Three problems related to speed control linkage have been reported for the 2005 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Toyota Camry based on all problems reported for the 2005 Camry.
I own a 2005 solara sle v6 automatic: pulling into a restaurant parking space, making a right turn, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward: jumping the curb, forward onto a muddy open space, an approx. Incline, and into a low barrier wall between the two neighboring restaurants' parking lots (with cars on the other-side of the barrier). Fortunately, no vehicles or persons were stuck!; just, the damage to my vehicle! when it accelerated, my foot was off the accelerator petal, about to brake; stood on my abs brake; and, the barrier, I believe, stopped most of the forward motion; hit hard; air bags did not deploy !!! nothing like this has ever happened to me before; not in any of my past vehicles !!! it's my understanding that Toyota is denying problems with the solara models, when they're the sporty model the the Camry !!! dealership said to contact corporate, but, this is not . . . Blame it on the driver for incorrect mats; mine are the originals hooked under the front seats !!! this is transmission control linkage to the accelerator petal !? when I backed up, off the muddy hill, I noticed the transmission was stiff/sluggish !!! 2nd topic - driver's left side leather seat panel for air bag: took it in due to panel splitting in two parallel spots (possible split leather material, rather than full hide ? too thin for side-air bag ! ) Toyota refused to fix this safety issue !!!.
On 9/11/05 our 2005 Toyota Camry suddenly accelerated (sa) while the driver was slowly turning into a local parking lot. Applying the brakes did not stop the auto but did leave skid marks on the pavement, as noted by the police. We turned off the ignition after several seconds but crashed into two parked cars. The car was towed to an auto body shop and later to a Toyota body shop. Toyota kept us from repairing the car for 12 days until their expert inspected the car. He reported no brake or throttle problem and disregarded the skid marks evidence. . We don't know if he checked the cruise control. A recent request for that information has given no response. Toyota reported that nothing was wrong. We sold the car back to Toyota at a $10,000 loss. After a month, the driver developed a severe right hip pain, attributed to the accident by two doctors. She recovered slowly with much therapy. We did not keep the car because we found that ,in several cases at least, a repaired sa car had a second sa. The possibility of a malfunctioning cruise control linkage was possibly not investigated. See odi 10136882.
When making turns (and sometimes just when accelerating), this car and all like it hesitate when the throttle is depressed and then lunges forward suddenly nearly causing the driver to lose control.