2005 Toyota Camry: sudden loss of power

Filed Dec 8, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 49,000 miles · MD

When driving on highway, there was some noise coming from the engine compartment, and suddenly I lost power steering and lights flashed on the front panel. I managed hard to pull off the vehicle from the highway, it was so hard make turns to the ramp. The engine temperature started to fluctuate. There was little smoking come out, I had to stop there. It was turned out there was a belt fell out and my alternator eventually died. My car is 4-cylinder, not 6.

Filed Sep 4, 2011 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 99,000 miles · IN

Wife was returning from work when 2005 camry decelerated from 50 MPH to almost dying. When restarted, car would only drive 20 MPH for the 13 mile trip home. Luckily, as the car almost died, the vehicles behind were able to brake and allow her to pull into a driveway. Throttle body was replaced. No "service engine" lights gave any advanced warning to the sudden loss of power.

Filed Jul 20, 2011 · Engine · 86,258 miles · MD

2005 toyota camry 4cyl. Engine stops without warning. No error code in computer. This is a very dangerous fault since you lose all power functions. Steering, brakes etc. Could lead to being rear ended.

Filed May 23, 2011 · Acceleration, Transmission · 72,000 miles · OK

May 21, 2011 after picking up grandkids from school the car was accelerated and lost power when entering I-35 south bound. The engine light on the on the instrument panel was on also. The car had to be pulled over to the shoulder, put in park and restarted. This happened two more times before getting home. May 22, the same thing happened again, so we took the car to auto zone and have diagnostics ran. The message shown related to the throttle control being stuck and the codes were aa1, aa2 and aa3, all relating to faulty throttle control parts. May 23, called toyota to file a complaint and hopefully get assistance. We were denied assistance since our we do not maintain service through a toyota dealer and the car is 10,000 miles out of power train warranty. Fowler toyota charged us $1061.00 to diagnose, and repair the electronic throttle control system. Our car is a 2005, toyota camry. Vin[xxx]. The problems occurred each time the accelerator was depressed. The car would just lose power and die, the engine light was illuminated on the instrument panel. Car would have to be put in the park position and restarted. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Apr 19, 2010 · Fuel system · 89,000 miles · FL

In 2006, my daughter was driving her 2005 toyota camry on us41 at 45 MPH. The engine cut off and stalled while she was driving in light traffic in the center lane. No accident was caused and she safely pulled over to the side and called me. I went there and tried to start the car 2x's. Each time it started, it raced to 4000 RPM and cut out. I waited 15 minutes and started the car again. The computer takes 15 min to reset and was able to drive her car to toyota at 20 MPH in limp mode. It was diagnosed as the throttle body malfunctioned. I have the service invoice from both incidents. On april 17 2010, the she started driving her car and the check engine light came on. She was close to home and was able to get the car home safely at the reduced speed again. And parked it. April 19,2005, I started the car and the check engine light was off and the car worked fine. I started to go to toyota and got half way down the block and the light went on and I lost power. It would only go 20 MPH and then I was able to get to 30. I drove over a bridge and at the crest it was only doing 10 MPH. There was no throttle control at all. I went to the dealer and the throttle body was again broke. The vehicle in now at wilson's auto repair in cape coral fla. I called toyota and made a complaint and they would get back to me in 2 days. Thank you

Filed Dec 8, 2009 · Acceleration, Engine · 46,902 miles · TX

On 9/20/2009 at 5 pm I was traveling at a speed of 60 miles per hour north on us texas highway 121 and my 2005 toyota camry lost all power and the engine shut down. I was engaged in normal highway driving when this occurred. The car is well cared for and has 46,902 miles. Approximately 3 seconds prior to power failure, the check engine light came on. Otherwise, I had absolutely no indication that anything was wrong with the vehicle as it was operating normally. The power loss occurred just north of the alma road intersection and resulted in an extremely dangerous situation as the road was under construction, the road did not have a breakdown lane or shoulder, and the road had a high speed limit of 60 miles per hour. The complete loss in power meant I had no ability to power my car to a safe location; rather, I had to coast between traffic to an area of the road under construction. If traffic had been heavier, this could have easily resulted in a catastrophic, life threatening accident. The car was taken to a local toyota dealership where the dealer informed me I needed a new throttle body as my throttle body appeared to be "rusted out". The car is kept inside a garage in the warm climate of dallas, texas so I'm not sure how the throttle body "rusted out". Furthermore, the car has had all suggested and required dealership maintenance items performed to it since I purchased it new. The total cost to repair the throttle body was $1,193.84 which I had to pay as it was not covered under warranty.

Filed Nov 13, 2007 · Electrical, Engine · 19,000 miles · MD

The retaining nut for the alternator pulley came off the shaft causing the pulley to wobble which LED to the loss of the serpentine belt; without the belt I lost power steering, the battery began to run low and the engine started to overheat. Fortunately I was 2 miles from home and was able to make it there w/o any damage to the vehicle. The vehicle was still under warranty, ~19,000 miles on the odometer, and was repaired by the dealer. The belt and the alternator assembly were replaced.

Filed Mar 1, 2006 · Transmission · 12,500 miles · MI

Dt*: the contact stated at speeds between 24 and 30 MPH, the vehicle, intermittently, lost power then slammed into gear. The dealership did acknowledge there was a problem, but stated installing a new transmission was no guarantee that the problem would cease. Updated 03/28/06.