2002 Toyota Camry Body Problems
- 20
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 20 stored complaint records:
- 12 indicate a crash
- 5 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- seat belt · 5 records
- passenger side · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 100–150k mi | 5 |
| 1–30k mi | 5 |
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body · Engine · Service Brakes
I was coming out of my mechanic driveway and i let cars go by down a busy street> my foot was clearly on the brake and suddenly i heard a wining noise and my the accelerated on it's own and went across the road and hit a car in the middle of the street. I said to myself this car is causing me to have an accident. I had my mechanic check the brakes abs and transmission no problem with that.
Crash reported
ODI 11205684
Body · Seat Belts
Tl* the contact owned a 2002 toyota camry. While driving approximately 15 mph, the front driver's side tire struck an object and burst. The vehicle drove into a ditch and crashed into a tree. The contact stated that there was approximately an inch of snow on the ground. The front air bags deployed. The front passenger seat belt unlatched and fractured into pieces. The rear driver's side seat belt unlatched. The…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 11057181
Body · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Sudden unintend acceleration at slow speed--on december 17, 2015, when pulling slowly into a garage and nearly stopped, the car suddenly surged forward raming the car into the garage interior wall. This resulted in "totaling the car" and damage to the garage and property in the garage. This is the second time that this sudden unintend acceleration occurred with this 2002 camry . It also occurred on january 20, 2010…
Crash reported
ODI 10817641
Air Bags · Body · Engine
I had an accident with my toyota while my husband was driving on a city street and i was sitting beside him. We hit a car when it stopped suddenly. The seat belt and air bags did not protect me. My head strongly hit the windshield.
Crash reported
ODI 10782321
Body · Vehicle Speed Control
My wife was backing into our garage. She pulled forward to realign car. When she placed gearshift back into reverse (autom. Xmsn) and perhaps had lightly touched the accelerator pedal, the throttle immediately went to very high setting. Car accelerated backward until stopped by firewood pile, furnace and rear wall of garage. Throttle continued at high setting for some time. Driven wheels kept spinning (as shown by…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10705208
Air Bags · Body · Exterior Lighting
I had a wreck in jan., 7th, 2005. I was traveling below the speed limit and the lady in front of me was dead stopped and i cold not stop my car. I hit her stopped car, doing 45 mph and my airbags did not deploy! Now the airbag on the passenger side, is not right. It has moved and separated as if it is about to pop open, since the wreck and the people that did the service on my car to fix the front end (via my…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10721251
Air Bags · Body
I was driving southbound on lakeshore dr when with no warning of a turn signal a tow truck driver cut me off and slowed almost to a complete stop. I had no choice but to brace for impact as i stomped down on my brakes. The entire front end of my car was totaled as the front right end of my car made impact with the left rear end of his tow truck. After the dist settled i looked around and realized that no airbags…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10668032
Body
The trunk of the car is leaking on the passenger side. It's coming from the seal of the back windshield. Corporate says they have not had enough complaints addressed to them to make this an issue. If you read the blogs, there are a load of complaints regarding trunk leaks. Who is passing the buck on this problem? *tr
ODI 10701329
Body
I parked the car. After realizing that i was about 2 ft from the parking bump, i decided to move it forward and as i took the car off park the car took off and hit the bump and was stopped by a tree. The car climbed partially on the tree, leaving the passenger side wheels completely off the ground. I put the brake and shifted to neutral. Fortunately, no one was hurt, no airbags displayed. I took the car to the…
Crash reported
ODI 10587230
Body · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
I drove up in front of mosses town hall building in lowndes county al as i tried to put on brakes to park the car it begin to accelerate and jump the parking bumps and hit the building knocking down the wall of bricks and that's when it stopped. I immediately got out of the car and looked and took a look. There were person in the other side of the building who ran out to see were i okay. This was the first and i…
Crash reported
ODI 10508192
Body · Fuel System, Gasoline · Power Train
On december 14, 2012, at about 7:20 am, my spouse, [xxx] got into the driver's seat of the above described 2002 toyota camry, which was parked on our driveway. After fastening her seat belt and then checking behind to make sure our street was free of pedestrians and bike riders, my spouse placed her right foot firmly on the brake and shifted the automatic transmission lever from "park" to "reverse" the toyota camry…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10535740
Body · Electrical System · Service Brakes
My son was making a left turn off brown rd onto amber glen dr in charlotte, nc when the cars steering wheel locked up causing the car to go out of control. When he tried to press the brakes to stop the car it would not stop. The car hit a tree that cause major damage to the vehicle. Thank god no one was hurt/injured or killed. But my 2002 toyota camry is totaled and cannot be repaired. I just bought this car in…
Crash reported
ODI 10465157
Body · Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
On november 13, 2009, i applied my brakes to turn in and park my car (my foot still pressing the brake). When my car unexpectedly accelerates about 15 feet and smacks into a building. A $10,000 claim was made against my insurance company. I informed the local toyota dealership where i purchased the car since the responding officer urged me to get my vehicle checked out. Almost instantly after i began explaining the…
Crash reported
ODI 10509958
Body · Electrical System
On 12/31/05, during a rainstorm, the hazard lights on the vehicle started flashing while the vehicle was parked at our home and not running. The only way to turn off the hazard lights was by removing the fuse. The next day, while driving the car, we found that we had no turn signals as the fuse removed also controlled them, and we discovered there was about an inch of water on the floor on the driver's side of the…
ODI 10150518
Body
Water leaked inside the floor boards, causing a puddle of water on the floor, and the pedals would be slippery. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak
ODI 10111584
Body
Spots on car paint obviously cause by poor paint job reported to dealer. (rice toyota, greensboro,nc) dealers' representative jim pope says caused by environmental factors. Insuance company says it's caused by poor paint job. Tend to agree with insurance company. Car still on warrenty. *ak
ODI 10088985
Automatic Transmission · Body · Door · Frontal · Fuel System, Other · Rotor · Seats
1. Loud creaking and rattles: after many attempts at repairs, the problem finally turned out to be a manufacturing defect. They left plastic assembly guides in place, which they had to remove by removing the window again (this was a super secret service bulletin that was divulged only when the customer engineer for new england showed up). But he dealership managed to chip the paint in the process, requiring the roof…
ODI 10054347
Body
Backing car out of driveway in approximately. 6 inches of snow (had been parked night before after 1-2 inches had fallen). Rock guard caught snow (gave no feeling of resistance) and ripped off, also pulling off front bumper (mostly driver side) and damaging driver side head lamp assembly. Dealer claims this is "normal." however, the minimal speed and force that it took for this amount of damage makes us question the…
ODI 10010904
Body
The 2002 camry has a considerable amount of squeaks and rattles. I have been back to the dealer four times for the rattle on the rear passenger side. Never had this experience with the oldsmobile and mercedes c class that i have owned over the past thirty years. Ts
ODI 10005066
Body
Noises from around the front of the winshield,popping,rattles,rubbing,and other similar noises.rubbing noises around drivers door.light but can be heard at the time of going acros bumps.
ODI 10039410