1992 Toyota Camry LE from North America - Comments

Self-retracting antenna failed at 120,000 miles.

Radiator blew at 128,000 miles.

Oil leak at 130,000.

The exterior paint has started to chip and wear.

Transmission has some hesitation at times.

I'm seriously impressed with my little Camry. I got it at 115,000 miles, and it was my parents car prior to that, they purchased it with 70,000 miles. It just hit 135,000 miles, and I have no doubts that it will last to at least 200,000 miles.

While the 4-cylinder engine it has isn't going to win you any street races, its more than competent to get you where you need to go with, and with great gas mileage. My wife and I recently drove to Los Angeles and back, on one tank of gas --- 425 miles, and this car is 12 years old.

Don't let anyone ever try to talk you out of buying a Camry, its the best investment of an automobile you could ever make.

All of your mechanical problems mentioned are similar to mine, except mine occurred sooner:

At 100,000 miles my electric antenna stopped retracting, my radiator blew, and as far as my power windows and door handles, all of them broke either just before 100,000 miles or just after to expensive to have all of them fixed so I just had the driver side window fixed.

I recently had my transmission rebuilt since it totally failed on me at 165,000 miles. It started out with just a small delay whenever I applied the gas, but eventually it got worse and totally crapped out on me.

The paint started to fade at 130,000 miles and currently, at 180,000 miles; I am having the car fully repainted and some bodywork done by sprayglo ($850).

Thanks,

JasonJ

Well I just got my new Camry. It wasn't my first choice, in fact, it wasn't even My choice, but my Dad's. He picked it out for me. I've had it for exactly a month now and I must say, for a 23 year old girl, it is not my type and needless to say, it's taking me some time to get used to it. But that's beyond the point.

I will not lie though, this car now at almost 133,000 miles is running a whole lot better than I thought it would. It is almost in a perfect shape. The only bad things about it are 1) the tape player! I know I sound "picky" but you have to agree. There is nothing worse than the morning radio station yapping and commercials and having some nice songs to listen to would be nice, and 2) it seems to have a mind of its own when I drive it in the rain. Meaning, it likes to go left and right when I try to keep it going straight forward. It doesn't give any trouble besides that though.

I hope this car lasts me until at least 250,000 miles.

I would have LOVED to have gotten such a nice car as the Camry for my first car, instead I got stuck with a beat up old Chevy Celebrity. Still, I'm glad I got the chance to have a car. Give it some time, I'm sure you'll get used to your Camry.

My first car was a Chevy Celeb wagon, then a Ford Taurus; both were crappy cars, but the Celeb was better.

Now I have a 1992 Camry with 215K. Runs real nice. Only problem is the broken A/C and leak in the left side of the trunk around the air exhaust box.