2015 TOYOTA CAMRY — Complaint #1609865
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT filed October 7, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1609865 (ODI reference 11266772) concerns a 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY and was filed on October 7, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 26, 2019. The vehicle had 45,296 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA CAMRY cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS CHANGING HIS TIRE, HE NOTICED THAT THE HANDLE FOR THE JACK WAS TOO SHORT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED REMOVING THE LUG NUTS TO REPLACE THE TIRE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THEM DUE TO THE SHORT HANDLE. SOUTH COAST TOYOTA (1966 HARBOR BLVD, COSTA MESA, CA 92627, (949) 722-2000) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE JACK THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD NEED AN EXTENSION TOOL TO USE THE JACK PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,296.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1609865 |
| ODI Number | 11266772 |
| Date Filed | October 7, 2019 |
| Failure Date | September 26, 2019 |
| VIN | 4T1BF1FK1FU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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