2004 Toyota Camry 2.0E from Malaysia - Comments

1. Boot flooded with water on day 1 (repaired)

2. A-pillar (driver side) popped out after 1 week (self repair)

3. Rear seat belt clip came off (self repair)

4. Suspension "clucked" when going over speed retardant (fixed after 10 months)

5. Rear view mirror rattled (replaced)

6. Vanity mirror cover (passenger) spring faulty, came off on its own.

The car is rather good overall, but I believe since the Malaysian version is now made in Thailand, Toyota is suffering a drop in quality as the QA/QC may not be as strong as its Japanese plants.

However, it is likely that quality will begin to improve once customer feedback continue to be well managed all the way back to the designers and also production line.

The car engine, transmission and suspension are good, but the interior quality has dropped.

- The plastic coating on the door handles chipped off. The black patches showing more and more as the beige color chipped off.

- The vanity mirror on driver's side spring seems broken and cannot close.

- The headlamp cover made of low quality plastic and scratches all over after less than 2 years.

- The steering squeaky noise has not been fixed despite 2 complains made at Toyota Service Center at Subang Jaya due to lack of skill personnel and tools.

- Door insulation not too good, can feel the effects of wind seeping in at high speed.

- The body paint work easily chipped off.

- Booking for service need to be made 3-4 weeks ahead. Need to expand the service center.

Camry 2.0 Owner

WKN 3101

TEL +6012-3199886.

Hi. I empathize with you on your experiences with the UMW Toyota Service Center - I normally take my old 94 Camry to PJ. No matter how early in the day I send the car, I will only get it back at about 6 or 7 pm. However, just these past few days, I heard some good news - I went to put money down for the 05 Camry and was told that they will open a new service center in Shah Alam which will take up 4 acres for service, showroom and parts.

Anyway, I've been searching all over the place for user experiences with the 02, 03 or 04 Camry and finally found it here - but only *after* I had put down money for the 05 Camry. Anyway...

I can't wait for my car to arrive.

Nik

1994 Camry 2.2GX.

The engine and handling are good. But a few interior issues are faced with my new Camry 2.0 (bought end Dec'05)

Squeaky noise comes from the driver seat intermittently. Sometimes can even feel the driver seat being jerked when driving over a corner.

Squeaky noise coming from the glove compartment when driving over uneven road all the times.

Centre storage compartment cover cannot be latched up properly. Fixed in the 1st service.

Body paint easily comes off upon slight contact with hard objects (such as a neigbouring car door accidentally touched on the side door of Camry).

Slightly below my expectation on the new Camry.

I had high expectations of the new Camry 2.0 which has ultimately turn my hopes down. I have experienced countless problems starting from the interior to the exterior.

1. Rattling noise from the left and right side of the dash board. (suspect from the tweeter compartment. Complained on numerous occasions to the TOYOTA Service Centre at Sec.19 but had failed or ignored the problem.

2. Poor insulation causing noise when travelling above 100 km/h.

3. Poor quality headlamps causing water to enter, therefore causing it to be fogged.

4. Driver side door panel having disturbing noises even when going through minor uneven roads.

5. The original jack that came with the vehicle was not functional at ALL.

6. The boot lid had to adjusted everytime I send for servicing.

7. Some kind of spring noise whenever I corner.

8. Poor qality seats and fabric.

9. The foot brake gets loose after only 6 months.

10. During the initial 5000 km the fuel consumption was seper duper low, but thereafter it seems to be comsuming much more than before. (Don't know if this is due to the on board computer settings)

... And many more which I'm very dishearted to mention anymore. I had completely given up on informing TOYOTA sevice centre or the HQ simply because they don't reply. Simply shows how they pay much attention to you when you purchase the vehicle, but aftersales is zip. Oh by the way it took them 3 months just to replace the headlamp. Honestly I have a couple of friends whom experienced the same problems and surely we are frantically trying to get rid of the vehicle. Maybe it's due to the inefficient and irresponsible QA/QC local assemblers.

Extremely unsatisfied owner of Camry 2.0E Yr04.

Tony Ng

012-3453192.