2005 Toyota Camry Solara Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 20about this part
- Share
- 22%of 92 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 48,916miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 20 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2005 Toyota Camry Solara, 22% of the 92 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 48,916 miles. 13 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I own a 2005 solara sle v6 automatic: pulling into a restaurant parking space, making a right turn, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward: jumping the curb, forward onto a muddy open space, an approx. 25* incline, and into a low barrier wall between the two neighboring restaurants' parking lots (with cars on the other-side of the barrier). Fortunately, no vehicles or persons were stuck!; just, the damage to my vehicle! …”
NHTSA complaint #10576595, filed 2014-04, 45,000 miles“1. I put the car in reverse and it accelerated suddenly, hitting another car and a post. 2. This happened the one time but I haven't gotten the car back from the body shop, yet. 3. Toyota has denied responsibility since they examined the car carefully in its immobile wrecked condition at the body shop and found the accelerator to be fine. I also, had after market floor mats.”
NHTSA complaint #10312381, filed 2010-02, 64,000 miles“I went to back up my car out of a parking space at church. Put the car in reverse, and touched the gas pedal, and suddenly the car took off backwards at an extremely high speed and became uncontrollable. Would appear that the accelerator was stuck. The accident resulted in property, damage to another car, financial loss and mental anguish. Car was on church property at the time of the accident car was totalled by safeco, not repaired. I could not find an open recall on this car, but do not believe that should rule out the defect.”
NHTSA complaint #10950083, filed 2017-02, 101,000 miles“2005 Toyota solara--accelerator surges. In june 2008 I took it to the dealer who said they couldn't find anything. The dealer has the record of my june 2008 repair request. However, the accelerator still sticks and surges intermittently. What should I do.”
NHTSA complaint #10290959, filed 2009-11, 50,000 miles“I was surprised to see how many identical complaints there were concerning the acceleration lag with the 6 cylinder '05 solara. My complaints to Toyota yielded no results. The car hesitates when slowing then accelerating then jumps forward. Same problem when accelerating to merge with traffic. Many close calls and snapping of the neck on acceleration. Drive by wire is poor substitution for drive by mechanism.”
NHTSA complaint #10200717, filed 2007-08, 1,000 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10244113Aug 17, 2023TSB: Replacement certification labels (the vinyl label installed on the driver door or door post) and VIN plates (the metal plate riveted to dashboard) (see Figure 1) for most…
Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 13% |
| 2007 | 13 | 10% |
| 2006 | 19 | 16% |
| 2005 | 20 | 22% |
| 2004 | 27 | 17% |
| 2003 | 4 | 17% |
| 2002 | 14 | 23% |
| 2001 | 9 | 17% |
| 2000 | 6 | 9% |
| 1999 | 7 | 8% |
Other parts of the 2005 Toyota Camry Solara
24 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
16 complaintsAir bags
15 complaintsOther or unknown
8 complaintsBrakes
7 complaintsElectrical system
6 complaintsEngine
5 complaintsSeats
5 complaintsElectronic stability control
3 complaintsSteering
3 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsWheels
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2005 Toyota Camry Solara
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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