Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

3
Open recalls
58
NHTSA complaints
10
Defect investigations
17
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

58 filed
2
Crashes
6
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat Belts
    11
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    7
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    3
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER Pipe AND CAP
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Structure
    2

Recalls

3 campaigns
92V135000·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1992-09-22

THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) FOR THE POWER DOOR LOCK SYSTEM CAN FAIL, CAUSING THE CONTACTS TO "WELD", AND RESULTING IN DOOR LOCK SOLENOID DAMAGE, WITH FAILURE OF THE DOOR TO LOCK OR UNLOCK, EVEN UNDER MANUAL OPERATION.

RiskIF THE DOOR FAILS TO OPEN AFTER ECU FAILURE, VEHICLEOCCUPANTS WOULD HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY EXITING THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY.

FixINSTALL AN ADDITIONAL SUBCIRCUIT RELAY CONTROL TO PREVENT MALFUNCTION OF ORIGINAL RELAYS IN THE ECU.

92V025000·SEAT BELTS1992-02-28

LIQUID SPILLED IN THE CONSOLE AREA CAN PENETRATE TO THE HOUSING OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR THE FRONT SEAT AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS. LIQUID CONTAMINATION OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THE UNIT SIGNAL NEEDED TO ACTIVATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE MOTORIZED SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE.

RiskTHE MOTORIZED SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGES MAY NOT MOVEPROPERLY, RESULTING IN LACK OF SAFETY BELT PROTECTION FOR SEAT OCCUPANTS OF THEFRONT SEAT, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP ORACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL A PROTECTIVE COVER TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF THE AUTOMATIC SAFETY BELT SYSTEM.

89V175000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT1989-10-18

OCCUPANT RELEASE OF THE LAP BELT IN A CERTAIN MANNER COULD CAUSE THE BELT RETRACTOR TO LOCK AT THE RETRACTED AND STOWED POSITION.

RiskSEAT BELTS MAY BE UNUSABLE OR OCCUPANTS MAY BEDISCOURAGED FROM USING BELTS, INCREASING THEIR POTENTIAL FOR INJURY IN ANACCIDENTAL OR SUDDEN STOP.

FixREPLACE LAP BELT WITH A REDESIGNED BELT GUIDE.

NHTSA investigations

10 actions
EA97008·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1997-04-23 → 1998-04-22

LEAKING FUEL TANK

EA93010·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1993-04-26 → 1993-09-29

UNDER DASH FIRES

Led to recall93V147000

EA92044·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-12-18 → 1994-01-31

THROTTLE STICKING

PE92065·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-07-16 → 1992-12-18

THROTTLE STICKING

EA92013·STRUCTURE1992-05-08 → 1993-05-12

STUCK POWER DOOR LOCKS

Led to recall92V135000

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