CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2009 Camry used to be adorned with our “Seal of Pretty Good†but that was before an alarming number of complaints started rolling in for excessive oil consumption.
Owners are being caught off-guard with how quickly their cars are running out of oil. No leaks, no spills, just 1 quart of vanishing oil in as little as 1,200 miles. Toyota maintains this is “normal†for the 2AZ-FE engine, even though they issued a TSB for the problem in August of 2011.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 5
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
74,202 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.
Catastrophic engine failure at high-speed on the highway. On June 22, 2017 at ~ 9:05 am I was traveling South on MA rte 128 in left passing lane just beyond the manchester exits. I was in the left-hand lane in a cluster of cars traveling at 65-70 mph. I was traveling ~ 70 mph passing the vehicles on the right. There were cars behind me in the left-hand lane, the closest approximately 40-50 ft behind me. Suddenly I heard a explosion under my car. Immediately clouds of a smoke-like vapor poured forth from the back of my car, followed by a loss of power and a racket from under the car. I immediately threw on my hazard lights and somehow made it to the side of rt. 128 without a collision. Luckily no one got hurt. From all that I understand about the failure, it sounds like there was no oil in my transmission, yet I had it serviced, including an oil change, at ira Toyota in danvers MA ~ 6 months ago. I had no indication of low oil prior to the incident.
Excessive oil consumption. Toyota says they want repair the problem unless using 1 qtr per 1000 miles. If a car was using that much oil between oil changes there would be no oil for it to run on. If the oil is depleted from the motor on the interstate and locks up, accidents will be caused. My car is using several qtrs between oil changes and this is not acceptable.
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. While driving 10 mph, the check engine and oil leak warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (bennett Toyota located at 1951 lehigh St, allentown, pa 18103; (610) 437-6711), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 68,000.
Engine burns approximately 1 quart of oil for every 500 miles. General Toyota of toms river stated that oil consumption on the engine is within allowance and refused to correct the problem at 142000 miles. Car has been brought to this dealer with no oil on the dip stick, and ignored.
At about 80,000 miles noticed that my wife's car started using oil and a couple times the oil light had come on which scared her. I contacted Toyota local dealership and they told me it was normal"?? I've been a technician my whole life and told them they were nuts. Not log after we got a notice about an oil consumption tsb and took in for the test. They test it before the oil has any chance for viscosity loss which naturally is going to pass. It uses approx. 2-3 qts. Of oil in a 3,000 mile oil change which is absurd. I've owned Toyota's for over 30 years but I've told them this is it no more of them. This is dangerous because this could leave this car disabled most anywhere even in the road!!! please make Toyota fix this problem which is huge as everyone I've spoken with on this model has the same problem! is there no honor justice anymore"
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. While driving various speeds, the vehicle consumed an inordinate amount of oil. The contact stated that several quarts of oil were placed in the vehicle, all of which were consumed within a short period of time. The vehicle was diagnosed as having an oil consumption failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 156,000.
I have been dealing with this issue for over a year now. I have done the whole oil consumption test with the dealership and they said that the car had hardly burned off any oil after the 1,200 miles of driving. Yet when I drove the car for another 2,300 miles the oil pressure light comes on. So I have been carrying extra quarts of oil with my whenever the light comes on. Toyota said that I could have it tested again after 6 months and this would be the last one they would perform. There is never leaking oil anywhere out side of the car after it has been parked. Toyota clearly knows that there is an issue since they have posted at tsb. Just fix my car!
While driving the vehicle, the rubber portion of the vvt-I oil hose ruptured. This faulty part, which Toyota neglected to replace with their updated all-metal line under their tsb, will eventually fail on all vehicles that have it and poses a serious risk for catastrophic engine damage, as well as the possibility of an engine oil fire under the hood due to its proximity to hot engine parts, as well as the exhaust manifold.
My 2009 Camry started burning excessive oil I am guessing at about 85,000 (Toyota definitely has record of it). I told them about it at my service appointment and they put the dye in and checked for oil leaks. All was fine. Since it just happened once I decided that maybe it was a fluke. Nope. Same thing happened so my next service appointment I mentioned it again. They told me I would either need a new engine or I would just have to put up with it and make sure there was always enough oil. It wasn't too bad at the time because it would only happen every 2,500 or so. Now it is happening every 1,000 miles, and I looked online and could not believe how many complaints there are for the same thing, and the fact that there is no recall!!! can you help get them to fix it since there are soooo many complaints on the exact same subject?
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. While driving various speeds, the air bag warning indicator inadvertently illuminated and the horn inadvertently failed to function. In addition, when attempting to park and turning the steering wheel to the left, the vehicle veered to the right. Both rear tires made a loud noise, the engine shook violently without warning, and the water hose detached and caused water to leak out. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the shocks were replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
Car is consuming a large amount of oil and has been previously checked at local dealer and oil consumption test done and stated by local dealer normal. As of March 2017 stillan issue and will continue to take to dealer for issue
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. While driving various speeds, the vehicle consumed an inordinate amount of oil. The contact stated that oil was deposited into the vehicle on numerous occasions in a short period of time. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.
Excessive burning of oil. Have had to change oil in less than 3000 miles due to oil light coming on and no oil registering on dipstick, and now no oil after just over 1000 miles of driving.
My son, driving to back to shool, was left in the road with our 2009 Camry 5 seconds after the oil light came on. (excessive oil consumption issue known by Toyota - August 11, 2011, Toyota issued a technical service bulletin tsb to dealers) we were not aware of this problem or we would have advised him to check the oil every gas fill up to prevent problems. The car is a complete loss, but what concerns me most is that he was on a country highway with miles of open space between towns. Luckily he was just entering bedford va and made it to the entrance of a shopping center before the car died. Since he was blocking the shopping center entrance 'some random guy' helped him push the car into a parking area. Had this happened between towns and his car been stuck on the highway this could have been extremely dangerous. Both the shop we towed the car to and the company that last changed the oil investigated why the oil ran dry after only 1500 miles. Their conclusions matched in that there were no signs of faulty maintanance from the oil change nor any signs of obvious leaks. To leave people in dangerous situations because a company does not want to accept responsibility for faulty or defective equipment nor do they want to notify owners that this could be a serious issue is beyond contempt. This is pure negligence on Toyota's part not informing the car owners of this serious problem. In the meantime we need to determine what to do with a 'dead' car.
The engine oil light had come on indicating my oil was low. I had a scheduled oil change appt. At a Toyota dealership in a few weeks so I checked the dipstick, which indicated the oil was low, and added two quarts. At my appointment on 11/19/16, I stated the oil issue and the service advisor started the oil consumption test. When I returned to get the results from the test on 1/2/17, it was revealed my car had failed and the oil was extremely low. I am told by a former certified Toyota mechanic, that their standards for failing oil consumption tests are very high, so to fail a test is a huge concern. The test was ran when my mileage was at 151,499. The oil consumption issue had obviously started well before the test was ran. However, since my car was out of the 10 yr/150K mile warranty, Toyota would not cover the cost of repair. I called the Toyota customer care line twice and they told me legally they could not cover the cost. They refused to acknowledge that the problem started before 151,499 miles. I called the Toyota region to see if they will fix it in good will since I bought the car in good faith and always had it regularly maintenanced at a Toyota dealership. I was still told no, they legally couldn't help me. I was never notified that my car had a potential for excessive oil consumption. The only recall notice I have ever received from them was to get extra grease put on a switch for my window motor. If they had alerted me sooner that my engine needed to be tested or if the service department had told me about the recall for similar cars, then I would not be stuck driving a dangerous vehicle. I have to put a quart of oil in every week just to make sure it is drivable. I am paying for the repair out of pocket hoping that there is no damage to my engine block. I do not want to sell this car since it is a potential danger and put someone else's life at risk.
My 2009 Toyota Camry has been burning approximately 1/2 quart of oil per week since October 2016. It had 128000 miles at that time. It now has 134500 miles. I drive approximately 500 miles per week. I fear engine problems and possible seizure. I had a Toyota dealership test done at 129500, but their verdict was that the oil consumption was not within the realm of needing repair. The engine used 3/4 quart of oil over 1250 miles, but the Toyota guideline is 1.1 quart during the test time period.
My excessive oil consumption engine needed repairs per a Toyota major recall. I took the car and as you can see below it has been a very frustrating experience. After being told that my 2009 Toyota Camry was on a recall list, I was given a possible repair date of within 10 months. I waited and was given a drop off date of 1/23/2017. I was given a rental car and went on to work. After 5 days I was told my car was ready but, that I would have to pay for parts that were removed/replaced to do the work on the recall. I questioned why I was being charged for consequential damages to parts that should be included as part of the labor due to the recall. I got fetched a long story from Toyota 800 number and I had no choice but, go pick up my car and pay the $269.54. I picked it up and noticed that it was driven 58 miles, upon leaving and as I got on the main road I noticed that there was a huge crack on my windshield as well. I called back and spoke to [xxx], he was rude, a bully, and accused me of lying about the damage. I begged them to pull their security tapes which they refused. Toyota should pay for this recall to include any parts that should get damaged in the process as they perform their repairs. I'm asking for a full refund and an investigation into the damaged windshield. I refuse to go back to their store and prefer to have the windshield replaced at either my residence or place of employment. I've owned 3 Toyota and refuse to go by and purchase my next car from [xxx]. I realize that I am a single customer however; I work hard for my money. I've never tried to abuse my car and I keep up with the maintenance. In my opinion [xxx] should be retrained. His lack of professionalism is going to cost you guys thousands and you will continue to lose valuable customers if you continue to refuse to do the right thing. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
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