My 2000 Camry is also in need of a replacement charcoal canister for the emissions system. My check engine light has been on for about 6 years because of it. I do not wish to pay the $400 to have it replaced when the car is running just fine. This has been an issue with a large number of early 2000's Camry.

- De Pere, WI, USA

This is in regards to a previous ODI complaint that I filed on 3/5/2010. The ODI number is: 10316956. I just wanted to add that this 2000 Toyota Camry has a standard (manual) shift transmision so when the acceleration happened we just pushed in the clutch and coasted to a stop. Turned ignition key off, pumped the gas pedal a few times, and started the car. It was fine then. This has happened to myself maybe 8 times.

- Stockton, CA, USA

I purchased a used 2000 Toyota Camry from a friend 2 yrs. Ago. My friend, original owner, had problems with the car accelerating on its own & even went as far as to buy a new accelerator cable assy.on the recommendation of the Toyota dealer 3/17/06. They said that would fix the problem. I have also had the same problem since I have owned the car. Since the publicity about this problem neither my friend nor I have put the cable assy. On for fear of more problems. Toyota doesn't seem to know how to fix the problem. I still have the accelerator cable assy. In the original sealed bag & I still have the problem.

- Stockton, CA, USA

I own a 2000 Toyota Camry xle, which has 51.565 miles. On July 31, 2004 the check engine light came on. I called the dealer and brought the car in to be checked on August 04, 2004. The service department told me it was the fuel evaporator valve that needs to be replaced and would cost approximately $220, but they need to order the part, so we set another appointment to have the part replaced on August 10, 2004. I picked the car up today (July 31, 2004) and paid $114.50 for the diagnostics (I am hoping my next bill will be around $110 so I do not go to far over the estimated price, but looking at the bill they are estimating $99.07 to install and $48.85 for the part so I am guessing I will be well over the $220 price quoted). My invoice says that the check engine light code is "P0446 was present for evap system trace to vent control malfunction special order vsv control approx $99.07 to install". I then went out to the web to determine exactly what this part is and I discovered many complaints of this nature on the web. Most of them were told they needed to replace the valve and canister for a price around $550. By looking at the number of complaints on the web relating to this issue (most of them when the car reaches approximately 55,000 miles) I decided to file this in the hopes that this part will eventually become a recall, since there seems to be so many issues.

- Ashburn, VA, USA