Toyota Camry / 2009
2009 Toyota Camry problems
Owners have filed 1,615 complaints about the 2009 Toyota Camry with NHTSA. Vehicle speed control accounts for 16.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of structure at 13.9%.
Complaints1,615
Crashes204
Fires27
Injuries108
Deaths2
What owners report breaking
Vehicle speed control 16.6% · 268
Structure 13.9% · 224
Engine 12.9% · 208
Unknown or other 10.8% · 174
Visibility/wiper 5.7% · 92
Electrical system 5.2% · 84
Suspension 4.4% · 71
Air bags 4.1% · 67
Severity
Of those complaints, 204 describe a crash, 27 describe a fire, 108 report an injury and 2 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 33 model years of the Toyota Camry in this data, 2009 ranks 2nd by complaint volume — 2007 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 47 in the last three years against 81 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 51,000 miles.
In owners' own words
My 2009 Toyota Camry. Until today, I thought this might be a big hoax, but it happened today at 2:55 pm on my way to work. My car accelerated without warning. I fortunately was only traveling on a side road for a brief moment and was able to hit the brakes and shift into neutral and then stop the car. About 2 weeks ago I had the "recall" correction completed. Never had an issue prior to this "correction". Vehicle speed control · reported at 37,055 miles
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry xle. The contact was backing out of a driveway. There was pressure applied to the brake pedal, which was followed by unintended acceleration. The vehicle crashed into the utility pole. There was no personal injuries. The vehicle sustained minor damages. The police was not called to the scene. The failure mileage was 13,000. Updated 3/4/2010 *cn updated 05/17/10. Vehicle speed control · reported at 13,000 miles
My 2009 Toyota Camry is just over a year old and I have experienced unintended acceleration 3 times. The last time I was accelerating to pass another vehicle and when I let up on the gas pedal the car kept accelerating, the rpms shot all the way up and the brake pedal was difficult to press down. Finally the brakes worked and the car slowed down, but the rpms were still very high and the engine was very loud. Vehicle speed control · reported at 32,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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