2002 Toyota Camry Other Problems

Your car failed the Texas emissions inspection test, and the test report didn't complete checks for the catalytic converter, evaporative system, and oxygen sensors. You're not sure what's causing the failure or how to fix it. A mechanic will need to diagnose which of these emissions components is malfunctioning using a diagnostic scanner.

I BOUGHT A NEW CAMERY TOYOTA 2002 IN 2002 AT DAVE EDWARDS IN SPARTANBURG SC AFTER 5YEARS THE CADILAC INVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SO I HAD THE DEALERSHIP INSTALL A NEW ONE IN 2007 AND NOW 9 YEARS LATER IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN IT SOUNDS TO ME THIS PARTICULAR PART HAVE TO BE DEFECTIVE I ASK A COUPLE OF DIV MECHANICS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS RARE THAT TWO CADILLAC INVERTER GO BAD MOST OF THE TIME IT OUTLAST A CAR. CAN U HELP ME WITH THAT .

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AS MY WIFE CAMILLE PULLED IN DRIVEWAY. CALLED WILLS TOYOTA OF TWIN FALLS AND WAS TOLD FLOOR MAT IN THE WAY OF ACCELERATOR OBJECTIVE IMPOSSIBLE WHEN LOOKED AT. LOOKED ON LINE WITH ISSUES LEAD TO FILLING OUT COMPLAINT.

7/14/2015. EVAP SYSTEM. CHECK ENGINE CODE P0446. CANNISTER CLOGGED AND VSV AND PURGE VALVES LEAKING. REPLACED CHARCOAL CANISTER. MILEAGE: 244309......UPDATED 11/13/15 *BF 9/23/2014. EVAP SYSTEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE P0442. FAULTY GAS CAP. REPLACED CAP. MILEAGE: 230,564. 12/14/2013. EVAP SYSTEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE P0420. CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED. REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER. MILEAGE: 213,621. 7/30/2013. STEERING RACK LEAKING. MILEAGE: 203939. 10/4/2008. FAILED MARYLAND EMISSION INSPECTION. EVAP SYSTEM. FAULT CODES: P0420 CATALYST SYSTEM EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD (BANK 1); P0440 EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION; P0441 EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM INCORRECT PURGE FLOW; P0446 EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM VENT CONTROL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. MILEAGE: 96796. REPLACED CATALYST CONVERTER. 10/6/2006. FAILED MARYLAND EMISSION INSPECTION. P0440 EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION; P0441 EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM INCORRECT PURGE FLOW; P0446 EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM VENT CONTROL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. REPLACED CHARCOAL CANISTER. MILEAGE: 64147. UPDATED 12/05/2017*CN

THIS REPORT IS NOT IN REFERENCE TO THE VEHICLE, IT IS AN ISSUE WITH TIRES. I PUT ON A SET OF MICHELIN PRIMACY MXV4 205/60R16 92H IN FEBURARY OF 2012, AND AFTER THE SECOND YEAR FOUND THE MATERIAL HARDENING AND WITH LOW TRACTION, WET OR DRY (WORSE WET OF COURSE) AND WHEN I CONTACTED MICHELIN ABOUT THIS WAS TOLD NO WARRANTY EXISTS IN REGARDS TO TRACTION. I FOUND UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND CHANGED THE TIRES. SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE TIRES WERE: HN7RPK1X4911, HN7RPK1X01122, HN7RPK1X4611, HN7RPK1X5111 I AM NO LONGER IN POSSESSION OF THE TIRES, THEY WERE LEFT WITH COSTCO IN MELVILLE, NY. I WANT TO REPORT THIS IN CASE THESE TIRES ARE IN QUESTION IN ANY OTHER INCIDENT.

FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS OF ITS LIFE, THE CAMRY HAD A STALLING PROBLEM. IT WOULD RIDE OK FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS IT WOULD STALL OUT FREQUENTLY. ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR WOULD SOMETIMES HESITATE. STALLING OCCURRED MOSTLY WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT AFTER COMING OFF A HIGHWAY. THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN, AND THEN STALL REPEATEDLY AT EVERY RED LIGHT OR OTHER EVENT THAT INVOLVED SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING. AFTER ENDURING THE STALLING PROBLEM FOR MANY MONTHS, ON 6/19/09 WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC. THEY SAID THE STALLING MIGHT BE CAUSED BY A STICKING VALVE OR THE IDLE CONTROL MOTOR, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AGAIN 8/20/09 AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, WHICH SEEMED TO HELP. BY SPRING 2010 THE PROBLEM WAS BACK. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC 5/21/10 AND THIS TIME THEY CLEANED OUT EGR ASSEMBLY AND CHECKED ALL VACUUM LINES. CAR STILL STALLED SO 6/26/10 WE TOOK IT TO TOYOTA DEALER. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE STALLING PROBLEM AND SAID THAT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED, WE SHOULD BRING IT DIRECTLY TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER. ON 7/20/10, OUR SON WAS DRIVING THE CAMRY. AS BEFORE, WHEN HE WAS DRIVING AT A HIGHER, STEADIER SPEED, THE CAR WAS OK. WHEN HE SLOWED DOWN TO PARK IN A PARKING GARAGE, THE STALLING PROBLEM RECURRED. TRYING TO GET THE CAR TO RESTART, HE STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE ENGINE ENGAGED. THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND SLAMMED INTO A WALL INSIDE THE PARKING GARAGE. IT WAS TOTALED. WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A FUNDAMENTAL MANUFACTURING FLAW IN OUR CAMRY THAT RESULTED IN THE REPEATED STALLING. WE NOTE OTHER TOYOTA PRODUCTS BEING RECALLED FOR STALLING PROBLEMS, AS WELL AS RECALLS FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. WE CONTACTED TOYOTA BUT THEY TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO WITHOUT EXAMINING THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY, BUT BY THAT TIME THE CAR HAD BEEN SENT TO A SALVAGE YARD.

I PURCHASED A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR FROM A PRIVATE AUTO SELLER. ON MAY 20TH WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN IN NEUTRAL, MY RPM GAGE ALL OF A SUDDEN SURGED. I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TWICE TO SEE IF IT WAS STUCK SINCE I'D HEARD NEWS REPORTS THAT THIS WAS REPORTEDLY THE ISSUE ACCORDING TO TOYOTA WHEN OTHER INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED, BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE WITH THE NEWER MODELS. NONETHELESS, WHEN I RELEASED THE PEDAL, THE GAGE CONTINUED SURGING. THANK GOODNESS I WAS IN NEUTRAL WHEN THE ACCELERATION STARTED BECAUSE THERE WERE CHILDREN IN THE AREA WHO WERE WAITING TO CATCH THEIR SCHOOL BUS. I DECIDED TO TURN OFF MY VEHICLE AND SAT FOR ABOUT TEN SECONDS, STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WAS STILL SURGING FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER THREE SECONDS, THEN FINALLY STOPPED AND WENT BACK TO NORMAL. AT THAT POINT, I TURNED BACK AROUND AND PARKED THE CAR AT MY HOME. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. THAT FOLLOWING TUESDAY I STOPPED AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND EXPLAINED TO THE SERVICE PARTS WORKER WHAT HAPPENED. HIS EXPLANATION WAS IT'S THE FLOOR MAT GETTING STUCK CAUSING THE ACCELERATION AND THAT I NEED TO PROVIDE MY VIN NUMBER FOR THEM TO LOOK IT UP. FIRST OF ALL, THIS WAS NOT A FLOOR MAT ISSUE. IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEN WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, IT SHOULD'VE COME UNSTUCK. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE DEALERSHIP WANTED TO GO THE ROUTE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I CAME ACROSS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN MEMO FROM AUGUST 2002 THAT ADDRESSED THE ACCELERATION ISSUE STATING THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRONICS GLITCH. I E-MAILED TOYOTA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT. AND THE ONLY RESOLUTION THEY OFFERED WAS.....NOTHING. APPARENTLY THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE SO NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS DONE. DUE TO THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THESE INCIDENTS, REPAIRS SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC AND NOT AT THE COST OF THE CONSUMER! *TR

TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I ACCELERATED TO 60 OR 65 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN VIBRATING BADLY AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. ON SLOWING DOWN THE SHAKING LESSENED BUT CONTINUED AND THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED VIBRATING. ON BRINGING THE CAR TO THE SHOP THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAD FAILED. ON REPLACING THE MOUNTS ONE OF THEM HAD SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES.

LAST YEAR, I WAS AT A SHELL GAS STATION AT LUNCHTIME TO VACUUM OUT MY CAR. RIGHT BEHIND THE VACUUM WAS A GAS PUMP. AFTER PARKING MY CAR AND REMOVING THE CARPETS, I WENT TO PUT CHANGE IN THE VAC..THE SIDE OF THE VAC I WAS ON WAS BROKEN. SO I GOT BACK IN MY CAR TO MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VACUUM. I STARTED MY CAR, PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, AND MY CAR HAD A POWER SURGE AND STARTED GOING ON ITS OWN. MY CAR BACKED INTO THE GAS PUMP THAT WAS BEHIND THE VACCUUM. MY CAR WAS A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY, AND IT JUST SURGED AND TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN. HERE IS A LINK TO WHAT WAS REPORTED ON THE NEWS: HTTP://WWW.WCPO.COM/CONTENT/NEWS/NEIGHBORHOODS/DEERFIELD_TOWNSHIP/STORY/FIRE-AT-GAS-STATION-DESTROYS-2-CARS/M2YYNUVWQ0IN6LQL1NAUDA.CSPX THANKS. SHALINI

CLAIMANT WAS PULLING INTO HER PARKING SPOT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF A PARKING GARAGE IN MENANDS, NY WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED UNANTICIPATED ACCELERATION OF HER 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE POLICE REPORT STATES THAT NO SKID MARKS WERE PRESENT, INDICATING THAT SHE DID NOT PULL INTO THE SPOT FAST. AT THE END OF THE PARKING SPOT THERE WERE MARKS INDICATING THAT THE TIRES WERE SPINNING. THE SPIN MARKS CONTINUED UP ONTO THE CONCRETE CURBING AND ALSO ONTO THE GUARD RAIL. DUE TO THE UNANTICIPATED ACCELERATION CLAIMANTS VEHICLE DROVE OVER THE GUARDRAIL AND CONCRETE BARRIER OF THE THIRD FLOOR PARKING GARAGE, FLIPPING OVER, AND LANDING UPSIDE DOWN ON THE GROUND LEVEL. *TR *DT

2002 TOYOTA CAMRY,SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TR

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, APPLIED BRAKES AND WOULDN'T STOP. HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CAMRY, AND THAT VEHICLE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT. NO AIRBAGS WENT OFF. *TW

I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT FOR THE SALVATION ARMY IN SAN RAFAEL, CA AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK MY 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY IN A PARKING SLOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD WITH THE ENGINE REVVING AT HIGH SPEED RIGHT AFTER I APPLIED THE BRAKES. MY CAR PLOWED INTO A TOYOTA TRUCK AND PUSHED IT THROUGH THE PARKING LOT FOR TWO ROWS BEFORE MY CAR CAME TO A STOP. A WITNESS STATED THAT SHE HEARD THE MOTOR REVVING AND THE BRAKES SQUEALING AT THE SAME TIME MY CAR WAS PUSHING THE TRUCK ACROSS THE LOT. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. *TW

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND TURNING THE WHEEL COUNTERCLOCKWISE, I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE CAR FLEW OUT OF CONTROL , CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL AND A PARKED VEHICLE.

FORWARD SURGE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE STOPPED WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS OF THE SAME.

CONSUMER RECEIVED FALSE RECALL NOTICE. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED THE 1-800 NUMBER IT WAS A PHONE BANK OFFERING WARRANTY EXTENSIONS. *JB