| Issue ID | 923864 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10461119 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 08/06/12 |
| Component | SUSPENSION |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I took my 2007 camry le (~30k mileage) in for 5k mile service (via my toyota prepaid maintenance contract 4 yr/55k.) & technician found a leaking front strut. I was told that i'll have to replace the strut & do the alignment for ~$1100 from my own pocket. He mentioned that the struts is heavily leaking. When i asked him, how it happened, he said that it didn't happen overnight & happens gradually. Since it is not under warranty anymore (toyota never told me about this leak on purpose, when it was under warranty), the guy said that i'll have to pay for all expenses. Toyota is a fraud company & should pay for all these damages for hiding the truth from customers so that they'll wait until the warranty is over & then they'll try to rip off the customer. I'll appreciate if some one can pay attention to this issue & ask for recall of these faulty struts as soon as possible, since there are too many complaints for 2007 toyota camry especially when you need to replace struts at so less mileages (~30,000) !!!! |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 30000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CUPERTINO, CA |
| VIN pattern | 4T1BE46K97UXXXXXX |
| 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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