1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA
109 complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints by Component
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | 16 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 6 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 5 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 5 |
| SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT | 4 |
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 4 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 4 |
| SEAT BELTS | 3 |
| EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | 3 |
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | 3 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 3 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 3 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 2 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 2 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | 2 |
Recent Complaints
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,600.
Mileage: 170,600
I WAS AT A STANDSTILL AND REARENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND HE DID NOT BRAKE. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE NOR DID THE AIRBAGS. BOTH CARS TOTALED. TRUNK HOOD POPPED, ALSO REAR PANELS BENT. I SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY EITHER ON WINDSHIELD OR STEERING WHEEL . MY FIRM BELIEF IS THE SEATBELT SHOULD HAVE ENGAGED AND AVOIDED THE HEAD INJURY. *TR
Mileage: 117,000
I WAS AT A STANDSTILL AND REARENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND HE DID NOT BRAKE. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE NOR DID THE AIRBAGS. BOTH CARS TOTALED. TRUNK HOOD POPPED, ALSO REAR PANELS BENT. I SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY EITHER ON WINDSHIELD OR STEERING WHEEL . MY FIRM BELIEF IS THE SEATBELT SHOULD HAVE ENGAGED AND AVOIDED THE HEAD INJURY. *TR
Mileage: 117,000
CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AT A SLOW SPEED...BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR... AVOIDED HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND PEDESTRIAN AND THEN HIT A TREE NEAR A HOME. CAR WAS TOWED BY AAA TO A AAA SERVICE SHOP.... MARATHON- WESTERN/TOUGHY WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED BOTH BRAKE LINES FAILED... RUSTED THROUGH AND THEY SEE THIS CONDITION ALOT WITH TOYOTA'S OF THIS AGE AS THE BRAKE LINES ARE COVERED UP BY A PLATE THAT TRAPS SALT AND MOISTURE. TOYOTA CLAIMS CONTACTED AND DENIED ANY
Mileage: 113,000
CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AT A SLOW SPEED...BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR... AVOIDED HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND PEDESTRIAN AND THEN HIT A TREE NEAR A HOME. CAR WAS TOWED BY AAA TO A AAA SERVICE SHOP.... MARATHON- WESTERN/TOUGHY WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED BOTH BRAKE LINES FAILED... RUSTED THROUGH AND THEY SEE THIS CONDITION ALOT WITH TOYOTA'S OF THIS AGE AS THE BRAKE LINES ARE COVERED UP BY A PLATE THAT TRAPS SALT AND MOISTURE. TOYOTA CLAIMS CONTACTED AND DENIED ANY
Mileage: 113,000
CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AT A SLOW SPEED...BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR... AVOIDED HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND PEDESTRIAN AND THEN HIT A TREE NEAR A HOME. CAR WAS TOWED BY AAA TO A AAA SERVICE SHOP.... MARATHON- WESTERN/TOUGHY WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED BOTH BRAKE LINES FAILED... RUSTED THROUGH AND THEY SEE THIS CONDITION ALOT WITH TOYOTA'S OF THIS AGE AS THE BRAKE LINES ARE COVERED UP BY A PLATE THAT TRAPS SALT AND MOISTURE. TOYOTA CLAIMS CONTACTED AND DENIED ANY
Mileage: 113,000
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING INTO STARVED ROCK NATIONAL PARK IN ILLINOIS AROUND 4 P.M. ON AUGUST 20TH, 2014. SHE DRIVING ON THE ENTRANCE DRIVE AT THE SPEED OF 10 MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED RAMPING UP IN SPEED CAUSING THE MY DAUGHTER TO START BRAKING. THE CAR CONTINUED GAINING SPEED AND THE BRAKES WERE UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS THE CAR WAS GOING FASTER, MY DAUGHTER ENTERED THE PARKS VISITOR CENTER PARKING LOT. WHILE STILL TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, MY DAUGHTER HIT A PARKED CAR TO THE RIGHT
Mileage: 73,451
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING INTO STARVED ROCK NATIONAL PARK IN ILLINOIS AROUND 4 P.M. ON AUGUST 20TH, 2014. SHE DRIVING ON THE ENTRANCE DRIVE AT THE SPEED OF 10 MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED RAMPING UP IN SPEED CAUSING THE MY DAUGHTER TO START BRAKING. THE CAR CONTINUED GAINING SPEED AND THE BRAKES WERE UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS THE CAR WAS GOING FASTER, MY DAUGHTER ENTERED THE PARKS VISITOR CENTER PARKING LOT. WHILE STILL TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, MY DAUGHTER HIT A PARKED CAR TO THE RIGHT
Mileage: 73,451
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING INTO STARVED ROCK NATIONAL PARK IN ILLINOIS AROUND 4 P.M. ON AUGUST 20TH, 2014. SHE DRIVING ON THE ENTRANCE DRIVE AT THE SPEED OF 10 MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED RAMPING UP IN SPEED CAUSING THE MY DAUGHTER TO START BRAKING. THE CAR CONTINUED GAINING SPEED AND THE BRAKES WERE UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS THE CAR WAS GOING FASTER, MY DAUGHTER ENTERED THE PARKS VISITOR CENTER PARKING LOT. WHILE STILL TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, MY DAUGHTER HIT A PARKED CAR TO THE RIGHT
Mileage: 73,451
BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED... HAD TO RUN CAR INTO CURB AND INTO TREE BEFORE A CAR WAS HIT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE OR PARKED CARS. MECHANIC NOTED BOTH BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING COMPLETE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHICH APPARENTLY HAPPENS ALOT ON THIS AGE OF TOYOTA BECAUSE OF DESIGN OF COVERING BRAKE LINES TRAPPING IN SALT AND MOISTURE LEADING TO FAILURE. RESULT OF ACCIDENT WAS TO REPLACE BOTH BRAKE LINES FROM TO BACK AND BODY WORK TO REPAIR VEHICLE SO IT WAS DRIVABLE. *TR
Mileage: 125,000
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE HOOD OPENED UP AND CRASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE HOOD WILL NOT DROP BACK DOWN. I TRIED TO GET THE DOOR WINDOWS DOWN AND THE POWER WINDOWS WERE STUCK. I BRAKED HARD AND USED THE REAR VIEW MIRROR TO PULL OVER. I HAD GLASS CHIPS ALL OVER ME AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT. ONCE I PULLED OVER I INSPECTED THE HOOD LATCH AND FOUND BOTH LATCHES WERE RUSTED AND LATCHED OPEN. THE HORRIBLE DESIGNS TOYOTA HAS ALMOST KILLED ME AND THE ONLY REASON I WAS NOT HIT WAS BEC
Mileage: 95,000
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE HOOD OPENED UP AND CRASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE HOOD WILL NOT DROP BACK DOWN. I TRIED TO GET THE DOOR WINDOWS DOWN AND THE POWER WINDOWS WERE STUCK. I BRAKED HARD AND USED THE REAR VIEW MIRROR TO PULL OVER. I HAD GLASS CHIPS ALL OVER ME AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT. ONCE I PULLED OVER I INSPECTED THE HOOD LATCH AND FOUND BOTH LATCHES WERE RUSTED AND LATCHED OPEN. THE HORRIBLE DESIGNS TOYOTA HAS ALMOST KILLED ME AND THE ONLY REASON I WAS NOT HIT WAS BEC
Mileage: 95,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 24 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Mileage: 130,000
1999 TOYOTA SOLARA. CONSUMER STATES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE PULLED INTO HER GARAGE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSEQUENTLY, SHE CRASHED INTO A FALSE WOOD WALL AT THE END OF THE GARAGE. *JB
TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE HEAD DUE TO THE WINDSHIELD IMPACT. THE DRIVER SEATBELT WAS ENGAGED WITH A DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A POLICE REPORT FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 190
Mileage: 190,000
TOYOTA SOLARA 1999 HOOD LATCH FAILED. HOOD OPENED AND CRASHED INTO WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *TR
Mileage: 97,000
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. WHEN CROSSING HIGHWAY AT INTERSECTION, THE CAR HESITATED ON ACCELERATION AND SHE WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. SHE STATES SHE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO CROSS BUT "THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO". ALSO, DESPITE IMPACTS FROM SEVERAL ANGLES, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR
Mileage: 115,000
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. WHEN CROSSING HIGHWAY AT INTERSECTION, THE CAR HESITATED ON ACCELERATION AND SHE WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. SHE STATES SHE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO CROSS BUT "THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO". ALSO, DESPITE IMPACTS FROM SEVERAL ANGLES, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR
Mileage: 115,000
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. WHEN CROSSING HIGHWAY AT INTERSECTION, THE CAR HESITATED ON ACCELERATION AND SHE WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. SHE STATES SHE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO CROSS BUT "THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO". ALSO, DESPITE IMPACTS FROM SEVERAL ANGLES, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR
Mileage: 115,000
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. WHEN CROSSING HIGHWAY AT INTERSECTION, THE CAR HESITATED ON ACCELERATION AND SHE WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. SHE STATES SHE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO CROSS BUT "THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO". ALSO, DESPITE IMPACTS FROM SEVERAL ANGLES, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR
Mileage: 115,000