Eight problems related to accelerator pedal have been reported for the 1998 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving at speeds of 25 mph, the accelerator pedal would become hard to depress. The dealer previously made repairs to the throttle and would not perform any repairs to the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a different dealer where an induction service was performed. The failure persisted. The contact stated the vehicle was unsafe and could potentially cause a crash. The failure mileage was 92,000.
The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Camry. The vehicle suddenly accelerated when the contact attempted to stop. The failure occurred on two occasions. On one occasion, she struck and destroyed a bicycle and on another, she struck the rear end of a vehicle while attempting to park. She damaged her vehicle's bumper. The vehicle is currently at the dealer. The purchase date and speed were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 49,750.
Gas pedal constantly sticks. Have to press it hard to accelerate. This happens multiple times a day, especially after stopping for light. Unable to proceed normally when light turns green ,must give the gas pedal a quick jolt to go. Toyota needs to investigate this issue for a recall.
Consumer was pulling in a parking space with foot on the brakes and vehicle suddenly accelerated, hitting a curb. It continued to speed, and hit a tree, and vehicle stopped by hitting a wall. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. Driver and passenger were not hurt. Insurance company had vehicle towed.
Simply put. The gas pedal sticks. My wife has found the gas pedal to stick while she is driving. In the past, the gas pedal would come up in a second or so. She did not realize what was happening. She thought her shoe was getting in the way or something. But on the evening of March 12th the pedal was sticking down for about 5-10 seconds as she was trying to slow down for an intersection. It finally came up and she could come to a stop. She called me immediately and I indicated that the car needs to go in immediately. The earliest the dealer would take the car was the morning of March 14th. When I explained it to the service guy, he knew exactly what was wrong. He explained to me that the air intake for the engine is connected to the throttle body. The air intake flap has a build up around 15,000 and it will not close properly. This will cause the gas pedal to stick. He told me that I need to have this serviced every 15,000 miles from here on in. He wrote on the service slip "engine minor". I called Toyota consumer service and they indicated that this is an usual incident. However, he said in the same conversation that this problem has occurred with the same year model on other cars. The general emphasis on his part was I was over reacting and indicated this problem will not happen again. This car has only 50,000 miles. Toyota's stance was that this problem has happened on other cars besides Toyota. I am pleading with this organization to investigate this matter. I feel my wife's car is not completely safe unless Toyota replaces the part in a specified amount of time or redesigns the assembly and does a recall.
Accelerater pedal became stuck and consumer hit a building. Please provide any further information.
Consumer was traveling on a main steeet to get to highway. He was was traveling slow, approaching a stop sign. Accelerator pedal went down to floor , pedal was stuck. Had no brakes. Vehicle was out of control, and hit a vehicle at intersection. Dealership was aware of problem.
While slightly applying accelerator pedal it continued to accelerate, resulting in vehicle accelerating into a building.