Used 1998 Toyota Camry Consumer Reviews
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crappyota, 06/30/2004
1998 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought this car with 36000 miles on it. Like most people I wanted something reliable and economic, something I could keep for a very long time. I have done all scheduled maintenance and tuneups. I now find myself, at 64000 miles, replacing the idle control valve for $350 and am dealing with engine noise of unkown origin. To find the noise even the ever helpful dealer said they woud need to "tear down the engine" for $1500, to start. So much for reliable. Honda Chevy here I come!!
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Served us well, 09/21/2005
1998 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased this car new. With 95k miles on it, just regularly changed the oil, brakes once, third set of tires, new battery. Needs new struts (they are noisy), mechanic friend said let it go. No major problems yet. Nice not having a car payment with gas prices rising.
one reliable car
Paul K, 05/31/2004
1998 Toyota Camry XLE V6 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
We had bought this car brand new yet even after about 85000 miles, it seems nearly the same. It is very comfortable and has just the right amount of acceleration. Never had any problems with the car.
fundamentally sound, but...
W. Green, 02/27/2005
1998 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Boring, but reliable. Disappointed to find a problem with the left turn signal and a significant rattle somewhere in the right front portion of the car. Both defects are chronic for this model and year. No driver's lumbar support. No map lights. Remote does not open trunk.
Just won't die
L C V, 02/16/2017
1998 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Engine was replaced before I got it, needs new struts and I broke off the passenger side mirror but who cares, they're $20 online. This is my second camry (upgraded from a 1997). Only reason I had to replace the car was my previous camry got rear ended. V4 runs better than the v6 (at least the camrys I had). I'm not sure why it's listed as having only 20mpg - I fill my tank up once every 10 days driving 40 miles 5 days a week. I get as much mileage if not better than my 06 elantra did. Car insurance is low, car taxes are low (yes, I'm in one of the states that taxes cars) and I haven't had a car payment in 4 years. I've done 0 repairs on this car in 10 months, just spent about $30 on oil (bit of a leak I suppose). Meanwhile my husband's hyundai needed $800 worth of work at 80k miles. Cons: the moon roof allows for leakage when it rains, which really sucks. Large coconut smelling yankee candle scented thing covers that, though. Seat is so old it hurts so I had to get a seat cushion. And the tape player has a loud rickety-rack (this was in both my camrys) - it doesn't play tapes that well, but a tape adapter + smartphone works just fine. But these are superficial issues and once I get the strut and mirror fixed that'll be $600 of work I've had to do in a year (compare that to a $200+/mo car payment!!)
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