Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1983 Toyota Camry

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
15
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK Absorber
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    1
  • Child SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT)
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
90V040000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1990-02-28

CRUISE CONTROL COMPUTER MALFUNCTION COULD OCCUR UPON SHUTTING OFF THE CONTROL AFTER CONTINUOUS USE FOLLOWED BY COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES.

RiskTHERMAL SHOCK TO THE CRUISE CONTROL COMPUTER COULD RESULT IN ENGINE RACING IF THE ENGINE IS RESTARTED WITH THE MAIN CONTROL SWITCH IN THE 'ON' POSITION. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT IF THIS IS PERFORMED IN NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.

FixREPLACE COMPUTER WITH ONE OF IMPROVED DESIGN.

83V133000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR1983-12-08

VOLTAGE REGULATOR WHICH CONTROLS THE AMOUNT OF FLOW IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR, MAY HAVE MANUFACTURING ERRORS IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT. THE REGULATOR MAY OVERCHARGE THE BATTERY.

FixDEALER WILL REPLACE THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR AT NO CHARGE.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
PE90021·EQUIPMENT1989-12-01 → 1990-03-21

FAILED SPEED CONTROL

Led to recall90V040000

PE87057·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1987-09-10 → 1988-03-30

IGNITER ASSEMBLY FAILURE

DP86008·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-04-02 → 1986-08-07

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

DP85001·SEAT BELTS1984-09-21 → 1985-01-02

SHOULDER HARNESS PROBLEM

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