While driving in cruise control at 60 MPH, cruise control would not disengage. Vehicle was turned off and restarted, but the cruise control would still be engaged. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, who could not find a problem.
2002 Toyota Camry acceleration complaints
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The vehicle was being parked parallel to the curb. With the drivers foot on the brake, he shifted from park to drive and the vehicle accelerated forward, throughout the intersection, over a curb increasing in speed. The air bag did not deploy. The driver attempted to brake, but the vehicle did not respond. The vehicle was totaled. *ak *scc
Unreliable throttle response from stopped or slightly rolling.. Sometimes responds smartly, most of the time hesitates and/or responds then hesitates. Sometimes letting you linger for a second or two partially across two lanes(infrequent) but you never know when this thing is going to do it to you!. Events are continuous. Dealer says nothing wrong. Of course they also said my driver power seat does not move or slip. Found the sb on that, will provide them a copy next time in for sservice.
The driver shifted the vehicle into drive and the vehicle immediately accelerated up to about 20 MPH. The vehicle hit a car and a tree before it stopped . *ak *cb *nlm updated 7/2/12
Three times consumer went to toyota to tell them that something was wrong with my brakes. The first time, (may 3,03) was braking slowly and 2002 camry jumped ahead, the brakes did not work. The second time(may 28,03) I consumerwent in, told them brake pedal went slowly down to the floor when stopping for a light. 1993 camry never did that. Also no ohter car I had did that. They tested, said nothing was wrong. The third timeon july 3, consumertold them, do not tell me nothing was wrong with brakes, did not want to hear it! He drove the car and said nothing was wrong. Now on july 11, 2003, while parked at macy's mall at cross county, I am backing up slowly out of my space, and all of a sudden, consumer's vehicle jumped ahead flying and hit two parked cars facing her. All the vehicles had damage. Consumer will never drive that car again, could have killed someone.
Vehicle's new braking system was unsafe. Brake pedal had to be depressed almost to the floor before it engaged. As a result, the consumer accidentally hit the accelerator pedal while braking. *ak the consumer's wife was driving the vehicle, and as she turned the corner, the brake was applied and did not respond. The vehicle accelerated over the curb, onto the side walk, and into the library. (one must place there foot on the center of the brake pedal and the right side of the foot could possibly depress the accelerator) *scc
While attempting to park with foot applied to brake pedal vehicle suddenly accelerated, crashing into a tree.
2002 toyota camry se: while car was being backed down a driveway at 2-3 MPH with driver's foot on brake backing out of the driveway, the car accelerated suddenly and uncontrollably backward for about 66 feet and crashed into a tree. The car then somehow surged forward for about 132 feet. Car was totaled. Updated 7/2/12 *cn updated 07/17/12
The throttle stuck in the idle position upon acceleration . The dealer was notified.
The consumer experienced sudden acceleration with this vehicle and a newly purchased 2003 camry. *jb scc the consumer stated that he applied the brakes and the vehicle continued to travel forward. The consumer cut off the ignition and the vehicle finally came to a stop.
The speedometer was inoperative. The dealer stated there was nothing they could do. Scc
The throttle sticks never had it happen at highway speeds yet. Like when you pull up to a light to stop it sticks but if you hold on to the brake it goes down to nomal. Since I've owned this car it has happened 5 times. The last time as I was pulling into the drive. Hard to lay your hands on to what to do.
Unintended acceleration. While pulling into a parking space, my wife's vehicle accelerated to maximum speed. The car jumped over the parking curb and she swerved to miss a building. She clipped two cars in passing them, swerved again into an empy parkilng spot and the vehicle tipped over. Car was totaled. No one was hurt, but my wife sustained some bruises and glass shards in the eyes. Local toyota dealer looked at the wreck, ran some electronic diagnostics, but said they were unable to find any malfunction.
While trying to apply brakes at a slow speed, the pedal goes to the floor and vehicle proceeded and caused the vehicle to slam into benches. The dealer representative tested the vehicle at high speeds, in which no problem was found. Ph scc
Consumer called complaining while driving the vehicle at low speed when suffer a sudden acceleration causing a damage to the vehicle. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Ts
Consumer stated while pulling into a parking space and without any indication, the vehicle accelerated, jumping over a parking block and knocking down a tree. The dealer and manufactured had been contacted. Please provide further information.*jb updated 7/2/12 *cn updated 07/12/12
Consumer was parking the vehicle with her foot on the brake when the vehicle accelerated. This resulted in an accident. The dealership cannot locate the cause of the problem.
The vehicle was driven at a speed of 3 MPH when it suddenly accelerated. The consumer also complained about the pedal. The dealer was contacted and found nothing wrong. Ts scc see voq 10003640. *dsy updated 7/2/12 *cn updated 07/12/12
When the brakes were applied, the gas pedal was pressed accidentally, which caused unexpected acceleration. Ts the brake pedal had gone to the floor, below the gas pedal which had felt spongy. The consumer had taken the vehicle to a service dealer which stated that the brakes were out of adjustment. After the repair was done, the brakes still remained the same. Scc
Intermittenly cruise control become inoperable, when consumer applied the brake, the cruise control reamain activated. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information... Ts
Consumer states was driving on highway with cruise control engaged. Attempted to disengage by depressing brake pedal to no avail. Consumer had to swerve vehicle through traffic to avoid a collision. As a result the front passenger wheel came off slowing car down enough for consumer to downshift gears. Ts
Consumer has problems with the accelarator. Dealer was contacted. Mr
On my 2002 toyota camry xle when I pressed on the brake the other day (I have been driving for over 40 years) my car kept going instead of stopping!! It turned out that I was pressing on the brake as well as the accelerator pedal since they are almost on the same level as well as being close to each other. Actually, when the brake is depressed the accelerator pedal is actually higher which allows for the car to move forward while still depressing the brake pedal! This seems to be an incredibly dangerous situation. While getting accustomed to driving this new car I found it uncomfortable at times to get my right foot in the proper position to drive safely. Maybe it's because of this defect. What do you think?
Vehicle would intermittently accelerate when applying brakes. Dealer was notified, and unable to duplicate the problem. Feel free to provide any further information.
High idle speed on cold engine, first shift into drive is very harsh .
While driving thorttle got stuck and consumer could not stop vehicle. Consumer had an accident. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
At a stop with brakes applied vehicle suddenly surged forward. Engine raced and RPM's went up to 6000. Consumer shifted to neutral to stop vehicle. Vehicle has not been examined by dealer.
I was backing out and turning 90 degrees from a parking space at my apartment when the engine in my 2002 camry began to surge. I could not stop my camry by applying the brakes, and it backed into a gmc somona pickup truck.
No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak 9/7/2005 - on three occasions the engine speed increased while the vehicle was stopped and in a stationary state. The operator applied the brakes to keep the vehicle stationary. The engine returned to a normal state after the brake was released. Each incident lasted only a few seconds. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer and a representative of the manufacturer. No faults were detected, no repairs were made. All three incidents occurred within the first 3,000 miles of operation. The vehicle now has 22,000 miles and has not had another incident as of this date.
While backing up, vehicle suddenly surged and engine revved. Consumer applied brake and emergency/parking brake, but could not stop vehicle. The vehicle hit a tree, consumer suffered minor injuries.the vehicle was totaled.*ak 07/10/2012 cw updated 07/12/12
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