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fairly significantTypical Repair Cost:
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Average Mileage:
74,800 miles
Total Complaints:
5 complaints
Most common solutions:
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2009Dec 25
Camry ES V6
- Automatic transmission
- 82,000 miles
My mother started her 2003 Toyota Camry, put it in gear and the car surged forward without any accelerator input causing her to run into her home. She was injured and was in the hospital for two days. I have seen pages of complaints regarding this same problem. Why is the NHTSB not investigating this accelerator issue? Does there have to be a death before they say "hey" this might be a problem?
2008Jun 03
Camry SE 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 56,000 miles
This was the 4th time the car accelerated without warning. I started the car after work, backed out of the parking space, put the car in gear, and roar went the engine and the ca shot forward. I braked as hard as I could, nearly hitting a colleagues car, and put the car in park and shut off the engine. After sitting a moment and restarting the car was OK. This as happened several times since. HELP!
2008May 27
Camry SE 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 55,000 miles
Drove to doctors office approximately 10 miles. Was in the office for about an hour. Came out and started the car. Upon putting the car in reverse, the car flew backwards, the engine roared, and I had to brake heavily and put the car in park and shut it off. After a minute or so I restarted the car and it was OK.
2008Mar 04
Camry SE 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 53,000 miles
This was the second time the car accelerated backwards out of my garage upon starting the car and putting it in reverse with my foot on the brake pedal. The engine roared as if to explode, the car shot backwards, and I had to slam on the brake, put the car in park, and shut it off. I nearly hit the side of the garage and was very shaken up. Upon restarting the car, it was OK.
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2011Nov 22
Camry XLE V6
I was sitting in traffic at a long stoplight. The light was still red but cars were intermittently inching forward to close gaps. The car in front of me inched a few feet forward creating about an 8 foot gap. As I eased off the brake to roll forward, the car suddenly accelerated very rapidly as if the gas pedal had been floored----but my foot was still on the brake. The car bolted forward and I slammed on the brakes while steering quickly onto the left shoulder trying to avoid the car ahead of me. The car braked normally but was going so fast that my center front bumper hit the left rear corner of the bumper of the Jeep ahead of me before the car could be stopped. The plastic Jeep bumper did not dent but the flexing of the bumper caused paint to fleck off in several one-inch sections.
I have driven in freeway stop-and-go traffic in my daily 2 hour commute for a year and a half in this car and have done the brake foot-maneuver hundreds and hundreds of times a day without incident. Accident-free driving record. I've put nearly 30,000 miles on this car and never experienced this sudden acceleration problem. The experience was bizarre! I am the second owner of the car and it has been an absolutely superb car until this incident. I am astonished that Toyota is claiming 'driver error' for this sudden unintended acceleration. After this experience, I know it is NOT driver error.
justhefacts247
Arvada, CO, USA
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