SLOW DOWN. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE COLLISION, I SHIFT PART OF MY CAR TO THE SHOULDER IN MY LEFT HAND SIDE. THEN I DISCOVERED A CAR PARKED ON THE SHOULDER WITH NO SIGNALS/LIGHTS. I PUT ON BRAKES THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY REALLY HARD TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE CAR COULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND COULD NOT STOP COMPLETELY. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS OBVIOUSLY FAILED AND IT WAS EVEN ACCELERATED DURING THE LAST FEW SECONDS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS FINALLY HIT RIGHT ONTO BACK OF THE PARKED CAR (ON THE SHOULDER). AFTER THE SEVERE COLLISION AT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS DEPLOYED FROM THIS SEVER FRONT DRIVER SIDE COLLISION. MOST OF ALL, I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY DUE TO ITS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE! THE MILEAGE AFTER THE COLLISION WAS 3595 AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES DRIVING DURING THIS TRIP WAS 279 MILES (8-9 DEC 2010). I WAS HURT SEVERELY IN THE LOWER BACK/LUMBAR SPINE AREA. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS SURVIVED FROM THIS SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2010 OUR 2011 CAMRY WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CAMRY WAS STRUCK BY A 1999 HONDA CRV, THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS BEHIND THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT. THE CRV CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ALONG THE RIGHT FRONT QUARTER PANEL, BREAKING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND STOPPED AT THE FRONT OF THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. THE ESTIMATED SPEED OF MY CAMRY WAS 10MPH AND THE HONDA CRV WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. THE FRONT AIR BAG ON THE CAMRY DEPLOYED BUT NONE OF THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE IMPACT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED MY DAUGHTER, RIDING IN THE BACKSEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, TO HIT HER HEAD ON THE WINDOW. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. A WITNESS AT THE SCENE OBSERVED HER STOCKING CAP FLY OUT THE REAR WINDOW. MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS CLEARED AND WE WERE ADVISED TO OBSERVE HER FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS TO MAKE SURE SHE DID NOT HAVE A CONCUSSION. THE DOCTOR ALSO STATED THAT SHE WAS LUCKY TO BE WEARING THE STOCKING CAP AS IT HELPED CUSHION THE BLOW. THE DAMAGE ON THE CAMRY WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE. I TRIED TO GET AN ANSWER FROM TOYOTA AS TO WHY THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BUT AS OF YET I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. *TR