| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006073122 | Incident Date: Apr, 12 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BINGHAMTON | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: CAMRY | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JT2BF22K9Y0 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Left work, stopped at a gas station, went in to pay for gas, and when i came out the driver door would not open. there was no warning this was going to happen. i was really panicked initially because i was afraid the other doors wouldn't work; it was late at night in a bad area of town. i tried the remote, then the key, and the driver's side door would not open at all. i finally went to the passenger door and was able to unlock that door, crawl over the passenger side front seat and squeeze myself in to the driver's seat. i went to the toyota dealer to have this fixed. i have never before had a door on the driver's side just stop working, not ever. while the car was in the garage, the first brand new part that came in was defective, i had to wait for the dealer to get in a second one that was functional. i find that odd too. almost $410.18 later the door was operational, at my expense. my concerns with this is the fact that if this is a common occurrence this could pose a severe safety hazard to someone who is in an accident and may not be able to exit their car. or if someone is in a bad place, like i was, and can't get back in to their car because the door is not functional. i find it odd the automatic latch broke without warning or nothing to indicate prior to the happening that it could, and secondly, the first part the dealer got in was defective. makes me wonder if the part has a history of being defective to begin with. i've never been advised of any recall on my car; so do not know if there are recalls for this model or not. we did contact toyota headquarters about this issue, and were told this was not compensatory. to hang on to the bills i paid and if in the future this appears to be a problem i can deal with it then. *jb |
