Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Toyota Camry submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 36 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 36, in the owner's own words
Driver seat belt gets stuck sometimes or sometimes does not want to click not often but pretty randomly. The driver window control panel also started to smoke for 5 minutes the smoke started coming out the whole driver panel door and caused excessive heat. Seems that something burnt it was smelling like burnt plastic .
Whenever I start my car I can see a red triangle symbol I think it’s SRS warning light. Then I check my owner’s manual then I find out that it’s SRS warning lights. I don’t know what to do. Please let me know what should I do?
BACK SEAT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN LOCKED POSITION. IT WILL NOT COME UNBUCKLED SO BASICALLY HAVE NO SEAT BELT FOR THAT SEAT
TL* THE OWNED 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH ON A HIGHWAY HIS VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO THE MEDIUM, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE SEATBELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE CONTACT CAUSING THE CONTACT TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE CONTACT SUFFERED SEVER CHEST BRUISING AND LEG INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AWAITING TO IF IT WILL BE REPAIRED OR TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED WITH CASE NUMBER [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT
AS I WAS TRAVELING HOME AND MY STEERING WHEEL START TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN SO IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND I LOST CONTROL SO THE CAR SPENT AROUND WE END UP ON THE LEFT SIDE. SEATBELT WAS NOT HELPING PROTECT US AT ALL MY DAUGHTER SEATBELT ALLOWED HER TO SLIDE UNDER BREAKING HER RIGHT FEMUR AND MY RIGHT FEMUR ON PLUS MY ANKLE HAD TO BE RECONSTRUCTED. AIRBAGS CAME OUT 30 MINUTES AFTER THE WRECK. *JB *DT IN TAMPA. STATE ROAD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. ACCELERATING ' PULL RIGHT AND THEN LEFT. WHEN GOT CAR, WENT THROUGH BARBED WIRE FENCES. PAR INDICATES HIT TREE, DRIVER DOES NOT REMEMBER. DAUGHTER WAS IN FRONT SEAT, SEAT BELT ON. DAUGHTER FLUNG OVER SEATBELT. SEATBELT OVER ARM. DRIVER DIDN'T KNOW BROKE LEG. WAITED FOR PARAMEDICS. CAR CAVED IN ON OCCUPANTS. DRIVING APPROX 45 MPH. COULDN'T HIT BRAKES OR ANYTHING. DON'T HAVE POLICE REPORT. PAR NUMBER: 87281695. STATE TROOPER ' FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL. DAUGHTER IS 9, WEIGHS APPROX 125 LB. FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. USUALLY DON'T LET SIT THERE. STATED AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING INCIDENT, PICTURES AT IAA SHOW AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DID NOT CONTACT TOYOTA ' THOUGHT NHTSA TOOK CARE OF. NO INSPECTION CONDUCTED. VEHICLE AT JUNK YARD, DON'T KNOW IF VEHICLE STILL THERE. *JB
RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT TIGHTENED UP ON A CHILD AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. WE HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHENEVER THE SEAT BELT WAS CONNECTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS AN OUT-OF-POCKET DIAGNOSTIC FEE BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 187,000. ...UPDATED 05/03/17 *BF UPDATED 09/07/2017*JS *CN
BROUGHT MY 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY IN FOR ROUTINE CHECK UP, TIRES ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRUTS ARE LEAKING. I ONLY HAVE 78,000 MILES ON THE CAR.
SEAT BELT RETRACTORS (RIGHT AND LEFT) IN THE BACK SEAT DO NOT WORK.
UPON ENTERING THE CAR TO LEAVE, THE SEAT BELT IS LOCKED COMPLETELY TIGHT AND CANNOT BE PULLED OR RELEASED TO RESET THE LOCK MECHANISM MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO AVOID A CRASH HOWEVER THE SAFETY SEAT BELT FAILED TO SUSTAIN THE CONTACT IN POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
AFTER REAR-ENDING A CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, MY SEAT BELT RELEASED AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MY SEAT BELT HAD BEEN TIGHTLY LOCKED IN PLACE OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE PULLED BACK TO "NOT IN USE" POSITION. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I BELIEVE MY CAR IS UNSAFE IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
9/15/15 THE SEAT BELT ALARM SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS IS SEAT BELT ALARM FAILURE IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT. IT OCCURS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, ALSO AN INTERMITTENT EVENT. THIS ABS LIGHT EVENT CONTINUES TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FAILURES, INCLUDING ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS INCLUDING BRIGHT LIGHTS, AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE WARNING AND NOW SEAT BELT ALARM.
THE SEAT BELT ALARM SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. THE SEAT BELT ALARM FAILURE IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT. IT OCCURS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, ALSO AN INTERMITTENT EVENT. THIS ABS LIGHT EVENT CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH INCREASING ADDITIONAL FAILURES, INCLUDING ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS, AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE AND NOW THE SEAT BELT ALARM FAILURE.
THE SEAT BELT DID NOT SECURELY HOLD ME IN WHEN THE CAR BEHIND ME HIT ME, I WAS AT A DEAD STOP AND WAS REAR ENDED, THE AIR BAGS ALSO DID NOT DEPLOY, AND MY FACE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FORCE OF THE REAR ENDING PUSHED ME INTO THE SUV IN FRONT OF ME, THE CAR WAS TOTALED. I SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, WHIP LASH, WRIST AND ELBOW INJURY AND LOWER BACK WAS HURT AFTER THE IMPACT. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT THANKFULLY OTHERWISE I COULD HAVE HIT THE WIND SHIELD.
ENGINE COILS KEEP GOING BAD HAD IT REPLACED AT THE TOYOTA DEALER AND CONTINUES TO FAIL. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATION IT WOULD ONLY REACH 30 MPH, AND MY CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF. I ALMOST CRASHED DUE TO THAT INCIDENT NOT TO MENTION IT CONTINUES HAPPEN. I CAN NOT AFFORD THAT NOR ANY HARM TO MY CHILDREN. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS LOCKED, AND UNABLE TO USE. I HAD MY POWER WINDOW ALSO FAILED TO WORK ON SOME OCCASIONS I HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH IT UP. I SO LOVE MY TOYOTA BUT THERE ARE ALSO 8 OTHER RECALL TO WHICH I CAN ALSO RELATE TO.
UPON ENTERING MY VEHICLE I FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WAS LOCKED AND UNABLE TO RETRACT OR BE PULLED FORWARD. I CONTACTED A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, CHICAGO NORTHSIDE TOYOTA, AND MADE A SERVICE APPT FOR THAT AFTERNOON. SHORTLY BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP THE SEAT BELT SUDDENLY UNLOCKED AND WAS MOVABLE AGAIN. UPON INSPECTION, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS FRAYING ON THE SEAT BELT, AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE INABILITY FOR THE SEATBELT TO RETRACT OR MOVE. NONE OF THIS FRAYING HE REFERRED TO IS VISIBLE TO ME, SO I PRESUME IT IS HIDDEN INSIDE THE PANEL WHICH COVERS THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM. I PRESUME THIS WAS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL MECHANISM AND I SUSPECT IS A DESIGN DEFECT. TOYOTA WILL NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY FOR SEAT BELT REPLACEMENT AFTER 5 YRS OR 50,000 MILES, WHICH NO LONGER APPLIES TO MY VEHICLE, AND IS CHARGING ME $453 TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT AS A RESULT OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS A DEFECT FOR AN ESSENTIAL SAFETY RESTRAINT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
GOT IN FRONT RIGHT SEAT AND THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT TO BUCKET. *TR
DEAR FRIENDS, MY DRIVERS SEAT BELT WAS LOCKED . CANNOT LOOSEN UP. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
THE REAR LEFT HAND SIDE SEAT BELT GOT LOCK AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO UNLOCK IT, THE ONLY SOLUTION AT THE TIME WAS TO CUT THE SEAT BELT WITH A KNIFE TO FREE MY EIGHT YEARS OLD GRANDDAUGHTER THAT WAS CRYING AND VERY SCARE. *TR
ON 4/05/2014, ALL 5 SEAT BELTS LOCKED AFTER PULLED OUT SO FAR. A WEEK LATER ON 04/12/2014 THE REAR PASSENGER BELT WOULD NOT LOCK AND COULD BE PULLED OUT AS FAR AS THE BELT CAN GO WITHOUT EVER LOCKING. I THEN CHECKED THE OTHER 4 BELTS AND THEY ALL DO NOT LOCK. AS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO KEEP DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF AS THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH, NONE FLASH OR STAY ON AN EXTENDED TIME WHEN FIRST STARTED UP & THERE HAS BEEN NO DAMAGE/INCIDENTS WHICH COULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. TONIGHT I HAD A DEER STOP IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME WHILE GOING 55 MPH AND HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES. I HAD HOPED THAT THE SEAT BELT WOULD AT LEAST FUNCTION IN THIS SITUATION AND IT DID NOT. WILL BE CONTACTING DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE SAFETY BELT SYSTEM HAS FAILED IN THE CAR WHICH HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS SO THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE REASON FOR THEM TO HAVE FAILED! THE CAR IS AN 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY LE/4 CYL/AUTO. *TR
THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WEBBING IS STARTING TO FRAY ON IT'S EDGE. THIS IS PREVENTING THE BELT FROM ROLLING IN AND OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. *TR
WHEN UTILIZING LATCH SYSTEM MY OTHER CHILDREN CAN'T ACCESS THEIR SAFETY BELTS IN BACK SEAT. *TR
DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR STARTED TO FALL APART AROUND MARCH 2011, IT BECAME SAFETY ISSUE AS IT FAILED TO STAY IN STOWED POSITION AND WAS ONLY MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT FELL OFF ALTOGETHER. WENT TO DEALER TO BUY REPLACEMENT AT COST OF $121.85. NOW PASSENGER SIDE VISOR IS DOING THE SAME THING AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED SOON. ALSO REAR LAP SEAT BELT IS UNSERVICEABLE DUE TO LOCKED-IN RETRACTED POSITION. *TR
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