2002 Toyota Camry electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 36 complaints for the 2002 Toyota Camry, 3% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 36 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 75,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 4 and 5
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	1
20k to 40k miles	5
40k to 60k miles	4
60k to 80k miles	5
80k to 100k miles	3
100k to 120k miles	2
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 26 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 5 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While traveling on indian head highway, consumer swerved to avoid a deer, instead swerved to the right/lost control and hit a guard rail. Upon impact, front air bags failed to deploy, driver suffered injuries, and vehicle was demolished. In addition, there was a sulfur-like or rotton egg odor coming from exhaust system. Also, brought vehicle to dealer for following problems: poor alignment/engine check light/fuel injector/ spark plugs, mirrors, and structural defects

November 2002 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota camry. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the contact observed that the odometer and trip odometer displayed an inaccurate calculation. The odometer reading would increase by 1.6 miles for every mile being traveled. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 110,000. Updated 11/03/10.

Reported at 110,000 miles, July 2010

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Toyota models