| Issue ID | 908711 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10449375 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY HYBRID |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 24/11/11 |
| Component | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | On 11/24/11 i was out of town with five people in the car (including me). As i approached a stop sign, it felt like the brakes went out entirely and i wound up in the middle of the intersection (thankfully nobody was coming on the cross street or i could very easily have been broadsided). "check vsc system" was displayed on the dashboard along with the red brake light, red triangle with exclamation light, orange indicator light (exclamation with circle ((!))), anti skid light and abs light. I checked the owners manual and it basically said this was related to the abs system and that i could still drive the car, but to be cautious. The brakes were very limited while the lights were on, but i was careful and made it to my destination. When we left that night the lights were off, but i did experience same issue sporadically the rest of the weekend. The following week i took the car to grapevine toyota service department and left it for three days. They were not able to reproduce the problem and told me there was nothing they could do. I didn't drive the car for several days, but the next time i did i had the same issue again and then later it went off again and operated fine. I did get a call to rate my service a few days after i took it in and i told them the truth, that i was unhappy because they could not find a problem with a very dangerous issue. The service manager called me after that and said he would research with toyota tech support to try and find the cause. I didn't get any possible fixes back from him, but i read somewhere a bad battery might be the cause so i took it back to dealership to have it checked on 2/21/12. They said battery was good, but the issue did occur while they had it and still could not determine problem. It is now 2/26/12 and i have had this happen many times, several in dangerous situations and still no resolution. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 125000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | FLOWER MOUND, TX |
| VIN pattern | JTNBB46K073XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
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| Vehicle speed | 30 |
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