# Question?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [November 8, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329 "2010-11-08T20:31:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![belihuab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@belihuab](https://community.cartalk.com/u/belihuab)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329/1 "2010-11-08T20:31:27Z")

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I have 1999 Toyota Camry 2.2L, 4cyl, I have it for eight years now it has 145000 miles on it, currently it start showing me the temprature guage when I drive over 50mph it goes all the way down to cool, when I drive under 50mph it will come up to the middle. It wasn’t doing this before , If it helps I had acccident about eight monts ago and I hit someone on my passenger side and shd some damage get fixed. What causes this?

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329/2 "2010-11-08T21:41:00Z")

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Have your thermostat checked, it could be stuck in the “open” position.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329/3 "2010-11-08T22:15:54Z")

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I second Uncle Turbo’s advice.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329/4 "2010-11-08T23:07:56Z")

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I agree. Sounds like a bad thermostat.

This is not an expensive repair.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329/5 "2010-11-09T01:01:28Z")

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Me too, and it should be a inexpensive fix.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/57329/6 "2010-11-09T15:36:31Z")

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I recommend a thermostat change every 4-5 years.