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2004 Toyota Camry transmission problems

35 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2004 Toyota Camry, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
35 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
3,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2004 Toyota Camry Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 3,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 17 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 3,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 85% 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 miles17
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 27 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 3,000 miles, and 85% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 2 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Difficulty shifting from park to reverse, then upon shifting into drive the car accelerated uncontrollably, would not stop, collided with a mobile home, air bags did not deploy, resulting in the death of one passenger and injury of driver see also voq 10171110. *dsy. Updated 03/05/10 updated ivoq 08/23/10 updated 9/21/2011

March 2004 CrashInjuryDeath

When I shifted from parking to back, my 2004 toyota camry le went forward instead of backward, which really surprised me. Same situation happened again 20 days later.

Reported at 700 miles, January 2004

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