On sunday september 3, 2006 I pulled into a parking space at kroger grocery store after church to shop about 10:30 or 11:00 am. As I pulled into the space to park my 2005 toyota camry, it did a sudden acceleration, jump the curb and crashed into the grocery store wall. The store wall was not damaged but my camry had about $4000.00 worth damage. When I told toyota what had happen I was told to contact toyota regional office. I contacted them and they told me that someone would be out to investigate my claim. They kept my vehicle for over three weeks, then they started on the body repair. Toyota claimed they could not substantiate my claim of sudden acceleration, but I know they repaired my vehicle internally as well as the body work because when I picked my car up from joseph toyota dealership the car acceleration pedal felt so different. It felt real stiff and hard to mash. The brakes were check and fixed, because during the sudden acceleration they fail to stop the car. As I press them the seat belt choked an strap me so tight that I had a large welt across my chest. Toyota knew they had a problem with sudden acceleration at least since I reported it in 2006. They lied and made my insurance company pay all of that money, I had to struggle to come up with all of my deductible, pay for 4 weeks of car rental of about $45.00 a day while toyota regional office drug their feet about investigating my car. I was scare, sore and frustrated about how this whole thing was handle, but now I feel vindicated. Had toyota regional office told the truth about the problem with my camry and did the recall in 2006 when I reported this, they could have save a lot injuries and lives. I knew I couldn't go up against this big corporation by my self and I'm sorry people have loss their lives got injured, but glad it came out to the consumers. I feel toyota also changed my accelerator pedal in 2006, or put that little steel chip in back of the pedal, the new 2010 fix. My car has loss value.
2005 Toyota Camry acceleration complaints
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Car located in omaha, ne, being driven east from 42nd and curtis avenue, downhill at approximately 41st and curtis ave (car speed up on level area to compensate for the computer systems ability to slow the car down or prevent coasting), my 2005 toyota se hit a parked car, airbags deployed and the car continued to drive an additional block after the brakes were applied. Car hit a dirt road/ditch and bounced and landed into a private yard located on the southeast side of the road. The hill in the private yard stopped the car from continuing on.
My 2005 toyota camry accelerated suddenly in 2007. I slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the concrete median on the freeway. The car went into a spin and stopped. The traffic was light so no one was hurt. I took the car to the dealer in burien, wa. They said there was nothing wrong with the car and gave me a written report saying that they were unable to verify the concern. I want to report this event so that it can be included in the information that is being gathered regarding sudden acceleration in toyota camrys. This is a 2005 so toyota needs to expand their parameters to include my car.
Pulling into parking spot I stepped on the accelerator, the engine hesitated, then the car accelerated on its own, crashed into guard rail - no other vehicles or persons involved. I tried to step on brake, didn't do any good. Acceleration stopped after I hit the guard rail. Toyota dealership told me it was a dirty throttle body - cleaned throttle body.
Consumer states that 2005 toyota camry needs to be added the toyota recall. *nj the consumer stated he experienced sudden acceleration on 3 separate occasions. The first incident happened in 2008. As he approached an intersection within an enclosed parking lot building, he applied the brakes, but suddenly the vehicle shot forward at an incredible speed and crashed into 3 parked cars. There were no injuries, but the damage was severe. The other two incidents happened on christmas day 2009. The first was at a street intersection near the consumer's home where he narrowly missed a car. The second was when the vehicle drastically accelerated into his garage hitting a desk and putting a hole in the wall. The damage was minimized by the use of the parking gear. The consumer was advised to remove the mats, but he felt as though the problem was way beyond the mats. *jb see also odi 10332753
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. The contact stated as she was driving 12 MPH approaching the red light, the vehicle accelerated almost hitting two other vehicles in front of her. As she swerved the vehicle and depressed the brakes the vehicle stopped. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that she had to pay $90 for a diagnostic test. The contact did not pay the cost and the dealer would not diagnose the vehicle. The contact did not call the toyota manufacturer and report the failure. Routine maintenance was not performed on the vehicle prior to the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.
I drive a 2005 toyota camry...in about approx. October 2009 I experienced while on the I-20 freeway car trouble. My gas pedal went all the way to the floor and the car reved up and died. It would not start and when it did the motor went racing. I had to have it towed to the toyota dealership. I have in writing from the yokem toyota dealership that it was my throttle sticking. I paid them approx. $900.00 to have it fixed. I wrote to the toyota corp. About getting reimbursed in january and still have not heard from them. I didnt see my year model on the recall list but I did send them a copy of my receipt with the dealership stating that it was the throttle. How can I get reimbursed. My mother bought 4 toyota for the family and so far mine had the defect.
I drive a 2005 toyota camry...in about approx. October 2009 I experienced while on the I-20 freeway car trouble. My gas pedal went all the way to the floor and the car reved up and died. It would not start and when it did the motor went racing. I had to have it towed to the toyota dealership. I have in writing from the yokem toyota dealership that it was my throttle sticking. I paid them approx. $900.00 to have it fixed. I wrote to the toyota corp. About getting reimbursed in january and still have not heard from them. I didnt see my year model on the recall list but I did send them a copy of my receipt with the dealership stating that it was the throttle. How can I get reimbursed. My mother bought 4 toyota for the family and so far mine had the defect.
I drive a 2005 toyota camry...in about approx. October 2009 I experienced while on the I-20 freeway car trouble. My gas pedal went all the way to the floor and the car revved up and died. It would not start and when it did the motor went racing. I had to have it towed to the toyota dealership. I have in writing from the yokem toyota dealership that it was my throttle sticking. I paid them approx. $900.00 to have it fixed. I wrote to the toyota corp. About getting reimbursed in january and still have not heard from them. I didn't see my year model on the recall list but I did send them a copy of my receipt with the dealership stating that it was the throttle. How can I get reimbursed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. The contact was backing out of a parking space. Suddenly, there was an unintended acceleration. The vehicle failed to slow down. The driver crashed into the driver side of an unoccupied parked vehicle. The police was not called to the scene. There was no personal injury. The vehicle was able to resume in operation with caution. The authorized dealer was notified of the malfunction. The trunk area and rear bumper sustained damages. The vehicle has not been repaired at this time. The failure mileage was 31,933.
Changing lanes, car accelerated, unable to control vehicle. Crashed into front end of waiting car and into stop sign.
Fatal life threatening accident in august 2009. Toyota camry 2005. Car hydroplaned while changing lane. Vehicle speed was changed while changing lane and it got over accelerated. Vehicle lost controlled tumbled, flipped couple of times and hit the major highway ramp. Police arrived and all four adults and toddler is admitted to hospital using ambulance service. Later on insurance company declared car as total loss.
My father was driving a 2006 camry. He was backing into a parking spot at a supermarket shopping center in palisades park, nj. He decided to go forward and then back up again. When he attempted to go forward slowly and briefly, the accelerator opened full-throttle. He attempted to brake as hard as he could but the car kept accelerating. He hit two people while trying to bring the car under control and then slammed into a long row of shopping carts. The car shut off once it collided with the carts. One of the persons was killed. The other sustained a broken arm. The car was examined by the palisades park police and found to have no observable defect with the accelerator. My father had the car fixed and ended up selling it, so it is still on the road. I would have to search his files and see if any information was saved about the car. Perhaps his VIN # would be traceable through his former insurance company, all-state, or the palisades nj police dept. *tr updated 03/14/10 *bf *tr updated 08/06/10 update 9/19/2011
I have a 2005 camry. The car started off fine and within a minute it did not accelerate even with the gas pedal down all the way. The engine check light was on and I let it idle for 10 mins. It started running fine and there was no longer the check engine light. Now the car was able to accelerate. 4 days later, I stopped at a traffic light and made a turn to the left and the car slowed down and did not accelerate thereafter.
I own a 2005 camry. I was driving on I 95 at 60 MPH when the car lunged twice, then stopped accelerating and went from 60 to 0 in ten seconds making it difficult to coast to a stop on the side of the very busy highway. After towing car to the dealer nearest me, it was diagnosed as the throttle body failure. I wa told it would cost 1,000 to replace it. My car only has 39,000 miles on it. The warranty did not cover this part. Then the dealer repairman said he would clean it out for 145.00 which he did. He said this has to be done every 30,000 miles because of a design problem. I did some research and have found toyota camry 02-06 have this flawed part and there are many complaints over the internet documented. I felt very unsafe when the incident happened and now am anxious that it will happen again. My question is: why did the dealer want to see if it was covered under our warranty we paid for extra by another insurance company (ie., not toyotal mfr. Warranty) and when they found out it was not covered, they just cleaned it and said it was fine now? As a consumer, I am not wanting to go through the experience of my car just abruptly stopping like that and being left on the side of the road again.
My 5 month old toyota camry se v6 2005 with 5,200 miles on odometer suddenly accelerated when approaching slowly into driveway as usual for nearly 20 years of my residence. The camry was only stopped on itself after it hit the wall of rocky ledge standing at driveway's end. I felt very lucky and god blessed because if this accident happened on the road its consequences is very horrible beyond any imagination of fatalities.after this accident,I notified the toyota corporation and they answered me that they found nothing defective with this camry after an investigation. I was really disappointed at toyota corp action. Repair of damage cost more than 7,000 dollars and I must pay surcharge since 2005 until now on my insurance policy. At that time,I was completely given up because toyota is a very powerful corporation and my voice unheard and unnoticed by anyone.
On october 6, 2009, I drove my 2005 camry into the parking lot making a right turn and coasting into my usual parking space with my foot lightly on the brake. As I approached the curb, my camry suddenly accelerated, jumping the approximately six-inch curb, and hitting a tree approximately six feet from the curb while continuing to accelerate, after which I turned off the car with my key. I called my insurance agent, then aaa to have the car towed to our body shop, in-and-out auto body in gaithersburg, md. I told the insurance company I didn't know what had happened, that my camry had suddenly accelerated toward the tree, and asked the body shop to check the brakes and accelerator. After they repaired my camry (bill was $5321), the body shop confirmed that the brakes and accelerator were working as expected. I drove the camry home but later my husband told me of reports he found on the internet of 'sudden acceleration' by toyotas, particularly 2005 camrys, and I no longer trust this car and will not drive it.
Vehicle suddenly accelerated for no reason.
My 2005 camry suddenly accelerated for no apparent reason.
My parents were both killed in a 2005 toyota camry. The investigating officer informed me that my mother had not slowed down and was traveling at a high rate of speed when leaving the road. There was not any indication that she tried slowing down. At the time I asked for an investigation of the vehicle but was told the damage was so severe there was no way of determining if there was a problem with the car. I do have photos of the car taken 2 days after the accident updated 02/13/10 *bf updated 02/16/10. Updated 03/10/10 *bf updated 07/12/10*jb update 9/19/2011
2005 camry at low throttle positions 35-40 MPH rpms jump 200 and then returns. This happens consistantly. I have written toyota three letters and they have blown me off each time. I still have copies of the letters. Now that toyota is fessing up, perhaps they will fix this condition as it unnerving if not dangerous. I am putting in a date as your form will not let me continue although this happens all the time.
Because the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal on my 2005 camry le are close to each other and engage at the same level, it is all too easy for a foot to overlap the brake pedal and depress the accelerator and brake at the same time. Unless I am unusually vigilant about my foot position, this can happen, and the car accelerates instead of braking. This has happened often, both in city and highway driving. My mechanic has tried his best to raise the level of the brake pedal engagement, but without success; there is no brake adjustment on this model. My toyota dealer says, too, that there is no adjustment possible and refuses to modify the brake pedal to raise it above the accelerator level. This is a design problem, but it occurs to me that at least some of the incidents of inadvertent acceleration may be due to this fault. If the car accelerates while you are braking, one instinctively presses harder on the brake pedal, which also further depresses the accelerator pedal. This has not resulted in an accident in my case. It seems like the simple addition of a thicker pad on the brake pedal might correct the defect.
2005 toyota camry with 3.0l v6 engine. I recently braked my toyota camry on the street next to my house, parallel to the curbing. Then, I put the vehicle in reverse, made a 180 degree turn and backed between the two large bushes on either side of my driveway. I must back very slowly into the opening. After I had the vehicle between the 2 bushes at the top of the driveway, I braked the vehicle, still in reverse, so that I could straighten out and proceed slowly to park next to my husband's truck at the end of the driveway. Suddenly, the vehicle jolted and I found myself practically flying backwards. The vehicle went back about 25 feet, then took out our fence, and half of our 6 foot trellis. However, it did not stop there. It practically flew into our next door neighbor's yard, did a 180 behind the neighbor's house, finally stopping at the bottom of a hill in some snow two doors down from my house. During this time, I had no control over the vehicle. Because of the recent toyota recalls, I thought I had programmed myself as to what to do, if my vehicle went out of control. However, going in reverse at a high speed is something different. It completely disoriented me, so that I did not drop the vehicle into nuetral or turn off the key. I have been backing into my driveway the same way for 45 years, and never experienced any problem because I do so at such a slow pace. My vehicle must have gone about 150 feet before stopping, and I felt like it was possessed. Fortunately, no one was injured, but there is $5,000 worth of damage to my vehicle. After reading about similar experiences on your site, I truly feel the 2005 camry should be included in the recall. I do not feel that I could trust it again.
Constant "jumping" at stoplights. I always have to check to see if someone has bumped into me from behind. This has been an ongoing problem since I purchased the car in 2005.
2005 toyota camry gas pedal sticks while on at a constant rate of high speed (freeway). While depressing the pedal it would rachet and stick before returning to a normal position. My wife and I have had our 05 camry and this would occur at least twice a year. We believe that our 2005 camry should be included in the recall by toyota, which it is not, at this time.
I own a 2005 toyota camry xle v6, purchased from koons tysons toyota, va in august 2004. While driving home the car gave me a feeling of an imminent stall as I would press the gas pedal from a dead stop, after coasting and upon trying to accelerate to change lanes. I had an occasion to go back to the dealer to pick up some accessories that I was missing initially. I brought my driving experience to the attention of the salesperson who in turn asked a service technician. The explanation I was given was that 'this year model car does not have a linkage cable but a sensor at the gas pedal; upon depressing the pedal, it sends a signal to the computer and the computer does all the rest, hence the hesitation is normal'. The driving experience has been the same for my wife and son. They are scared to drive this car! In january 2005 the car was at laurel toyota in laurel, md for oil service and I mentioned my concern to the service advisor who in turn got me a similar explanation as stated above from his technician. I subsequently called toyota national customer relations who told me that someone will call me from koons tysons toyota and they gave me case #. I had a call from mr. A representative from the dealership and he asked me to bring the car in today at 10 a.m. To be seen by his technician. The car was test driven by mr. Melvin beavers who agreed with me that there is hesitation as you press the gas pedal and he offered that other owners of the same year model car have complained of this problem as well. His explanation however was the same regarding the redesign that eliminated the accelerator linkage cable and that the behavior is typical and normal for this year's model? This is dangerous and unacceptable behavior of the car in case of a lane change or any other sudden acceleration siituation! I would like toyota motor sales, USA to address and remedy this extremely dangerous design flaw.
Accelerator stuck and car advanced. Significant damaged avoided by swerving auto to miss house & go through landscaping. Car taken into repair shop next day & nothing found. Contacted toyota & no help at that time. Therefore, no corrective action. Rugs were not an issue. This year & model is not part of the recall but I believe it should be.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle was began coasting although the engine was running the vehicle responded normally when the accelerator pedal was engaged. When he attempted to stop the vehicle, he noticed the hesitation and suddenly the vehicle would accelerate rapidly. The failure occurred three times at a traffic light. A local mechanic stated that the throttle position sensor was out of range and needed to be replaced. The sensor was replace at the owners expense. Since the vehicle was repaired there was minimal hesitation when the vehicle is driven at low speeds. He has not called the manufacturer. The current mileage was approximately 33,000. The failure mileage was 29,363.
Tl* the contact has a 2005 toyota camry. The contact stated that they have experienced the acceleration problem since the vehicle was purchased. The caller stated that the acceleration problem was not bad until the surge they had on november 19, 2009. The vehicle surge forward and the contact crashed into another car. The failure and current mileage was unknown.
On august 30, 2009, I was backing out of my daughter's driveway, when the car suddenly accelerated. I was unable to stop the vehicle with the brakes. The car swerved onto my daughter's front lawn and propelled itself onto her neighbor's lawn, where it wedged between 2 tress. The tires continued to spin when I was wedged and someone leaned into the car and turned the ignition off. I have witnesses to the accident. The car was repaired at suburban toyota-scion in troy, mi. This car is a 2005 toyota camry.
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