I've owned a Silverado, Monte Carlo, Camaro, also a Escort (wife), and now i
bought a 2001 Camry,
I do all my own wrenching/maintenance. I bought the Camry thinking that
Toyota had finally stepped up to the plate for quality and reliability,
Nope,
that Professional Grade stuff is
just marketing hype.

That @#%&%! thing started falling apart @ 50,000 mi. when the AC compressor
teflon seals went and since then the transmission has eaten its young when
the TCC solenoid failed and the sun reaction shell cracked at the spin weld,
the engine intake manifold gasket leaked, the wiper control board failed,
the rear axles seals failed and ruined the rear brakes in the process, the
exhaust system cracked in two and fell off, the brake vacuum booster unit
failed, the front ball joints needed to be replaced because the rubber
grease bladder rotted and split open, it was recalled because the electric
rear-view mirror switch would short out and set the driver's door on fire,
it eats brake pads every 25k mi. (and doesn't stop very good when the brakes
are OK), the drivers seat rocks back and forth because a small internal
piece breaks and I've had to replace the oil lines twice and now the third
set are starting to leak at the couplings.

I will never buy a toyota again

from now on it's only Chevy and Ford

"bob shiply" <dsd@aol.com> wrote in message
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But other than that do you like it? :)

Mind you if that was happening to my car I might be a tad pissed too.

Based on your experience I really can't blame you for going back.

My experience has been the exact opposite over the last 2 1/2 years the XLE
has outperformed and been far more reliable than any murcan car I have
owned.

I have been told domestically built Toyotas however do not stand up like the
jap versions of which mine is one.

"the engine intake manifold gasket leaked"

I have this problem too on my 03 Camry, Japanese built. Dealership won't do
anything about it...they call it "sweating" !!!

Sorry you hate the Cam so much, I don't blame you at all. The best years
were from 92-96...the 97-01 were the worst built by far!



"bob shiply" <dsd@aol.com> wrote in message
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I have an old Camry (1992) with 130 000milles and it's still running like
new, no major component were changes ant it's the original exhaust system,
but this car was built in japan not in USA.

That mean if you want a reliable car you have to buy one made in japan.


"Artfulcodger" <mcbat@rogers.com> a écrit dans le message de
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sylvain gagnon wrote:
Same here at 180000miles. Front brake pads are still the original ones (!),
front exhaust was replaced.
Still drives like day #1: same mileage, no oil consumption at all.

Luc K

That's hard to believe.

"bob shiply" <dsd@aol.com> wrote in message news:<bphaia$d1i$1@gateway.northgrum.com>...
For those of you unfamiliar with the related thread from which this
post is "borrowed" it is:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...autos.toyota.*

badgolferman wrote:
I know, I've never seen this before (previous car was Audi 100 diesel manual
transmission, so a Camry with auto trans should need brake pads earlier...)

At 100000miles, the technician asked me 'do you ever brake?'
I responded: "Yes, even for animals!"
According to the technician, the brake pads had only lost about 1/4.

The rear brakes had to be replaced because the brake cylinder got stuck on
one side...

Luc K

Yeah, a number of things can stop a Chevy.

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"Daniel M. Dreifus" <nospampls2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Dan,
Thanks for pointing out the bs. It didn't sound right for several reasons
but, the one that jumped out at me the most was changing the brake pads at
25k. That would almost always be a drivers error for this to happen
continuously.
davidj92

this guy is a troll. his name is not bob shipley, it's SCOTT DARLING and he
works for us west as in customer service .
scott says he is in spokane but seems to be posting from maryland. scott
wishes that we contact him at:
dsd@worldnet.att.net

seems like he's another who keeps an aol account for the purporse of
trolling.

simpleton wrote:

Hey, AOL makes a good proxy when needed :-D

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