| Issue ID | 1029291 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10556934 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 17/12/13 |
| Component | SERVICE BRAKES |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Abs brake system failed after "check vsc system" light came on during normal drive. Here is a link to a website where numerous other owners of this car (hybrid model) have had similar incidents. Https://www. Checkvscsystem. Com/home. Html some have had crashes and some have had near misses with pedestrians, vehicles, etc. This is a very serious safety issue that toyota refuses to acknowledge. Toyota issued a service bulletin for the software on this module t-sb-0174-12, but claims our failure was different. Total failure of the abs brake module after less that 45,000 miles indicates that this is a problem that could occur at anytime, in any camry. It appears that lexus cars also are affected. We got a partial reduction on the repair ($1500 instead of $3000), but toyota wanted the part. We kept it and can provide it to you for testing and inspection. The failure occurs without any warning and some people on the web site i sent you had the failure occur on the highway at highway speeds. Fortunately ours happened as my wife was driving from a stop at a red light. We were lucky. Please investigate this before someone is killed or seriously injured. Thank you. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 44000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | HONOLULU, HI |
| VIN pattern | JTNBB46K373XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| 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 | 5 |
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