2004 Toyota Camry cruise control problems
241 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2004 Toyota Camry, which is 30% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 241 30% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 193 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 134 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 58 and 5
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 50 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 32 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 38 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 28 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 23 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 193 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 45,000 miles, and 62% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 134 crashes, 1 fire, 58 injuries, 5 deaths.
What owners wrote
My mother and friend started out for church, the friend had come to pick her up when the 2004 toyota camry with less than 3000 miles on it was having difficulty shifting into reverse, then when she shifted into drive the car accelerated uncontrollably est speed on 80 - 92 mile a hour in less than 250 ft when the car hit a mobile home. They hit so hard it moved double wide almost a foot. Killing my mother the passenger and injury to her friend the driver.
On april 02, 2007 I had a car accident. I was driving my 2004 toyota camry le door sedan. As I was driving to my way to arizona to visit some family members I was driving in a normal speed out of the sudden the pedal of the accelerator did not work I tried to control my car but it was impossible to stopped the car. As consequence the car flip over and I got injured. On the same week of april 02. 2007 I had taken my csr to a toyota dealer to do a full service.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Toyota Camry
- Steering 81 complaints
- Air bags 79 complaints
- Brakes 75 complaints
- Engine 57 complaints
- Electrical system 41 complaints
- Transmission 35 complaints
- Fuel system 29 complaints
- Tires 25 complaints