Three problems related to accelerator stuck have been reported for the 2001 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Toyota Camry based on all problems reported for the 2001 Camry.
The accelerator pedal sticks. Every time I come to a halt for about 20secs to 1 minute. I have to push hard a couple of times or more to release the pedal from the stuck position. The car then goes into sudden acceleration. This has been happening for about 6 months and has gotten progressively worse. I noticed teh same problem with my 2007 Toyota Camry accelerator pedal.
The failure is the gas pedal gets stuck. It sticks when I am at traffic lights and it's my turn to go and has been sticking every since I had the car. I thought that it was just the car not getting enough gas. Nothing has been done to correct it because I was told there was nothing wrong with it. I am afraid that I am going to hit someone because I do have to really mash the gas to get it to move. The only incident was in 2005 my daughter was driving. She stopped to get gas. When she finished and got in the car to leave she put the car in reverse and the accelerator stuck when she gave it gas she baked into a pole. The only damage was to my car she was not hurt so the police wasn't called.
My 2001 Toyota Camry 's gas pedal sticks. When at a light or stop sign when it is time to go I push down and the pedal wont move . Then it unsticks and shoots forward. It even accelerated once. Through the years I mentioned it to mechanics and they think I'm crazy. When the Toyota recalls started I called my dealer and he said the recalls don't pertain to 2001 Toyota Camrys.