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1998 Toyota Camry steering problems

Owners reported steering problems in 34 complaints for the 1998 Toyota Camry, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
34 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
107,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 1
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 1998 Toyota Camry Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 107,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 107,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 20% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 10 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 107,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 1 fire, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Steering completely failed when driving in clear, dry, midday weather on I-695 in baltimore. Car wobbled right then left. Driver tried to compensate, but car radically oversteered at first. Then, on its own, the car sharply veered left across highway into concrete wall. Skid marks showed car traveling in direction of wheels, I.e. No lateral skid marks, so wheels were turned to left in spite of attempts to turn right. We are temporarily holding the car for your possible investigation. Please notify asap.

June 1999 CrashInjury

Dt: on 7/7/05, the steering wheel assembly had to be replaced by owner. She received recall sscxoc6 notice, but did not recall whether she received the recall letter before or after repairs were done. Owner called toyota to have them check recall letter to see if it was related to the work done. Toyota told owner she has had the recall work done. The vehicle iwasregularly serviced. The location of the work was the steering wheel assembly.

Reported at 40,000 miles, July 2005

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