Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, KENTUCKY, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1088
Model: Camry
Model Year: 1992
Other Engine Info: ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION
Plant City: Georgetown
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Kentucky
Seat Belts All: Automatic
Series: LE
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE ON I-94 IN MICHIGAN WHEN MY PARENTS' 2009 CAMRY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. A SEMI TRUCK WAS MERGING ONTO THE EXPRESSWAY, SO MY BOYFRIEND HIT THE ACCELERATOR TO GIVE THE TRUCK ENOUGH ROOM. WE WERE USING CRUISE CONTROL AT THE TIME GOING ABOUT 70 MPH, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT A SPEED IN EXCESS 90 MPH AFTER THE BREAK WAS APPLIED ONCE WE GOT AROUND THE TRUCK. THE ENGINE WAS REVVING VERY LOUDLY AT THIS POINT. THE BREAK DID NOT OVERRIDE THE CAR'S ACCELERATION OR CRUISE CONTROL EVEN WHEN MY BOYFRIEND STOOD WITH ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON THE BREAK. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER, ASSUMING THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE DEALER TRIED TO RECREATE THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION CONTROL I EXPERIENCED, BUT SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO SO. THE DEALER MECHANICS INSPECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRING SYSTEM, BUT CLAIMED THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THIS EVENT HAPPENED IN MAY 2009, WELL BEFORE THE RECENT INCREASE IN PRESS COVERAGE RELATING TO SIMILAR INCIDENTS. *TR
1992
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
FAILURE ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOOD SUPPORT, THE HOOD WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION, PE96-040. *AK *SLC