| Issue ID | 1430253 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11052727 |
| Manufacurer | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 25/07/16 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I am filing complaint on 2007 camry because of excessive oil consumption. From research on issue, i understand that safety issues can occur due to the engines siezing up and the car can quit running while i'm driving. Not sure about engine catching fire. I have persued different avenues with toyota to correct issue since the problem stems from factory engineering. But to no avail. This was already an issue at time i purchased vehicle with 64,190 miles. However, i was not informed of any tsb nor received any notifications of problems. I have had car serviced approximately every 3,000 miles with motorcraft oil. It was not until 8-25-17 when i was asked to sign a disclaimer letting me know oil was off dipstick. When i checked previous records i found out the camry had been low on oil ( off stick) each time serviced. (my 1997 camry i owned prior to this 2007 never used any oil in between changes and it had 176,000 miles on it when i let it go). Thus, after the 8-25-17 service and doing research i became aware of toyota's issues and thus began a fruitless battle with toyota. It seems that even though i began following up with toyota as soon as i became aware of issue 8-25-17 that my dofu was 6-27-07. Due to no fault of my own i just missed the deadline. However, i believe wholeheartedly that this is their responsibility and that toyota should stand behind their product since it is an engineering problem. |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CROWN CITY, OH |
| VIN pattern | 4T4BE46K17RXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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