general problems of the 2004 Toyota Camry

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Toyota dealership unable to fix open recall in time to ship vehicle.

Dashboard melting � I just noticed my dashboard melting yesterday and contacted Toyota today. I was told that the warranty enhancement for this problem expired less than a year ago, and that they were sorry, but they are not willing to help me. I keep my car in a partially climate-controlled garage and drive only a few thousand miles a year. Therefore, my car is having delayed symptoms of the melting dashboard problem. Because I took extraordinary steps to protect my car, I am being excluded from the warranty program. This boils down to two safety problems: 1. Toyota cannot or will not tell me the material of the dashboard, but I suspect it is a petroleum-based plastic vinyl. Therefore, the oozing substance is quite possibly an endocrine disruptor. No one should not be exposed to this toxic substance. They refuse to help me replace it, and refuse to tell me how to clean it, but share my concerns and offer their sorrow. 2. The glare from the melting dashboard is a driving hazard. I get a terrible reflection in my windshield and can easily mistake what it real vs a reflection, and is worse adverse weather conditions. It presents a safety hazard to occupants and pedestrians, and adversely affects my ability to operate the vehicle in the safest manner. I have purchased 9 Toyotas, yet this is my 1st issue and request for safety repair. I guess loyalty only goes one way. I am very concerned about my health and safety.

While driving my 04 Toyota solara at 45mph there was a very loud noise the sunroof exploded causing glass to fly all over the inside of the car, into the street, and hit the back of my trunk chipping the paint. The screen was open, but the sunroof was closed at the time. If my children were in the backseat at the time they would of been injured by the glass. There was nothing in the road it was a nice sunny day when it happened. I first called Toyota they opened a case and responded saying at this time Toyota is not doing a recall on this or has there been a class action lawsuit against them. I submitted pictures to them and filed a case. Something has to be done about this I was so shaken after this happened and can't stop thinking what could of happened if my kids were in the car that day. Toyota needs to take responsibility for their defective sunroofs before this happens to more people.

Top of dashboard around passenger side airbag is splitting open. Other Toyota;s from the same year have a dashboard fix thru Toyota. Not Camry's. Concerned that airbag may not work correctly. Or come out of dashboard.

I was slowly pulling into a parking lane, started to turn left towards a parking spot when my 2004 Toyota Camry xle accelerated suddenly and pressing on the brake did little to stop the car. This happened in a shopping center parking lot. As a result, two other cars were damaged and the my Camry was totaled. The car had approximately 148000 miles on it. The car had been routinely maintained. The car had previous accelerated without warning using the cruise control but the problem had never been traced down as to what caused this issue. On several occasions the rpm needle jumped from low rpm to high rpm. In addition, warning lights on the dash had come on un-expectedly. These issues were never reproduced when taken to the mechanic and the problems never resolved.

2004 Camry se car sitting for two days. Car caught fire. Fire department stated that it seemed no foul play involved. To me it look like the origin of the fire started by the battery and wiring was the issue. Interior in good shape no windows busted.

Car accelerated by itself when parking and wound up on sidewalk. Could not brake. Car was put in park while moving and then stopped while still applying brakes.

I was in the process of parking my car in a parking garage when it suddenly started accelerating and hit the concrete wall of the garage. The car was drivable, but after getting it inspected, it was found to have significant frame damage and was totaled by my insurance company.

Ignition switch not working properly. Key can be removed while the car is running and in motion, and the car will continue to run.

For some reason car would not start and no one knows why.

Defective gas pedal sensor prevented the vehicle from moving.

Ignition key can easily be removed from ignition while engine is still running. Extremely loose fit.

Rear speaker grill covers disintegrated and crumbled as a result of sun exposure. The web discussion groups shows this happening to all Camrys.

Engine light continues to turn on and off. When the mechanic checks it he can't find the problem as diagnostic comes back clear. It is agitating bc if the engine light comes on I won't know if it is serious or not.

Sun rot of Toyota Camry rear speaker covers. The web discussion groups shows this happening to all Camrys.

Toyota 2004 rear speaker crumbles, defective.