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2002 Toyota Camry cruise control problems

282 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2002 Toyota Camry, which is 24% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
282 24% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
39,000 miles 201 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
153 and 3
Injuries and deaths
54 and 8

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2002 Toyota Camry Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 39,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 51 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 52 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 37 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 14 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 23 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 39,000 miles
Based on 201 complaints that include mileage. 70% 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 miles51
20k to 40k miles52
40k to 60k miles37
60k to 80k miles14
80k to 100k miles23
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 201 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 39,000 miles, and 70% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 153 crashes, 3 fires, 54 injuries, 8 deaths.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 toyota camry. She stated while driving at speeds of 40 MPH attempting to brake for a traffic stop, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into another vehicle. The police arrived on scene and the vehicle was towed. A police report was available. The contacts vehicle was destroyed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were contacted. The failure mileage was 60,000.

Reported at 60,000 miles, May 2008 CrashInjuryDeath

I drove up in front of mosses town hall building in lowndes county al as I tried to put on brakes to park the car it begin to accelerate and jump the parking bumps and hit the building knocking down the wall of bricks and that's when it stopped. I immediately got out of the car and looked and took a look. There were person in the other side of the building who ran out to see were I okay. This was the first and I hope the last incident I had with the car.

Reported at 20 miles, April 2013 Crash

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