Steering Is Tight Problems of Toyota Camry

Steering is stiff and hard at times. Power steering was looked at by family mechanic. This is a serious issue and needs to be addressed ASAP.

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When turning at slow speeds the steering wheel goes from tight to loose as you make a turn. When driving down the road the steering wheel feels really tight and hard to turn. This issue started at 37,429 miles, which is conveniently 1,429 out of the warranty period.

Have noise in the power steering control module. Steering is hard and dangerous.

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The steering wheel gets hard to move and appears that the electrical system turns off while driving, yet car continues going. But when this happens, steering wheel is hard to move and radio, a. C. Goes off while everything else is on motion and mainly while turning, it has happened multiple times. The first times about 2 years ago, but never again, then it started happening again this last 2 weeks. However, yesterday it happened more than 10 times in 1 hour, very scary. My husband took it yo the dealer las week and was told there is no recall yet, on the internet we found hundreds of cars Camry reported with same problem. Is scary.

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I was driving 2012 Camry le at 55 mph and suddenly heard a pop and found power steering warning light came on the dash and stayed for more than 10 seconds. During that time the steering was hard to rotate and also the radio lost power. When the eps light gone the steering was easy and radio started working. Since it was night, around 11. 30 pm, not may cars were there, luckily nothing happened. It was scary that if it would happen during rush hour. I am scare to drive this car. I have to take this car to Toyota dealer to check this out.

2007 Toyota Camry le the steering wheel is sticking or binding when turned both left and right. The steering wheel will not return to center by itself. This was confirmed by mike calvert service director grant miles. On service ticket tocs 224493 there remarks were test drove vehicle and could not feel a pull any direction checked alignment specs and specs were at factory settings related to steering issue. . . ,and felt at full turn to the left or right, the wheel would not rotate back when going forward. . . When going in reverse with the s/wheel turned all the way left or right the s/wheel does retract as it is supposed to. . . During normal turning left or right the s/wheel does retract as it is supposed to. . . It's only when the s/wheel is turned fully left or right the steering will not retract. . . . We concluded that the issues described by are a normal characteristic of this year and model vehicle. Mike calvert admits making my car worst than it was before I bought the car in for service. The steering wheel now sticks in both left and right turns and at low speeds the tires feel like I have an flat. I have had tires replaced because fred haas told me that the steering wheel sticking was because of my tires, they alignment was out of specs. I feel that is a unsafe condition and need to be addressed. Toyota customer service was of no help. I have been to three dealership for this problem. All have the same answer bad tires, alignment, and normal condition for your car steering wheel to stick and your car will do circles when low speed turning without your hand on the wheel. Two Toyota tech. Have been in the car when this is happen. There response was normal to do that. The service director has noted that this is happening both left and right full turns. My car was only sticking to the left before taking it to mike calvert Toyota.

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The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the steering wheel shaft failed because of the bearings and caused the steering wheel to feel extremely tight. The dealer stated that the steering wheel could lock while driving. The steering column, steering assembly and the bearings were replaced at the owners expense. The failure and current mileages were approximately 26,000. Updated 8/25/10 updated 08/27/10 updated 08/30/jb.

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The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the steering wheel shaft failed and caused the steering wheel to feel tight because of the wheel bearings. The dealer stated that the steering wheel could lock while driving. The steering column, steering assembly and the bearings were replaced at no cost to the owner. The failure and current mileages were approximately 38,000. Updated 8/25/10 updated 08/27/10 updated 08/30/10.

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Recently I brought my 04 Camry to my dealer because of sulfur smell and rattle at light acceleration. The dealer verified the problems and replaced the converter and intake manifold according to the tsbs. They said they also had to re-program the ecm. Then after I picked up the car, I found everything is harder: the acceleration, steering, and braking. I found it is hard to maintain a speed whether on local or highway. On may 28,2005, while I drove the car on highway with 4 persons sitting in the car (including me), I found the steering was very hard and felted like it was locked, and I found it is very hard to accelerate to hwy speed and hard to maintain it. I brought the car to the dealer again on may 31. After having a technician test drove it, they told me it was similar to other Camrys (normal) and wouldn't want to solve my problem. I believe they never tried to reproduce my problem (by having more people sitting in the car). I think this problem is a safty issue so I file complaint with NHTSA. I also feel the car doesn't shift right and engine is noiser after the convert/intake change and re-programming.

Problem with anti-lock brakes. I have had two occurrence. One while driving through my resident parking lot at a speed of 10 miles per hour, I applied the brakes. I heard a grinding sound of the brakes. My hands was blasted off the steering wheel and I felt a hard thump in the seat which eject me toward the ceiling of my car. I lost control of the car. I ended up facing the rear of the car near driver door. The second incident occurred while driving to work in the snow. I was driving 20 mile per hour and applied the brakes. The same thing happened as mention before. Hands blasted off steering wheel, hard thump in seat, and ejection out of the driver set. Had Toyota to repair brakes at cost of nearly $450. I never got an explanation of why my hands were blasted off the steering wheel or the hard thump in the seat which lead to me being ejected out of the seat. The parking lot was smooth surface, so I did not hit a bump.

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Steering wheel is very hard to maneuver, only in wet conditions is steering normal. Dealer is aware, and will only repair under rainy conditions.

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