Front Seat Head Restraint Problems of Toyota Camry

The contact owns a 2012 Toyota Camry. While the vehicle was parked, there was a burning odor inside the vehicle. The contact noticed that the rear driver side headrest was burning caused by the sunlight. The failure recurred a few times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.

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The new forward angle of the headrests force your head to be against the headrest at all times while driving. This makes it difficult to look side to side, forces your head forward so you are looking down rather than out the windshield and puts a strain on the back. It's very distracting which puts you at risk of an accident.

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Headrest on 2013 Camry hurts the back of my head when I drive the car. If it hurts in normal driving I can't imagine what the head injury is going to be like if I get hit while driving this car. The head rests should be adjustable so that they can be fitted to shorter people. No amount of up down adjusting on the head rest height works to relieve the issue.

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I purchased this vehicle from longo Toyota and have been driving it for a week and have had backaches and headaches. The seat and headrest are extremely uncomfortable. This is a Toyota Camry le 2009.

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The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that whenever striking the gear selector, the gear shifter would erroneously shift into neutral because the gear selector was not designed with a switch to engage. The failure recurred twice while driving at various speeds. In addition, the size and length of the front driver side head rest significantly obstructed the visibility of the driver. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the technician stated that the vehicle was functioning as designed. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The failure mileage was 7,000.

In a rear end collision the back of the driver's seat in my 2010 Toyota Camry failed, reclining me and folding the back into v. As a result I was restrained only by the lap belt. The car appears unrepairable.

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2010 Toyota Camry headrests are very uncomfortable pushing your head forward & hear gasoline splashing back & forth when the tank is full.

- the contact owns a 2006 Toyota solara convertible with a current and failure mileage of 12,953 . The contact stated that the vehicle was in a crash on March 27, 2007 the driver was backing out of the parking spot and hit another vehicle. She could not see out of the rearview mirror because the head rest was too big. There was no police report. The vehicle was not towed. The contact stated took the vehicle to the dealer to see if he could get the headrest taken off or replaced with smaller one, and was told that the headrest could not be removed or replaced. Update 05/04/tr\updated 08/08/07.

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- the contact had difficulty seeing out of the 2006 Toyota Camry solara's rearview mirror because the head restraint was blocking the view. The contact called manufacturer to see if they could install the head restraint that was on the 2007 Toyota Camry solara which was different from the headrest she had in her vehicle, but manufacturer stated they could not do that. The only option the manufacturer gave her wasto trade in the vehicle. The current mileage was 2600.

: the contact stated the rear seat assembly headrests obstructed the view of the driver while attempting to back the vehicle out of a parking space or while driving and looking to pass a vehicle. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer who determined this was a normal design and instructed the contact to use the rearview and side mirrors for viewing while the vehicle was in reverse. The manufacturer was not contacted. Updated 10/18/2006 -.

: the contact stated while inside of a public parking garage the vehicle surged forward crashing into three poles and a ticket machine. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who could not duplicate the problem. Updated 8/14/2006 - the impact caused whiplash and pain in the consumer's neck. This problem has occurred before and resulted in an accident. The consumer believes the pedals may be too close together causing him to hit them simultaneously while braking. The consume believes the head rest are too low to prevent whiplash.

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The head rest in the back totally block the vision when backing out of a parking spot. There is a definite blind spot that is not diminished by the rear view mirror. I have had this car for 1 month and have had 3 "close calls" with pedestrians appearing as if from nowhere. I have never had this problem in any other automobile.

About 4 weeks ago, the consumer noticed the seat head rest were clearly in the way, which left the consumer not being able to see . The only visibility when looking back was by looking between the head rests. The head rests were so big they obstructed the consumers view. The manufacturer stated there were no other seats and it wasn't possible to remove the headrests. The owner noticed that there were new headrests available on 2006 solara, but since Toyota did not publish this information there was nothing they can do about this. Owner would like to locate alternate head rests for vehicle.

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While driving the head rest caused poor visibility. The head rest can not be removed while driving. The driver took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic informed the driver that the head rest are in compliance with this vehicle.

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This vehicle has convertible seats, both front seats and head rests are too large. This causes poor visibility, consumer unable to see properly. Consumer tool vehicle to the dealer, and mechanic claimed that the vehicle was operating as designed. . . . . Toyota refused to do anything to lower rear seat head rests. They restricted visibility by 1/2 through rear window.

The head restraints take 50% of the rearview. This makes the ability to see vehicles difficult when in reverse, increasing the risk of a crash. Manufacturer was contacted by consumer.

Consumer claims that the head restraint obstructs the driver's rear view. It is hard to back up or change lanes.

I recently purchased a 2005 Toyota solara convertible. When I purchased the car, it was great weather, so I had the top down the would time I test drove vehicle. . It was only after I purchased it and put the top up that I realized that the visibility out the rear mirror of the car was awful. I've had 2 other Toyota convertible previously, and recognize that visibility is not the best through the rear-view mirror due to the smallish convertible windows. However, with the 2005 solara, Toyota has put very large head rests on the rear seats that make the visibility significantly worse than my two Toyota celicas. With those head rests (which surprisingly are not removable or adjustable), the visibility out the rear mirror is effectively limited to a 1 foot by 1 foot square. This means that lane changes must be performed almost exclusively by looking out side mirrors in order to avoid blind spots. Parallel parking is absolutely out of the question because you can't see the right rear of the car at all. I talked to Toyota, and was told that others who had driven the car had also expressed the same concern, but that the rear head rests were not removable or adjustable. That was as far as they were willing to go with the discussion. I believe the head rests should be made at least a few inches shorter and slightly narrower. This would improve the visibility significantly. Please let me know what can be done to improve this visibility issue.

The consumer believes the rear head rest in the vehicle are too large because they partially block the driver's view of the rear while driving.

Car's design makes changing lanes highly dangerous: the back window is extremely small and narrow, and the two back seats have unusually high head rests which completely block the small window.

Vehicle's headrest sits at an angle where it causes the consumers head to be pushed down. Transferred to ovsc.

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When brakes are applied, mostly in wet weather conditions, vehicle does not want to stop. Also brakes make growling noises when brakes are applied. In addition, vehicle has visual problems; headrest , blocks view when looking out of rear window. Problem is with all 4 headrests. Headrest are too wide and high. Possible design flaw. Dealers are aware the problem. Please provide any further deatails.

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The front headrest is too big, disabling the driver's rear vision, which could cause a vehicle crash. Dealer has not seen vehicle.

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