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1994 Toyota Camry

Complaints: 287Avg mileage: 121,838 miSince: Jan 1995
8 deathsCrashFire51 injured

Problem Areas

Air Bags:Frontal
27
Vehicle Speed Control
23
Engine: Gasoline
21
Steering: Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
20
Air Bags
15
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components
14
Power Train:Automatic Transmission
14
Engine and Engine Cooling:Engine
12
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
10
Suspension:Front
8

Complaints Over Time

Recent Complaints

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
80,000 miMay 20, 2010ST PAUL, MN
1 deathCrash2 injured

* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE INTO AN INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE UP ON A CURB WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. THE CONTACT WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH AND TWO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WHO HAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY DRIVEN THE VEHICLE. SHE CONFIRMED THAT SHE TOO HAD EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000. UPDATED 06/03/10*BF UPDATED 08/30/10 UPDATE 9/19/2011*CW

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Jun 6, 2002QUITMAN, MS
1 deathCrash2 injured

(LAWYER ON BEHALF OF DECEASED VEHICLE OWNER WILMA RAHAIM) PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT FULLY INFLATE IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE PASSENGER, THERE WAS ALSO 2 INJURIES. *JG

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
May 16, 1995HOLMDEL, NJ
3 deathsCrash3 injured

IN A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION THE VEHICLE BROKE IN HALF, AND ALL THE OCCUPANTS WERE THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE WEARING SEAT BELTS. TT

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Apr 1, 2010HENDERSON, NV
2 deathsCrash

1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES DISCONTENT REGARDING A FATAL ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WONDERS IF DEFECTS WERE THE CAUSE. *TGW THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT RAN OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A REINFORCED WALL.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Aug 3, 1995BOCA RATON, FL
1 deathCrash

IN ACCIDENT AT 40MPH AT 1:00/2:00 POSITION AND DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

SERVICE BRAKES
Nov 1, 2017ROSAMOND, CA
Crash2 injured

"TAKATA RECALL" MY BRAKES WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A DIRT ROAD TO GET HOME. INSTEAD I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A DITCH. MY AIRBAGS INFLATED. NOW MY MUFFLER SOUNDS LIKE ITS RATTLED AND A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE ALWAYS OCCUR WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE NO EXTERIOR DAMAGE DUE TO THE CRASH. ONLY INTERNAL AND PRIOR TO THIS, MY BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME OFF AND ON. I WAS TOLD THAT IT JUST MEANT THAT MY BRAKE SENSOR HAD A GLITCH. OTHER THAN THAT MY BREAKS WORKED JUST FINE WITH NO WARNING SIGNS OF THEM GOING OUT SOONER.

AIR BAGS
Mar 12, 2015CHARLESTOWN, NH
Crash1 injured

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID ON BLACK ICE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL AND FLIPPED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A HEAD, SHOULDER, AND SPINAL INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Sep 4, 2014HARRISBURG, PA
Crash1 injured

PRESS GAS PEDAL IT JAM CAR SUDDEN ACCELERATION JUMP UP TO 65 MPH. MAKING CAR SIDE HIT OTHER CAR AND THEN CRASH INTO GARAGE. CAR IS TOTAL DESTROY, WALK AWAY FROM ACCIDENT, BUT WITH INJURY AT FACE, NECK, SHOULDER AND BACK. LITE INJURY TO CHEST AND LEG/KNEECAP. *TR

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
107,077 miMar 5, 2010HINGHAM, MA
Crash1 injured

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MPH WHEN CHANGING LANES, SHE FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE AND SHE HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY .THERE IS A POLICE REPORT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES. THE FAILURE WAS 107,077. UPDATED EVOQ 08/30/10*JB

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Feb 20, 2009SALEM, OR
Crash1 injured

1994 TOYOTA CAMRY HAD BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE SPED UP INSTEAD OF STOPPING AND WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS REAR ENDED SO SEVERELY, IT CAUSED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL TO PROTRUDE THROUGH THE BACK SEAT. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THEY FAILED AND CONSEQUENTLY HE HIT AN ELECTRIC POST. A REPORT FROM THE MECHANIC STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD JAMMED AND THE BRAKE LINKAGE WAS COMPLETE, BUT NOT MOVABLE AND ALSO JAMMED. *JB UPDATED 04/12/10

AIR BAGS
Jan 28, 2003KOLOA, HI
Crash2 injured

THE VEHICLE WAS IN A LOW IMPACT COLLISION WHERE A SMALL FEMALE PASSENGER WAS INJURED BY AN AIR BAG. (SEVERE TRAUMA TO FACE, EYE, RIGHT HAND, CHEST/POSSIBLE PERMANENT EYE INJURY AND DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION IN HAND/ 3 FRACTURES-2 FACE-1 HAND) THE SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY-DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE. SCC

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
May 17, 2001TROY, MI
Crash1 injured

I WAS DRIVING ON I-75, SUDDENLY THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL, I APPLIED ON THE BRAKE, IT DID NOT STOP, I WAS STRUGGLING BEC. THERE ARE CARS BEFORE & BEHIND , & TO MY RIGHT, I THEN ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TO THE LEFT SHOULDER, & IN THE PROCESS HIT THE CEMENT WALL AT ABOUT 60 M, SUSTAINING CHEST CONTUSION & WAS RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. *AK

AIR BAGS
Oct 2, 2000BROOKHAVEN, PA
Crash2 injured

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY, AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSED BURNS, MULTIPLE CUTS, AND BRUISES TO BOTH PEOPLE IN VEHICLE, CONSUMER FEELS PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF WANTING AIRBAGS IN THEIR VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO FEELS IF THERE WERE NO AIRBAGS IN HIS VEHICLE HE AND THE PASSENGER WOULD HAVE GONE UNHARMED. *SLC

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Nov 23, 1998CENTERVILLE, VA
Crash2 injured

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR, THE DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *ML

AIR BAGS
Jun 9, 1998NORTH BELL, NY
Crash1 injured

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTING IN BURNS TO FACE AND ARM.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Oct 16, 1997LOVELAND, CO
Crash1 injured

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE PROBLEMS DO TO THE ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK TOYOTA REFUSED TO DO AN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SEE THE DAMAGED VEHICLE PRIOR TO REPAIRS. *SLC

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Jun 16, 1997WAYNESBORO, VA
Crash1 injured

WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN (35) MPH BOTH OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO RUN INTO THE BACK END OF A TRUCK. DRIVER'S FACE WAS INJURED IN CRASH. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

AIR BAGS
Jun 9, 1997DOBBS FERRY, NY
Crash1 injured

BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN A MINOR COLLISION, ALSO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING BREAST INJURY/SCRAPES IN FACE.

AIR BAGS
Mar 6, 1997MIAMI, FL
Crash1 injured

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Dec 23, 1996WINTER, CA
Crash1 injured

WHILE DRIVING REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HE SAID THAT THE AIR BAG TRIED TO DEPLOY BUT FAILED FOR SOME REASON. *AK

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