1995 Toyota Camry

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  ENGINE FAILED CAUSING FIRE.

• 12/30/1996· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH.

• 12/29/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY BEGAN TO HAVE DOCUMENTED SIGNS OF OIL SLUDGE DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AROUND 1999. EACH TIME I WOULD HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND ANY REPAIRS MADE TO KEEP MY CAR IN GOOD AND WORKING CONDITION, IT WAS NOTED THAT MY OIL HAD SLUDGE. AT THAT TIME, I KNEW NOTHING OF THE TOYOTA SLUDGE ISSUE. AFTER HAVING THIS DIAGNOSIS A FEW TIMES, I WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A SECOND OPINION SINCE THE "SLUDGE" PROBLEM KEPT RECURRING DESPITE OF REGULAR MAINTENANCE. I WAS TOLD ABOUT TOYOTA MODELS WITH COMPLAINTS OF ENGINE SLUDGE. MY MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED (1995 CAMRY, V4). I HAVE SINCE CONTACTED TOYOTA WITHOUT RECOURSE. I HAVE SPENT OVER 5K TO REBUILD MY ENGINE AND I AM SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM TOYOTA AND PETITIONING TO HAVE MY MODEL AND OTHER TOYOTA MODELS WITH ENGINE OIL SLUDGE TO BE RECALLED. *JB

• 12/28/2009· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED IN MY 1995 6-CYLINDER CAMRY, IT CAN SUDDENLY AND FORCEFULLY APPLY THE ACCELERATOR, JERKING THE VEHICLE FORWARD AND BACKWARD BEFORE DISENGAGING AND NOT REENGAGING UNTIL THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO READ THE ERROR CODE AND ASSURED ME IT WAS NOT DANGEROUS AND REFUSED TO REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY. I SPOKE TO THE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE AND HE TOO REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE WARRANTY WORK. I HAVE NOT USED THE CRUISE CONTROL SINCE AND HAVE ASKED TOYOTA TO RECONSIDER A WARRANTY REPAIR BASED ON RECENT DISCLOSURES OF CONCEALMENT OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TR

• 12/23/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY APPROXIMATELY 20MPH, MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED AND WAS HIT. NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE WERE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS. *AK

• 12/22/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  1995 TOYOTA CAMRY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *TS WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER, REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND PROCEEDED TO OPEN THE HOOD WHEN HE NOTICED FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NM

• 12/22/2000· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS

  PURCHASED USED VEHICLE FROM DEALER AND AIRBAG AND SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHTS ALWAYS ON. *AK

• 12/21/2001· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE: WENT FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE WITHOUT ENGAGING. TOYOTA - SPLIT TRANSMISSION COST - FINDINGS WERE METAL IN TRANSMISSION. FRONT AXLE: CV BOOTS WERE DRYROTTED AND WHOLE AXLE ON FRONT HAD TO BE REPLACED. 2 MOTOR MOUNTS BUSTED - CAR ONLY 6 YEARS OLD.

• 12/21/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40MP. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 12/17/1996· AIR BAGS,SEATSCrash

  THE VEHICLE WAS REARENDED AT 10 MPH, AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT CAME OFF ITS TRACK. ALSO THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

• 12/12/1996· SEAT BELTS

  THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOMETIMES HAS TO BE RESET IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK . *AK

• 12/11/2000· STEERING

  ALL COMPONENTS OF THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM HAVE FAILED. THE RACK IS LEAKING IN 3 PLACES, THE PUMP IS LEAKING AS IS THE HOSE. TOYOTA WILL NOT HELP PAY FOR THIS ($2500). WHY DID THIS SYSTEM FAIL IN ITS ENTIRETY ON A CAR THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY MAINTAINED? *AK

• 12/10/2002· STEERING

  POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING OUT. TOLD BY MECHANIC THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DT

• 12/08/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION. BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED 4-5 TIMES. WHILE DISCONNECTED, KEY WAS RELEASED. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. *AK

• 12/08/2000· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH, VEHICLE STARTED KNOCKING AND LOST POWER, THEN IT STALLED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED WHERE DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHAT WAS THE CAUSE, BUT THEY HAD FOUND METAL PARTICLES IN TRANSMISSION. *AK *SLC

• 12/08/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF, AND KEY WOULD COME OUT OF IGNITION. BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED 4-5 TIMES. WHILE DISCONNECTED, KEY WAS RELEASED. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. *AK

• 12/06/2002· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER FROM BEHIND, PUSHING THE VEHICLE INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIER. TS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE HIT THE CONCRETE WALL HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JG *JB

• 12/05/1999· STEERING

  I ASKED TOYOTA TO EXPLAIN WHY RACK & PINION NEEDED REPLACEMENT WITH ONLY 18,300 MILES ON CAR. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER BECAUSE OF STEERING PROBLEM. TOYOTA WRITTEN ANSWER WAS THAT CAR WAS OVER WARRANTY PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS AND IT WAS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY. I HAD THE RACK & PINION REPLACED IN NOVEMBER AND THEN RECEIVED A RECALL FROM TOYOTA ON DEC 2, L999 THAT SAID A LOOSE NUT ON THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE TIGHTED AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALER. THE SYSTEMS DESCRIBED BY TOYOTA WERE THE SYMPTONS ABOUT STEERING I COMPLAINED ABOUT WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER.

• 12/02/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN UPPER PORTION FROM MAKING CONTACT WITH STEERING CONSOLE. *AK *JB

• 11/30/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS IN AUTO ACCIDENT AND PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY-NO REAL INJURIES. TT

• 11/30/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES GRIND AND CRUNCH AND VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TT

• 11/24/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  OVER A PERIOD OF SITTING, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES RAPIDLY ABNORMAL "CLUNK" IS HEARD. TOYOTA MFG., STATES THIS IS NORMAL AND NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURED RECENTLY, BUT HAS IN THE PAST SEVERAL TIMES.*JB

• 11/23/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  ACCELERATOR STUCK AFTER PVC VALVE REPLACED CAUSED BY CLAMP ON PVC VALVE. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH IN TRAFFIC, NOTICED BRAKES DID NOT STOP CAR. TRIED TO PUMP ACCELERATOR HARD TO RELEASE BUT IT DID NOT WORK. RPM'S REACHED 6000. TRIED PUTTING CAR IN PARK BUT IT STOPPED AT REVERSE. CAR SCREECHED TO HALT AND SQUEALED INTO REVERSE IN LUNCH HOUR TRAFFIC. IMMEDIATELY PUT BACK IN DRIVE. AGAIN SCREACH AND SQUEAL AND GOING FORWARD. AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS TO GET CAR OUT OF GEAR, FINALLY GOT CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND PULLED TO SHOULDER OF ROAD. WHEW! TURNED KEY OFF. CALLED AAA. AAA MECHANIC 'SUPERVISOR' ON TOW TRUCK FOUND ACCELERATOR STUCK ON CLAMP FROM PCV VALVE. AAA 'SUPERVISOR' TURNED CLAMP AND SAID ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT STICK ON IT AGAIN. PVC VALVE HAD BEEN REPLACE AT LAST OIL CHANGE. NOW TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING IN 3RD AND REVERSE. WHILE ON A DOWNWARD HILL WITH CAR IN REVERSE, ROLLED FORWARD. CAR JERKS AROUND 45MPH. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR $1800-3200 (REBUILT VS. NEW). NOW NOTICE THAT STEERING COLUMN COVER RATTLES WHILE DRIVING? *AK

• 11/20/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

• 11/19/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN BRAKING THERE IS A LOUD CLUNCKING SOUND. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR TO A TOYOTA REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WERE SLIPPING AND THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THIS WAS THE BRAKE DEIGN. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CONSTANT SLIPPING WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN THE BRAKES. THUS, ENDANGERING ANYONE IN THE CAR.

• 11/15/2002· STRUCTURE

  THE INSIDE PLASTIC DOOR HANDLE SNAPPED OFF. TS *JB

• 11/14/2002· STEERING

  WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE STEERING FELL OFF. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

• 11/12/1997· TIRES

  GENERAL TIRES (P-195/70R14) FAILED, SPLIT IN TIRES.

• 11/10/2010· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BY HIMSELF ALTHOUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID RESPOND. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 243,447.

• 11/10/2004· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  WHILE DRIVING ON THE 190-N APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM MY HOME, MY HOOD DID POP OPEN AND WAS EJECTED FROM MY VEHICLE TRAVELING ABOUT 100 FEET STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION CAUSING DAMAGE TO SAME. MY MECHANIC DID STATE THAT THE LATCH WAS EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN RUST. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND INVESTIGATE AS TO THE REASON MY LATCH DID NOT WORK RELEASING MY HOOD. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED MANY FATALITIES HAD IT BEEN A BUSY WEEK DAY. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD SON, THANK GOD I KEPT A CLEAR HEAD AND WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE PULLING IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT DID STOP AVOIDING THE HOOD FROM STRIKING HIS WINDSHIELD BY INCHES DEFINITELY SAVING HIS LIFE. I NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

• 11/09/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NOISY BRAKES. *SKD

• 11/08/2000· TIRES

  PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED SLIGHT VIBRATION . RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. HE CONTACTED FIRESTONE, TIRE WASN'T ON RECALL.*AK

• 11/08/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VISIBILITY,TIRES

  ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, WHEN BRAKES APPLIED NOTICED NOISY AND LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. TT PASSENGER SEAT FAILURE. WINDOW SQUEAKS WHEN WINDING IT DOWN. VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED TWO FLAT TIRES, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION. *SLC

• 11/06/2001· AIR BAGSCrash

  WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20MPH AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT WHILE PULLING TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE HAD STOPPED. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG HAD A DELAYED DEPLOYMENT AND NOT ALL THE WAY OUT.*AK

• 11/06/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL TANK LEAKS FROM TOP, AND THE GASOLINE POURS ONTO EXHAUST PIPE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

• 11/06/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. *AK

• 11/05/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  METALLIC BRAKE LINES; THE BRAKES SQUEAK WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL *AK

• 11/05/1996· AIR BAGS

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HIT A ROCK UNDER THE VEHICLE AND MADE THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK

• 11/04/1997· EQUIPMENT

  SPEAKER FAILED.

• 11/02/2012· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD ROARING SOUND FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,223 UPDATED 12/19/12 *CN UPDATED 01/09/13

• 11/01/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN PEDAL BECOME SPONGY AND GOES DOWN TOO FAR, THEN CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD, BRAKE ACTION SEEMS INEFFECTIVE. TT

• 10/30/2007· STEERING

  I HAVE A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY THE STEERING IN IT IS NOT WORKING WELL I FOUND OUT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THAT PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL . BUT I CANT GET TOYOTA TO REPAIR IT. *TR

• 10/30/2002· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND THE AIR BAG COULD BE INOPERATIVE IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 10/29/2018· UNKNOWN OR OTHERFire

  MY COUSIN PURCHASED A USED 1995 CAMRY LAST YEAR AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SHE NOTICED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SMOKING SO SHE RACED TO PULL OVER ONE BLOCK FURTHER FROM WHERE IT STARTED & AT THE STOPPING POINT AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN IT GULFED IN FLAMES. 2 KIDS IN BACK SEAT SHE DOES EVERY EFFORT TO SAVE THEM. HOWEVER THE NOTORIOUS DOOR HANDLES INSIDE AND OUT WERE BROKEN SHE HAD TO PRAY TO GET POWER BACK ON ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN AND GRAB THE EXTERIOR BROKEN HANDLE TO EXIT. DURING THIS PROCESS SHE IS ON FIRE BUT EXITS TO SAVE THE CHILDREN UNHARMED. MY COUSIN IS SEVERELY BURNED ON HER ONE ARM BODY AND LEGS. BEYOND REPAIR OF SATISFACTION BUT SHE DEALS WITH THE SUFFER. THE DEALER IS REFUSING COMPENSATION.

• 10/29/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN I WENT TO HAVE MY CAR INSPECTED, THE SERVICE TECH SAID THAT IT WOULDN'T PASS AND ASKED IF I HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT I WANTED TO TAKE IT TO. I TOOK IT TOO MEINEKE AND HE SAID THAT THE PIPE GOING INTO MY CONVERTER WENT AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE PIPE AND CONVERTER. HE SAID THAT IT WAS RELATIVELY COMMON FOR MY CAR. I HAVE A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY AND IT HAD A LITTLE OVER 29,000 MILES ON IT. *JB

• 10/29/2001· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT WILL STALL, VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY STARTED, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IDLE CONTROL VALVE WAS FAULTY. *AK *YD

• 10/29/2000· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY

• 10/26/2000· STEERING

  CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE STEERING REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 99V307000. DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART IN STOCK. CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE 2 MONTHS TO GET VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK

• 10/25/2001· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AND WITHOUT COLLISION OCCURRING DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/25/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONTAL COLLISION, 25-35 MPH. TT