2002 Toyota Camry Solara defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2002 Toyota Camry Solara. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• ENGINE SURGING
  Defect Petition DP06003 · opened Sep 14, 2006 · closed Apr 3, 2007

  The petitioner owns a my 2006 toyota camry with a 4-cylinder engine that was purchased new in january 2006. The petitioner also previously owned a my 2005 camry. He alleges that both vehicles exhibited vehicle engine surging, which he described as a short duration (1 to 2 second) increase in engine speed occurring whil…

• VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  Defect Petition DP05002 · opened Aug 5, 2005 · closed Jan 5, 2006

  In a letter dated july 8, 2005, and after experiencing two incidents (and one crash) where he alleges his model year (my) 2002 camry accelerated without driver input, mr. Jordan ziprin petitioned the national highway traffic safety administration?s (nhtsa) office of defects investigation (odi) to commence a proceeding …

• THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM
  Preliminary Evaluation PE04021 · opened Mar 3, 2004 · closed Jul 22, 2004

  The lexus models were the subject of defect petition (dp) 04-003.twelve odi complaints are duplicative to toyota reports, including the two minor crashes.the v6 equipped solara models have been excluded because they do not contain the subject throttle control system.toyota introduced electronic throttle control (etc) o…