CarComplaints.com Notes: How can we give the 2006 Camry our "Seal of Awesome" when the NHTSA data shows engine problems in the triple digits & multiple deaths/injuries/crashes etc?
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2006 Camry is that for months on end, the news media repeatedly told the public that several Toyota models had an unintended acceleration defect, & to go to safercar.gov (the NHTSA's website) to file a complaint.
So, the NHTSA received a disproportionate number of complaints about Toyota unintended acceleration issues because of the national news media attention, to the point where their data is unreliable taken in context with any other vehicle that did not receive national news attention.
In other words, it's our opinion that the 2 deaths & other injuries/fires/crashes reported to the NHTSA are significant, but (unfortunately) not out of the ordinary for any vehicle, once you factor in the effects of the extended national media coverage of Camry unintended acceleration issues.
CarComplaints.com typically receives more complaints per day about vehicles than the NHTSA does, but the news media did not repeatedly say "go to CarComplaints.com to report your Camry acceleration problems" like they did about the NHTSA -- so although we have less complaint data than the NHTSA for the 2006 Camry, our data for the Camry is a far more statistically accurate representation of the Camry's reliability than what the NHTSA data shows.
The sun visor gets in the way when I am driving, trying to look across my windshield, when I am looking for pedestrians, when I am looking for cars, when I am turning... basically it is extremely dangerous and unsafe. Further, I have been reading that this is a common problem for 06, 07, 08 camrys and Toyota already knows about it but refuses to replace their defective product.
Further, there are replacement products for $200-$300 from Toyota, but then you never know whether you will get another defective sun visor or not. There are outside sources as well, like aftermarket toyota sun visors, but again, you never know.
Solution- Toyota would be wise to allow customers with this problem to get new sun visors covered by an unlimited warranty, so long as it is a defective manufacture problem.
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The sun visor gets in the way when I am driving, trying to look across my windshield, when I am looking for pedestrians, when I am looking for cars, when I am turning... basically it is extremely dangerous and unsafe. Further, I have been reading that this is a common problem for 06, 07, 08 camrys and Toyota already knows about it but refuses to replace their defective product.
Further, there are replacement products for $200-$300 from Toyota, but then you never know whether you will get another defective sun visor or not. There are outside sources as well, like aftermarket toyota sun visors, but again, you never know.
Solution- Toyota would be wise to allow customers with this problem to get new sun visors covered by an unlimited warranty, so long as it is a defective manufacture problem.
- Jesse J., San Francisco, Ca, US