2009 Toyota Camry: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Feb 27, 2024 · Driver assistance, Electrical · MD · crash · 2 injuries

The contact rented a 2009 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving 65-75 MPH with cruise control mode engaged, the vehicle became uncontrollable and swerved to the right independently. The contact did not recall whether a warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that while attempting to swerve back to the left, the vehicle rolled over four times and landed on the wheels. The air bags deployed. The contact stated that her daughter was occupying the rear passenger's side seat at the time the incident occurred and was assisted out of the vehicle by bystanders. The contact's daughter was then airlifted to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with facial lacerations, one punctured lung, and the other lung was not operating at full capacity. The contact's daughter remained in the ICU for four days. The contact was able to exit the vehicle. The contact sustained a broken left toe and burns on the left arm from the air bag deployment. The contact received medical assistance. A police report was filed, but the contact did not have the police report number available. The vehicle was towed and totaled. The vehicle rental company was notified of the failure. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.

Filed May 3, 2022 · Acceleration, Brakes · VA

The BRAKE & ABS lights started coming on although there was no apparent problem. Then, when those lights illuminate on the instrument panel, the speedometer & tachometer stop working. Often, the needles will bounce or they will just set at zero. This can occur at any speed & on all road conditions. This does not affect cruise control in anyway. I can set & stop the cruise control at any time. Eventually, it starts working again but it is totally random. Now, the Air Conditioning stops working when the ABS & BRAKE lights are on. The High Beam instrument panel lights are also affected. The headlights work but the instrument panel does not always reflect this or it shows that High Beams are on when they are not & vice versa. My mechanic could not identify the source of the problem. My research shows that the ABS Module is defective & the problem occurs in 2007-2009 Camrys. Apparently, this problem can be bypassed by disengaging the ABS Module, but obviously, that creates other issues. I have video of this activity but I am unable to upload it here.

Filed Jun 18, 2020 · Acceleration, Airbags · 142,241 miles · CA

Cruise control and horn stopped working and airbag light on.

Filed Jan 29, 2015 · Engine · 117,669 miles · CA

Traveling on cruise control at 60 MPH on freeway - heard rattle and metallic sounds so I pulled off to side. When my mechanic opened up the oil pan there was no oil and lots of small metal shards - blown engine. As it happens I had scheduled the routine maintenance (every 5000 mi.) so all I saw on the dash display was the usual scheduled maintenance message - no low oil notifications or, anything out of the ordinary.

Filed Jun 11, 2014 · Airbags, Steering · 125,000 miles · SD

As noted by other safety recalls for toyota that did not include the 2009 camry something malfunctioned in my steering wheel and the airbag is no longer functioning as well as the buttons on the steering wheel or cruise control I believe this is the same issue other vehicles made by toyota have had safety recalls for and do not believe it to be an odd coincidence that I would then have that same issue. I am hoping that others report this so that the camry can be added to that recall.

Filed Nov 6, 2013 · Brakes · 32,643 miles · VA

Car used mostly on highways, so brakes not used too much, slow down more using cruise control. 07.25.2011, at 32,600 miles, right rear brakepads were completely gone and start grinding on disc. Three days before that this car was inspected for 30,000 miles and rear brakepads were at 4 mm. Service advisor said they didn't inspect the brakepads three days before because I did not bought the tire rotation, so they just "visually inspect" and fill the paper with numbers just to be filled. 09.17.2011, at 34,400 miles, brakepads replaced again for noise after releasing the brake pedals which had also slightly vibration during releasing. This noise continue all the time after that, even after this brakepad replacement. 10.10.2013, at 61,400 miles, same right rear brakepads were completely gone after visually inspection done during tire rotation and those brake pads were in good shape 2-3 months before. Service advisor tried to sell me many other thing instead to pay attention to my concern about camry's, and stated rear brakepads life is 30,000 miles, which I believe is not true. 10.27.2013, at 62,000 miles, during the trip on mountain parkway road when I use car brake all the time, same right rear wheel begun to make continuous noise 10-15 second after releasing the brake pedal. The right rear wheel was hot, the other wheel have normal temperature. 11.04.2013, at 62,900 went back to toyota service and they found the emergency brake (which they stated is combined with rear pedal brake system) cable too tight and adjusted. I believe I paid the brakepads twice and rotors once because they don't care about customers and want you back for more money, for their negligence, and because toyota car reliability is just a story. I read here more scary issue with rear brakes at high speed and I want people to know about this issue.

Filed Oct 31, 2012 · Transmission · 18,000 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH downhill with the cruise control activated, the transmission failed to shift as the engine rpms increased abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 18,000 and the current mileage was 28,000.

Filed Apr 10, 2012 · Acceleration · 29,138 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving downhill at 70 MPH with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle accelerated up to 90 MPH. The contact then applied the brakes and the vehicle decelerated to 70 MPH. The dealer was notified and stated that the vehicle performed as normal. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the vehicle was out of warranty. They offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 29,138.

Filed Mar 1, 2011 · Acceleration · 25,030 miles · AL

Prior to these incidents, the vehicle was checked by the dealer on their recall. I was traveling on a 2 lane highway at 60 MPH with the cruise control on. I approached a slight incline in the road and the transmission downshifted as normal. Tachometer went from 2000 RPM to 3000 RPM. Then suddenly there was a sudden uncontrollable acceleration in which the engine revved up to 4500 RPM and the engine was screaming as though it was about to blow apart. My foot was not in contact with the accelerator pedal. The floor mat had been removed per the dealer instructions. I immediately put my foot on the brake pedal which stopped the sudden acceleration. If this had been on a wet highway or in traffic there would surely have been an accident. This same incident has occurred 4 times within the last 6 months. I took the vehicle back to the dealer and they reported that there was nothing wrong and they could not replicate the problem. After several conversations with toyota, they said that they will make a record of my incidents but, toyota will do nothing to fix the problem. This had to have been caused by the cruise control system or the computer/software controlling it.

Filed Oct 17, 2010 · Acceleration, Transmission · 30,000 miles · MN

2009 toyota camry - excessive acceleration and abrupt change in transmission when cruise control tries to catch up with the set speed limit after a dip in speed- toyota tech saw the problem, accepts that its happening - toyota's response "get used to it".

Filed Jun 15, 2010 · Acceleration · 17,000 miles · MN

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 75 MPH with the cruise control activated, he tapped the brake pedal and the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact shifted into neutral and used the cruise control to decelerate and set the emergency brake. When he tapped the brake pedal, the rpms increased to over 5,000. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was told they would have an investigator inspect the vehicle. The vehicle had previously been repaired for recalls 09v388000 and 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). The failure mileage was approximately 17,000.

Filed May 6, 2010 · Acceleration · 15,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated he the accelerator pedal was replaced under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). After the pedal was replaced the contact was driving 65 MPH with the cruise control engaged when the vehicle accelerated. The contact was able to stop the vehicle without incident. The dealer advised the contact to bring the vehicle in to be inspected. There were no additional repairs made to the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 15,000.