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Problems with 2003 Toyota Camry ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

On average, the 2003 Toyota Camry starts to “feel” problems with the ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING and its various aspects after 90 867 miles.

Components Affected by ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Issues

We have classified the 52 complaints from 2003 Toyota Camry about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING into the following categories.

ENGINE 32 COOLING SYSTEM 6 EXHAUST SYSTEM 4

Recently reported ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING problems on 2003 Toyota Camry

Rotten egg (or worse) smell inside vehicle, the same as in my 1999 toyota camry. visits to dealers with 1999 was no help. just recently found out about service bulletin & had quarter vent duct assembly replaced. same smell in 2003 toyota camry. dealer said it no longer has vents so no problem. could not get work order receipt to prove i was at dealers with this complaint. th/ma. *ak

While driving at 40 mph vehicle lost complete power without warning. *ak

We purchased a new 2003 toyota camry le.after about 6 months or so we began to hear a water sloshing sound under our dashboard.we thought maybe it was because our driveway was at a slope and maybe the position the car was in, the fluids were rushing through the engine.so we parked in the street.the same noise continued when we braked,turned and stopped.after trying to remedy the problem we took our car to the dealership and they test drove the car and said"oh,that's a normal engine sound" i said i don't think so and went to another dealership who said that it sounds like air in the hoses.they bled the system and it worked for a couple of days and then returned.back to the dealership 5 more times.finally they threw up their hands and said for us to give them 60 more days to try to figure out the problem which it was now in arbitration.how can they try to figure out the problem if we still had the car in our posession? we continued to drive this car putting on miles not knowing that when they buy back your car they deduct the miles from the cost of which they pay you on the lemon law buyback.so had they kept the car ,knowing they couldn't remedy the problem,our monies would have been more.they are buying our car back and we feel extremely cheated.we bought a new vehicle. not a toyota. *ak

Rotten egg smell comes into the car. doesn't matter if the window is closed or opened. i will be contacting the dealer today. my 2003 camry was a demo so i'm sure whoever was driving it had to have noticed the smell. nobody said a word to me about this. i felt this was underhanded by the dealership. i decided to investigate further to see if anyone else has complained of the same problem and went to the internet to see of there were other complaints and i found on your site. so now i know there is a problem. *la

The exhaust fumes seeped into the passenger compartment. as a result, the smell made the driver sick to his stomach. *ak the exhaust/emission had come inside the vehicle with the windows closed. *sc *jb

2003 v6 camry has engine surges/shuddering through all speeds. is really noticeable at38-40 mph. diagnostics showed engine computer needed to be reprogramed - problem was more noticeable when driving in citty where speeds were more increased and decreased. continued to take back to dealership. *ak

Tailpipe on 2003 camry to low to ground. this is a fire hazard. *jb

I had backed out of parking space. when i put 2003 toyota camry in drive, it surged forward. i braked but the vehicle accelerated. i depressed brake fully, nonetheless the car accelerated uncontrollably and very quickly. vehicle only stopped by violent collision with two parked vehicles and cement blocks. only good fortune prevented deaths of any passers by. witnesses observed my foot fully on the depressed brake pedal as the car was at rest after the accident.

The exhaust system on my 03 camry hangs down. it is 4 inches off the ground. i have tried to get toyota to fix it but they say it's the design intent. i'm afraid that if the car bottoms out the system will fly off the car. i watch two people die because a muffler flew off a vehicle and wedged itself into the gas tank of a truck. it caught the highway on fire and killed the guys in the truck. the system is not installed on the car correctly. there is a bracket that is not hooked up and the system does not tuck into the exhaust channel. all the camry and other models on this frame are like this. please help. *jb

While driving, steering became difficult so consumer pulled into a parking lot. vehicle was very hard to turn. consumer inspected under hood and noticed a small fire in the engine compartment. ts

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