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Not a lot of problems. Interior trim piece came loose, had very annoying rattle in dash that very uncooperative dealer never succeeded in finding. Had small coolant leak that required replacing a hose clamp that had broken. Fit and finish is below par for the cars reputation. Engine computer had to be reset due to electrical problem.
My biggest complaint with the car is its terrible performance. Our 4 cylinder Accord was faster, and I've driven several other 4 cylinder cars that were much faster. The car was purchased on its reputation and it has not impressed us at all. The interior is shoddy and cheap, there are numerous rattles and squeaks, and the body panels are not as well aligned as on many newer domestics I've seen. The ride is good, but the handling is mushy and very sloppy. In all, it is a fair transportation appliance, but it is a very slow, boring and dull vehicle. In view of the major problems with our Accord (2 transmissions in 65,000 miles) and our disappointment with this car, we will most likely look to domestics for our next car. My son just bought a new Buick LaCrose and it is a very well built and impressive car with ample power and a very luxurious feel. We'll look at them and the highly acclaimed Ford fusion, but will most likely not bother with another Japanese vehicle.
I feel sorry for you being stuck with one of these lemons. I was also tricked into buying a 2006 Camry LE V-6 and it was by far the worst car I ever owned. It was very slow and it too had a cheap and poorly finished interior with rattles in the dash. I was told it would get faster after it was broke in, but it never did. When it did run at all it was slower than a 4-cylinder GM compact. I took a huge loss on it and bought a 2007 Ford Fusion. It is much faster and is much better built and has a very nice and well done interior that does not rattle and fall apart. I love my Fusion and it has been perfect from the day I got it. I'll never buy another Toyota as long as I live. I'd rather ride a bicycle.
13:22...it sounds like you have only driven a limited range of automobiles. A living room couch ride is not how I would describe any Camry.
I love camrys, and I am thinking of buying an older used one, but I have to agree that the interior, although not bad IMO, can use some improvement given all the hype and compliments by everyone. LOTS of noises and rattles seem to become apaprent when they get older.
I'm the original reviewer and I felt I needed to respond to some of the comments that have been posted (though I notice some have actually been removed since I last checked). First of all, YES, I did notice the poor performance when I test drove the car. I was assured by the salesman that the performance would improve greatly after a few miles. I was even introduced to the service manager who told me the same thing. It never did improve, and has never been as fast as my 4-cylinder Accord, my friend's 4-cylinder Grand Am or the Chevrolet Cobalt rental car I used in Colorado. It is just plain slow. That is not a terrible thing, as I am not a street racer, but it actually is a little scary merging into fast traffic. It just has no acceleration.
As for fit and finish, it is not as good as my son's Buick LaCrosse. The panels are not all perfectly aligned, and the interior can only be described as shoddy. Parts have actually fallen off. I have also noticed that the panel fit on the Ford Fusion also seems to be better. One of our friends traded his 2002 Camry for one and has been very pleased with it and says it is much faster than his old Camry, which was also a V-6. I have driven my son's LaCrosse and everything about it is superior to the Camry, especially the quick acceleration and well built interior.
I'm not into the domestic versus foreign car debate, and my 1989 Accord was a total gem. However my last two Japanese cars have been a great disappointment to me. My son kids me about my Camry being a "Grandpa's car", because it is so sedate and slow, but thanks to him and his wife I soon will be a grandpa, so I guess that is sort of appropriate. I plan to keep the car for a while, as I would lose too much on it in trading it now (incidentally, it is a 2006, not a 2005 as the heading says. It was bought in late 2005 but is a 2006 model).
In reading through these reviews I see I have lots of company in being disappointed with the Camry. It seems to have the worst ratings of any car on this site. I can only assume that the people who are so fanatical in their defense of it have never actually driven one. Most of those comments appear to be lifted directly out of a Toyota sales brochure, so it would not surprise me to find that they are contributed by Toyota employees or teenagers playing on their computers. It seems that people who have actually owned one of these cars are not exactly impressed with them. I know I'm not.
I know just how you feel man. I couldn't get rid of my 2006 Camry fast enough, and my 2007 Fusion is 10 times the car the Camry was. I like the Lacross too, but all the tests done by magazines have shown the Fusion to be way better than the Camry and Accord and it is an awesome car that is very well built. I agree with you that the moderator ought to keep the kids from posting stuff from Toyota ads on this site. If the people who actually own and drive these cars are not able to tell what kind of crap they are then somebody reading a Toyota brochure has no business insulting us. All you have to do is look at the Camry reviews. There are 5 times as many bad Camry reviews as there are for any other car on here.
I had fallen for all the Toyota Hype and was in need of a car now that I had gotten my license. Well two of my neighbors were selling cars. One a 2006 Toyota Camry the other a 2005 Buick Lacrosse. The Camry was being sold because they didn't like it the Buick was being sold because they needed a minivan they were expecting a third child. And yes I can afford these cars I happened to get lucky when my father came into a large sum of money. So I went to talk to the Camry owner and he plain out told me don't even waste your time. We hate the car it is just problems. They showed me a spot on the hood where a paint chip was. A small one. It had happened in fall and they thought it was no big deal they would have it fixed when they took it in for an oil change. Well we got snow and the salt was dumped on the roads. It had already started to rust and it was a new car yet. It had 27,000 miles pathetic. Well I bought the Buick and am VERY happy with it no problems other than an ex keyed on the last day of school for the year. Well that was June 2006 now its June 2007 and never fixed it just buffed it out best I could. Still has not even started rusting. The only problem though was I had the moon roof tilted because it was raining and well a rock flew off the truck in front of me and hit it perfectly and cracked the stupid thing. But am I glad I didn't get the Camry the person who did sold it that same year said it was problem prone.