CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2005 Camry. It is almost certainly misleading.
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2005 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.
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 2005 Camry, our data for the Camry is a far more statistically accurate representation of the Camry's reliability than what the NHTSA data shows.
1.5
hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
111,285 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I was driving down the highway a small rock hit my windshield bounced off and hit my sunroof! windshield is fine and sunroofs are made tough so I didn't think anything of it till about 15 miles later when I heard air! my windows were up I checked to see if maybe my daughter hit the button when we stopped to get gas right before then! when I opened the shade to the sunroof glass fell in my face! a whole the size of golf ball was there and the whole glass was spider webbed! I was about 1hr away from home so I pulled over and bought tape to put on it! I've owned many cars with sunroofs and have never seen one shatter like this one did for such a tiny rock! I was told a few companies recalled sunroofs and I sure hope Y'all also do! if that shade would have been open me and my 6 year old could have been injured. I don't have pictures of the actual glass on hand because I had to quick fix it to get home!
During rain the wipers suddenly stop working. The happens only occasionally. They can work for hours and suddenly stop. Happens at any setting (intermittent, slow or fast). Then at a later time usually some minutes later they will start working again. Checked all connections and motor. Electrical tests of the system show no problems. Replaced entire switch assembly on the steering column with Toyota part, in Dec 2013. Today, March 28, 2014 the problem returned again. Since this occurs unexpectedly while driving in the rain, it seems to represent a serious safety issue. I think Toyota needs to examine this problem.
- Morganza, MD, USA
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