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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.
9.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $12,180
- Average Mileage:
- 64,600 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 12 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (11 reports)
- car totaled (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I was coasting into a parking spot in a public parking garage when my 2007 Toyota Camry suddenly started to accelerate on its own. I was stunned and remember thinking "Why is this car accelerating?". I hit the brake, but there was not enough time to stop the car before it crashed into a large concrete pillar at the end of the parking spot. There was significant damage to the front bumper, grill and hood of the car, and the car had to be towed.
After calling Toyota, they sent an inspector who downloaded data from the Event Data Recorder (EDR). The data showed that indeed, as I had experienced, the car had accelerated from 2.5 mph at about 2 seconds before impact to 9 mph at the time of impact. The EDR showed that the brake went on just before the impact, even though the accelerator rate and RPMs remained elevated (usually indicating that the gas pedal is depressed). I don't drive two footed, so how could the accelerator pedal remain depressed at the same time that the brake was pushed, given that I don't, nor have I ever, driven two-footed.
Toyota said that the inspection showed that weren't any problems with the brake or accelerator pedals and dismissed my questions about how both could be depressed at the same time in the sequence shown by the EDR. I won't drive the car again. My experience seems very similar to others by owners of Camry's in the 2005-2007 model years.
- Linda A., Baltimore, US