CarComplaints.com Notes: An increasing number of Toyotas are experiencing excessive oil consumption and the 2007 Camry seems to be leading the charge.
Owners are reporting that their engines are deprived of oil halfway through their maintenance schedules and in some cases the damage is so bad that entirely new engines need to be installed, paid out of pocket. The issue may be a result of defective piston rings.
Toyota has issued a TSB for this problem, but maintains their stance that vehicles equipped with a 2AZ-FE engine are burning through a “normal†amount of oil.
Sunday morning on way to church at 10am, car started to hesitate and get a frightnening rumbling shake with acceleration, VSC appeared in MESSAGE BOX, noticed engine malfunction light on as well as slip traction light and master warning light, stopped at Auto Zone to get check/feedback lights didn't come on when started up, uneasy about driving any farther drove back home same thing happening, parked car, tried to drive again later around 6pm, problem persists.
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Sunday morning on way to church at 10am, car started to hesitate and get a frightnening rumbling shake with acceleration, VSC appeared in MESSAGE BOX, noticed engine malfunction light on as well as slip traction light and master warning light, stopped at Auto Zone to get check/feedback lights didn't come on when started up, uneasy about driving any farther drove back home same thing happening, parked car, tried to drive again later around 6pm, problem persists.
- camrynaw1, North Little Rock, AR, US