2005 Toyota Camry other reported problems

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When slowly finishing my entry into a parking spot and braking the car suddenly accelerated to a high speed and bolted over the curb with a planter zone into another parked car directly facing my parking lane hitting the front passenger side. My car was still accelerating and hit another car to the left of the first parked car, hitting it in the rear driver side door. My car kept going until I was finally able to get the brake to work and it stopped just before another parking lot curb with planter zone. As far as I can tell the brake and or accelerator malfunctioned dangerously and suddenly. It could also have been a malfunctioning TPS (throttle positioning sensor). I would like my car inspected to determine what caused this malfunction. While everyone involved said they felt fine. One person, in the first car hit, was sitting in the driver seat, luckily no one was in the front passenger seat. That driver said she was ok. The second car was unoccupied. This dangerous incident had no warnings or symptoms prior to the accident. My online research shows that there was a recall that included my make and year for sticky pedal, floormat, and deformed accelerator cable housing. These can cause unintended acceleration or unresponsive pedal. According to the Toyota website my VIN has no outstanding recalls though. I would like my car checked out because any recall repair, if done, may not have been done thoroughly enough to prevent the collision I experienced on September 28, 2025, some 15 years or so after the 2010 recall.

NHTSA complaint #11692979 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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TOYOTA CAMRY 2005 LE SUNROOFPROBLEMS WATER

NHTSA complaint #11415624 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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ON 03/29/20 I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET SHIP AND I HIT A TRUCK. THIS IS MY 1ST ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED SO FAST BUT I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND BOTH FEET WERE ON THE FLOOR AND BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL AFTER I FELT THE ACCELERATION. TOYOTA IS DENYING MY CLAIM.. CAN YOU REVIEW?

NHTSA complaint #11329918 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY I TAKE EVERYDAY AS I WAS MILDLY TURNING WITH THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL SPUNG TO THE LEFT AND THE CAR WENT OUT OD CONTROL SPINNING AND ENDED ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHERE THAN MY CAR STARTED TO FLIP OVER NONE STOP AND THE AIRBAGS DIDNT NOT BURST OR COME OUT.

NHTSA complaint #11232103 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT MINIMAL RATE OF SPEED IN A RESIDENTIAL PARKING LOT. I EXPERIENCED RANDOM ACCELERATION OF MY VEHICLE.DESPITE APPLYING THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING. I TURNED MY VEHICLE INTO A METAL POLE TO KEEP IT FROM TEMPORARILY MOVING FORWARD. DUE TO THE ACCELERATION & FRICTION, THE ASPHALT UNDER THE CAR WAS BURNED, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED AS DID THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. THE ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION.

NHTSA complaint #11052466 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I INITIALLY HAD AN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, BUT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT HAD HAPPENED. I WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE. LATER I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THEN SWITCHED TO DRIVE IN ATTEMPT TO GO FORWARD. THE CAR ACCELERATED W/O MY TOUCHING THE GAS. I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR AND IT PLOWED INTO SEVERAL OTHER CARS. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAD HAPPENED. THE POLICE CAME AND ASSUMED IT WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE AFTER HAVING THIS HAPPEN, I WAS CONFUSED. THEY TOOK THE CAR TO A BODY SHOP THAT DID THE REPAIRS. NO ONE MENTIONED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM W/TOYOTAS. BY THE TIME I HEARD ABOUT SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION (SUA), I CONTACTED TOYOTA. AS THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD ALREADY ARRANGED TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED BEFORE I CALLED, THE INVESTIGATOR SAID THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR AS IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THEN I HAD A 3RD INCIDENT WHERE I'D COME TO A STOP, BUT THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. INITIAL DATE ESTIMATE WAS A GUESSTIMATE FOR MID-OCTOBER ACCELERATION. 11.21.16 WAS THE ACCIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN OVER $7,000 DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND MORE WAS PAID TOWARDS THE CARS I HIT. THE MOST RECENT ACCELERATION WAS JANUARY 16, 2017. TO DATE TOYOTA HAS ON REATTACHED THE CARPETS, SO I AM CONCERNED THIS CAR IS STILL A RISK TO MY LIFE & THAT OF OTHERS.

NHTSA complaint #11001519 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK, BEFORE TURNING OFF, IT ACCELERATED RAPIDLY OUT OF CONTROL. DRIVER WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY ABLE TO STOP. A CONCRETE SLAB AND FENCE WERE CRASHED BY THE OUT OF CONTROL AUTOMOBILE.

NHTSA complaint #10597259 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A BUILDING, THE VEHICLE (2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SL) ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, JUMPING THE CURB, CRASHING INTO THE RAILING AND THE BUILDING WALL. POLICE IMPOUNDED VEHICLE AS IT WAS UNSAFE. IN THE SECONDS PRIOR TO THE CRASH, MY FOOT WAS OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BRAKING BECAUSE I WAS ENTERING THE PARKING SPACE IN THE LOT. VEHICLE IS NOW AT A BODY SHOP AWAITING TO BE FIXED BUT NOT BEFORE THIS IS REPORTED TO TOYOTA.

NHTSA complaint #10318837 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE DRIVING MY CAMRYLE 2005 INTO THE APTOS POST OFFICE PARKING AREA, I APPROACHED A PARKING SPOT AND THE CAR JUMPED THE CURB, HIT A SMALL LIGHT POST AND STOPPED IN THE SOFT WET DIRT PLANTING AREA. THE POST OFFICE PERSONNEL TOOK A REPORT AND PICTURE AND I WAS PULLED OUT BY AAA. I HAD SOME OF MY CAR DAMAGE REPAIRED A FEW MONTHS LATER, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE REASON OF THE MALFUNCTION WAS.

NHTSA complaint #10307435 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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WHILE SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND WITH MY FOOT RESTING ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED AND THE CAR BOLTED FORWARD OF ITS OWN ACCORD. DESPITE EFFORTS TO BRAKE HARD, THE CAR WOULD NOT CEASE TO MOVE FORWARD AND HIT A POLE. NOT UNTIL THE CAR WAS PUT IN REVERSE AND BACKED OUT OF THE POLE DID THE ENGINE STOP. THERE WAS NO CONFUSION DURING THIS INCIDENT OF WHICH PEDAL WAS BEING PUSHED. AS I WAS ALREADY HALF INTO THE SPACE AND HAD STARTED TO DECELERATE, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, NOT THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO, A QUICK CHECK AFTER THE INCIDENT TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS INDEED THE BRAKE THAT I WAS PUSHING PROVED TO BE ACCURATE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING NEARLY TWENTY YEARS WITH NO AT-FAULT ACCIDENTS AND A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD. I HAVE NEVER ONCE DURING THAT TIME MISTOOK THE ACCELERATOR FOR THE BRAKE, AND, EVEN IF THAT WAS THE CASE HERE, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE PUSHED IT SO HARD WHEN I WAS ALREADY HALFWAY INTO A PARKING SPACE THAT IT WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REACT THE WAY IT DID. I AM IN MY MID-THIRTIES AND STILL HAVE ALL OF MY FACULTIES, AS WELL AS A QUICK RESPONSE TIME. FEARING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORM ME, AFTER WHAT THEY CLAIM TO BE EXHAUSTIVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, THAT THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEMS. I WILL TRY TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS I DO NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S DEATH/INJURY WHEN THIS OCCURS AGAIN. MY SISTER AND HER BOYFRIEND, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE TOYOTAS, HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THEIR VEHICLES AS WELL. SHE HAS A 2007 CAMRY AND HE HAS A 2009 MATRIX.

NHTSA complaint #10251064 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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LTR TO SECRETARY REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION OF A FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING HIS MOTHER IN LAW, IN HER 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. *KB THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALL OF THE READINGS OF THE EVENT DATA RECORDER AND WHETHER VEHICLE MALFUNCTION AND/OR VEHICLE CRASH WORTHINESS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA CAUSED BY THE COLLISION. *JB UPDATE UPDATED 9/21/2011

NHTSA complaint #10228389 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE RIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CRASHED INTO SEVEN VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CONTACT INJURED HER ARM. THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE SHE STRUCK SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THAT AN INVESTIGATOR WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,346. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VINYL FLOOR MATS MAY HAVE BECOME CAUGHT UNDER THE GAS PEDAL WHICH CAUSED THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. UPDATED 11/02/07.

NHTSA complaint #10202357 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.