Side/rear Glass Problems of Toyota Camry - part 1

On August 11, 2014, while driving in a rainstorm on interstate 20 in mississippi, I heard something hard strike the windshield. A moment later I saw a crack abruptly run from the edge towards the middle of the windshield directly in front of the driver seat. The crack had traveled about 12 inches before stopping. I inspected the windshield when we arrived home and discovered that something struck the unprotected edge of the glass. On all vehicles I've driven to date (including our 2008 Toyota yaris) the vulnerable windshield edges are protected with trim or gaskets but not on our 2014 Camry. At first we thought that edge protectors were missing from our vehicle but we inspected all the Camrys at our dealership and found that all have exposed windshield edges. Exposed windshield edges are very dangerous. Roadways are littered and contain construction debris (gravel, metal and other materials) that could strike a car when driven over and launched into traffic. While safety glass will absorb a great deal of impact, its integrity is compromised when cracked such as what happened to my 2014 Camry. Any sharp strike to the edge of glass will cause a crack to develop that could result in complete windshield failure. More importantly, a sudden crack will startle a driver and may result in their losing control of their vehicle. This condition is a serious threat to all drivers on the road. I utilized the Toyota 3-tier complaint process without success. The Toyota company does not believe this deficiency is a serious safety concern according to my personal conversation with their complaint department. Toyota should voluntarily recall all it's vehicles with similar exposed windshield edges and apply a protective edge guard. They should also repair damaged windshields that are caused by strikes to the vulnerable edges.

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Driving down i35 when I heard a loud boom and smelled a burning rubber smell and realized my back passenger window shattered on drivers side. The dealer ship nor Toyota show any interest in hearing about the issue or taking responsibility. I had to repair out of my pocket. Thankful my daughter was not in the back seat and only I was in the vehicle.

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Weather stripping on all doors doesn't touch the glass, creates a hazard not being able to see out the side windows. Water is getting inside of the door. No response from Toyota yet. Updated 01/23/lj this filed complaint has worsened as winter has set in. Drive is completely blinded, by windows and driver and passenger side can't be cleared be rolling down and rolling up the windows to clear the rain and snow. The weather strip didn't even touch the glass on any of the four doors. Updated 01/23/14.

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Both the sun visor on the driver's side and passenger side have broken. They flop down and won't stay up. The driver side visor hung right in the line of sight of the driver. I had to hold it up with my left hand while driving so that I could see, until I could drive home and remove it. Both visors have been removed, which causes another hazard of sun glare for the driver. Sunglasses alone do not block the sun well enough. I still become blinded by the sun and have to block the sun with my hand. Very hazardous. Dealerships are charging around $175 per visor. At the very minimum, Toyota needs to replace the visors at their cost of the visor with free labor.

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The driver's side sun visor made a cracking noise, and then came down, and stayed in the down position, causing us to have to bend our heads down to see out the window and enduring the visor hitting us in the face and head. Two days later while lowering the passenger side sun visor, the entire thing, with the clips fell to the floor. Toyota refuses to do anything about this. There should be a recall, as this is a safety issue-because even wearing sun glasses there is a lot of glare. When the first one broke, I went to the dealer(penn Toyota, roslyn NY) who told me that the car is no longer on warranty-3 years, 36,000 miles which is technically true as the car was bought in may 2008, but has 33,000 miles, and that the repair would cost $150. 00. I didn't do it there, but instead brought the car to my own mechanic, railroad auto care in syosset, where it also cost $150. 00. The passenger side visor has not yet been fixed-I have to decide what to do. $300 for two sun visors is a lot of money. Please order a recall-the mechanic says that the clips that hold the sun visor are of poor design, and the dealer's he has spoken with are seeing a lot of this problem. This should be subject to a recall. Updated ivoq 11/29/11.

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Drivers side visor will not stay up-it flops down. Safety hazard to drive-removed, but now blinded by the sun even with sunglasses on.

Driver side sun visor began to droop and would not stay in upward or downward position. Finally had to remove visor in order to see while driving. Now have no visor, and sun glasses do not always provide enough protection from the sun to see while driving. This is a major driving hazard. . . . Especially for someone with light-sensitive eyes. The visor is too costly to replace easily for some people.

Sun visor on driver's side stopped working. For about a year before it stopped, it would make a loud cracking sound anytime I adjusted it. Now it is hanging straight down and impairing my vision. I tied it to the grab bar above my door with cable ties (very attractive!), and it is totally unusable. Driving with the sun in my eyes is not safe and I have good quality sunglasses. I drive east in the am to work and west in the pm home. I can't avoid the sun.

The driver and passenger sun visors do not stay in place when not in use. The hazard is that when a person enters the car, the sun visor hits his or her head if they are not careful. Also, because the sun visor is lower than most normal sun visors, it blocks the driver's view somewhat. I have a 2007 Toyota Camry and I've had trouble ever since I bought this car brand new in 2007. To correct this failure, I have tied the sun visor with duct tape, and connected it to the top handle and the eye glass tray (at the top middle of the car cabin). If I have to use the visor for sun, it constantly swings and is a distraction while driving. Therefore, I wear sunglasses for this defect.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that when the driver closed the driver side door, she heard a pop noise. The driver then noticed that there was a hole in the back window. The driver drove the vehicle home and more glass then dropped out of it as she drove over bumps in the road. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the dealer took pictures of the window. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was 4,442. The failure mileage was approximately 4,410.

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I drive a 2010 Toyota Camry with about 7500 miles. At about 11:20 a. M. Today my rear window exploded as I stopped at a traffic light on arlington mill road in arlington, va. When the explosion occurred I did not know what it was and looked around for the source. When I looked to the rear I saw the window in fragments. I saw no one around me although there may have been several vehicles stopped at the light behind me. They all drove around and continued on when the light changed. I crossed the light to not hold up traffic and then called aaa to determine what to do. I take product pictures of products I market over the internet and had a camera with me, so I took several pictures. I did not call the police as I could see no one who might have fired a gun or thrown a stone. Aaa advised that I should not drive the car as it was not safe to other drivers if shattered glass flew off into the road way. I also did not want to drive or in any way disturb the vehicle prior to examination by the dealer. The temperature was 82 degrees and the ac was on. Also, the side windows have been tinted dark as I had intended to use the vehicle for a livery service. There is no tint on the front and rear windows. I received the customer satisfaction number (1-800-331-4331) to call Toyota, have called several times only to be placed on hold for significant periods of time.

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Husband, daughter and myself got into our 2010 Camry, when our daughter closed her rear door, we heard a cracking noise and turned around to see the back windshield shattered and a huge hole in the middle. There was glass scattered all over the back seat. Luckily our daughter was not injured. There was no rock, branch or thrown object as a cause of the shattering. Car was parked in driveway. Had been driving car earlier in the day with no problems. Temperature outside roughly 40 degrees and car had just been turned on.

2006 Toyota solara xle convertible passenger window exploded and shattered when passing a medium-sized truck on a smooth clean highway at 70 mph. No indication of object thrown by truck as window exploded shortly after the window was forward of the trucks front bumper. Normal highway width spacing with no convergence of the vehicles. All windows were up, convertible top secured up and air-conditioning on. Window safety glass performed well as no long shards or sharp edges were formed.

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Driver side sun visor on 2007 Toyota Camry will not stay up. I took it off so I will not have an obstructed view of the road. But now I need some sunglasses.

I am the author of consumer complaint: odi case number: 10253724, relating to sun glare on my 2004 solara. About 5,000 miles ago I purchased black felt from a local fabric store and covered the top portion of the dash board, where the sun hits, using double sided tape. It is now like looking through new glass. There is no more glare, even now in the middle of summer. I still believe Toyota should make some type of dash cover available, though.

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Having problems with the windshield. I guess you can call it windshield bubbles. Real bad at sunrise and at sunset. Kind of looks like hair spray residue on the windshield. Waiting for the factory rep. To look at it. Looks like it is embedded in the glass. Not a clear view when driving into the sun.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the mounting clips on the driver's side window failed, which caused the windows to fall down into the door. The current mileage was 42,650 and failure mileage was 42,632. Update 10/01/08 updated 10/02/08.

My 2000 Toyota Camry 4 door sedan was parked in a nature park parking lot at 4:30 p. M. With the driver's side windows facing the sun, west. Within thirty minutes, the two windows shattered to pieces. Police were called, nothing taken or disturbed inside vehicle. Police determined no foul play and windows shattered due to heat/defects. Police agency is broward county sheriff's office, broward county, florida, dania beach branch, officer demerritte #11724, report number dn08-07-01142. Glass debris cleaned up and windows replaced at owner's expense on July 14, 2008 at expse for both windows of $365 including tinting, by alpha window and glass 3201 ne 2nd Ave. Oakland park, florida. Alpha personnel said they receive a lot of Toyota heat breakage window work.

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The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry. While driving at any speed, there is a glare in the rear window that hinders the contact's visibility. She called the manufacturer and was informed that it was not a vehicle safety defect, but rather a design flaw. The contact purchased some black fabric and laid it across the inside of the window, which remedied the failure. The failure mileage was 800 and current mileage was 1,000. Updated 6/16/08 updated.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. While driving and looking into the rear view mirror, the contact noticed that the rear view mirror and/or the rear glass causes distortions. The mirror and/or glass causes the objects in view to appear to move up and down, backwards and forwards. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The speed was unknown. The current mileage was 1,940 and failure mileage was 800. Updated 01-10-08. Updated 01/08/08.

The screws that hold the glass in all the windows of the car are loose and therefore the windows do not operate.

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07 Toyota Camry--transmission failures and wind like noise at all times on the driver's side window. The consumer stated there is a transmission failure when shifting from reverse to drive with a 3-5 second pause before drive engages and a sudden lunge. Updated 09/25/07.

The rear top corners of both front door windows are chipping and starting to crack. This has occurred in the past month. There has been no accidents or damage done to the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. While looking out of the rear view mirror, the contact noticed a reflection that decreased the visibility out of the rear window. He believed that the shade in the rear caused the failure. The dealer was unable to correct the failure. The failure mileage was 15 and current mileage was 3,000. Updated 10/11/07.

: the contact stated while driving 40mph, the vehicle was struck by another vehicle in the right passenger side door and the passenger side door glass shattered onto the occupant. Additionally, the airbags did not deploy. The contact was wearing a seatbelt, but minor injuries were sustained. There was moderate damage to the vehicle. The police were alerted and a report was taken at the scene. The vehicle was towed to the body repair shop for inspection of the damage by an insurance adjustor. The manufacturer was not alerted.

: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked in front of the house, another vehicle passed by setting off the car alarm. After entering the vehicle to turn off the alarm, the contact shut the driver's side door. Upon shutting the door, the rear windshield imploded on the inside of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealership where Toyota determined a stone must have hit the vehicle's rear windshield causing the windshield to implode. The dealership also informed the contact the rear windshield did not have a protective coating. The contact contends that if a stone can compromise the integrity of the rear windshield, this is safety defect in the vehicle. Updated 06/23/06- the consumer requested rental reimbursement.

My car was parked, temp was under 70 deg. The rear window glass spontaneously shattered and exploded into thousands of pieces, shooting glass up to 10 feet away.

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The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the front driver's side window would not go up, and now the rear passenger side window's will not go up. The vehicle is currently not under warranty and he was informed that the repairs would be his responsibility. The current mileage was 125,000 and failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 03-04-08.

2005 Toyota Camry. Consumer sent additional correspondence related to transmission and driver side window issues. Note consumer has previous correspondence in the system under odi 10186844 the consumer stated while test driving the vehicle with the technician, the transmission hesitated on acceleration and slipped a few times. After waiting for the vehicle for about 45 minutes, the technician could not find anything wrong.

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On one occasion the glass window on the driver's side fell off track causing window to malfunction.

Consumer's vehicle rpms went to the red zone. Consumer pulled over and parked, and driver's side window would not go up. Aaa arrived, and vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that transmission was defective it was repaired at consumer's expense. Consumer found similar complaints on the website. The vehicle spun in a 360 degree turn on three separate occasions before it reached 24,000 miles. Consumer changed tires from the tires Toyota provided to a michelin tire and the spinning stopped. On July 12, 2004 the transmission was slipping and had to go in for service. . In 2002 the rear seatbelt on the passenger side was stuck. The consumer had it repaired at her expense. The customer would like Toyota to reimburse her for their share of the expenses occurred due to this pre-mature defect. * tc.

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.

Rear driver's side window spontaneously exploded while driving.

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Driver & passenger's side window makes rattling/bumping sounds when opened or closed . Also, when car is carrying 4 adults. The vehicle suspension sags to a point where the tail pipe and possibly the fuel tank, occasionally comes in contact with the road while the vehicle is in motion or when vehicle rolling over the smallest speed bump or exiting driveway.

On two occasions the glass window on the driver's side fell off track causing window to malfunction.