I was in a fast food drive thru. As the line moved, I tapped my gas lightly to move a bit forward and the car lunged forward and hit the car in front of me. The car continued to lunge forward even though I had my foot on the brake! I had to turn the car off totally. I made my report to allstate. I also called toyota and they told me my car was not one of the cars recalled with that type of problem, and hung up on me. A few months later, a news report showed just the opposite. They still have not inspected my car. Also, the engine light comes on and stays on although we have had the car checked and the mechanic cannot find a problem associated with the light staying on.
2004 Toyota Camry brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owned a 2004 toyota camry. While driving in reverse, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle failed to respond. As a result, the contact crashed the vehicle into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a bruised rib on the right side, but did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified. The speed was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 36,000.
After driving 1 year ( about 10000miles) the brake fluid kept loosing from max to min level within 100 to 200 miles driving.toyota had recalled 2004 to 2006 avalon, highlander, lexus gs 300, & lexus is 250 no camry.I reported to the federal safety agency & toyota and no answer. For safety concern please do your best to help consumers to avoid the accidents may occur. Thanks
In parking garage I wanted to back up from post. I put car in reverse and had foot on brake. When I released brake slightly, the engine roared and the car lunged back and even with my foot mashing on the brake, the car jumped a curb in the garage and did not stop until it hit an SUV and knocked it into a brick wall. My passenger suffered a subdural hematoma and was hospitalized in portland, or during christmas vacation. She had to remain in portand 30 days until she had a clear ctscan. January 21, 2013 I was stopped for stop sign with foot on the brake, when same vehicle lunged forward at about 30 MPH. I had a repeat when I was braking to slow down for a turn, and vehicle just lunged forward and it took me half a block to get the car to stop. On january 26, 2013 I had a repeat of the stop sign incident. I had foot on brake and was at a complete stop, when car lunged forward. Fortunately there were no cars coming and I safely made a left turn as it was a dead end street. Again it took me about half a block to get the car to come to a stop again. I do not feel safe to drive this car and have left it with a local toyota dealer and had brakes repaired. I have spoken to service manager, rick, and at hq, [xxx], about my issues. Toyota has politely brushed me off like a piece of lint both for the accident in 2007 and my current issues. I have joined the class action suit against toyota and am requesting the brake override as a stop-gas measure. I currently have 82,700 miles on vehicle and had planned to drive it for several more years. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I turned on the motor of my car which was parked at a home depot. With my foot on the brake (and not on the gas), the car suddenly accelerated and did not stop until it had traveled about 15 yards.
I was slowly pulling my 2004 camry into a perpendicular parking space in a public parking lot, with my foot on the brake pedal. As I approached the curb to come to a stop, the car suddenly leaped forward at what seemed like full throttle, jumped the curb, lunged up a flight of three concrete steps, and crashed through the glass doors of the entry of the building. More often than not, at the hour of the day when this incident occurred (3:30 pm), there are small groups of young people waiting for rides or chatting in front of this facility. By some miracle there were no people present on the sidewalk in front of the car or coming out of or going into the building when this happened. Truly a miracle that no one was hurt or worse. There were no witnesses. The police had the car removed by flatbed to a body shop yard. I later learned that the police had driven the car in the body shop yard and commented that the car drove without issues. I subsequently received a careless driving citation in the mail. A local media report of the incident, cribbed from the police blotter, stated that the police believed the cause of the incident was driver error. There is not the least doubt in my mind that my foot was firmly on the brake pedal, which went to the floor and did not stop the car! The car acted on its own as if possessed! I will never drive this car again! I bought a new car and took a huge loss on the value of the toyota by selling it for parts to a local mechanic for a tenth of its retail value so it would never find its way back onto the road to threaten other people with injury or death!
2004 toyota camry. Consumer states that brakes have been squealing for years. He states that the dealer has worked on the vehicle and nothing has helped. He also stated that the squealing is extremely loud and constant.
2004 toyota camry le I hv front end shaking when I applied brakes. I have chavez front rotors, pad(both organic n semi metallic) rebuilt calipers, new set of 4 tires and I still have vibration it's 100 percent coming from front. End some one plz help [xxx] thanks. One more thing brake master cylinder was on the bulletin board not recall I have had that done also.I hate toyota I only got 40,000 original miles on it n looks like brand new but drive likes toyota (like crap). Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
2004 camry brake fluid leak.
My 2004 toyota camry has started to "hold back" when I drive it. Then the ABS light came on and started flashing and when I stepped on the brakes, the flashing light went off. I called the lancaster pa toyota dealer and the service department said that as long as it is intermittent and not constant, it is nothing to worry about. But I wonder how many other toyota customers have had problems with their anti-lock braking systems.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota camry. While driving approximately 35 MPH on wet road conditions and attempting to apply the brakes, the vehicle was moving to the left then to the right. The contact turned the hazard lights on and maintained a significant distance between the other vehicles. The vehicle eventually came to a stop. The contact noticed that the failure only occurred when the road was wet. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who could not duplicate the failure. She called the manufacturer but received no assistance when the complaint was filed. The contact previously filed complaints for similar models she owned under the same manufacturer regarding brake failures; she could not recall the year, make and model of the vehicles. The failure mileage was approximately 100. The current mileage was approximately 20,000.
Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) I own a 2004 toyota camry VIN#[xxx] on january 6, 2010 I was driving up first ave in manhattan going to randalls island. At 1st ave and about 10 st I was driving about 20 miles per hour, pressed the brake approaching a red light. Instead the engine revved (vroom) and car accelerated forward. I floored the brake and pulled up the emergency brake and still I tapped the commercial vehicle in front before being able to stop by putting car into park. 2 hours later I was returning home and driving down 9th street between broadway and university and again approaching a red light braked to slow down the car (I was already going 20mph) again, instead the vehicle revved and accelerated forward and this time no matter how hard I pushed the brake the car wouldn't stop. I slammed the transmission into park , pulled up the emergency brake and that stopped the car. I called aaa and had the car towed to toyota of manhattan where they said my brake pins were frozen and there was a throttle problem and charged $1300 for repair. (my personal mechanic in nj later told me brake pins and uncontrolled acceleration were not related. On monday february 22, 2010 while driving to my summer apartment in ventnor nj the same thing happened. We were again able to stop the car by pulling into park mode and emergency brake. We restarted the car and drove 10 miles per hour to our parking lot where the car still sits. Calls to toyota of manhattan simply stated that this model was not under recall and the car was too far for them to send a tow. Attempts to bring the car to a local toyota (shore toyota) calls were not answered and I was told I could not bring the car in without an appointment. And I should bring the car back to where the repair was done. So there it sits in a parking lot. I had to rent a car to get home. The repair was clearly bogus and this problem is acceleration upon hitting the brake pedal. *tr updated ivoq 09/01/10
Car:2004 toyota camry xle model when I drive on a city road with pot holes/rough surface intersection my brakes does not seems to effective. You almost seems to feels its not going to stop, but when you push hard and keep it eventually stop. Other wise brakes perform as expected in highways.
Although my toyota xle v6 is not part of the recall, I have had problems with my brakes since 2004, the year of my camry. When I'm driving slowly, (approximately 15mph) going over a bump and I need to brake, my brakes do not respond. I have to depress the brakes with great force and the anti-locks kick in. . I brought this to the attention of my dealer in 2004. I was told they could do something minor (of which I couldn't understand) but it would continue to occur. I have been uncomfortable with the braking on this car for years. This is a continual problem. Although this happens constantly, in order to proceed, I need to input a date.
-a 2000 camry with brake problems -tried to fix problems but mechanics unable to identify problems. -a 2004 camry with brake and acceleration problmes. Reported to toyota but ignored me. Reported again but still ignored. -need help as I spent so much until problems killed my transmission.
This complaint deals with all toyota cars with rear wheel drum brakes. On my car and many others possibly the pedal is soft has to go down quite a ways to activate brakes. On several occasions although I drive conservatively I feel my braking was compromised when I need quick braking response. I believe the reason is the automatic adjustment mechanism on my rear brakes was and is not working. This mechanism on all modern cars with rear drum brakes adjusts for wear by bringing the brake shoes closer to the drum when backing and braking. An automatic adjustment. When the mechanism isn't working the rear brake shoes get farther and farther from the drum due to wear and one must push the brake pedal farther and farther down on braking to get the shoes to contact the drums before braking can begin. This delays the braking time of the driver considerably. Recently getting new tires the mechanic noted my soft brake pedal and removed the rear brake drums and manually adjusted the shoes to bring them in light contact with the drum. My brake pedal got hard again and activated at the top. Toyota should bring the cars in to check this lack of adjustment problem as I wouldn't doubt there have been accidents because of it. With the new cars with disk brakes the pads are always against the disk and the is no soft pedal problem.
On christmas day, december 25, 2009, I was driving our 2004 toyota camry on the 880-n freeway in oakland, exited the freeway, and when I applied the brakes to stop at the first intersection after exiting, the car suddenly accelerated forward. I was unnerved as my foot hit the brakes and the car reacted by jumping forward. Fortunately, my wife and infant child were strapped safely with seat belts in the car and no accident occurred. This was not supposed to happen. The incident was also not the result of driver error ' my right foot hit the brakes. The weather and road conditions were good. The weather was dry and partly cloudy. The roads were dry. After the incident, I contacted the san bruno, ca based melody toyota service department and a local independent mechanic. Both told me that they would have to replicate the problem under similar driving conditions before they could do anything. While the incident has not repeated itself, I am concerned that the problem could pop up at any time. I believe toyota should, at their own expense, inspect and repair my vehicle so the brakes function as intended. I am concerned about the safety of my 2004 camry vehicle and believe other 2004 toyota camry owners have had similar experience. As of today, I believe toyota has only partially addressed the sudden, unintended acceleration issue and I am calling on the federal safety agency to investigate this matter more thoroughly. I would like toyota to investigate this matter and believe that government legislators and regulators ought to prod toyota to do more. Toyota has stated that it does not believe its current recall should reach back to the 2004 model year. I disagree. I would like toyota to fix the defect to ensure that my brake system functions properly. Beyond safety concerns, I am also disappointed that toyota's camry troubles have caused a significant decline in the value of my car.
I purchased a new toyota camry in 2004. On the morning of 4/2/2005, I took my daughter to her orthodontist appointment. On my way back, I first made a stop at a traffic light before making a left turn to get on a parkway. I did not notice anything unusual. A few minutes later, when I attempted to slow down in anticipation of the end of the parkway and the traffic light at the intersection, I noticed that the brake was not working. I tried squeezing (to the floor) and tapping. I had no effect. There was no acceleration (kept the same speed). By the time I reached the intersection, the light was red and all three lanes had vehicles in front of me. I steered my car between two lanes to get through the traffic (with only the mirrors scraped off). Once the traffic was behind me, I took the vehicle to the right to grind against the curb which brought it to a halt. The vehicle was pronounced total. Three other vehicles were affected with varying degrees of damage (due to direct impact on the side or reaction to the sudden traffic movement). I informed toyota and requested their inspection. Toyota later responded stating that they found no "design or manufacturing defect". I am not sure if they took my report seriously. They may have lost the opportunity to investigate a potential problem.
I was backing out of a parking space, but saw a car coming, so I stepped on the brake. The car accelerated at a very fast pace out of the parking space, into the road, just missing the car, before I was able to stop it. On december 14, 2009, I had backed up my driveway (to a level spot) . I decided to straighten out the car, so I drove the car forward, put my foot on the brake to put it in reverse and the car went speeding down the driveway, the brakes would not work, until I got out into the road, then the car stopped. Prayer kept me safe!
A 2004 toyota camry on 26 december 2009 traveling at approximately 5 miles per hour into a parking space in front of the us post office had an un-commanded acceleration. Within a span of four feet into the parking spot, the car accelerated and the brake could not stop the forward movement. The car jumped the sidewalk and drove into the window and corner of the building while the engine continued to race with only the building holding the car as it tried to raced further. Moving the transmission lever from drive to park the doors did not automatically unlock. Turning the ignition key to off position was the only solution to stopping the racing engine. The floor mat was checked on exiting the car and was not to be anywhere near the accelerator pedal..the car was totaled and no life treating injury was sustained. *tr the consumer experienced neck and back pain. Updated 03/17/10
I bought new 2004 toyota camry v6le on march 2004.I noticed the brake fluid keep losing from max level to min level within 100 miles drive after 1year or 8000 miles until today (40200miles). I took the car to the mechanic ,no leaking found. I recently read the report by the federal safety agency that the toyota braking system could lose most of its power & effectiveness agree because that is the problem of my car right now. I hope this complaint may help you to find way to correct the problem. Thank you
Abs system computer failed. Not discovered until 95,000 mile service visit when complaint raised to dealer of brake noise.
I bought a 2004 camry about a month ago from my local toyota used car dealer. A week later I told them front-end felt funny and needed to be checked. They said I needed an alignment. Had that done. Called them last week and said I still feel like there's some sort of front-end problem. My brake pedal is spongy and almost to the ground. Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm going to stop in time. Also told them my steering wheel was shimmying. I was told that the steering wheel was probably indicating a tire balance issue and they would charge me $50 to balance/rotate my tires. I decided to put the money toward new front tires instead hoping that would also reduce road noise. As for the brakes.... I was told that was standard for the camry models and was a known design issue but no corrections were in place that they were aware of. Last weekend I was in a crash. My brakes failed! My ABS did not engage and my airbag did not deploy. I was traveling about 30-40 MPH on a highway when the person in front hit their brakes. I hit mine and continued to skid into the back of their vehicle. I had plenty of room to stop. There's no reason other than brake failure for me to have crashed.
2004 toyota camry, has had spongy brakes from new, dealer said this was normal. The problem has gotten worse, and if you pump the brakes and hold them you go right to the floor. If you are stopping slowly the brakes respond very poorly.
Excessive brake pedal travel and weak brakes. I have normal driving habits and have regular maintenance performed. The brakes are ok for a couple of weeks before going bad again. The braking distance is very bad and brake response is dangerously slow. This is an ongoing problem since I have bought the car.
Pulling into a parking slot, I hit the brake but it caught the gas pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. Only the balcony wall of the parking stopped the car. The accident resulted in the sprain of my neck and a $3000 damage to the vehicle.
I have experienced severe brake difficulties with my 2004 toyota camry. The brakes have been repaired at least three times by the houston dealership, and the problem still exists! The dealership told me that repairing it was the best they could do, and nothing else can be done. Whenever I stop, my brakes will only completely stop at almost 1.5 inches from the car floor. I need safe and reliable transportation, and I never want to experience the brakes failing to stop or only stopping once it hits the floor. I am 85 years old, make weekly doctor visits on heavily congested houston freeways. I need my car to work properly every time.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota camry. While driving 55 MPH, the contact stated that the brake pedal depressed approximately two and a half inches before the brakes made hard contact. There were no warning lights, noises, or leaking fluid present. The dealer adjusted the rear brakes, however, approximately 3-6 months later the failure recurred. The current and failure mileages were 47,000. Updated 01/02/08.*lj the consumer stated the brake pedal travels before it starts slowing down. The consumer further stated if the back brakes are tightly adjusted then there is not a problem the defect is called soft brakes. Updated 12/12/07
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota camry. While driving 5 MPH she applied the brakes however, the vehicle would not stop. The vehicle accelerated which caused her to crash into a parked car. She also ran over the curb and crashed into the corner of the shopping center. The contact sustained minor injuries. She felt that the electronic throttle control system caused the failure. The current and failure mileages were 76,000 miles. The VIN and engine size was unavailable.
I own a toyota camry 2004, and just bought toyota camry 2007. Camry 2004 worked fine in the beginning, but since last year the brakes felt too soft. I took it toyota dealership many times, but they always said that it was normal. But I drove it everyday, so I know that it was not normal. I could not go above 60 MPH on highway because I could not depend on the brakes, especially in winter. I got lucky and avoided accidents almost 10 times because of this brakes. It just won't work on time. I didn't know what to do with this car. So when time came for me to buy the new car, I went to toyota and tried out new 2007 camry and bought it. I bought 2007 camry only because I liked the brakes. I even told the staff of the dealership the same thing too. But within in few weeks I took it back to dealership because brakes started becoming soft. I needed to know how could this be fixed. 2007 camry which I still drive isn't as bad as 2004. But I can't say it for sure that it won't happen in future. How can I have this brakes fixed? There is something wrong with them. It is not normal , they say it is.
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