1998 Toyota Camry steering problems

Filed Mar 7, 2017 · Steering · 129,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 toyota camry. While driving 5 MPH and making left or right turns, the steering wheel shook and felt loose. The contact was able to pull the steering wheel up towards her while the vehicle was being driven or while parked. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced per the federal safety agency campaign number: 99v307000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 129,000.

Filed Mar 8, 2014 · Airbags, Steering · KY · crash · fire

Car began "going out of control" unable to steer the vehicle. As if I had no control over the car. Car continued straight instead of turning with the road, into a fence/tree and caught fire and burned up. Air bags did not deploy. Passenger received facial trauma, chest trauma, and multiple lacerations and contusions, requiring surgery.

Filed Mar 11, 2010 · Steering · 116,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 toyota camry. While driving at speeds of 35 MPH and higher, the steering wheel would lock and become extremely hard to control. The failure occurred frequently and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for further inspection. The dealer however could not duplicate the failure. The contact was concerned with his safety while driving a vehicle he potentially could not control. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 116,000 and the current mileage was unknown.

Filed Feb 18, 2010 · Acceleration, Steering · 169,000 miles · GA

Problem with sticky gas pedal off and on for 1 year. Have been pressing hard to get pedal to work properly. So far, no parts have been repaired or replaced on 1998 toyota camry. Also steering problems in 2008; took to dealer who added power steering fluid.

Filed Nov 21, 2008 · Steering · 150,000 miles · TN

I bought 98 toyota camry 3mos ago, the car pulls across road, I figured needed alignment and I knew it needed struts,, I had struts , axle replaced then new tires and brought to rusty wallace for alignment. They did alignment, I left car still pulls I brought back and they rechecked still pulls said there nothing else they can do.. I have rotors replace and brakes checked and nothing, I seen recall bout steering on my year camry but toyota says not my car! I seen it on the federal safety agency web page but the 800 # tells me there's nothing they can do what am I suppose to do>? Sounds like the problem im having why will the car not drive straight?

Filed Jan 18, 2008 · Steering · 60,000 miles · GA

Steering is loose car wanders left and right. Rack and pinion is leaking. Seems to be to many complaints of the rack and pinion failures and the cost of repair. Toyota you know you have a problem with this and it needs to be fixed. What will it take to get your attention?

Filed Jul 16, 2007 · Seat belts, Steering · 130,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 toyota camry. The contact stated that his vehicle is experiencing the same failure as noted in recall # 99v307000 (steering:wheel and handle bar). The dealer and manufacturer stated that his vehicle is not included in the recall. While driving 20 MPH, he lost complete control of the vehicle and fears that a crash may occur if he drives on the highway. The contact also stated that the two rear passenger and driver side seat belts fail to retract properly. He is unable to pull them back into their regular position or push them in anymore. The current mileage is 135,000 and failure mileage was 130,000.

Filed Nov 8, 2005 · Airbags, Brakes · NC · crash · 1 injury

My mother just had an accident this morning and from her describing that 98 toyota camry was out of control and break seemed not working at all. So I started looking for vehicle recalls and defects then I realized this accident my mother had could be caused by defects. If you just look, you could easily find many others complaints. She was driving at 55 MPH and trying to change lane then next thing she know was car started to swerving so she tried to regain control then hit the break which did not function. I will have to look for legal advise within next couple of days and see what they say. By the way air bags were not activated. Please let me know if there was any lawsuit or compensation for this kind of fatal accident. Thank you.

Filed Oct 14, 2005 · Airbags, Steering · TX

Consumer mechanic found a problem with the column post about to come loose so that the driver could not control vehicle. *ts the mechanic also discovered that both air bags were not completely assembled. Parts were on top of the air bag but not installed.

Filed Jul 18, 2005 · Steering · 40,000 miles · NJ

Dt: on 7/7/05, the steering wheel assembly had to be replaced by owner. She received recall sscxoc6 notice, but did not recall whether she received the recall letter before or after repairs were done. Owner called toyota to have them check recall letter to see if it was related to the work done. Toyota told owner she has had the recall work done. The vehicle iwasregularly serviced. The location of the work was the steering wheel assembly.