Chris Kaye

Hi guys, I was driving my Camry Altese recently, and all of a sudden I felt the car brake lightly by itself then it stalled, I was just coming up to an intersection anyway and needed to stop so I just started it again and kept driving, this is the first time it's ever stalled on me. It's not due for a (6 month) service for another month, although I did recently get a new radiator installed. I'm worried that it may happen again while I'm driving down the highway or something, is there an obvious reason why it would've stalled randomly? Has anyone had this specific thing happen to them while driving their Camry? Or should I just get a mechanic to look over it? Cheers.

Sweet, thanks heaps trentmeyer23! I rang up Mike Carny where I bought the car and told them the problem and what I need, quoting that genuine part number. They put it in for me and it only cost me $13.Thanks so much, again. Cheers.

Hey, I own a 2003 Toyota Camry, I was driving it last night and was using the cruise control fine, I stopped at some lights, then started driving again and tried setting the cruise control, the green "cruise control" light switched on but it wouldn't set. When I reached my destination i parked the car and noticed my brake lights wouldn't switch off. It was late by that time and I was forced to just disconnect the battery or have a dead battery in the morning. I had to get to work the next day so I've been forced to connect the battery whenever I need to drive it and disconnect it when parked. The car doesn't like it, sometimes when I am disconnecting the battery terminals it will start the alarm all of a sudden and I have to use the central locking key to lock it so it will stop. Disconnecting the battery also seems to clear the internal computer as the clock on the dash resets to 1:00 and the radio presets disappear. (Which is fine, as I can set them right again myself, but does this also reset other important things with the internal computer?) Does anyone know if the cruise control not working and the brake lights not turning off would be connected at all? Can I get some advice on what to do about this, please? I'm thinking I'll have to take it to an auto electricion but I need to know what is wrong with it to let him know so he's not dicking around with it any longer than he needs to be, haha. I also know barely anything when it comes to cars and am not "switched on" with them or mechanically minded at all. (I also googled the brake lights not turning off problem and found it may be something to do with a plastic plug connected to the top of the brake pedal, I tried to get a look in there but couldn't find it.) When I went to have a look for the plastic switch under the dash where the brake pedal is, I noticed some small black plastic pieces on the floor which look like they've broken off something, it may be the plug I'm looking for. I tried to take a photo, you can see the black bar which is the brake pedal, but I dont know what I'm looking at. Is the hole pictured supposed to have a plug in it? Cheers guys :(

Got it, put a new one in fine with no dramas, thanks for the info mr2.

It's most likely the actuator on your passenger door. Hi, I can confirm it is the actuator on the front passenger door as I had a mate test it for me, he's willing to replace it and know's how to take off the door trim, but doesn't know the actual steps of replacing the actuator. I've ordered the part and searched the site how to do it, all I could find is a thread containing a pdf (which is a dead link now). So can someone tell me in detailed steps, how to do this, please?

Hi, I have a toyota camry altise 2003 model and have this problem, it will beep twice when I use the central locking button but not lock the passenger door, I have to open it and flick over the knob to lock it. I've found it only beeps when I have unlocked the passenger door then I have to open it and lock it manually. If it's just me driving the car and I don't have to open the passenger door at all, I can central lock/unlock both my driver door and both the rears fine, WITH the passenger door locked via switching the knob inside the car. So it only beeps when I've unlocked the passenger (and try to lock it via the central locking). Any more updates on this? I don't know cars at all, and I'd have to tell whoever I take it in too exactly what is wrong with it and (hopefully) how to fix it, I have no idea, myself. I don't want them tinkering with it for weeks and running the bill up without even knowing what is wrong with it.