2003 Toyota Camry Solara problems
Owners have filed 34 complaints with NHTSA about the 2003 Toyota Camry Solara. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. Next are cruise control (12%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 70,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2003 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Toyota Camry Solara with enough data (12 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was involved in a traffic accident in which the front of my 2003 toyota solara hit a car that was parked in front of me. Road conditions were snowy and icy. Because of this, rear-ending the car in front of me was unavoidable. I was unpleasantly surprised that my airbags did not deploy upon impact. When I bought the car I never thought I would have an accident; however I was assured by the salesman that the car was safe, and airbag deployment was part of the outstanding customer protection toyota offers.
2003 toyota solara airbags failed to deploy. Consumer states that she hit another vehicle and the airbags did not deploy. She states that she suffered neck and chest pain from hitting the steering wheel due to the airbags not deploying.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota camry solara convertible. While driving 50 MPH and attempting to avoid hitting an animal the driver crashed into a stationary wooden power pole. The front passenger side on the vehicle was damaged; however, the air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained numerous injuries such as 10 broken ribs, numerous back injuries, injured spleen, an injury and cut to left bicep. The driver also sustained numerous bruises and broken bones in her right hand.
While driving the at 65 to 70 MPH vehicle vibrated, and at any speed vehicle pulled to the left. Dealer inspected vehicle five times and could not fix it.
I have a 2003 toyota solara sle v6. I have been having an issue with my car, where the speedometer stops working while driving. It happens frequently, but without warning. Sometimes the speedometer will go to zero for 1-3 seconds, other times it will stay there for 10 minutes. I have also had times where the car stops accelerating.