I had contacted Toyota care and they said it was not a warranty issue. I did not want to become a statistic by having this vehicle cause a car wreck and hurt myself or other drivers. This was the final straw, not going to allow a car to make the decision to pull on black ice or other driving conditions. Driving home from work one evening, it had rained and was turning to black ice going around a slight curve on the bridge and close to the white line the car decided to pull me away from the white line. This surging was scary, even with studded snow tires. Once it snowed this surging began happening when braking to slow down to make turns. Noticed this occurring when slowing pulling into the garage, was not a deal breaker as was barely moving and never got to close to hit anything else in the garage. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.Ĭan not turn off the lane departure warning (ldw) feature. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that no issues were found. The contact stated that the failure mainly occurred while driving at faster speeds. The independent mechanic informed the contact that the vehicle did not need to be aligned and there were no issues with the tires. The vehicle was taken an independent mechanic for tire alignment. The contact was able to regain control of the steering wheel and continued to drive. Additionally, the contact stated that the failure reoccurred while driving in the rain and as she depressed the brake pedal, the vehicle swerved, almost causing the contact to crash into another vehicle. The contact depressed the brake pedal and continued to drive. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 mph, the steering wheel started vibrating. If I dont play with the lever and tilt steering during a drive, the steering wheel while shake, car wobbles and sounds like mud tires are on it, and the car glides all over the road and turns make as if tires flat. One time my abs light and traction lights came on during my drive and then went off moments later. I have heard and read about other Camrys this year model having similar issues. And I am so scared of driving it that I have parked it since August because I am afraid for my safety and my childrens safety. No one seems to understand what is the issue at the mechanic shops I brought it too. The lever for tilt steering is sometimes really loose like it is about to fall off but other times it is so tight that I am afraid it will snap if I lock it back. If I play with the tilt lever and move steering wheel in and out or up and down I can feel the transmission almost like releasing from straining but never feels as if it is straining if that makes since. If I put my traction control on off and drive it somewhat drives better but the rubbing sounds from the front still appears.
My steering wheel shakes when braking, and my steering wheel is really tight. Now when I am driving it sounds like a belt shifted on a tire but hasn't or something is rubbing. I contacted the dealership immediately when I began noticing the problem and they told me nothing was wrong with the car and they couldn't not help me. I changed my lower control arms, inner tire rods(front), outer tire rods(front),this is all since January of 2022. The tires either feel like they were laying down flat when making a turn either way to the left or the right and the car seemed to be at a different position than my steering wheel was. If I do not play with the lever for the tilt steering and move steering wheel up and down while driving my car does not drive normal. When I first purchased the car I unlocked the lever to adjust my steering wheel and from that moment further my car never drove the same. How safe can a car be if you can not reply on your steering. A set of tires last longer than this rack and pinion. Toyota has been of no help in this matter wanting me to pay $3700 dollars for repairs. I am fortunate my car was at the rear of the truck back tires when this happened. The car had approximately 30,500 miles only. Service manager drove the car around the parking lot and said I had steering failure and will need to replace rack and pinion parts. I went to the far right emergency lane driving slowly and arrive at dealer. Toyota dealer was approximately one mile and half way. I was fortunate it was not rush hour and no vehicles were in back of the truck in his right lane where the car was steered. I was driving down the road on interstate at 70 mph and my 2018 Toyota Camry se warning message steering power low alarm and one to two seconds later my steering wheel pulled violently to the right barely missing truck in right lane by inches.
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