Faults:

This is a review after 59000 miles.

Steering rack - complete replacement at 59000 miles.

Excessive oil consumption - this is a well known problem with 2AZ-FE engines.

Occasional hesitation when starting.

Sun visors fell down.

Accelerator problems; recalled and fixed.

Car key broke in half after 47,500 miles. The car key is plastic

at the top, making it very easy to break off the metal key shaft.

Steering noises. Hopefully this should go away with the new

steering rack.

General Comments:

The steering rack should not have failed so early.

This car feels safe to drive after the accelerator recall was finished.

The engine has consumed oil since the problem was discovered at only about 13,000 miles. The car uses about 1 quart every 1,500 to 2,000 (possibly 2,300) miles.

At this rate of oil consumption, I change the oil at the dealer every 3000 miles - because the oil consumption increases.

There are very large pillars on either side of the windshield; these could easily obstruct the view of a pedestrian.

The car key contains the fob, and only the lower part of the car key is metal. This is a very fragile design. With normal usage, the plastic part of the car key broke off, releasing the metal part after only 47,000 miles.

Faults:

The transmission hesitated.

The air conditioning always had a mildew smell.

The sun visors broke.

The master cylinder for the brakes was replaced.

The steering u-joint was replaced.

The tires wear too fast.

The idle surged up & down.

General Comments:

The transmission hesitation was corrected when the dealership reprogrammed the computer. The problem was it had to be done on 3 occasions during a 60,000 mile period.

The mildew smell from the air conditioning could never be resolved. Even after changing the cabin air filter.

Both sun visors clips broke. The dealership installed them, but I had to pay for the new clips. Other than that, the seats wore down fast and most of the plastic materials started to rattle.

The brake pedal went to the floor. At the time the car was still warranted, so again the dealership installed a new master cylinder, but again I had to pay parts cost, why?

After the warranty was done, my regular service shop replaced the steering u-joint due to a loud clunk coming from the column.

No lie, the tires wore out every 20,000 miles. After changing the 4 struts, the last set of tires I put on were in great shape at their 20,000 mile mark before my trade in.

In the last 2 months we had this car, the idle would surge up & down in drive at a stop from time to time. I never bothered to have that checked.

I bought this Camry used in early 2009 with under 12,000 miles, and traded it in this past winter for an SUV from a different car company.

I won't be purchasing another Toyota again. I feel this car was poorly built and the transmission problem seems to be very common.