2001 Toyota Camry Suspension

TWO DAYS BACK WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TAKE MY CAR OUT I HEARD SOME DIFFERENT SOUND.. THEN I STOPPED CAR AND OBSERVED THAT IT IS FLAT TIRE.. I TOOK THE TIRE OUT AND OBSERVED THAT THE TIRE GOT CUT BECAUSE THE SHOCK COIL SPRING GOT BROKEN INTO TWO AND THE SHARP EDGE OF THE SPRING IS CUTTING THE TIRE.. LUCKILY IT DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY .. A DAY BEFORE THAT I VISITED SANT CRUZ WITH FAMILY ( WIFE AND TWO KIDS ).. IF IT WAS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HELPLESS SITUATION.. I REPLACED ALL THE STRUTS AND SHOCKS ON NEXT DAY BY TOWING THE VEHICLE. TIRE HAS MORE THAN THREE CUTS.. I AM NOT SURE FROM HOW LONG THE SHARP EDGE SPRING WAS TOUCHING THE TIRE.

CONTROL ARM ON PASSENGER SIDE REAR THREADS STRIPPED. CONTROL ARM CAME APART, CAUSING TIRE TO ALMOST FALL OFF OF VEHICLE. *TR

HAVE HAD A WHEEL VIBRATION SINCE NEW CAR PURCHASE IN 2001 WITH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE AND ALIGN TIRES ALSO PURCHASED NEW TIRES IN 2003 WITH NO REMEDY OF VIBRATION. IF THIS IS THE TYPE OF TOYOTA QUALITY WE CAN EXPECT THEN I AM GOING TO BUY AMERICAN FROM NOW ON. *JB

LTR FM TIMOTHY F. QUINN (NY) RE ALIGNMENT AND FRONT SUSPENSION DEFECTS FOR A 2001 TOYOTA SOLARA, INQUIRING WHEN NHTSA WILL INITIATE DEFECT INVESTIGATION, REPLY TO NEW YORK, NY OFC. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY TO PULL THE LEFT AND INTO THE OPPOSING LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NINE OCCASION, HOWEVER THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS CAUSED BY THE CROWN IN THE ROAD. *JB *SC

LTR FM TIMOTHY QUINN (NY) REPORT SAFETY ISSUE WITH VEHICLE A 2001 TOYOTA SOLARA PULLS TO THE LEFT AND IN THE OPPOSING LANE OF TRAFFIC ALIGNMENT AND FRONT SUSPENSION DEFECT. *LA THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY CROWNS IN THE ROAD. *SC *JB

PURCHASED 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE ON 03-15-2003. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SQUEAKING FROM THE REAR GOING OVER BUMPS. I CALLED FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA FOR SOME ADVISE, THE GENTLEMAN SAID USE A SPRAY LUBRICANT ON ALL THE JOINTS AND THIS SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS DID NOT WORK. ON OCTOBER 16, 2003 I WENT TO FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA AND SPOKE WITH A SERVICE REP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. HE BROUGHT UP THE CAR ON HIS SYSTEM, WHICH IT WAS DISCLOSED TO ME THE VEHICLE WHEN TRADED TO THEM HAD REAR SUSPENSION SQUEAKING, I ALSO SAW THIS ON HIS COMPUTER FOR MYSELF. I WENT IN ON SATURDAY OCT 18, 2003 FOR MY APPOINTMENT. AFTER 2 1/2 HOURS THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] DISCLOSED TO ME THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. HE WOULD NOT PUT THIS ON A WORK ORDER FOR ME TO SHOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS WHERE. HE DID INDICATE HE WOULD SPEAK WITH THE MANAGERS OF THE SALES DEPARTMENT ON MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2003. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD HE WOULD BE LEFT A MESSAGE. THIS VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME AS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN A [XXX] THING. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED DUE TO THE FACT THE CAR HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY TOOK IT IN AND THEY PUT A TEMPORARY BANDAGE ON IT UNTIL THEY COULD PAWN IT OFF. I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR IF IT HAD BEEN DISCLOSED TO ME THAT THE SUSPENSION HAD A PROBLEM. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED ALL PAYMENTS MADE, MY DOWN PAYMENT AND TO HAVE TOYOTA FINANCIAL PAID OFF AS IF THIS TRANSACTION NEVER TOOK PLACE. THIS IS NOT THE QUALITY I EXPECTED OUT OF TOYOTA. I WILL BE TAKING THIS VEHICLE AND FILING A COMPLAINT WITH B.A.R. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END OF 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY FROM DAY OF PURCHASE.. ABOVE 65 MPH VIBRATIONS CAN BE FELT, PRETTY SEVERELY AT TIMES, IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND ON THE FLOOR BOARD, NEAR THE FEET. DEALER HAS AGRREED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED 5 TIMES OVER LAST 2 YEARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM: WHEEL BALANCING, NEW TIRES, NEW RIGHT FRONT AXLE, NEW WHEELS. BUT VIBRATIONS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE.*AK

2001 TOYOTA SOLARA. CAR MAKES "CLUNKING" SOUND FROM FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE. USUALLY OVER BUMPS OR UNEVEN ROADS. NOISE GETS WORSE OVER TIME. ALREADY HAD STRUT MOUNTS REPLACED ONCE BY TOYOTA. THE STRUT MOUNTS APPEAR TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. THIS NOISE IS RECOGNIZED BY TOYOTA AS SERVICE BULLETIN HOWEVER THE NOISE STILL PERSISTS. CAR SOUNDS UNSAFE. *NLM

VIBRATION IN FRONT END BEGINNING WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE IN JAN 2001. VIBRATION HAS GROWN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE ESPECIALLY ON ROUGH PAVEMENT OR DIRT RAODS. ALSO A POPPING NOISE FRONT FRONT RIGHT CORNER WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO EITHER LIMIT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE SEVERELY AND CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD WANDERS ACROSS THE ROAD WHEN DRIVING 60 OR MORE MPH; VEHICLE BEEN IN THE DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASION, HAD TIRES REPLACE, WHEELS REALIGN AND BALANCE, PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING; VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME; FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

FRONT END HAS VIBRATION. THE MORE VEHICLE ACCELERATES VIBRATION GETS WORSE.DEALER HAS TRIED 6 TIMES TO REPAIR PROBLEM BY BALANCING WHEEL/ FRONT ALIGNMENT AND REPLACING FRONT AXLE ON BOTH SIDES. THE REMEDIES HAVE NOT WORKED.*AK

SMALL MAGNITUDE VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING OVER ROUGH PAVEMENT IN FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. SUSPECT MOTION OF FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL NOT DAMPED OUT BY FAULTY SHOCK ABSORBER.*AK

VEHICLE DRIFTS TO LEFT AT ANY SPEED AT ANY TIME. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVER. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WITHIN A DAY OF DELIVERY THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WANDERED/PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVEN ON SMOOTH SURFACES. NLM

SPRING STOPPER WAS INSTALLED IN FRONT SPRING AT FACTORY, POSSIBLY FOR DELVERY PURPOSES, BUT IT WAS NOT REMOVED WHEN SOLD TO CONSUMER, CAUSING A STEERING HAZARD. *AK