Data Shows Camrys Not Recalled Also Had Problems

[Omaha Steve]

Source: NYT

By BILL VLASIC, HIROKO TABUCHI and JO CRAVEN McGINTY

Toyota has recalled six million cars in the United States over concerns about sudden acceleration. But an analysis of government documents shows that many Toyota Camrys built before 2007, which were not subject to recalls, have been linked to a comparable number of speed-control problems as recalled Camrys.

While owners of all makes of vehicles have filed complaints with the government about speed control problems, the analysis — based on a review of 12,700 complaint records in the United States over the last decade by The New York Times — reveals that Toyota had more complaints involving crashes than any other carmaker.

Many of the complaints were about vehicles not covered by recalls. The 2002 Camry, for example, had about 175 speed-control complaints. Roughly half of those involved crashes.

By comparison, the 2007 Camry, which was recalled, was the subject of about 200 speed-control complaints, with fewer than a quarter of those resulting in acci-dents.


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[ixion]

1. I have a 2003 Camry with more than 80k miles on it

and never had an issue with the accelerator sticking.

That said, it's had more problems than my last Camry (a 1996) which always ran quite well. The problems, though, have been few and far between.

[madokie]

4. My dad drove a model a ford up until the early sixties too

as his primary auto but that did not make it true that the model a ford was a good vehicle to be driving on 1950's roads.

[ixion]

8. for reliability I would stake my car against any other

It has served me well. That's all I'm saying.

[liberal N proud]

2. Oh the games Toyota played to keep their pristine image

[madokie]

3. Makes me wonder if ever they had an honest pristine image

[madrchsod]

5. not really....

piston slap,engine sludging problem,inferior suspension parts,and permanently misaligned front ends on some models.

[madokie]

6. My neighbor had to elongate a hole in one of the front suspension mounting places

in order to align the front end where it wasn't prematurely wearing the tires out. Oh and he still bristles when I question his beloved TOYota's. :-)

[liberal N proud]

9. It was all fabricated to build product share

All at the cost of American companies.

[Joanne98]

7. BUY A CHEVY INSTEAD!