2005 Toyota Camry: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Oct 8, 2014 · Electrical, Locks · 65,000 miles · WV

I also have a 2005 toyota solara with this same problem.remote wireless door lock will only unlock drivers door and electric door lock on drivers door will only lock passenger doors all doors must be unlocked by hand.this is an on going problem with camrys and toyota needs to recall these cars as they did in the past and fix the lock problems.

Filed Jun 29, 2012 · Body · 100,000 miles · LA · fire

I purchased this vehicle new in 2005, and I am the primary driver of this vehicle. While driving to the store I smelled something burning, when I pulled into the parking lot of the store I saw a lot of smoke coming from the front passenger door. I immediately stopped the car and smoke started filling the cabin of the car. I instructed my 11 year old son who was sitting the front passenger seat to open the door and exit the car. When he opened the door flames started coming out of the door latch area. I turned the ignition off and ran to the passenger side door and poured a bottle of water on the latch area on the door. The fire went out for a second then reignited. I then realized that it was an electrical fire and disconnected the batteries positive cable. I then ripped the door panel off and poured more water down the inside of the door putting the fire out. After insuring that the fire was out I found the fuse that supplied the power to the passenger door and pulled it, I then reconnected the battery cable back and started the car. The passenger door would not latch closed. So I tied a rope to the inside door handle to hold it closed so I could drive it home. No one was injured during this incident.

Filed Oct 19, 2010 · Locks · 50,000 miles · KS

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry. The contact stated that in hot weather the power door lock button inside would only open the driver side door and not the other doors. When he unlocked the vehicle manually it would only open one door. The button inside of the vehicle had to be pulled so that the three other doors would unlock. The dealer was informed about the failure and stated that they had to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50000. The current mileage was 53000.

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 23, 2010 · Acceleration · 12,000 miles · TX · crash

This is to report an accident we had in our 2005 toyota camry. At the end of august 2006 my family, with my husband driving ,were turning into the luby's parking lot in plano,texas. As he turned into the parking space going approx, 1-2 MPH, the car suddenly started revving like crazy and accelerated at high speed into a light pole at the front of the parking space. The acceleration happened in a space of about 5 to 7 feet and yet the front end of the car was damaged so bad that the passenger side door wouldn't open. The light pole had a cement base and stopped the car from going any further but the car was still accelerating after we had stopped. After my husband turned off the key, the engine ran for a minute or two more. At the time we had no clue that it could have been a problem with the toyota. Although we suspected it. Our car is also not on the recall list. My husband made a statement to the insurance company at the time and I would assume they would have this on file. The car was repaired but we are worried this might happen again. Since we don't know which if any part malfunctioned, we do not know if it was replaced after the accident.

Filed Oct 4, 2005 · Brakes · 9,618 miles · TX

Incident description: it was 3:00 pm when I have to drive to pick up my sister at 6219 sw freeway houston, tx, when I was trying to make the right turn to get in to the shopping center I found out the brake did not work, I tried to use the parking brake and it did not stop the car but slowed to 15 MPH in the next entry to the shopping center make the right turn and get into the shopping center try again to get the parking brake to stop the vehicle but I couldn't. Finally get onto the sidewalk and hit the wall at the moment it was less than 5 MPH, I was driving with my newborn baby nephew aboard, I panicked and I did not know what to do, yolanda gonzalez a lady that works at freydd's beauty salon call my sister and she call my husband for him to come over and help, he call joe myers since this is the first time that something like that happens to us, they give him a 1800 number for them to get the car on services, my mistake was not calling the police to report the incident since they did not said that I have to, since they ask if there was people injured , at the moment I was on shock, my husband call alex salesperson at jow myers for help, my car was new when we bought it on january 2005, with 9640 miles at the time, there was something wrong with the car, in sterling mccall toyota services cornie the services writer let us know that the brake booster was broke and the brake master cylinder also, and that was normal, that piece is cover under warranty since it can happened anytime, how come this be possible I can understand that the door locks or something that you can control or manage but brakes how can that part break anytime?????, now the car still on repair since the brake does not feel right, I do not have a police report but I do have many witness that saw me that day, and also the towing truck that saw the car over the sidewalk and try to drive the car and saw that there was no brake at all. Today is october 3rd, the car still on joe myers waiting to be checked.