general problems of the 1996 Toyota Camry

I am the owner of the 96 Toyota Camry identified by the VIN number provided. I have experienced an abnormal speeding of my car as explained below: this past Friday, Jan 13th about 6:30 pm central time, I was traveling on I-65 south (from birmingham, alabama to hoover, alabama). About 15 to 20 minutes on the road, when I was just about to reach my destination, my vehicle started accelerating abruptly even when the foot was off the pedal. I stepped on the brakes but the engine kept revving upwards of 3000 rpm. In great distress, praying to jesus, I kept hardly pressing the brakes and was able to shift gear to neutral. It started reviving up higher in neutral. Shifted to park and stopped the engine. It seems, there is something wrong with the design of throttle or the parts involved in the vehicle's speed control system. I towed the vehicle to my place. Please invistegate this issue and advice me if I have to reach out to the manufacturer for a car repair or replacement.

The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. While reversing the vehicle, it independently accelerated. The contact engaged the brake pedal and shifted into neutral to bring the vehicle to a stop. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000.

96 Toyota Camry with 185k miles accelerated to a high speed for unknown reasons. Trying to halt the car, a landscaping tree was hit, the wheel blew out, eventually stopping the car. Vehicle did not respond to gear, pedal or shut off of vehicle from commands given. Instead, after hitting landscaping tree runover, near miss pedestrians, tire blowout, then halted. Police tested (on police report verified) turn on of vehicle in which car resumed high speed revving.

The contact owned a 1996 Toyota Camry. While driving 65 mph, the contact heard an abnormal clicking noise coming from the vehicle. The vehicle began to speed up in excess of 100 mph and crashed head on into a guardrail. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The contact sustained brain injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. The contact stated that this was the second time the vehicle accelerated independently. The manufacturer was contacted after the first occurrence and advised to have the vehicle diagnosed at a Toyota dealer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the specific details of the diagnosis and repair could not be provided. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the vehicle would frequently exhibit an abnormal increase in engine rpms. In addition, the emergency brake was inoperable. While driving and attempting to avoid a crash, the brakes were depressed but there was no response. The contacted had to steer abruptly to avoid the crash but the vehicle then abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the acceleration until crashing into the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not inspected for the failures. The failure mileage was 122,000.

We had a situation described below. I shall be grateful if you could shed some light on it. This incident involves tayota Camry 1996. It is a critical situation. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, shekhar kaup description of the accident: Monday (4/25/2011) was the trash collection day at our development. We have two cars: Camry and Lexus. We had to pull one car out to bring the trash can in. It was approximately around 6 p. M. My wife volunteered to pull the car out, so that I could bring the trash can in. My wife pulled the car out on the driveway and parked, still her foot was on the break. As she was bringing the gear to drive, as soon as it reached the reverse gear, the car speeded backward in an uncontrollable speed and with in seconds it hit and shattered our neighbor’s mail box and its metal post. The car stopped. I was standing and was shocked to see what was happening. She thought that she was in our neighbor’s lawn, and wanted to bring the car to the side of the road. As soon as she brought the gear to the drive, it again raced forward in high uncontrollable speed and hit our brick wall of our house and was pinned down and stopped. The car was totaled, wrecking the front and the back with two impacts. Both airbags were deployed. She had her seat belt on. These two devices probably saved her life. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Police arrived and accompanied us to the hospital. We spent four to five hours in the hospital. Report enclosed. She has seen her personal physician. She has seen orthopedic surgeon. She is also going to physical therapy.

I just recently bought a 1996 Toyota Camry, the car runs great besides the fact that it sometimes starts to self accelerate. The pedal gets stuck in press mode and the car just picks up incredible sudden speed. In prior occasions I have suddenly just put the car in neutral and then the engine revs up to 6500 rpm. I've also noticed that this problem occurs when the outside temperatures are really hot. On certain occasions I have came very close in becoming involved with an accident. In these scenarios I have even put the car in neutral and shutting it down. I have even opened the hood many of times and have seen that the cars accelerator wire is fully clinched to the max. This has been a very big safety concern for me and has endangered my life many of times. I have contacted a local Toyota dealer about this problem, they said they really don't know anything regarding a 1996 Camry and accelerator problems. This is indeed a very big issue and it is very apparent that this problem of accelerators do exist from long time before and not just in the recent Camry's. I do not want to get involved in any sort of accident as I've come very very close.

The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. The contact states that while driving at 65 mph when placing her foot on the brake and slowing down, the vehicle accelerated on its own. By putting extreme pressure on the brake, she was able to pull over and turned off the vehicle. The contact then turned the vehicle on and the vehicle resumed normal operation. This has occurred only once. The vehicle was then taken in to the dealer and they stated that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and that her vehicle was not involved in the recent recall for Toyota. There have been no repairs done to the vehicle . The current mileage is 101046. Updated 03/09/10. Updated 06/14/10.

Our 1996 Camry, which has recently been safety checked and had new tires put on, began to accelerate out of control. We were able to stop it by using the brakes, the emergency brake and had to put car in neutral. No accident occurring, but it was a very dangerous situation. Our mechanic was unable to find anything wrong with the car. Since this acceleration problem has been in the press with other Toyota's we decided to report this same experience. I realize the car is older, but it otherwise functions well. Thank you.

The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. While driving 10 mph, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle, which caused her to rear end another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. Nhtsa recall # 96e001000 (vehicle speed control) was found. The mechanic has not inspected the vehicle to determine the cause of failure. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 100,000. Updated 02-01-08.

-the contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving approximately 45 mph. When pressure was applied to the accelerator pedal the vehicle surged forward repeatedly. The brakes were engaged and the vehicle slowed down. The vehicle had not ben repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was 50,000. The current mileage was 62,000. The VIN was unavailable.

While stopping at a traffic light vehicle surged forward . This caused consumer's vehicle to rear end another vehicle. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection.

#1 - discovered wind noise from an incomplete seal in right rear quarter glass of vehicle, one month after purchase. Took vehicle into del Toyota(dealer), who said they resealed the window. Noise from said window continued, at higher speeds above 30mph. I took vehicle back into dealer one month later. This time, they said they replaced the weatherstrip around the window, that the "wind noise" had been caused by deformed weatherstrip. This was done while vehicle was under warranty, never to my satisfaction. Condition exists today, 05/29/2002!! #2 - disc brakes were serviced by jerry's Toyota in baltimore, after making a sticking noise right before the vehicle completely stopped. The dealer replaced the front pads, machined the rotors, and serviced the left front caliper after he found it sticking. This did not alleviate the problem with the brake noise, which continues today (05/29/2002) even after a second servicing! #3 - engine light came on, so I took the Toyota Camry into jerry's Toyota for servicing. They cleaned carbon deposits from injectors, throttle plate valves and piston rings; said the problem was in the #3 cylinder. This happened a second time; I took the vehicle in for servicing. I am now waiting for either a third incident at $200. To fix, or if they replace any fuel injectors, these cost $200. Ea per part!!.

Vehicle accelerated without warning. When applying brakes vehicle would not stop . Consumer had to shift into neutral 3 itmes, and once had to shift into neutral and turn off engine. Toyota dealer could not determine cause. Private mechanic replaced throttle.

Engine accelerated while pulling into the garage. Attempted to brake. . . Car did not stop. Ran into the house. Had to turn off ignition to stop engine acceleration.

Idele air control valve keeps sticking. The dealer has clean it once and replaced it once. It keeps coming back after 2 months. I cleaned it multiple times. Cleaning won't help anymore. Vehicle keeps stalling when starting the enginee cold. Have to step on gas pedal until engine heats up or engine dies.

On several occasions the vehicle failed to respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed.

Vehicle accumulated carbon deposits . The engine is taking a longer time to warm up. Dealer replaced the iac valve.

Idler misadjusted.

Driving various speeds & going down hill w/foot on brakes, vehicle would suddenly surge. Computer sensors can not tell if accelerator is on/off. Took to dealer & could not find problem 1st time; mechanic took for test drive & said there was a problem. Owner has arbitration papers.

Engine surges.