Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, KENTUCKY, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1088
Model: Camry
Model Year: 1998
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Kentucky
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: MCV20L/SXV20L
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
SUSPENSION
FRONT END RATTLE-MOST SEVERE WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS AND WHEN DRIVING CAR AT THE BEGINNING OF DAY. NOISE ABATES SOME WHAT AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROX. 15 MINUTES. TOOK CAR TO TOYOTA DEALER . DEALER SAID UPPER FRONT STRUTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. CONFIRMED BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. BOUGHT CAR USED AND NOTICED PROBLEM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. CAR HAD 58000 MILES AT THAT TIME. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. SEEMS THAT TOYOTA HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND DOES NOT WANT TO RECALL. I HAVE OWNED CAMRY'S IN THE PAST. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. EVEN ON HIGH MILEAGE CARS INADDITION THE CAR SETS TO LOW TO GROUND AND MTHE FRONT END SCRAPS WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAYS OR OTHER STEEP INCLINES. I HAVE OWNED CARS AND BEEN DRIVING FOR THE PAST 45 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A CAR OR TRUCK OF THIS NATURE.*AK