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Steering
09/15/2015
MY CAR IS HARD TO STEER WHEN I GO AROUND CURVES ON THE STREET OF THE MOUNTAINS WHERE I LIVE. IT FEELS AS IF I COULD DRIVE RIGHT OFF OF THE MOUNTAIN IF I DON'T QUICKLY CORRECT THE STEERING. IT IS AS THOUGH IT IS SLIPPING AND ACCELERATING AS IF I AM LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. IT IS A FRIGHTENING FEELING AS IF IT IS PULLING AGAINST WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO, SUCH AS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE IT AROUND CURVES SAFELY.
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Electrical System
09/04/2014
TRY TO START CAR AND WHEN TURN THE KEY I GET NO START NO CRANK,I ALSO HAVE NO POWER TO ACCESSORIES COMING OFF OF FUSE BLOCK UNDER THE DASH ON DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE CHECKED BATTERY ITS FINE. HEADLIGHTS WORK,AND DOME LIGHT WORKS ALONG WITH CHIME FROM HAVING KEY IN IGNITION.I HAVE CHECKED ALL THE FUSESIN THE ENTIRE CAR, AND THEY ARE FINE. I CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH,AND STILL NO START NO POWER TO ACCESSORIES. I TESTED STARTER AND ITS FINE. *TR
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Steering, suspension, service Brakes
06/10/2014
CAR HAS BEEN SWERVING VIOLENTLY AROUND CURVED ROADS. THE ALIGNMENT WAS THROWN OUT OF SPECIFICATION BY BROKEN COIL SPRINGS. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS SUCH AS BALL JOINTS TIE RODS WHEEL BEARINGS... WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN SPEC. COIL SPRINGS WERE BOTH FOUND BROKEN, AND UNEVENLY. ONE COIL WAS MISSING MORE COILS THAN THE OTHER. IF THE COILS HAD BROKEN IN A DIFFERENT PLACE OR THERE HAD BEEN TRAFFIC A FATAL COLLISION COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR
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Air Bags
09/16/2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
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Vehicle Speed Control, unknown Or Other, service Brakes
11/26/2012
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE DAY AND MY 1995 TOYOTA CAMRY STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN ON THE FREEWAY, AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGINING IT. I HIT THE BRAKES AND IT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER ON IT'S OWN TILL IT WENT UP TO 90 MPH. I PULLED ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKES, THAT SLOWED THE CAR DOWN A BIT BUT NOT BY VERY MUCH. IT MOSTLY JUST MADE A CEMENT GRINDING SOUND. IT WAS REALLY SCARY I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A DEATH MACHINE. LUCKILY THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE ON THE FREEWAY THAT DAY, SO I JUST SWERVED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER CARS. I FINALLY GOT IT TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH WITH THE EMERGENCY BREAK AND I IMMEDIATELY TURNED MY CAR OFF AND HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE ISSUE. I WAS REALLY LUCKY, I THINK IF THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE ON THE FREEWAY THAT DAY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME. *TR
