2008 Toyota Camry owner complaints

The dashboard is cracked, shiny and sticky, seriously affecting viability. I am not the first owner of the vehicle.

The dashboard has become sticky and is cracking. It also produces a dangerous bright shiny glare on sunny florida days.

When backing out of a parking spot as the gear shift was put in reverse, the engine sped up rapidly, out of control and the car ended up about 200' to the rear through the parking lot, over 3 concrete bumps and ended up on a grassy area. No one was hurt - luckily. Was there not a recall by Toyota about ten years ago of 400,000 similar vehicles because the engines went racing out of control? Many deaths and accidents attributed to it? My vehicle was not listed on your website as having an active recall.

Sticky and shiny dashboard. The reflection of the shining dashboard is causing a lot of trouble while driving. Cannot get a clear view of the road in the front when the dashboard is reflected on the windshield.

My telescoping steering wheel latch will stay locked.and my rear window shade will not go up or down hampering me when I backup at night. And this happens with this when in motion are not moving.

I have a 2008 Toyota camry with a 2az-fe engine that began using excessive amounts of oil after about 120k miles. I took it to my local dealership who told me it was normal to need to add oil every 1000 miles or so. However it has been brought to my attention that Toyota acknowledged this issue on august 11, 2011 with tsb #0094-11.

Car began loosing coolant and oil plus overheating while being driven. Both oil and coolant ran out in a matter of 3 weeks

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Toyota camry solara. While driving 45 MPH, the contact felt very tired and pulled over in a parking lot to sleep for thirty minutes. When she awakened, the contact noticed a strong abnormal odor without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that carbon monoxide leaked into the cabin of the vehicle. The vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer asked the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 86,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

Sun visors are defected. Easily broken when placed into use. Could lead to an accident when the visor will not return to up position. They block the view and unable to return them back to up position. *tr

With less than 18,000 miles on it both sun visors on my 2008 Toyota camry have broken. In checking one of them I found a broken piece of plastic in it that caused it to fail. I did not have to remove the visors but did use a large binder clip to squeeze them back together so they stay up but cannot put them down in circumstances where I need to use them. If I leave them down my visibility is severely impaired. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Toyota camry. The contact stated that both the passenger and driver side sun visors fractured from their housing. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the visors. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileage was 78,000. The visor were replaced at the owner's expense. The dealer was informed of the problem and the service staff stated it was a common problem. Updated 01/20/12

The sun visor on the driver side just flopped down. It startled me and I almost got into an accident. The sun visor is unable to stay up by itself, and it remains floppy and hangs straight down. I am short, and I have my seat all the ways forward and in the highest position; so the floppy visor is a visual obstruction to driving. The only way to keep the visor up is to tie it and wrap the tie around the ceiling hand holder on the driver's side. So, if I'm driving into the sun, I have to untie it; but because it hangs straight down, it blocks my total vision. The problem is compounded because I live in florida and I am constantly using my sun visor year round. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 Toyota camry. The engine races when the vehicle is started. When the contact places the vehicle into gear, it lunges forward. The vehicle also hesitates when picking up speed after decelerating. An authorized dealer informed him that the computer was designed to work in that manner and there were no solutions to repair the failure. The speed was unknown. The failure mileage was 15 and current mileage was 3,000. Updated 01/29/08. *lj updated 01/29/08 *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 Toyota camry. The contact stated that the repairs were recalls 09v3880000 & 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal) were performed in 2010. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a parked vehicle. The contact sustained injuries to the leg, face and arm. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 12/14/2011 *cn updated 04/25/11

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Toyota camry. The contact stated that he applied the brakes and the vehicle began to accelerate independently. The contact had to shift into neutral in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection but they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,104.

I was approaching an intersection on a city street and started to slow down when the brake pedal dropped, the "check vsc system" message came on the dash, several dash lights turned on, and the power brakes failed so I had to step on the brakes very hard in order to stop. I was able to slowly drive home. The "check vsc system" ,message is still on the dash.

In march of 2015, while leaving my place of employment parking lot the floor mat apparently interfered with the accelerator pedal causing the car to speed up resulting in loss of control, hitting a fire hydrant head on. The car was totaled. After the car was totaled, I received a recall notice regarding this issue shortly afterwards. A letter from my insurance company indicated that I was not at fault at causing the accident but rather the accident was the result of one or more recalls with regard to braking concerns: in the letter my insurance company referenced a recall notice; NHTSA campaign number: 10v017000. I have contacted Toyota regarding this matter; however m requests have gone unanswered or have been ignored. When my car was totaled my insurance paid the fair market value to th

My husband was putting on the passenger side seat belt and it was really loose and failed to retract. We were in the parking lot of wal mart and he had to go without wearing a seat belt due to its failure to work properly. *tr

The dashboard gets extremely soft and sticky when the interior of the car gets hot (>90 degrees) and causes a bad glare on the windshield that makes it difficult to see when driving. *tr