Wiring problems of the 2007 Toyota Camry

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the gauges fluctuated intermittently. The contact also stated that the abs light illuminated and the temperature gauge dropped to zero. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that there was an electrical wiring issue and the abs system was defective. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.

The only thing I noticed before this incident happened was the passenger side window stopped working a month before and that same week I noticed my bright lights would not turn on. Then on 3/18/10 my 2007 Toyota Camry caught on fire while driving. I turned on car as I was driving I started to smell smoke. I looked down and seen smoke coming out of the drivers side window switch. By the time I was able to pull over, park and open my car door park flames started coming out of the drivers side door panel. Due to my vehicle warranty being expired the Toyota dealership made me go threw my insurance company refusing to even touch the car. I was told that the fire was the first of that kind that they have heard of. I was told the fire started by the wiring in the door but what caused the wiring to catch on fire. They told me that all the wiring in the door and the door panel is being replaced. As of now the dealership is holding the parts until Toyota product liability claims department contacts them.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, he noticed a foreign piece of rubber foam on the ground near the vehicle. The check engine warning light illuminated on the warning panel upon starting the vehicle and remained illuminated. The dealer stated that the electrical wiring had been gnawed on by a rodent. The dealer repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 27,945 and the current mileage was 28,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota solara. He stated that while starting the vehicle he heard clicking noises from the starter and the vehicle would not start. The contact was able to jump start the battery so that he could drive it to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle stating that it was the ignition wire that was touching the 2nd wire causing an open circuit draw, they explained that it was in a protective harness and that this should have never happened and that this is a manufacturer defect. There were repairs which included a replacement battery and the ignition wire harness which was repaired as well at the owners expense. The failure mileage was 24753 and current mileage was 24803. Updated 01/29/10. Updated 02/01/jb.

Car hesitated badly on acceleration. At first the dealer said it was because of the way the accelerator was connected through a wire to the computer, but was a safety issue ,and needed to be investigated by the federal government if necessary. I will state my dealer was now trying to rectify the issue because it has also effected the gas mileage, and a see it as a safety hazard. If necessary I will contact the attorney general of my home state because I see this as a non perfected piece of equipment put upon the public .

After 4985 miles, the "check engine" light activated. There was a smell of burning electrical wires. Dealer/service originally diagnosed the problem as a failure of the "variable valve timing actuator," but later re-diagnosed the problem as a failure of the wiring harness. The car was returned 11/30/06. After 20 minutes of driving, the "check engine" light reactivated. I returned the car immediately. On 12/01/06, the dealer/service diagnosed the problem and said a "vacuum tube" disconnected. I picked up car on 12/01/06. After a couple hours of driving, the "p" for park light illuminated while I was in drive. (the "p" and "d" indicators were both illuminated as I was driving. Also, the door locks on all doors engaged and disengaged uncontrollably and continuously. I was not able to manually lock or unlock my car doors using the "lock/unlock" switch on the drive-side door since it was deactivated as a result of the malfunction. I took the car back to the dealer/service on 12/02/06 for this problem. Dealer/service diagnoses the problem as a electrical short due to a coolant leak. I was promised that the car would be returned 12/4/06 afternoon.