Faults:

The radiator blew up at 270000 miles.

It is on its 3rd battery in the life of the car.

IFS rocker arm mounts went bad at 290000.

Power steering pump hose exploded at 296000.

General Comments:

This car has been in my family since new in 1991. My mom had it, and then my sister, and now me. It cureently has 297000 miles on it, ALL ORIGINAL! It even has the ORIGINAL calipers on the front. Everything on this car works. The seats are amazing; eazy to clean up. There is no rust, and the paint is not even faded. It has had 3 sets of brakes on it, and it is due for the 4th set. It gets great gas mileage; I average about 20mpg in the city and about 26 on the highway. It has an electronic transmission. I press the button, and it says "pwr" and it goes faster and revs the engine higher. I can say this is the most reliable car I have ever had. I just got back to Arizona, from Ohio; a 4700mile trip and it still runs like new.

My 2001 Explorer threw a rod at 96000 last year and I was the original owner. My sister now has a Prius; Toyota are amazing!

Faults:

Replaced a battery and a headlight myself...

Many service items were dealt with by the previous owner in hopes of keeping the car for many more years, then his wife decided she really wanted a Jeep Cherokee!

Most importantly, the timing chain was replaced right before I purchased the vehicle.

General Comments:

The '89 - '91 Camry's are just about perfect cars, especially if they have been well-maintained. If not, there are plenty of used parts around and they are easy to work on.

I had the four cylinder and a 5-speed, would get up to 33 or 34 on the highway on trips; usually averaged about 26 - 28 mpg.

Just a great car and I only sold it because I was moving across the country.

Faults:

The doors wouldn't open right. The windows also wouldn't close right. So had to get all those fixed.

General Comments:

I had to sell the car quickly before too many things went wrong.

It was also huge on gas - expected as it was V6 2.5 liters.

I recently bought a Toyota Spacio now - so I can feel the difference. I am thinking about getting a 4X4 in the near future.

Faults:

I only owned it for 10 months, or 9,000 miles. During this time...

The hood latch broke. Couldn't go over 40mph without it flying up.

The power windows all went out.

The power locks all went out as well.

Tape deck broke.

Huge oil leak.

Torque converter failed.

Rotors had to be replaced, along with calipers.

There was a constant thumping in the steering wheel anytime I braked, and on a couple occasions, the car simply wouldn't stop (I thank the hand brake for my life - and all this was after extensive brake work).

Speedometer and odometer went out (so the 185k is an estimation).

Reverse gear stopped working.

Transmission had trouble shifting gears.. would slip shifting up into second and third.

The steering was very loose and unstable.. a lot of parts had to be replaced, with very little improvement.

The power steering went out on a regular basis.

The A/C went out.

General Comments:

Mechanically, this car was awful - it was one problem after another. I was extremely impressed with the interior and exterior, however - after 14 years, the body and paint looked brand new, and the interior was in stellar condition. So comfortable, too. There was ample room inside, and seemed well equipped.

The engine was great.. the V6 really had power, accelerated very quickly.. but it came with a price. Gas mileage was terrible! 18mpg.

I was expecting a lot more out of this car, as all I ever heard were rave reviews about Camrys.. but I sold it less than a year later, very disappointed.

It's possible that this was just a bad egg, or wasn't taken care of properly by the previous owner.. though that doesn't make much sense, considering all maintenance records were complete on the car, and the transmission had been replaced a couple years before.