Wife was pulling into a parking space. Car had almost come to a complete stop, she was about to put car in park and set handbrake and car suddenly accelerated in to a bring wall. She crack c1 and c2 vertebrae and was in the hospital for 5 days.
2000 Toyota Camry Solara: sudden unintended acceleration
5 of the 66 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Camry Solara describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Owner of 2000 toyota camry-solara was entering a marvin's market. While attempting to enter the parking lot her vehicle suddenly accelerated for approx. 55-60' and crashed into the marvin market storefront plate glass windows. The vehicle continued into the marvin market striking a person inside the store. The vehicle continued through the store and struck a second person inside the store. The vehicle came to a rest inside the store and on top of the second person that was struck. The driver of the vehicle stated to the responding police officer that the car suddenly accelerated and she immediately jammed her foot on the brakes with no success.
While driving 5 MPH vehicle surged forward. This caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The consumer hit a building. Upon impact, both front air bags did not deploy.
Vehicle surged forward after releasing the gas pedal and hit a tree. *ph
Car was parked on a flat surface, idling with gearshift in the "park" position; driver stepped out of vehicle and walked in front of car. Car surged forward and pinned driver against wall. Resident of house came to assist and could not get gearshift out of the park position - yet car continued to surge forward, causing further injury to pinned party.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Toyota Camry Solara sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2000 Toyota Camry Solara?
5 of 66 owner complaints about the 2000 Toyota Camry Solara (8%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Toyota Camry Solara?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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