Toyota Camry

"The roof liner is falling down, it is hard and expensive to fix."

"Headliner is loose. The back half of headliner is hanging down and partially blocks rear view"

"the fabric that is glued on surface of interior is peeling off badly"

"The chrome colored plastic has peeled off the door handles yielding a white plastic. I was told that it would cost over $400 to fix"

"Headliner coming loose around back glass. Overhead console falling out."

"Chalking and fading, seems to be oxidizing"

"Through age the painting was badly scratched and peeled"

"Small cracks in paint on hood and some on truck. Had it repainted once . Painter stated it was a problem with some of the 2004 models"

"The clear coat is peeling off"

"All of a sudden, roof and trunk the paint faded in these two areas"

"The paint held up very well for 12 years! But in the last year, it gave up the fight. Still looks ok, but there is some chipping on the roof edges"

"Overall paint on the was OK. But suddenly just over the roof near the windshield area I noticed paint randomly bubbled. First, I thought it might be rain drops. But when I washed the car with the water hose, those bubbles peeled off. Very strange - never happened before"

"had roof repainted"

"The clear coat is peeling of should have pick another color other than light blue."

"Paint faded or actually chipped off"

"Paint job (white) has been flaking off for about the last 5 years."

"Clear coat flaking off"

"bumpers"

"The gloss that is on the car is fine except for the trunk which has dulled and seems faded"

"Paint on roof and rear spoiler are faded reel bad"

"Hood has irregular creaks in paint. Paint needs to be removed and repainted. Possible cause is a single layer of combined paint and sealer"

""Bald" spot on trunk and on the front part of the hood - paint fading"

"From the moment I noticed the slight cracking of the paint/finish on my roof, to about 30% of the roof cracked was less than a month. I wash my car between weekly and monthly - depending on how it looks (using the upgraded "wax" option in car washes"

"The paint is starting to fade"

"paint peeling off bumpers and fading paint on horizontal surfaces"

"paint is "soft" and scratches/mars easily. It has not held up like paint on other cars I have had. (Mazda, Mercury)"

"Paint is fading and chipping"

"i think it's due to the heat in florida. the paint chips"

"Lots of salt used on the roads in this rural northern Michigan long winters. Rust is unfortunately inevitable. Husband has done some minor spot rust repairs. But it is starting to really show more"

"Rust spotting on the rear/trunk of the vehicle"

"Left side. Rocker panel rust"

"Chips on doors are rusting and roting"

"Mild rust around rear fender well. Repaired for $500, but now see rust starting in rocker panel. Car is 16 years old, 187K, living in IL where they salt roads in winter."

"Some minor leakage around the moon/sun roof."

"Same as previous comment"

"water pump leak - replaced"

"Water leaks into the car during drive through carwash if the A/C is on"

"I had a coolant leak form the coolant pump"

"Steam coming from the engine. I assumed that it was the water pump. The car now is being inspected for any water or refrigerant leak"

"Replacement of water pump. Air leaked into the heating coil"

"Leak in the radiator, the auto repair shop noticed the leak when the radiator was flushed"

"seals and stripping wearing out"

"engine covber gasket"

"Squeaks and rattles came from brakes and suspension. Both have been repaired. Drives like new"

"Broken strut bracket, bushings"

"body support missing on rear of vehicle"

"Noise in trunk when normal driving or going over sharp bumps."

"loose plastic shield under the front bumper rattling"

"The noise is comong from the right front when you are goinmg down the hiway. The noise stops when you apply the brakes"

"not related to that but I own 2 toyotas and have trouble with door locks and electric windows in both I think this is a general problem"

"The brakes squeak when I release the brakes. I was told that the brakes are in good shape with 30% left. The squeak can only be resolved with replacing the brakes"

"The car squeaks in several areas in the interior. The most obvious is around the dash mounted stereo system. There are also some rattles from the doors and a few squeaks in other places"

"makes squeaking sounds when I press gas paddle, accelerate"

"from the steering shaft at start up only from a cold engine"

"rattle in dash"

"It has always had lots of annoying rattles and road noise when driving and it gets slightly worse every year"

"A clanging noise when driving on tough roads. Unable to find the source of the noise"

"highway driving"

"Even with windows rolled up a lot of wind and outside noise, especially on the highway. Most of it appears to come from the sun/moon roof."

"Wind noise is excessive particularly at higher speeds"

"Worn weather stripping around door windows"

"driver side front door seal does not seal out wind noise"

"Wind/road noise in this Camry has been annoying at highway speeds since I bought it"

"VERY loud highway driving, has become increasingly difficult to have conversations with others in the car while driving on a highway. Higher rates of speed make it louder"

"Road and wind noise when driving."

"The noise appears to come from the sunroof which originally leaked and took several attempts to fix and even then there was wind noise but has gotten worse over the years."

"valve noise upon startup"

"Two engine mounts (struts) broke causing excessive torque which caused the flex pipe (from manifold to converter) to snap off at the converter. Needed to replace mounts, flex pipe, and catalytic converter. This, I think was normal wear as the car is 14 years old. I was surprised that two of the mounts broke but probably was that one broke then caused excessive torque on the other causing failure."

"During routine service at the dealership, they noticed a crack in one of the engine mounts. Had this fixed before it got worse and caused bigger problems"

"upper torque bar failed for the second time during ownership"

"one of them broke"

"As previously indicated it required the Engine Torque Mount to eliminate the slight "Ëœshudder' when starting out"

"2nd, or 3rd time I have replaced the engine mounts. Bad design? Bad part? Should not need to replace so frequently, if ever!!"

"Told by the mecannic that the mounts needed to be changed."

"I smelled gas while driving.9There was a sludge buildup on the outside of the engine"

"small oil leak - too expensive to fix"

"oil leak from valve cover gasket. replaced valve cover gasket"

"the car needed a new oill pan as the original was cracked and leaking oil. That has been fixed"

"Consumes oil at interstate speeds"

"Oil leaks from transmission bottom gasket and vacuum leaks from the engine"

"a valve cover gasket leaks This is on a replacement engine from a previous radiator cap leak"

"even though I had my oil changed almost exclusively at the dealership the oil plug stripped and caused me to have to replace the whole oil pad"

"It must be a minor leak or burn-off, but after a couple months, the oil level is reduced significantly. Also, puffs of white smoke exit the tailpipe immediately after starting the car"

"Slight drips of oil from engine seal, they want $850 to repair but I prefer a piece of cardboard on the garage floor"

"Valve covers leaking down into cylinders causing blue smoke on cold engine start"

"lifters needed replacing"

"Some oil starting leak a few drops from oil plug"

"The timing chain cover was leaking oil"

"Had to replace valve cover gasket. This is just normal wear and cost me $102.00."

"Valve cover gasket leak and it cause a failure to fire in one cyclinder"

"seepage of fluid. Not serious, not repaired"

"valve cover gasket replaced. the car does have a lot of miles."

"Valve cover gasket leaked. This was a normal wear issue due to age of car."

"valve cover gasket had to be replaced"

"A gasket needed to be replaced, but not the head gasket. I believe it was the valve cover gasket."

"Alternator needed replacing. Also the electronic assembly to control the accelerator need to be replaced"

"failed while driving at 130000 miles. Easily replaced for $400"

"alternator failed"

"alternator failed"

"Started 2019. Wouldn't start. Replace the starter,"

"I happen to be at the dealership, when I turn the engine off it wouldn't start or even click. They had to push it out. I had had no warning whatsoever."

"Failed alternator apparently damaged battery, which would not hold a charge. Replaced it myself"

"Required a new Throttle Body"

"Ignition Switch sometimes locked & difficult to turn. Local great garage repaired it easily with WD-40."

"WAS NOT A FAILURE. IT WAS A IDEAL TIME TO CHANGE"

"Serious spark plug accessibility problems. Plugs buried between engine and firewall. Cost $400.00 labor to change"

"had to replace starter"

"Usually in the Camry you get a warning that something is going to fail, a squeek or vibration or an increase in engine temperature, etc. But with the starter no indication at all. I parked the car in a parking lot and when i went to start it, nothing-not even a click so I had to have it towed to replace the starter assembly."

"the car wouldn't start so I had to get it toad to a repair shop"

"Slower and slower starting until it would not start at all"

"starter stopped and had it replaced"

"Air conditioner frequently needs repair"

"needed replacing"

"System began leaking within past year. Required new compressor. Worked out fine."

"Old age probably"

"see previous"

"It doesn't provide even cooling or heating"

"Related to loss of climate control due to coolant leak and relay switch failure."

"The temperature is not maintained. The heater only works when put on high and then maintains temperature. There is a consistent ticking sound coming from under the dash"

"Doesn't heat adequately. Windshield defroster is weak"

"The valve that changes the flow from heat to AC stuck."

"Inadequate heating with auto function"

"heating valve for evaporator"

"Car was not cooling good. Had refrigerant added. So far so good"

"AC stopped working due to leakage of coolant and relay switch failure."

"Hose replacements were needed. Otherwise rock solid."

"I smell coolant when running the cabin fan or air conditioner"

"CD became permanently stuck inside. Whole unit had to be replaced"

"CD quit working"

"It was actually the tape deck, which is part of the CD system"

"quit working"

"The player does not read compact discs of any type. The CD player skips"

"Bottom third of touch screen does not work. Bought this way a year ago."

"had to replace the digital display screen (mileage, fuel. etc)"

"Unable at times to be heard when on phone GPS (cuts out sporadically)"

"Can't change name on cell phone because bottom half of screen is frozen. Car phone works."

"VERY difficult to adjust the volume. It is necessary to pull on the knob and turn it slowly to make any adjustment at all. Cost a fortune to have it repaired at the deal. So we just live with it. Very bad to use while driving in traffic"

"Radio sound not always available. It's pretty old.... so time for new one"

"problem resolved bu installation of new program"

"rear deck speaker covers have disintegrated from sun exposure"

"speaker's grill cover is made of plastic that is decaying and chipping away after exposing to sunlight for over 10 years"

"Replaced tail lamp and brake lamp"

"Gauges not bright, can't see in daylight"

"First one headlight failed and was replaced. Later the other headlight failed resulting in a traffic citation. The problem is that there is no system indicator to identify this failure if it isn't obvious."

"The headlamp covers became opaque. Little light was coming through from the headlights. I had to have both headlights and the covers replaced. I should have been able to replace just the headlight covers but the entire unit, including the bulbs, had to be replaced. It was very costly."

"The headlights became fogged; had them cleared once. Lasted a month or two. Had to buy new headlights at a significant cost"

"Bulb failed"

"FOGGY needed work"

"The headlight covers have been "foggy" for several years now. New covers are way too expensive and the kit that I bought to clean the covers didn't work"

"Both headlights frosting or glazing over."

"Both the driver and passenger heater seats went out at the same time AFTER the light indicator was replaced. Dealer claimed it was not their problem and we needed new seat heaters at the price of almost $700 each. I had it done someplace else for $"

"Only the driver side door unlocks on keyless entry. The other doors do not"

"Electrical junction box went bad - unable to unlock power door locks on the 3 passenger doors. All 3 LOCK when using remote keyless entry, but they wilol not UNLOCK. Part cost $850 plus 2 hr labor charges"

"every door does not unlock when remoted"

"Rear door lock responds only intermittently to the electronic keyfob when I try to unlock the door."

"The solenoid for the charcoal fuel cannister stopped working."

"New fuel cap was installed but check engine light kept coming on. A new canister with charcoal needed to be installed. That fixed the problem. The check engine light has not lit up since last July"

"A sensor failed"

"Chronic check-engine light warnings that indicate lean fuel-air mix"

"Check engine light came on. Had the guys at Advanced Auto Parts check the code. Took it to the dealership the next day and had the O2 sensor replaced"

"Engine warning light on. Service found O2 sensor failure"

"Check engine light kept coming on. After three visits to a mechanic several oxygen sensors needed to be replaced for a total repair bill over more the $1,000.00"

"Chek Engine light has come on three times in the five years we have owned this car. Twice if was fixed by our mechanic plugging in the monitor. Once had to replace the sensor"

"Oxygen sensor failed and check engine alarm lamp indicated the problem"

"there was no apparent problems, but our mechanic said to replace it so we did"

"4th or 5th O2 sensor I've had to replace"

"Check Engine light on - OBD code said Sensor #2 - Toyota's formal definition of sensor #2 is NOT common nor logical, and directly caused me to R&R the wrong one, resulting in an unnecessary $250 expense. I wonder how many people Toyota has screwed this way?"

"OBD scan (on 2 different hand-held scanners) said O2 sensor #2 - but official Toyota parts fiche shows AFR sensor on manifold, #1 at 1st cat, #2 between cats - WRONG! A REAL computer scan shows AFR as #1, then 2 and 3 ... so I replaced the wrong sensor at my first attempt. I wonder how many people Toyota has screwed out of $250 (for the part) thanks to this blatant error?"

"Bolts holding the head and gasket failed. I was told by the Toyota service agent that years ago there was a notice that on this engine it had a propensity to happen, but the engine had 265,000 miles on it so I had it replaced with an engine that had 95,000 miles."

"Main bearing went out - found replacement engine rather than rebuilding"

"Engine blew a head gasket at 275000 miles and had it replaced with an engine with 90000 miles. It cost $5,000."

"Valve stem Seals need to be replaced"

"It required a gasket replacement for around $200. The vehicle could only be driven a short distance at a time until repaired."

"At ~ had to replace Head Gasket, remained driveable."

"It was due and it broke before we had the chance to replace it"

"Cost $1,000 to replace timing belt"

"Seat belts do not retract well. Perhaps this is to be expected in a 10 year old car"

"I am unable to adjust the lumbar control"

"Sunroof mechanism broke, so mechanic closed it to avoid more expensive repair."

"some assembly part of the sunroof broke in the open position and the repair cost $2000.00 - and had to return to dealer three times to get the seal corrected"

"At times the trunk will not latch closed"

"Portion of the master (driver's side) switch controlling the front passenger window failed. Since it costs about $500 to replace, I decided to leave the window permanently up"

"The driver side window just... fell down. into the door"

"Replaced it"

"Needed to be replaced"

"The water pump failed, this lead to me having to get a replacement engine."

"Was told that water pump was weak, coolant level had been droping"

"I've had 3 water pumps so far-leaking. The screws holding it in kept breaking. Mechanic had to drop engine to get to pump and replace screws with bolts. No problems since"

"Rough ride, strange shift while driving"

"Had to have it rebuild because of slipping transmission"

"The seal of the transmission was leaking and had to be replaced."

"Could not achieve a gear shift."

"After changing trans. fluid , updating computer chip , etc. , which did not solve the rough shifting. The dealer stated the next step is to replace the trans. This was say 60,000 or 70,000 mile ago. I did not want to spend the money , so still putt"

"acceleration faulty b/c of slipping gear"

"Started slipping at 150000 miles"

"Electrical failure is not the right answer but it was better than the other choices. I have a leak with the power steering fluid that is related to some other stuff. One mechanic quoted me $1200 to fix everything. A second mechanic quoted the same price but told me it may not be necessary to fix. He instead put in more fluid and told me to return when it becomes hard to turn the steering wheel again. That was about 6 months ago..."