general problems of the 2002 Toyota Camry - part 2

While entering a parking stall our perfectly maintained 2002 Toyota Camry seemed to go full-throttle and tossed us over a curb, a sidewalk, under a steel handrail, and down a 15 ft rockery, just missing trees and a building. . Totaling our car. We walked away sore and shaken, but uninjured. The investigating officer's report states "rear tires leaving visible drag marks on the sidewalk" indicating the brakes were engaged. This sidewalk is attached to the curb so the brakes were engaged during the entire incident. The car was totaled, and $3800. 00 damage was done to the apartment complex property.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. While the contact was driving 30mph ,the vehicle suddenly began to accelerate without warning causing the vehicle to crash into an embankment and flipped over on top of its hood. No one was injured during the crash. A police report was filed for the incident. The vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 152000. Updated 4/22/10 updated 08/11/10.

I have a Toyota solara 2002, and since I owned it back in 2006, I've been fixing electrical problems (all kinds of electrical issues), and it never ends. Recently, I've had a problem with the gas pedal, it got stuck and I hit a wall in the garage parking, I took it to the dealer and they said since this is not a part of the recalls, they won't fix it, and they won't even check it. Please have 2002 Camrys and solaras investigated, I believe they have a lot of safety issues as well.

We have 02 Toyota Camry le, 4 cyl. On 12/23/09 we experienced a power loss. Fortunately it occurred in our driveway; the engine would idle normally, but there was no power from depressing the accelerator pedal. The car was towed to a local garage. The corrective action was the replacement of the gas pedal assembly. This is all electronic, our part cost was $447. 75 plus labor and taxes. I think this component should be considered as a potential in the Toyota recall.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that as soon as he shifted the vehicle into drive, it accelerated on its own. The vehicle drove over the curb and into a snow embankment before crashing into a stone wall. The contact did not call the police or need to go to a hospital. The contacts insurance company towed the vehicle so that it could be repaired. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the crash to file a complaint. The contact is concerned since a passenger could have been seriously injured when the crash occurred. The failure mileage was 68,000. Updated 1/28/10 the consumer has since traded the vehicle. Updated 02/03/10.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. While attempting to drive 5 mph into a parking space, the vehicle abnormally accelerated without driver intent. As a result, the vehicle was involved in a crash and was severely damaged. There was no mention of any injuries or if a police report was filed. The dealer was unable to duplicate or diagnose the failure. The manufacturer would provide no assistance. The failure and current mileages were 50,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. While driving approximately 10 mph in reverse, the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a pole. She shifted gears into drive and the vehicle continued to accelerate and crashed into a wall. There were no injuries. There was extensive damage to the front and back end of the vehicle. The vehicle will be towed to a Toyota dealer. The manufacturer was not notified. The police and fire department arrived; however, no police report was filed. The failure mileage was 100,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. While driving approximately 5 mph into a parking lot in reverse, the vehicle accelerated and crashed into another vehicle at a high rate of speed. The vehicle continued to accelerate in a complete circle, across two parking lots and crashed into a boulder before coming to a stop. The contact was unable to stop or control the vehicle when it accelerated. There were no injuries. A police report was filed at the scene. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were under 116,000.

My Toyota solara, crashed and deemed a total loss. Aaa insurance paid,but I didn't agree to settlement because I think the cause was failure of accelerator, as braking did not stop the car -- gas pedal did not release. Car rear ended car ahead which stopped as another car stopped short ahead of him. I had time to stop but was unable to. I reported this to the insurance company.

After picking up her mail at her condo mailbox area, my mother (93 years old but in good health) started up her car, heard a loud roaring noise, thought it was an airplane flying low overhead (it was her car engine), and put the car in reverse to exit her parking space. With the throttle jammed for some reason, the car took off very fast in reverse in an uncontrolled manner, circled around several times over curbs, grassy areas, side swiped a sign pole, and came to a stop finally after backing (crashing) into anther condo unit across the street from where she lives. Obviously she was very scared after this very fast uncontrolled backward ride, but happy to find that she had not been injured, or that she had not hit another car or person. The car (2002 Camry) was towed to the local Toyota dealer where it was repaired over a period of several weeks (body and mechanical suspension parts) and checked over. No obvious reason was found for the throttle jam was found. She did have an extra floor mat on top of oem mat to better protect from wear and wet weather. She said she did look later to see if the floor mat had gotten out of place to have caused the incident, but it did not appear to have moved out of place enough to have caused the incident. Fortunately, the throttle jam has not occurred again.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while at the stop light her foot was on the brake and without warning the vehicle lunged forward and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The crash caused damage to both vehicles. The contact called the manufacturer and a mechanic from Toyota national headquarters retrieved data from the vehicle. The contact stated that the service manager at a local dealer stated that the manufacturer saw nothing wrong with the vehicle. The contact stated that if the other vehicle was not in front of him it would have accelerated into on-coming traffic. The failure mileage was 85,000.

2002 Toyota Camry. Once or twice in the last 90 days, the accelerator pedal appeared to "stick" and cause the vehicle to accelerate while driving in-town. Only by applying the brake pedal hard was driver able to bring vehicle to a slow-down condition. Driver reports it has not happened again. However, in light of the recall affecting newer Camry models and the fact that owner does not know if this situation will occur again, it is requested NHTSA contact owner for more details and may wish to extend the investigation back to prior years of Toyota Camry models to confirm or deny the existence of a problem. Note: owner checked and the floor mats are not binding the accelerator pedal in any way.

Unanticipated acceleration.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry solara. The floor-mats are shifting under the accelerator pedal. The mats were exchanged twice. The dealer was notified, and a technician advised her to remove the driver-side floor-mat. Her vehicle was not included in the Toyota floor-mat recall. The failure mileage was 119,732.

I am writing this letter on behalf of my mother. She drives a 2002 Toyota Camry. Last week she informed me that her car did it again and that she is afraid to drive the car. Well, I didnt fully understand when she said her car would sometimes accelerate in bursts until I saw nightline last night regarding the Toyota run-away car issue. Here are the incidences that have happened to my mom: 1) on the morning of September 3, 2009, she was backing out of her space at a supermarket parking lot and the car back out really fast. She was so afraid that she was going to hit someone. Luckily, no one was behind her so no one got hurt. She tried applying the brakes to no avail and then tried moving the gears and eventually the car stopped. 2) on September 20, 2009, she was backing out from her home and the car took off and went back really fast and then spun around and then hit a tree across the street in the neighbors swell. She hit the brake pedal but the car did not stop. She then turned the ignition off and the car eventually stopped. 3) on October 6, 2009, she was backing out from getting her hair done and the car accelerated, turned around and went towards the house across the street and then went straight into the backyard of the house---hitting the side of the house along the way. The car was out of control. The brakes didnt work. The car broke down the clothes line. Thank god that neither she, the passenger , nor the owner of the house got hurt. The owner of the house was under a car - fixing it in the backyard. Had he not been under the car, she felt sure that the car would have hit him. 4) on October 27, 2009 she was driving about 40 miles per hour when the car just took off going really fast. She took her feet off of the gas pedal and tried to use the brakes. Thats when she told me that she was so scared and didnt want to drive the vehicle anymore.

My wife was pulling into the garage and the automobile just took off . Luckily she was stopped by the end of the carport by concrete steps. Second, my wife and grandchild where at shopping center. My wife was backing out of a parking space and the car, as before, just took off at full throttle. This time she went into a 180 degree spin and struck three other autos, with extensive damages to our cat and others. We have taken the automobile two times to the dealer and they say they find nothing wrong. Being that this condition has happened twice, so far, both my wife and I are very concerned and would like this problem solved.

2002 Toyota Camry se v6 - around September 2009 I began to notice sudden surges in acceleration while driving between 40-45 mph. Without changing the position of the gas pedal, the vehicle would surge-hesitate-surge several times then suddenly stop the behavior. Since then, I notice it occurs at least once every 3 out of 4 times I'm driving the car. To me, this is not related to anything on the floor or the gas pedal itself. It appears to come from within the engine or other component. No repairs have been investigated or performed. I am considering a visit to the dealer.

Originally I opened odi 10060806 / de04021 in early 2004 to report sudden and short surges of acceleration with my 2002 Camry le. This problem has continues periodically without warning since my original report. The last occurrence was in reverse about 5-6 months ago. I am very disturbed that Toyota has now recalled later model year cars with similar problems but continues to not address earlier models which first reported the problem in pe04021, dp05002, and dp06003. I called this morning and was told I would need to re-issue a new odi to get the NHTSA to re-open this investigation. I have additionally opened cases locally and at the corporate level with Toyota, as I want this problem documented against my VIN number. Please, help the owners of the 2002 model year cars that started these investigations originally before there are more deaths or injuries as the problem still exists.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. While pulling to the valvoline service station to get an oil change the vehicle accelerated unintentionally and drove through the service bay, the gas station, and then onto a side street. The vehicle eventually came to a complete stop. The dealer nor the manufacture were contacted. She was parking her vehicle when the second failure occurred. Consequently she crashed into several vehicles. The failure mileage was 40945.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. She stated that the vehicle accelerated twice and it was not due to the floor mat. The first incident occurred while pulling out of the garage with her foot on the brake pedal. However, she was able to bring the vehicle to a complete stop by applying the brake. The dealer advised her to the floor mat out of the vehicle. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 26,000. Updated 03/10/10 the consumer stated the second incident occurred after she backed out of the driveway. Updated 05/06/10.

I did not notice any malfunctions of my car prior to the event that I am reporting. In June of 2009 I was pulling into a parking space in a parking lot. My foot was lightly on the brake and I nearly at a complete stop when my car lurched forward like a rocket. My car jumped the curb of the parking spot, sideswiped a row of mailboxes on my left while traveling across an small island of lawn and shooting over another curb on the other side of the island. My vehicle came to a stop on the other side of the parking lot approximately 15 feet short of ramming the side of a parked car. Both of my feet were on the brake pedal, both of my legs were fully extended with my knees locked and my entire body was fully extended with all of my weight applied to the brake pedal. I immediately placed the car in park and turned the engine off. The left front quarter panel of my car received minor damage from hitting the mail boxes. There was a witness from the veterinary clinic where the event occurred who saw the accident. Because my foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal I do not believe that this event occurred because of a mechanical problem with the accelerator pedal or floor mat.

While my wife (driver for 40 years) was backing out of the driveway the car accelerated at full throttle, shot across the street and into the neighbors' yard and crashed into a tree which prevented the car from crashing into the house.

2002 Toyota acceleration in reverse. On 30 April 2009 the Camry accelerated and crashed in to a pt cruiser. The crash was reported to Toyota in April 2010, and case number 1004020679 was made. When the consumers wife put her foot on the brake and started the engine, it had a very high idle after it was started. She placed the transmission into reverse with her foot still on the brake when suddenly, the vehicle accelerated backwards and hit a parked vehicle. Updated ivoq 05/25/10 the consumer received a letter from Toyota stating diagnostic testing did not reveal any type of manufacturing design or defects which contributed to the accident. Updated ivoq. 10/18/jb.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. After starting the vehicle the contact shifted into drive gear and noticed the vehicle would not accelerate unless the pedal was depressed more than 3/4 of the way down. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed a computer chip was malfunctioning. The vehicle was not repaired. There were no prior warnings. The failure mileage was 31000 and the current mileage was 32000.

-the contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving approximately 35 mph approaching traffic stop signal. When the brake pedal was engaged the vehicle accelerated and crashed into another vehicle. There were no personal injuries and the vehicle sustained damages. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was not included in a recall defect. The failure mileage was unavailable. The current mileage was 53,000.

Failure to accelerate properly ( 1 or 2 second hesitation) I took the car to the Toyota dealer for 2 years and they reset the computer each time but that fix only lasted about 1200 miles each time. Dealer says engine falls within specifications and refused to do any more to fix the car under warranty - I have now 34,000 miles and I get scared when I pull out into traffic and the car temporary stalls the slow acceleration.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. She stated that while driving at 5 mph when parking the vehicle with her foot on the brake, without a warning it accelerated on its own. She crashed into a cement pillar and there were front end damages. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed and the police was contacted and a report was filed. Toyota has not been contacted. There have been repairs done to the vehicle . After the crash, it happened one additional time. The failure mileage was 55000 and current mileage was 65000. Updated 5/3/10 the consumer stated the incident happened when the vehicle was in reverse, fortunately the consumer was able to get the vehicle under control. Updated 06/10/10.

After backing out of a parking space and switching the car from reverse to drive, the car accelerated quickly forward crashing into two parked cars and finally stopping after hitting a concrete structure. Applying the brake would not stop the car. The car has been declared a total loss by the insurance company. Unexplained acceleration events have occurred before with this car.

Veh# 1 was exiting burbank Ave turning left onto colonel john gardner when the floor mat became stuck' under the gas pedal,CA;using the vehicle to race forward. Mcc turned the wheel but drove across the front lawn at 140 cjg . Vehicle then went across the street into the circuliar driveway at cjg striking several landscaping oiers , knocking sthem on the ground. The vehicle then went thru an 8! foot section of split rail fence and ran over a ail box post with 3 mailboxes on the property on the property of133 cjg. Vehicle then crossed sthe street and struck a tree causing extensive front end damage.

Twice on start-up I had the engine race, sounding like a jet revving up. Last time was as I parked in the garage after using the car it revved up sounding again like a jet starting up. I thought someone or some thing had come up behind me in driveway. Dates were approximately oct. 2008 and Nov. 2009. Car has under 45,000 actual miles on it.

The contact owned a 2002 Toyota Camry le. While driving 60 mph the vehicle accelerated, swerved to the side and he engaged the brake pedal. The contact crashed into the median and became unconscious. The vehicle also rolled over multiple times. The contact was hospitalized for several weeks and sustained multiple injuries. The contacts injuries have confined him to a wheelchair for several months. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact has not notified the manufacturer. The insurance company was contacted immediately. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 74,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. She stated while driving at speeds of 40 mph attempting to brake for a traffic stop, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into another vehicle. The police arrived on scene and the vehicle was towed. A police report was available. The contacts vehicle was destroyed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were contacted. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 06/24/10 updated 07/06/10 updated 8/9/10 according to the consumer, her husband was killed as well as another motorist. There were also two injuries. Updated 08/11/10.

After backing out of driveway into street, when I shifted from "reverse" into "drive", car suddenly had no acceleration. Engine was running, but no movement or ability to "rev" engine. Repair at Toyota dealer stated: "code p1121 diagnosed & replaced accelerator position sensor.

Backing out of my driveway, I put the car in reverse, a 2002 Toyota Camry and it took off at full speed and did not stop until it went across the street and hit a tree even though I was trying to brake.

Prior to the accident on 2/8/2008 at 8:55pm there were 2-3 episodes within a 6 year period when ana lopez felt the vehicle mildly accelerate on its own for only a few seconds. The episodes were so mild that she questioned herself whether the car truly accelerated and so she never had the car inspected. However, on 2/8/2008 at 8:55pm while driving home heading south on the veterans expressway in tampa she experienced what she describes as the most frightening event in her life. The first sign that something was going wrong was the dash lights began to flicker on and off so she made an attempt to pull over so she could call her husband and make him aware of how the car was performing. As she began slowing down and veering off the road on the outside lane, which was witnessed, the vehicle mad a very powerful acceleration accompanied by a loud acceleration sound and loss of steering ability as the car began to steer to the left going back into traffic lanes. She felt as though the vehicle was now controlling itself and shortly after began to spin out of control. The vehicle struck the barrier wall and came to a final rest on the right southbound lane. Ana lopez suffered multiple fractures to her right leg and spent 2 months in the hospital and rehab unit where she suffered greatly with pain and continues to suffer from pain and debilitation. The vehicle was inspected by a professional inspector at her home and nothing was found wrong with the vehicle. But the inspection was a preliminary inspection and she feared that a more through inspection would be too costly for her. Her story about the incident has never changed and still is traumatizing to her. This complaint was translated and written by alberto lopez, her son.