2005 Toyota Camry: engine stalls while driving

Filed Sep 24, 2016 · Airbags, Seats · 144,000 miles · CO

"takata recall"airbag system entirely shut off while in motion on city street

Filed Oct 27, 2014 · Electrical · 36,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. The contact stated that the steering wheel was difficult to maneuver. The contact also stated that the engine revved up and the battery warning light illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician diagnosed that the alternator pulley was not secured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,000.

Filed Jul 17, 2012 · Transmission · 51,000 miles · AZ

While driving my 05 toyota camry(which has 51k miles on it) in the morning to work, my car at first wasn't giving any gas into the engine and it wouldn't start. My co-workers were able to jump start my car and I was able to drive to the dealership after going to auto-zone and a local body shop who were unsure of the issue. The dealership told me after the diagnosis, the throttle body needs to be replaced due to it being "faulty" and clogs up due to moisture getting into the valves. The total cost for the part itself + labor and taxes totaled 1155.99! Up until now, I haven't had any issue with the car except this. This is a serious issue if it does not get resolved. What would happen if I was on a highway driving at the speed limits? What would happen if this stalled on a busy intersection? Please talk to toyota about this issue!

Filed Mar 5, 2011 · Engine · 70,000 miles · RI

My 2005 toyota camry (70,000 miles) stalled yesterday as my wife was driving the car to drop my son to school yesterday and the car stalled right in the middle of the road in busy traffic. My 8 year old son was terrified when the car simply stopped on a busy state road. As my wife was driving the car she suddenly realized that in spite of pressing the accelerator pedal the car was not accelerating and then she realized that the car had stalled. This car has been maintained with regular services at a toyota dealer. I have dropped my car at the local toyota dealer and they advised that the throttle body needs to be replaced. The cost to get this repaired is about $1200, which by no means is a small amount. After searching on the internet it looks like there are many toyota camry owners (model 04 through 06) who have had to go through this exact same problem. So it definitely looks like a widespread and not a one off issue. It needs to be investigated further. Its a shame that a car company like toyota hasn't owned up this problem and recalled the cars yet. If sudden uncontrolled acceleration is a problem worth recalling the cars, isn't sudden stalling of cars equally dangerous?

Filed Jan 20, 2011 · Acceleration, Engine · 100,000 miles · NE

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. While driving at any speed, the contact noticed that the vehicle would suddenly stall without warning. The failure began october 2010. The dealer was notified who informed the contact that there were no related recalls. The contact did not inform the manufacturer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they replaced the electronic accelerator. The current mileages were 106,000. The failure mileages were 100,000. Updated 3/1/11 *cn updated 07/01/11

Filed Sep 21, 2010 · Electrical · 53,000 miles · TX

2005 camry le, 53,000 miles. Car stalled, engine died, ckeck engine light came on. Results of check up. Throttle control body failure. What??? Why???

Filed May 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 14,700 miles · IA · crash

Was parking car in an underground parking garage, pulled into parking stall, almost completely stopped when the car suddenly lunged forward over a cement curb, and crashed into the cement wall which was only about two feet in front of the car. Fortunately, I was wearing my seat belt. The air bag did not deploy as the car was almost completely stopped when incident happened. The wall was just scratched, but the shopping cart stored on the curb section in front of my stall was smashed. The front bumper of the car was knocked out of place, and I don't yet know what other damage was done. The car was towed to the toyota dealer and we are waiting for an adjustor to make a determination. This car was not on the recall list. If this were just a faulty brake problem, the car would have been stopped completely when it hit the curb instead of jumping up over the curb and crashing into the wall. The first thing that I checked was to make sure that my foot was on the brake, and it was. *tr updated ivoq 07/13/10 updated ivoq 07/22/10.*jb *tr the consumer received a letter from toyota, stating they were closing her file. The vehicle was inspected and no manufacturing defects were found. Updated 11/05/10 updated 01/26/11.

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 Mar 12, 2010 · Brakes · 69,000 miles · FL · fire

The day the car caught fire, owner was driving the car on the freeway, owner exited freeway, drove several blocks, turned right then the car stalled; owner steered the car to the side of the road using the momentum left in the vehicle. Owner heard pedestrians screaming to exit the car. Owner saw smoke coming out of the left side of the car. Owner grabbed her purse and exited the car in a hurry, leaving the car key in the ignition. As soon as owner exited the car, the car's door locks locked themselves, owner heard the clicking noise of the door locks. Then there was an explosion, and there was fire coming out from the left side underneath the front of the car. Owner screamed for help, then went looking for a fire extinguisher, but could not find any. The car kept on burning for 20 minutes until the fire truck arrived, firemen extinguished the fire, but the car's doors were all locked, the firemen broke the windshield and side windows to have access to the inside of the car to completely extinguish the flames. The car was declared total loss and was towed away. We the owners of this toyota camry 2005 have recuperated the towed vehicle. We communicated to toyota the situation with the car. They answered saying: there was no recall for that vehicle and therefore would not do anything about it. The car showed electrical problems, jerked sporadically, turned off while running on the road. The car would restart on its own, sometimes it would have to be restarted manually. The car showed intermittent electrical problem, problem with the ABS braking system. Actually since we bought the actually since we bought the car brand new, the dealership said that this was normal behavior with the toyota ABS system, and dismissed it as normal, they said that the corporate had informed them to say exactly that; this was a normal behavior with the toyota ABS braking system. We the owner are following the events of toyota recalls, and specially news of defects kept away from public.

Filed Feb 12, 2010 · Brakes, Engine · 90,000 miles · FL

I own a 2005 toyota camry and since I bought it from the dealer it had been having problems with the automatic transmission system and the accelerator . For example when I stop at a traffic light and I begin to accelerate the car takes to long to shift to the next gear and while this time elapses for about 2 to 4 seconds the car keeps accelerating with no gear at all, this almost make me crash the other day trying to avoid a collision with an aggressive driver that got in my way and I could not advance with the car at that crucial moment and get out of the way of the situation since the gear was not ready for me to accelerate and advance . Another problem that I have been noticing is that while at low to medium speeds the ABS braking system fails to brake the car after it gets over a bump in the road; several times it had happened to me that after I get a bump I have to apply the brakes 2 to 3 times in a rapid succession to come to a complete stop. Also sometimes while driving at low speeds with low rpms the car stalls without warning and the wheel gets very hard to maneuver ,I even have to stop the car in the middle of the road to start the engine again and continue with my trip. All this complaint was given to toyota in priors calls I made to them but the dealers they send me to see said that was normal operation of the car ,that there was nothing wrong.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Acceleration · 5 miles · MD

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.

Filed Feb 2, 2010 · Acceleration · 53,550 miles · MN · crash

I had pulled my 2005 camry xle into my garage stall and was at a complete stop. I let off the brake to inch forward another inch or two when all of a sudden my vehicle had a high power surge. The vehicle sounded like the rpms went to the max immediately, my car took off at full power and accelerated at a high speed into my garage wall. I slammed on the brake as hard as I possibly could, prior to hitting the garage wall. The garage wall was forced off the foundation by the impact and at that point my car stopped. This has only happened once, I had no idea how to explain to the insurance company what had happened since I was in complete shock and really had no good explanation for the insurance company how my car accelerated on it's own. My vehicle had auto body damage as well as property damage to my home. I did not contact toyota at this time, searched the internet to find other 2005 camry owners that have experienced the same situation, so I asked the insurance company if they have heard of this happening to others and they indicated yes. I had a witness in the garage who was thankfully not standing in front of my vehicle when it accelerated. The witness also heard the massive power surge of the vehicle.