1995 TOYOTA CAMRY

MY COUSIN PURCHASED A USED 1995 CAMRY LAST YEAR AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SHE NOTICED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SMOKING SO SHE RACED TO PULL OVER ONE BLOCK FURTHER FROM WHERE IT STARTED & AT THE STOPPING POINT AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN IT GULFED IN FLAMES. 2 KIDS IN BACK SEAT SHE DOES EVERY EFFORT TO SAVE THEM. HOWEVER THE NOTORIOUS DOOR HANDLES INSIDE AND OUT WERE BROKEN SHE HAD TO PRAY TO GET POWER BACK ON ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN AND GRAB THE EXTERIOR BROKEN HANDLE TO EXIT. DURING THIS

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

Mileage: 105,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BY HIMSELF ALTHOUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID RESPOND. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 243,447.

Mileage: 243,447

LTR ON BEHALF OF (IN) RE NHTSA INVESTIGATION INTO SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN TOYOTA VEHICLES, IN 2004 HER FATHER WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. *KB THE CONSUMERS FATHER WAS KILLED BY SOMEONE WHO WAS DRIVING A TOYOTA CAMERA. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED HALFWAY DOWN THE BLOCK, WHEN SUDDENLY IT ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND CRASHED INTO THE DECEDENT'S HOUSE WITH SPEEDS OF EXCESS OF 40 MPH. THE VEHIC

1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES SUDDEN ACCELERATION WAS THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TGW THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A TREE AND A WALL. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AT AN INTERSECTION HE HEARD A LOUD WINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME STOP UNTIL HE WAS FORCED TO SHIFT GEARS INTO THE PARK POSITION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY APPROXIMATELY EVERY FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE ACTED AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO OVERRIDE THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS AN IDLING PROBLEM AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. HE ALSO STATED THAT IN

Mileage: 2,000

AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFT DOES NOT ALWAYS RESPOND TO GEAR SHIFT. FOR EXAMPLE SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION, ON OCCASION IT HAS SLIPPED BACK INTO NEUTRAL COMMAND. THUS ON OCCASION IT HAS BEEN PLACED IN PARK COMMAND PARKED WIT THE KEY TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION AND IT HAS ROLLED OR MOVED CONSIDERABLY OUT OF ITS PARKED PLACED. THIS CAN CAUSE POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT WENT INSIDE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY LOOKED OUT AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED, THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NO INSPECTION HAS BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

Mileage: 130,000

1995 TOYOTA CAMRY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *TS WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER, REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND PROCEEDED TO OPEN THE HOOD WHEN HE NOTICED FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH BEHIND A PICK UP TRUCK WOODEN CANVAS CONNECTED TO SOME METAL POLES FLEW OFF THE BACK OF THE PICK UP AND HIT THE FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SPUN SEVERAL TIMES UNCONTROLLABLY AND RAN INTO A LAMP POLE. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT OR SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER WAS STRUCK IN THE WINDSHIELD BY A PICK UP TRUCK BED COVER LINER. *SC

Mileage: 144,000

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH BEHIND A PICK UP TRUCK WOODEN CANVAS CONNECTED TO SOME METAL POLES FLEW OFF THE BACK OF THE PICK UP AND HIT THE FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SPUN SEVERAL TIMES UNCONTROLLABLY AND RAN INTO A LAMP POLE. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT OR SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER WAS STRUCK IN THE WINDSHIELD BY A PICK UP TRUCK BED COVER LINER. *SC

Mileage: 144,000

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SOMETHING FELL FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE, AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THE TIRES EXPLODED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE DRIVER LEFT VEHICLE IN DRIVE, TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS STARTING TO ROLL. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. *AK KEYS WERE REMOVED FROM VEHICLE'S IGNITION AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*MR

Mileage: 121,178

THE TRUNK LID FELL ON TOP OF THE CONSUMER, WHICH CAUSED INJURIES. THE LID HAS HIT THE CONSUMER ON THE BACK, HEAD AND NOSE.*JB

Mileage: 34

THE LATCHES ON ALL FOUR DOORS HAVE BROKEN DUE TO WEAK PLASTIC. IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM, BUT A PASSENGER OF MINE, A CHILD, CUT HER FINGER ON THE EXPOSED METAL. I HAVE CALLED DEALERSHIPS TO GET THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED BUT HAVE JUST BEEN LAUGHED AT AND BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS TO BE SO, BECAUSE I HAVE PURCHASED TOYOTA VEHICLES IN THE PAST AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP BEFORE. THIS INCIDENT MAY DETER ME FROM BU

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, PUSHING THE VEHICLE INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIER. TS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE HIT THE CONCRETE WALL HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JG *JB

Mileage: 136,000

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH MADE HER LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING HER TO GET INTO A CAR CRASH .DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTORY AND THERE IS ALSO A RECALL OUT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THE MANUFACTURY STATES THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE HER VEHICLE BECAUSE OF WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTOR.

I BRAKED AND SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A METAL TANK THAT JUST FELL OFF A TRAILER IN FRONT OF ME, HIT THE TANK ON THE RIGHT FRONT, THEN DISCONTINUED BRAKING. THEN THE RIGHT FRONT, LEFT FRONT, AND RIGHT REAR TIRES COLLAPSED OFF THE RIMS. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR, SWERVED INTO THE MEDIAN/DITCH, CAR TURNED 180 DEGREES AND ROLLED BACK (ALMOST ROLLED OVER). CAR SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT BODY AND UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE. DUE TO SEAT BELT USAGE, MY PASSENGER AND I SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES ONLY. I WAS TRAVELLI

I BRAKED AND SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A METAL TANK THAT JUST FELL OFF A TRAILER IN FRONT OF ME, HIT THE TANK ON THE RIGHT FRONT, THEN DISCONTINUED BRAKING. THEN THE RIGHT FRONT, LEFT FRONT, AND RIGHT REAR TIRES COLLAPSED OFF THE RIMS. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR, SWERVED INTO THE MEDIAN/DITCH, CAR TURNED 180 DEGREES AND ROLLED BACK (ALMOST ROLLED OVER). CAR SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT BODY AND UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE. DUE TO SEAT BELT USAGE, MY PASSENGER AND I SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES ONLY. I WAS TRAVELLI

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED, DEALER CONTACTED.*JB.*TT