CarComplaints.com Notes: An increasing number of Toyotas are experiencing excessive oil consumption and the 2007 Camry seems to be leading the charge.
Owners are reporting that their engines are deprived of oil halfway through their maintenance schedules and in some cases the damage is so bad that entirely new engines need to be installed, paid out of pocket. The issue may be a result of defective piston rings.
Toyota has issued a TSB for this problem, but maintains their stance that vehicles equipped with a 2AZ-FE engine are burning through a “normal†amount of oil.
Being a backyard mechanic I found it strange that my rear brakes needed replacement but my front brakes were fine....
Read some where on one of the forum that Toyota used a different rear brake pad and thus was not as durable as the front. So they changed it to a different material to last longer.
I have 60,000+ miles on my car and every time I take it in for service they say I not due for a front brake shoe repair yet...
WTH Toyota. How about a credit for repair for your money making mistake LOL....
Getting fed up with these issues. Couldn't follow my golden rule of never buy a the first year of a new generation of cars... But LOL per this site 2008 is worst LOL....
Toyota issused a Technical Service BULLETIN in 2007 entitled:"REAR BRAKE SQUEAK AND/OR PREMATURE PAD WEAR." This service bulletin advises that "Some 2007 – 2008 model year Camry and Camry HV customers may experience
premature rear brake pad wear and/or rear brake noise when moving slowly (less than
10 mph [16 km/h]) with low pressure applied to the brake pedal. A new rear brake pad
has been developed to reduce pad wear and/or rear brake squeak."
"Applicable Warranty*:
This repair is covered under the Toyota Comprehensive Warranty. This warranty is in
effect for 36 months or 36,000 miles, whichever occurs first, from the vehicle’s
in-service date."
Also HERE is the PROBLEM: "Warranty application is limited to correction of a problem based upon a customer’s specific complaint."...AND you must make the complaint before your car is out of warranty. I did not notice the uneven brake wear because Firestone did not bring it to my attention when they did their final inspection before the end of the warranty period.
So I had to fix the rear breaks on my own dime because I didn't notice the rear break noise before the 3 year/ 36,000 mile warrenty expired. I found out about the problem after a vehicle inspection at Firestone and after the rear brakes were replaced the brake pads were unevenly worn. 8/32's on one pad 1/32's on the other same for both sides. I still have the brake pads. Firestone will have to pay for the repairs that they failed to uncover in their inspection.
But Toyota should have issued a recall for this PREMATURE PAD WEAR. Toyota was obviously trying to push the defect onto unsuspecting owners of the 2007 Toyota Camry's affected by this problem.
- Patrick H.,
Sacramento, CA, US
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Being a backyard mechanic I found it strange that my rear brakes needed replacement but my front brakes were fine....
Read some where on one of the forum that Toyota used a different rear brake pad and thus was not as durable as the front. So they changed it to a different material to last longer.
I have 60,000+ miles on my car and every time I take it in for service they say I not due for a front brake shoe repair yet...
WTH Toyota. How about a credit for repair for your money making mistake LOL....
Getting fed up with these issues. Couldn't follow my golden rule of never buy a the first year of a new generation of cars... But LOL per this site 2008 is worst LOL....
- Ed B., Kalihi, HI, US