general problems of the 2005 Toyota Camry - part 1

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. The contact’s brother performed brakes repair on the vehicle and added prestone dot 3 brake fluid to the brake reservoir. The contact stated that several days later while driving at approximately 25 mph, the brakes locked up and the vehicle failed to move. The vehicle was taken to the brother’s residence by her brother, while driving and depressing the accelerator and brake pedal simultaneously. The contact’s brother flushed the brake lines however, the failure persisted. The contact’s brother became aware of NHTSA campaign number: 24e101000 (service brakes, hydraulic, steering) from the NHTSA. Gov website. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that there was cross contamination of the braking system and the entire braking system needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

My vehicle was in motion 70 mph on the highway I take everyday as I was mildly turning with the road the steering wheel spung to the left and the car went out od control spinning and ended on the right shoulder where than my car started to flip over none stop and the airbags didnt not burst or come out.

Steering wheel making knocking noise while turning. Took it to repair shop , was told most of Camrys produced in that year range are affected and have similar noise. Noise is there whether in motion or stationary.

Takata recall, my power steering has been leaking. 05/2018 I noticed it when I was pulling out of driveway, I reversed out and started to turn a little bit and it started to made a grinding noise and kind of hard to turn. (2) takata recall my car is overheatng as I was pulling into a driveway I stopped put it in neutral pulled the emergency brake sat there for 3 minutes and the dial went to extremely hot, I turned it off immediately. Ever since then it drives hotter than usual not as hot as it was that day and I can smell burnt rubber when I'm driving or burnt something I'm not getting good gas mileage it idles rough after it's been warmed.

Takata recall. On August 2017 I was in a accident I put my car in reverse and it flew me back and forward fast. My leg was broken and mouth busted. . The air bag didn't deploy. I was thrown to a brick wall.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. While the vehicle was stationary, the steering wheel seized without warning. The vehicle was diagnosed as needing a new tensioner puller. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 151,000.

My serpentine belt recently started squealing, so I bought a new one and changed it myself. Upon changing it, I realized that my crankshaft pulley had chunks of rubber that had come off of it, and it seemed to be making the belt rub on the side of the engine block on one of the tension pulley's. After researching online, I found that in 2011, Toyota had recalled 402,000 vehicles because of a faulty crankshaft pulley, that caused power steering to go out, and cause accidents. However, in calling Toyota, they state there are no open recalls on 2005 Toyota Camry's, even though the website that I found included 2005 Toyota Camry's in their recall list. Even now with a new belt on, the belt is jumping back and forth on the tension pulley causing the car to have a "jittery" feel while idling. I feel it is only a matter of time before this belt is ruined as well. I'm not sure how certain models of Toyota Camry's in 2005 would've had a different crankshaft pulley, that happens to be doing the same thing that mine is doing now (rubber seperating from the metal), yet they were recalled and mine was not.

March 19th 2016, driving on a city street when the car suddenly accelerated. Applied the brakes/emergency brake. Car continued to accelerated and I attempted to enter freeway. I was unable to turn the steering wheel and I hit a car that was entering the freeway.

While driving from friends home to pickup kids from school, I was going on a 2 lane road going east bound, car was travelling @ 30 mph on startight road of speed limit 35mph, all of sudden steering and brakes did not function due to which the car was about to collide with a tree head on, all of the sudden the streering and brakes started functioning and I tried to avoid the tree collision during which the trunk of the car hit the trunk of the tree. I pulled the car to the curb of the road.

A year ago in may of 2015, my wife was driving her Toyota Camry when the power steering suddenly went out on her while driving and almost caused her to crash. We brought it to a mechanic who was mystified, he said he'd never seen anything like it before, in his words, "it looks like the pulley bent on it's own and then the belt came off. " he had no idea what had caused the pulley to get out of alignment and charged me almost $500 to repair the damage. Nearly a year later, I'm investigating brake issues with Camrys and I came across this recall which describes perfectly what the mechanic couldn't figure out. Why was I never informed of this recall? my Camry is a 2005, it clearly should have been included. Toyota's negligence on this could have cost my wife her life if she hadn't narrowly avoided the crash the failure of her power steering almost caused. This could have and should have been fixed by Toyota long before the incident occured through the recall. I want the cost of my repairs refunded by Toyota and any additional repairs to get it up to the standards of the recall paid by them.

Car makes a clunk sound when turning steering wheel or when you go over bumps. The intermediate steering shaft is not good. That is a common problem on 2002-2006 Toyota Camrys.

Purchased the car on July 17, 2013 in which I felt a shaking in the wheel and a sever rattle in the steering wheel. I was assured by the dealership that the car needed new tires and a balance. (the tires were bad-dealership was selling as is) purchased new tires and had them balanced in which the car continues to shake and rattle in the steering wheel. I have taken it in to many shops and they think the intermediate steering shaft may be wearing. I was told that this is extremely rare and with the mileage it shouldn't be wearing.

When I took my car for a test ride at dealer I noticed that the wheel shook and told the salesman it needed to be fixed if I purchased the car, he was certain it was just a tire balancing issue and it wouldn't cost much to fix. The next day I took the car to less schwab who could not figure out what could possible be wrong so we put new tires on, still shook, then had wheels balanced and aligned several times in first week of having car, then replaced motor mounts, then struts, still shook, then replaced brake pads, rotors, yup still shakes. I took it back to the dealer and they still swear it's just a balancing issue so they balanced the tires, car still shakes violently. I have now owned this car for 1 yr and tried everything possible, now I find out it may be the intermediate shaft. I do not feel safe in this car I have two small children and I'm afraid this issue may cause an accident.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that immediately after having the vehicle repaired under the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 11v539000 (engine and engine cooling), she was informed that the power steering shaft was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 125,000. Updated 02/27/12.

2005 Toyota Camry. Consumer express discontent with vehicle repairs and request reimbursement the consumer stated the intermediate steering shaft was replaced, because there was a noise emanating from the vehicle, when the consumer turned the steering wheel. The consumer stated the part failed with only 33,103 miles on the vehicle.

Toyota dealer completed a 90,000 mile check and reported a leak on the rack and pinon with no other damage to the area. Dealer quoted approximately $1900 to repair. A independant mechanic replaced the rack and pinon and completed the alignment for approximately $900.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry solara. The contact stated that when turning the steering wheel to the right. There was an abnormal clicking. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the starter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer had not been made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was not available.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. While attempting to shift into reverse the contact applied the brakes and noticed that the vehicle suddenly surged forward without warning. The failure was not diagnosed. The contact also noticed that while traveling 15 mph and turning in any direction the steering wheel would continue to turn in that same direction on its own. The failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 12/30/10. Updated 01/04/11.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. The contact stated the power steering would intermittently fail when attempting a turn in either direction. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer advised they had not received any similar complaints and would not provide any assistance. The VIN was not available. The current and failure mileages were 48,000. Updated 08/03/10. Updated 08/04/10.

This is a complaint about the premature failure of the "steering intermediate shaft" on a 2005 Toyota Camry xle. The car was taken to hogan and sons, a well respected local repair shop (leesburg, virginia) with a complaint of front end noise. A Toyota trained technician diagnosed that this part needed to be immediately replaced as it was failing and would adversely impact steering and safety. The car could no longer be aligned with this failing part. The car has 73,371 miles on it and is used for personal use only. A visit to the local leesburg Toyota dealer revealed that they have had to replace this part on many Toyotas, but they will only replace it during the three year warranty period. A claim made to Toyota and an arbitration request were both denied. This is addressed in TSB--st001-06 and TSB--0296-08. It is our contention that a part like this should be wearing out so soon--in fact, it is one of those parts that any well designed and manufactured car should remain operational and safe until the car is junked for other reasons.

Started noticing a worsening click in the steering wheel until turned into a big clunk. The work cost me $2000 through a private mechanic. I should have contacted the dealership and made a big stink because the car was under 60k but over 5 years old. But the car was already taken apart and I needed to get it on the road for work.

When backing up, driving at slow speeds, and turning the steering wheel, a clicking or dull clunk can be felt through the steering wheel. This occurrence is regular. Numerous online complaints have been submitted to the Toyota vehicle forums and Toyota has issued a TSB #st001-06 dated February 16, 2006 for the replacement of the steering intermediate shaft as the corrective action. However, because of the numerous online forum complaints of this particular issue, there is a trend developing for vehicles that have more than 40,000 miles. Failure of the shaft is a safety issue.

When backing up, driving at slow speeds, and turning the steering wheel, a clicking or dull can be felt through the steering wheel. This occurrence is regular. At first this was experienced 36k miles, at that time repair was done under the waranty. Unclear if the part was replaced or repaired. Now same occured at 72k miles, when brought to the dealer's attention, the mechanic stated that it was normal and no pepairs needed to be done.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving approximately 25mph and the vehicle surged forward. The contact depressed the brake while slowing down to complete a turn . The dealer was informed and they inspected the vehicle. The dealer did repair the vehicle but never informed the contact of what the failure was. The vehicle has not experienced any other failures since then. The approximate failure mileage was 55000 and the current mileage was 60000. The consumer also stated the vehicle had a steering problem and it would cost $500. 00 to repair. Updated 03/22/10.

I got into my 05 Toyota Camry 4cyl and as I backed out of my driveway I noticed a serious problem with the steering. I turned the steering wheel to the right rather sharply and the car remained traveling straight. I pulled back into the driveway and tried again - the same thing happened. I was afraid to drive the car so I had it towed to the Toyota dealership. They checked it for the better part of the day and said they could find nothing wrong and could not get it to repeat the problem. Since then I have had a few minor incidents of the car not turning to the degree that it should when I turn the wheel. I have had it checked an no one can find anything wrong. I no longer feel safe in my car.

Clunk in steering wheel had to replace intermediate steering shaft at 41,000 miles started the noise at 36,000. There are several Toyota service bulletins on this issue and numerous customer complaints. Toyota refuses to extend the warranty or notify the consumer of the problem.

Impending failure of intermediate steering shaft universal joints that currently causes 'clunks' in steering but is progressing and could cause failure of steering shaft and loss of directional control of vehicle or binding or locking of steering assembly. Toyota has a voluntary program to replace faulty design, but only extends that during the original 3/36 warranty. This is a safety issue and thus far Toyota is of little or no help. Anecdotally, this is a very common problem in this series of cars and several other lines of Toyotas of similar vintage.

Heard a thumping noise in the drive shaft of the steering wheel. It would not go away, took the car to the Toyota dealer to look at. My car has always been serviced by a Toyota dealer there is a part in the drive shaft that links to the control arm of the wheels, this part has failed and could have caused me to loose control of the steering wheel and disabled my ability to turn my wheels, and cause a deadly accident, Toyota motor corp, has failed to notify there customers of this TSB bulletin, and this is a safety hazard. I cannot believe that this is not a recall item. I spoke with the dealer and they have had over 100 and 1000's of 2005 Camry's with this problem. Yet nothing has been done. Does someone need to be killed or Toyota sued to have this part replaced. The part in the drive shaft failed, there is a TSB on this, but Toyota refused to fix this due to that my car has over 36k miles on it, and under 50k, not one person at the Toyota dealership would fix this for me, without charging me, yet this part has been put on a TSB bulletin. The dealership nor Toyota did not inform me of this situation. This should be a recalled item. I have my car service at Toyota dealerships and I am the original owner, yet the lack of Toyota to due something about this, is irresponsible. This was the first time I took my car to priority Toyota, because the service being provided by the other Toyota dealerships in the area was Subaru. I do not blame priority Toyota for not fixing the problem, in fact they were the very first dealership to identify the problem. The other Toyota dealerships in the area failed to address this issue, even though I took my car to these other dealerships for service. First team Toyota was the main dealer that serviced my car when there was less than 36k miles on it. I use to bring it to them and have them check everything, and the only TSB they told me about was the belt pulley, TSB, when I asked if there were any others, they said that was it.

While driving at various speeds the steering wheel "clicks" when changing direction. There is also an incessant and random vibration that feels almost like "driving over bumps" on the side of the road. There is also excessive play in the steering wheel. The dealer did not cover this under the TSB, but instead charged ~$500 for the intermediate steering shaft replacement. Car is 2005, with 44k miles.

When parking the steering intermediate shaft has a clunking noise,the noise becomes more pronounced as the years go by.

Steering started clucking at about 40,000 miles. Seems to be slowly getting more pronounced.

The steering on my Toyota Camry le 2005 makes a persistent clunking noise. We have not hand any injuries but are scared to take this car on the road especially long distances. The tires wear out quicker and the alignments do not last.

My 2005 Toyota Camry sometimes has all of the sudden diverted hard to the right. I had the car checked many times at longo Toyota in los angeles but I was told nothing found. In fact, the problem exists for a few years that makes me drive my car anxiously. Recently, many problems have been found on Toyota vehicles and I request NHTSA should have an investigation. VIN: [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Numerous occasions of unexplained acceleration and were reported to Toyota who reported could not find a problem. Numerous occasions of braking problems and were reported to Toyota who reported could not find a problem. Numerous occasions of steering problems and were reported to Toyota who reported could not find a problem. Numerous occasions of transmission problems and were reported to Toyota who reported could not find a problem. Vehicle was returned to Toyota under CA lemon law in 2006 or 2007.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) during the years 2006-2007-2008 I leased and drove a 2005 Toyota Camry le. Shortly after I got the car I noticed the vehicle pulled to the right and I felt as though I had no control during speeds of 50 mph or over. When I reported this to the service dept of my local Toyota dealer during visits for oil changes, they took the car out, test drove it and told me they saw nothing wrong with the car. I was convinced there was something wrong with this vehicle, but no one believed me. I have since turned in the Camry at the end of the lease date and was very happy to do so. I have spoken with Toyota and relayed the above info recently. My concern is that something could be wrong with the Camry and that someone else might be driving it. I asked Toyota if they could find out who owns this vehicle and they should be alerted. I never had an accident; I only always felt scared to drive this vehicle on any major highway that would require me to travel at speeds higher than 50 mph. Hopefully someone could find out where this car is now. VIN# [xxx] .