2009 Toyota Camry Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 199
- 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 199 stored complaint records:
- 67 indicate a crash
- 21 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 2 indicate a death
What owners report
- Accelerator Pedal · 2 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 125 |
| 30–60k mi | 27 |
| 60–100k mi | 10 |
| 100–150k mi | 6 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the brakes were applied and the vehicle began to accelerate. The driver crashed into a pole and was transported to the hospital via ambulance for treatment of injuries. The vehicle was towed to a towing company and was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact stated…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10490320
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that after approaching a construction site, the driver was directed to back the vehicle up. After the contact placed the vehicle in reverse and back into drive the vehicle accelerated to approximately 35 mph without warning. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a telephone pole. The police were notified and a report was filed. The…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10489490
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving 28 mph the engine rpm's suddenly increase and the vehicle started to accelerate up to about 37 mph. The brake were engaged but the vehicle continued to accelerate and the steering wheel locked. The driver side air bag deploy as the vehicle crashed into a tree. The contact sustained whip lash and lower back injuries. The police was…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10481509
12v/24v/48v Battery · Instrument Cluster/Panel · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns 2009 toyota camry. The contact was attempting to accelerate but the vehicle exhibited a 10-15 second delay before it would respond. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but they were unable determine a failure. The contact then took the vehicle to a second dealer who was also unable to diagnose the vehicle. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The contact took the vehicle to…
ODI 10461585
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal would stick while driving. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis however, the mechanic was unable to find anything wrong with the vehicle. The took the vehicle to additional mechanics and was told the failure could have been caused by the transmission. The contact also took the…
ODI 10461897
Engine · Suspension · Vehicle Speed Control
While backing out of my garage unto the driveway and then into the street, it caused a unintended acceleration while driving in reverse, causing almost a 90 degree spin and i had to slam on the brakes for it to finally stop. This happened once on 4/18/12 and then again the exact same thing happened again on 6/8/2012. The first time it happened i thought it was something i did and then when it happened again i knew…
ODI 10462959
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the vehicle decelerated independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that they could not duplicate the cause of failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 40,000.
ODI 10509853
Vehicle Speed Control
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…
ODI 10454682
Vehicle Speed Control
Car wobbles/vibrates when accelerating between 30 and 50 mph all the time. Its smooth when not accelerating.
ODI 10935894
Automatic Transmission · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Vehicle Speed Control
When attempting to park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and i was forced to stop it by running into a palm tree in order to avoid hitting people and other cars or causing more serious damage. *js
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10453517
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated while reversing into a parking space, the vehicle accelerated independently and crashed into a pole. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was advised that there were no failures found within the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 23,000.
Crash reported
ODI 10466792
Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Vehicle Speed Control
On december 4, 2011, with my wife and returning from a visit to our children, i was driving our 2009 camry east from brooklyn in the left lane about a mile onto the jackie robinson parkway at about 4:30 p.m., visibility very good and road dry. Traffic was heavy but moving about 35-40 m.p.h. When it slowed a little in front of me i put on the brake-- but the car speeded up. I repeated the braking and the car speeded…
Crash reported
ODI 10447021
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owned a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 55 mph. As the driver was attempting to brake, the vehicle crashed and flipped three times before landing in a ditch. The police were notified and a report was available. The driver suffered minor injuries and was transported to the hosiptal via ambulance. The vehicle was towed…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10413545
Vehicle Speed Control
2009 toyota camry had a uncontrolled sudden acceleration incident while my wife, daughter, 9 week old grandson, and two nieces were in the car. She was making a left turn when throttle locked on full power. My wife applied the brakes but did slow car to much so she placed in neutral, coasting into a shopping as the engine kept racing. She check the floor mat but no problem then stomped the throttle a couple of time…
ODI 10399537
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. While stopped at a stop sign applying pressure to the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the rear of a pickup truck. The vehicle was towed to a body shop where it was being inspected by the contacts insurance company. The driver of the vehicle suffered bumps, scrapes and bruises due to the crash and was transported to the hospital. The driver…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10390591
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact was driving 5 mph when the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the unintended acceleration and crashed into a tree which cased the vehicle to flip over. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was available. The contact sustained several bruises and lacerations. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a local repair facility. The…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10376703
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving in reverse she barely tapped the accelerator pedal and the vehicle accelerated and crashed into another vehicle. The contact stated that the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The contact was not injured but was taken to the hospital. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that they will send a representative to retrieve the black…
Crash reported
ODI 10375179
Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
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…
ODI 10387070
Vehicle Speed Control
On the morning of oct 22 '10 , i was on my way to work when suddenly my 2009 toyota camry accelerated, i tried applying the brakes, however to no avail.. I tried to steer the car out of the way due to it was a busy intersection ..it finally came to a stop when it crashed head on into a vehicle ( after crashing into 2 more on the way), the airbags never deployed, also note that i had taking it a few months back for…
Crash reported
ODI 10363698
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
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". *tr
ODI 10360834
Vehicle Speed Control
My daughter was exiting a parking garage on a descending ramp going at the most about 10 mph in our 2009 toyota camry. She had her foot on the brake pedal. There were cars in front of her. The car suddenly accelerated. She pushed hard on the brake and the brake pedal went to the floor to no effect. She turned into the garage wall to stop the car so as not to run into the vehicles ahead of her. When she exited the…
Crash reported
ODI 10359655
Vehicle Speed Control
My toyota camry got a new gas pedal through toyota recent recall program. However the new gas pedal has much less resistance than the original one and other pedal in a new camry, which made the car extremely difficult to control the speed. *tr
ODI 10357960
Vehicle Speed Control
While coming to a stop in my driveway my 2009 toyota camry had sudden surge with my feet on the brake. The car ran away and hit my house, bird baths, smoker on trailer, went into neighbors driveway and hit a van and finally came to rest in a hedge row. The physical evidence and police report show the brakes were on. The gas pedal was replaced in march under the recall. It had nothing to do with the sudden…
Crash reported
ODI 10352925
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact was braking from 2 mph when the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the unintended acceleration and proceeded to crash into the rear of her home, another vehicle and a row of hedges before the vehicle finally came to a stop. The contact was uninjured however, there was extensive body damage to the front and sides of the vehicle. The…
Crash reported
ODI 10351930
Vehicle Speed Control
My 2009 toyota camry's acceleration was stuck at 3000 rpm for a about 5 seconds even after i hit break multiple times. This happened after toyota recall fix. *tr
ODI 10348348