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.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
53,329 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Sun visor on driver's side will not stay in the up position. It hangs down about 1-2 inches from it's original "up" position. After reading on line about Toyota not doing anything to correct the situation with other people, I did not take it to my dealer thinking I would be told it was my car and my problem (not necessarily in those terms).
Driver's sunvisor suddenly and without warning fell down hindering my vision while I was driving. I had to push it up immediately to avoid crashing into a car in front of me. I was unable to keep the visor up and had to drive home holding it with one of my hands. I removed the visor for safety and have not replaced it yet. I have researched this issue and have determined there are numerous complaints with the visor coming down and not being able to go back up and stay in place.
2007 Camry SE ~37000 miles. Sun visors have failed to hold in position. This results in the visors not staying up and coming all the way down facing the ground blocking the drivers view (as well as the passenger's view). When looking in blind spots, the driver hits his/her head on the visor. This can be very dangerous as the drivers vision is impaired and unable to view out the windshield. Toyota unwilling to correct the issue even though it is a major safety hazard. I have 6yr/100,000 mile warranty and are only wanting to warrant parts for 36,000 miles. Under warranty or not, it sounds like someone will have to be killed before this is corrected. There are many complaints about the Toyota Camry visors online.
- Bakersfield, CA, USA
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Driver side sun visor will not stay in the folded up position and obscures forward vision. It was pulled down to hold up an accordion style sunshade in the windshield and would not fold back up. The failure has not been repaired yet.
2007 Toyota Camry driver's side sunvisor droops - all of a sudden my sunvisor droops and obscures my vision while driving; seems like poor workmanship for it to fail.
My 2007 Toyota Camry drivers side sun visor became loose and fell into my wife's field of vision. Now it is so loose it will no longer stay in the up position. I am removing it and plan to replace it in the very near future but wanted to report this as a possible safety defect.
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the driver side visor would not remain in the upward position and would flap down, distracting the contact while driving. The contact removed the visor completely. The dealer advised the visor could be repaired at her expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 110,000. Updated 11/08/10 * bf updated 11/10/10
Driver side visor broken and obstructing view. Visor was removed by owner due to safety reasons. Passenger side visor will not stay extended to windshield.
2007 Toyota Camry, the driver side sun visor does not stay up in the upright position. It fell down on me when driving a few weeks ago to which I narrowly avoided a serious crash. It is a safety issue and it is defective. A piece of their machinery is blocking my view because it doesn't work properly. We have a premium warranty up to 100K miles on the vehicle (bumper to bumper) and we are at 51K miles currently. We took the vehicle into the dealership to get it repaired to which they claim that the sun visor is a cosmetic issue to which they wont replace it. I have visited the dealership on separate occasions with several phone calls to Toyota headquarters to which they appreciate my concern and unless they receive a high volume of complaints about the issue they wont institute a recall. Doing research I have found many of the same issues with other Toyota. They dismiss my claim with cop out replies not taking into consideration the concern for my safety of myself and passengers who ride with me. Please help!!!!! someone sooner or later will get seriously injured or worse killed because of their safety defect. I do believe that my right to see is not a cosmetic issue and a serious safety violation!!!!!! all I ask for is them to own up to their defects and fix them asap.
My 2007 Toyota Camry driver side sun visor will not stay in the up position. It was up when I parked the car and down the next time I drove it. I took the car to the Toyota dealership to get the recall work completed for the mats and acc. Pedal and requested the service man look at the sun visor. He told me it was not covered under my extended warranty and I would have to purchase the parts myself. He also did not remove the visor which is a safety hazard as I cannot see to drive except by holding up the visor. I had to remove the visor myself to safely drive my car.
2007 Camry le, drivers side sunvisor will not hold in upright locked position and subsequently falls into view while driving. Removed due to repeated hazard of obstructing view.
Driver's side visor will not stay up in the raised position or all the way back towards window in lowered position. Continues to fall into the lower most position, blocking view through front window. This occurred while driving and I needed to use one hand to keep it raised out of my line of vision. Will be contacting dealer/regional service in an attempt to have them repair the problem since it is listed by other owners on NHTSA site as a defect complaint.
My 2007 Toyota Camry driver side visor got loosen and obstructed my view while driving. I could not lift it up to its normal position. I was driving on highway around 60 mph and the visor suddenly obstructed my view. I almost hit the car infront of me. The dealer (woburn Toyota, MA) refused to change the visor and told me it is not covered. I did constant maintenance of the car at the dealer. I hope Toyota steps up and recall the visors ad this is a safety concern and some one might not be lucky like me and be involved in a serious accident due to visor obstructing the view while driving. This is a safety concern, what does the mileage have to do with defective sun visors? we are not talking about a broken radio, but rather something that could potential pose a risk of harm to me and my passengers should the situation not be resolved.
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. While driving at approximately 35 mph, the drivers side sun visor flipped downward and would not remain in the upward position. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed the sun visor could be replaced at her expense. The dealer removed the sun visor but it was not replaced. The failure and current mileages were 99,300.
Driver's side sun visor keeps falling down. I have hardly used it and the car is 3 years old. It falls down in front of my face while driving and is very dangerous. It has not been repaired.
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the sun visor broke. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that although they were aware of the problem, they would not assist with the repair costs as the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was approximately 36,200. The current mileage was approximately 47,000.
While operating vehicle, driver side sun visor broke, obscuring view of windshield. When I attempted to change the position of the visor, it fell off, hit me on the mouth, and slid onto the driverside floorboard. Very dangerous.
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- Walla Walla, WA, USA