Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 08/08/2012 | 45000 | ||
| 'check vsc system' along with break light warning, abs warning, and pretty much every other warning light possible came on my 2007 camry hybrid around june of 2012. i hear pulsating under the hood constantly & when i turn on my car while in park with my foot on break my car will begin to roll backwards by itself, i attempt to pump the breaks but it never works. i have to wait about 5-10 sec like there is a delay with my break system when i first turn on my car. once the breaks finally kick in my car will either jolt in very drastic way like i slammed on my breaks even though my foot has been on the breaks the whole time or it will throttle back on its own like i'm pushing on the gas. i will never park on a hill in fear of my car just taking off on its own with no breaks to stop it. i have to literally turn on my car and wait for my breaks to kick in before i can reverse. it is very scary! it has happened to me once as well when i was driving and i coming to a stop, my breaks just went out and kicked back in on its own. i brought my car to a toyota dealership to have them check it out. they brought back a quote of $5,900! instead of trying one thing at a time they just wanted to replace everything at once. my car was right at the 5 year warranty mark but because i bought my car in guam they couldn't tell if my car was still under warranty and i would have to pay out of pocket. 2007 only 45000 miles with a 6 thousand dollar repair! that is insane let alone it is a hybrid feature & a safety issue! to me this should be covered under warranty no matter what! look online you can see hundreds of people complaining about this exact issue! people have even made websites for it! i'm very disappointed in toyota. i'm stuck with this car that i cant afford to fix! so i drive every day in what seems to me like a death trap! it's just not right | |||
| 02/15/2013 | 87225 | ||
| The vehicle had been for the past weeks with a pulsating noise under the hood, specially at stops waiting for a red light. you can feel the pulsation on the pedal when you depress the brake pedal. the noise gets louder the harder you press the pedal and the car seems like its trying to move forward on its own. no problem lights were on the control panel until it reached 87,225. after that i had the abs, brake, warning, vst lights all on with the message of check vst on the lcd of the control panel. took the car to the dealer and after inspection they determined that the abs actuator module had to be replaced. the quote was for $2,600!!!!! i started searching online and found out several other camry owners had the same problem. i'm filing the complaint because this is a very critical component in terms of safety and it is failing at a very low mileage (under 100k) and sometimes even under 60k. also the cost of repair is so high you have no choice but to increase the financial burden because it is a part that it is critical for the car's safety operation. i would never drive a car with brake problems. please investigate this issue. | |||
| 11/01/2012 | 115000 | ||
| Thecheck vsc system sensor came on while i was driving. i was doing approximately 45 mph on the road. the road conditions were good and i keep up with maintenance. the abs failure light, brake and warning icons. i have it checked out and i'm told by toyota car's abs accumulator system and water pump must be replaced and that they hadn't have such issues before. after much reasearch, this is a common complaint among toyota camry hybrid owners. this seems to be a design flaw and worse, my break pads and tires are brand new. this shouldn't be an issue but breaks pulsate and makes the vehicle unsafe as you can't control breaks when needed, especially, while parked on a inclined position. i am very concerned for my safety and the safety of others if my breaks were to fail because toyota has failed to recognize this as a vital recall repair. without brakes you can kill or injure someone and that bad water pump can cause your engine to overheat. please look into this and have toyota take responsibility for this situation! | |||
| 09/17/2012 | 123000 | 1 | |
| Vsc system, check engine, and emergency brake lights come on at the same time the brakes stopped working properly. i was braking and the brake peddle pushed back at me, releasing the brakes. when i continued to depress the brakes, the usual resistance and braking power was gone. i had to press down as hard as i could to get the car to stop. this is intermittent and tends to happen when the car is cold. dealership could not discover a problem as the computer did not record an error. internet research indicated other toyota hybrid owners experienced the same problem and determined the cause was the stroke sensor. when i returned the vehicle to a different dealership, they insisted i change the tires. the problem continues to occur. *tr | |||
| 10/05/2012 | 119170 | 1 | |
| While my wife was driving the car a warning (check vsc system) appeared in the status screen and about a minute after, another message appeared (check hybrid system). then, the car stopped running. the impulse allowed for driving the car to the road side. tried to power it back without success. it was required to tow the car home and then to the dealership for diagnostic. prior this incident there were no previous warnings or signs. *tr | |||
| 10/05/2012 | 119170 | ||
| While my wife was driving the car a warning (check vsc system) apeared in the status screen and about a minute after, another message appeared (check hybrid system). then, the the car stopped running. the impulse allowed for driving the car to the road side. tried to power it back without success. it was required to tow the car home and then to the dealership for diagnostic. prior this incident there were no previous warnings or signs. | |||