Five problems related to owners/service manual have been reported for the 2012 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Toyota Camry based on all problems reported for the 2012 Camry.
Takata recall the driver door is not locking or unlocking when button is pushed on the remote or any buttons in the car at any time. The only way to lock or unlock is to use the key in the door or to manually lock and unlock actual lock. It's not safe as the car sounds as if it's locking but the drivers door is not and gives the opportunity for someone to get in my car that is not to be in my car. Has been on and off since about January 2019 but stopped working 6/3/2019.
Automatic door lock and unlock stops working. My car had just passed 60k when the driver side door will not open or lock by pressing the key fob. After couple month all 4 doors have the same issue. I have to lock and unlock all 4 doors by manually unlocking using the key. After research found out the door actuators have failed on all 4 doors and multiple Toyota and Lexus owners are experiencing the same issue.
At 39,000 miles, my driver door stopped locking/unlocking with the remote. A month later the passenger door lock failed and a month later the right back seat lock failed, and then the left back seat lock failed. All security has to be done manually, using the emergency key located in the remote. Batteries in remote changed. Dealer (joe myers) declined repair since out of mileage warranty (but not yet 3 years owned). Seems odd that 4 actuators all failed since they are different parts. Repair estimate $2,200.
Recently I noticed the front door passenger side would not work with the remote and I had to open manually from inside. I had Toyota check it and was told it was the attenuator which I replaced. Two days later the right side back door is unable to open by remote as well. When the doors open the car gives off a steady noise suggesting that the attenuator is not working. I was wondering if this is a problem for Camry. I had a 1997 Camry for a number of years and never had this problem. Toyota said that my car exceeded the 36000, 36 month warranty. I never had this problem with the 1997 vehicle. This is an expensive job , exceeding $500. 00 per door. A bit perplexed.
I have recently had issues with the locks on both front doors of my 2012 Camry se. The front passenger's door would only lock/unlock manually, and now the driver's door will, intermittently, stay locked when using the remote. The dealership replaced the actuator in the front passenger's door in June. Then, last Monday the remote wouldn't work on 3 separate occasions. I called the dealership, they told me to bring it in, but after lock/unlocking the car "about 150 times" the service guy said he could not replicate the issue and basically I have to wait for it to get worse. The problem seems to occur after the car has been locked for over an hour. It's only an inconvenience right now but I'm afraid this is what happened with the passenger's door, and am concerned that it will escalate from an inconvenience to a security issue. Also, I'm wondering if this is a common issue with the 2012 Camry se.