2011 Toyota Camry Brakes Problems

While driving at 25 mph, your ABS, stability control, brake, and tire pressure warning lights all came on at once. Your owner's manual indicated the vehicle shouldn't be driven with these warnings active. The dealer found three issues: a dead battery in your tire pressure sensor, a leak in the brake accumulator (part of the brake system), and a cracked actuator assembly. The repair involved replacing these faulty components.

The contact owned a 2011 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at 75 MPH, the vehicle drove over an unknown object on the roadway, and then veered to the left when she lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle drove to the median and the brakes failed to stop the vehicle immediately while the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle crashed into the guardrail and then rolled over into a ditch. The front windshield and the driver's and passenger's side front windows were shattered, and the driver's side front door was jammed. A bystander used a crowbar to break the driver's side front window and pulled the contact's daughter out of the vehicle. The air bags were not deployed upon impact. A police report was filed. The contact's daughter received medical attention for body aches. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 146,708.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ORDER, TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION ARAPAHOE (10531 E ARAPAHOE RD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112, 303-578-6111) WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE VEHICLE, BUT THE CONTACT STATED THAT DO NOT COVER THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

BRAKE ACTUATOR COMES ON OFTEN AND LOUDLY. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE UNTIL IT FAILS. THE SERVICE MANAGERS RESPONSE IS: YES WE HAVE CONFIRMED IT IS STARTING TO FAIL YES WE HAVE CONFIRMED IT IS LOUDER THAN NORMAL YES, IF IT FAILS WHILE DRIVING YOU WILL LOSE POWER BRAKING AND YOUR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT IT WILL FAIL WITHIN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD OF 4 MORE YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. BUT NO, WE WILL NOT REPLACE IT UNDER EITHER THE WARRANTY PROGRAM OR THE $2,200 BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED WARRANTY PURCHASED FROM TOYOTA DIRECTLY. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT THEY CAN CONFIRM A PART IS FAILING, IT CONTROLS BRAKING, AND YET THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE IT.

I DROVE TO WORK IN THE MORNING WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE CAR AND IT OPERATED FINE. AFTER LEAVING WORK FOR THE DAY, I PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT ON TO THE MAIN ROAD AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT, MASTER FAILURE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT AND ANOTHER LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASH AND I PUSHED THE BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE BRAKE DID NOT STOP THE CAR, SO I PUSH THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD TO GET IT TO STOP AND IT STUTTERED ABOUT 10 TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I THEN CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE BRAKES. THE CAR IS STILL BEING DIAGNOSED AT THEY DEALERSHIP.

THE BRAKES FAILED ON THIS CAR JANUARY 6, 2016, CAUSING ME TO COLLIDE WITH THE REAR END OF A TRUCK WHILE GOING ABOUT FIVE MILES PER HOUR. I WAS IN NORMAL TRAFFIC, ON A CITY STREET, COMING TO A SLOW STOP, AND AS I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ABOUT 15 FEET IN FRONT OF ME, WAITING IN LINE FOR THE TURN LANE, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE, WHICH WAS HARD AS A ROCK. HOWEVER, THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP; CONSEQUENTLY, I HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. I WAS GOING SO SLOW THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT, ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED ABOUT $1200 IN DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY EITHER THE ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR OR THE BRAKE PEDAL STROKE SENSOR. HOWEVER, THE CAR WAS SEEN BY A TOYOTA CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE WHO STATED IN WRITING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THIS CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED UNDER A SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FLUID RESERVOIR FILTER. HOWEVER, THERE IS ALSO A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (ZE-1), NUMBER POL14-04, FOR THE BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND SKID CONTROL ECU/BRAKE PEDAL STROKE SENSOR. OUR VIN IS LISTED IN THE GROUP OF AFFECTED VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN, HE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WERE DEPRESSED ACCIDENTALLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED OVER SEVEN TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 UPDATED 02/05/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR WERE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. UPDATED 02/25/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO REAR END A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHEST AND BRUISES TO THE NECK WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY CAR. AS SHE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN SHE BECAME TO PRESS ON THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR WOULDNT STOP. SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE CAR SLOW DOWN OR STOP AND SHE ENDED UP SLAMMING INTO A VAN. SHE WAS BRUISED AND SCRAPPED UP CAUSE OF THE AIRBAGS AND THE CAR WAS TOTALED

VEHICLE 2 WAS STOPPED FOR ON COMING TRAFFIC TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. VEHICLE 1 (THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID) DRIVER PRESSED THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO RESPOND TO THE BRAKING. THE TIRES DID NOT SKID, THE ABS BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT SEEMED TO GLIDE INTO THE REAR END OF VEHICLE 2. THE STOPPING DISTANCE OF 3 CAR LENGTHS AT 35 MPH SHOULD NOT HAVE RESULTED IN THIS TYPE OF COLLISION - VEHICLE 1 WAS TOTALED. *TR

INCIDENT ON DECEMBER 31, 2014 ABOUT 11:30 AM IN WAYNE, PA: AT AN INTERSECTION AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN WHERE A CAR WAS ALREADY STOPPED, I APPLIED MY BRAKES. THE CAR FAILED TO STOP AND INSTEAD LURCHED FORWARD AND THE ENGINE INCREASED. THE NOISE WAS NOT OF THE BRAKES BUT OF THE ENGINE ROARING. AS THE CAR SURGED FORWARD,I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKES AND THEN REAPPLIED THEM PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES. AGAIN THE CAR DID NOT STOP BUT DID SLOW DOWN. THE THIRD APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES DID STOP THE CAR JUST INCHES FROM THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. THE NEXT INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 13, 2015 WHEN THE SAME EXPERIENCE OCCURRED. I TOOK IT TO PERUZZI TOYOTA. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. ON JANUARY 15, I TOOK THE UNSAFE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ON JANUARY 16 AFTER COMPLETING WHAT THEY CALLED THE PROTOCOL FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, THEY "RELEASED THE CAR" BACK TO ME HAVING NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED THEY HAD NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY AND GAVE ME THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER PHONE NUMBER TO CALL. I CALLED THAT NUMBER AND WAS TOLD A CASE MANAGER WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN FOUR DAYS. MEANWHILE, I AM LEFT WITH AN UNSAFE CAR AND NO RECOURSE WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

A RUBBING/GRINDING NOISE WAS INTERMITTENTLY BEING HEARD FROM THE BACK END DURING BRAKING AND, AT TIMES, DURING ACCELERATION. AFTER CONTACTING AN EMPLOYEE AT THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAMRYS AND THAT MOST LIKELY MY BRAKE PADS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER BRINGING MY VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR, I WAS SHOWN ON MY BRAKES WHERE THEY HAD BECOME STUCK AND THE ROTORS NEEDED REPAIR AS WELL. IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THEN PERHAPS TOYOTA SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ABS AND THE TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED WITH FORCE. AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED TO THE FLOORBOARD, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. UPDATED 9/19/14*CN UPDATED 02/12/2015 *JS

DURING WINTER PERIOD BELOW 30 DEGREES F IT IS NECESSARY TO APPLY A LOT OF PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL, IT FEELS AS IF THE BRAKES ARE NOT APPLYING PROPERLY. THIS RESULTED IN SNOWY CONDITION THE CAR SLID AND RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES, IN COLD WEATHER. *TR

DRIVING DOWN RD WENT TO BRAKE WOULDN'T STOP STEERING THREW US IN A DITCH-FIELD HIT A SIGN STILL COULD NOT STOP. *TR

THE BRAKES WERE MAKING NOISE. TOOK IN THE CAR TO A LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE SHOP AND THEY SAID THE REAR BRAKES WERE HANGING UP. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE PADS WERE DISCOLORED. THE RIGHT REAR CALIPERS HAD BLACK MATERIAL ON THE INSIDE NEXT TO THE PADS. THE PADS AND CALIPERS ON BOTH REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED. YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED. *JS

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A STRONG PULSING AND VIBRATION IN THE CAR AND MAKES SLOWING DOWN UNSTABLE. BRAKES WERE JUST CHECKED AND ARE FINE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. SINCE CAR WAS NEW, THERE IS A LOUD KNOCK THAT DEALER SAYS IS ABS SYSTEM RESETTING WHEN YOU START CAR. ALSO TIRES WEAR OUT MUCH TOO FAST WHICH DEALER SAYS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CAMRY SE DUE TO TUNING OF SUSPENSION, AS WELL HAS CAUSING RAPID WEARING OF BRAKE ROTORS. *TR

THERE WAS A LOUD ENGINE RUNNING ALL OF SUDDEN AND THE CAR TOOK OFF BY ITSELF. IT WAS VERY QUICK SPURT OF ACCELERATION AND SLAMMING ON BRAKE DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALLY UNCONTROLLABLE. THE CAR RAN OVER SIDE WALK AND RAMMED INTO THE SCHOOL FENCE. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. IT WAS TOYOTA'S "SUDDEN ACCELERATION" DEFECT HAPPENED TO ME. *TR

A VERY VERY BAD BURNING SMELL IS COMING FROM THE BRAKES. I SMELL IT EVERYTIME I GET OUT OF MY CAR. STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE PAD HAD DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WENT IN TO DO THE LAST FREE OIL CHANGE I HAD WITH TOYOTA AND THEY CAME IN AND TELL ME THEY CAN'T LET ME DRIVE MY CAR IT IS NOT SAFE AS ONE BRAKE PAD IS TOTALLY WORN AND THE OTHER ISN'T AND SHOWS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR SO I ASK HOW THAT HAPPENS AND THEY SAY THE BRAKE WAS STUCK AND PAD WORE OUT BECAUSE I DRIVING AROUND WITH A BRAKE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY CAR WHICH WAS STUCK DOWN ALL THE TIME WHICH IS WHY IT WORE AT THE TIME I BROUGHT IT IN IT WAS NOT STUCK THIS WAS MY BACK BRAKES. ONE MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK I HAD TO QUICKLY GO INTO THE LANE NEXT TO WHERE I WAS DRIVING BECAUSE A WOMAN WHO WAS ON THE PHONE CAME INTO THE LANE I WAS IN I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN MY CAR NOT TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME AND THE CAR WAS PULLING TOWARD THE LEFT WHICH WAS THE BRAKE THAT WAS NOT WORKING I WAS LUCKY I GOT CONTROL OF CAR NO ACCIDENT. AFTER BEING TOLD I HAD A STUCK BRAKE WHAT HAPPENED THAT MORNING MADE MORE SENSE TO ME. TOYOTA FEELS THIS IS NORMAL ONE BRAKE PAD TOTALLY WORN THE OTHER SHOWING NORMAL WEAR A STUCK BRAKE THAT IS NOT NORMAL. THAT IS A DEFECT IN THAT BRAKE. I HAVE WRITTEN AND EMAIL TOYOTA SPOKEN TO SOMEONE IN DEALERSHIP THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL. I WAS LUCKY IT WAS ONLY ONE BRAKE THAT STUCK. TOYOTA HAS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WHEN THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE BRAKES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,706 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 24,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UPHILL AT 20 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A FENCE AS A RESULT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FREQUENTLY, HE WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY AND WITH TWO FEET BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM THE MALL IN POTTSVILLE, PA. I DROVE DOWN THE ROADWAY NEXT TO THE MALL TO THE STOP SIGN. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AT THAT TIME. I PROCEEDED TO TURN TO THE LEFT OUT THE DRIVEWAY OF THE MALL. THE DRIVEWAY OF THE MALL IS PRETTY LONG AND ON A STEEP HILL. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. THERE WAS PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD. I DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN THE STEEP HILL KNOWING THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING AND CRASH INTO THE VAN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL SO I DECIDED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT SHARPLY ON A DRIVE THAT CURVED AROUND TO A NEIGHBORING STORE NEXT TO THE MALL (GOING ALMOST BACK UPHILL AT THIS TIME). STILL NO BRAKES SO I DECIDED TO HIT THE CURB TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND PREVENT HITTING ANY OTHER VEHICLE. WHAT IS EXTREMELY ODD IS THAT EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I TURNED SHARPLY AND GOING SLIGHTLY UPHILL THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HIT THE CURB TO STOP THE CAR. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND BACK OFF OF THE CURB. I PROCEEDED DOWN THE HILL AGAIN. STILL NO BRAKES. I COULD FEEL THE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES JUST DIDN'T WORK. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR TO THE RIGHT AND HIT THE CURB AGAIN NEXT TO THE LANE I WAS IN. SO WHEN THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND THE LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED DOWN THE HILL AND TURNED RIGHT ONTO RT 61 S. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED THE BRAKE AGAIN AND NOTHING. SO IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS OF COURSE CAUSED THE CAR TO SPIN BUT AT LEAST THE CAR STOPPED. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN USED THE CLUTCH LESS SHIFTING TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE CAR AND RETURNED HOME. TOYOTA HAS RETAINED AN INSPECTOR TO INSPECT THE CAR TODAY AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY 2/27/12. *TR

THE DRIVER WAS IN PARKING LOT OF REHAB CENTER PICKING UP PATIENT AND SAYS THE CAR LOST CONTROL GOING 6 MILES PER HOUR RAN INTO THE REHAB CENTER INCURRING OVER $10,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE CAR NOT INCLUDING DAMAGES TO THE REHAB CENTER FRONT GLASS DOOR. THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY PURCHASED IN SEPTERMBER OF 2011 NEW FROM THE LOT AT MECHANICSVILLE VA TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. WE CALLED THE TOYOTA MAIN OFFICE AND THEY SENT OUT A REPRESENTITIVE FOR INSPECTION OF THE CAR ON JANUARY 26TH OR 27TH 2012 PRIOR TO ANY WORK BEING DONE TO REPAIR THE CAR. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM TOYOTA AS IT TAKES UP TO 30 DAYS. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY UNDER FULL REPAIR FROM THE COLLISION. *TR

AT LOW SPEED (15-39 MPH), THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT ROUGHLY. THE CAR WAS EITHER PULLED BACK (1) BY THE ENGINE OR JUMPED (2,WHILE MY FOOT ON THE BREAK PEDAL) DURING THE DOWN SHIFT. THE PULLING BACK (1) GIVES THE SAME EFFECT AS USING ENGINE BREAKING IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION. BASED ON THE SIGNS THAT I HAVE SEEN ON INTERSTATE, STATE LAWS (IN SOME STATES) PROHIBIT DRIVER TO USE ENGINE BREAKING. THE JUMPING (2) WAS VERY BAD. THE CAR NEEDED APPROXIMATELY 3-10 FEET MORE TO STOP DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE JUMPING BEHAVIOR. WELL 3-10 FEET DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A LOT BUT LET SAY IF YOU ARE 1 FOOT AWAY FROM RUNNING OVER A LIVING THING.......... THIS PROBLEM HAVE HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND THEY STILL BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 10-20 CARS (INCLUDING RENTALS) BUT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE JUMPING (2, WHILE MY FOOT ON THE BREAK PEDAL) UNTIL I BOUGHT THIS CAMRY. AFTER READING THE REVIEWS ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTIONS. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN THE HOME DRIVEWAY OF THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE. AS THE OWNER WAS TURNING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, A TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. AS THE DRIVER/OWNER HIT THE BRAKE THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO THE SIDE ROCK BARRIER OF THE DRIVEWAY. ACCORDING TO TOYOTA WHO INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT, THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH VEHICLE. BUT ANOTHER INCIDENT HAS RECENTLY HAPPENED INVOLVING THE CAR THIS YEAR WHICH WILL BE REPORTED ON A SEPARATE FORM WHICH SHOWS US THEIR IS AN UNSAFE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE THAT REQUIRES TOYOTA TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE HOME DRIVEWAY OF THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE. AS THE OWNER WAS TURNING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, A TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. AS THE DRIVER/OWNER HIT THE BRAKE THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO THE SIDE ROCK BARRIER OF THE DRIVEWAY. ACCORDING TO TOYOTA WHO INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT, THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH VEHICLE. BUT ANOTHER INCIDENT HAS RECENTLY HAPPENED INVOLVING THE CAR THIS YEAR ON THE INCIDENT DATE LISTED ON THIS FORM. THE WIFE OF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY OPERATING THE TOYOTA CAMRY 2011 TO PARK THE VEHICLE. AS THE CAR WAS TURNING TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY THE OPERATOR PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO BACK THE VEHICLE BACK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE LEAPED FORWARD HITTING THE AN EXTERIOR DOOR TO THEIR BASEMENT WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY THE ROCK THAT COVERS THEIR HOME. THE CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED AND THE OPERATOR SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES WHICH CAUSED HER TO VISIT THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE MEDICATION PRESCRIBED TO HER. THE IMPACT ON THIS SECOND ACCIDENT WAS SO SEVERE THAT IS SHOWN PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW SUCH AN IMPACT COULD HAPPEN UNLESS THEIR WAS FAULT IN THE VEHICLE. THIS TIME WE ARE AWAITING RESPONSE FROM TOYOTA TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. WE ALSO WANTED TO CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE KNOWN OF THIS RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE BRAKING OR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. AS A RESULT, SHE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO HER DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO SENT AN ENGINEER TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,600.

IN AUG. OF `10 I PURCHASED A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. IT HAS ABOUT 6500 MILES ON IT AND AFTER DRIVING IT HOME FROM NIAGARA FALLS YESTERDAY, ABOUT 100 MILES, I RAN IT THROUGH A CAR WASH. I DROVE IT HOME ABOUT A MILE AND MADE TWO STOPS ON THE WAY. PARKED IN THE GARAGE I WENT OUT TO GET THE CAR AROUND NOON TODAY (19 HOURS AFTER THE WASH). THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AS THE WHEELS WERE ALL TIGHTLY LOCKED. I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. FINALLY ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS MOVED SLIGHTLY AND IN SO DOING THE BACK END OF THE CAR WENT SIDEWAYS INTO THE GARAGE WALL DOING MINOR DAMAGE. I DID NOT TRY IT ANY MORE UNTIL AROUND 24 HOURS AFTER THE CAR WASH AND IT STILL IS TIGHTLY LOCKED AND WILL NOT MOVE. THE TEMPERATURE LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT ZERO AND 20 DEGREES TODAY. I FEAR IF I REALLY FORCE IT MAY DO DAMAGE TO THE BRAKES IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. I HAVE DRIVEN CARS FOR 60 YEARS, WASHED MANY IN AS COLD WEATHER AND NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A DESIGN FLAW. IF I WAS NOT RETIRED AND HAD TO GO TO WORK I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON 9 DEC 2010, I DROVE A RENTAL CAR, 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY (BLUE) FROM VIRGINIA BACK TO NEW JERSEY (NJ). THE CAR HAD 3316 MILES WHEN I RENT ON 8 DEC 2010 IN NJ. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:35 PM EDT ON 9 DEC 2010, I WAS DRIVING IN THE MOST LEFT EXPRESS LANE AT 60 MPH IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY IN MARYLAND. THE DRIVER FROM MY RIGHT HAND PASSENGER SIDE TENDED TO PASS ME FROM THE RIGHT, AND THAT CAR WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO ME. I COULD NOT EVEN SEE THE REAR LIGHT OF THAT VEHICLE. I WAS FORCED TO SLOW DOWN THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY TO AVOID COLLISION, BUT THE CAR COULD NOT SIMPLY SLOW DOWN. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE COLLISION, I SHIFT PART OF MY CAR TO THE SHOULDER IN MY LEFT HAND SIDE. THEN I DISCOVERED A CAR PARKED ON THE SHOULDER WITH NO SIGNALS/LIGHTS. I PUT ON BRAKES THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY REALLY HARD TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE CAR COULD NOT SLOW DOWN AND COULD NOT STOP COMPLETELY. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS OBVIOUSLY FAILED AND IT WAS EVEN ACCELERATED DURING THE LAST FEW SECONDS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS FINALLY HIT RIGHT ONTO BACK OF THE PARKED CAR (ON THE SHOULDER). AFTER THE SEVERE COLLISION AT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS DEPLOYED FROM THIS SEVER FRONT DRIVER SIDE COLLISION. MOST OF ALL, I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY DUE TO ITS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE! THE MILEAGE AFTER THE COLLISION WAS 3595 AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES DRIVING DURING THIS TRIP WAS 279 MILES (8-9 DEC 2010). I WAS HURT SEVERELY IN THE LOWER BACK/LUMBAR SPINE AREA. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS SURVIVED FROM THIS SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT. *TR

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE TWO INSTANCES OF TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE IN 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NOTICED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THEN THE TRACTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FIVE MINUTES LATER, WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, AS SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE THEN JERKED FORWARD REPEATEDLY. THE CONSUMER HAD NO CHOICE, BUT TO RUN THE RED LIGHT. AS THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE, BUT THE PEDAL LITERALLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND TIME SHE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, IT NEARLY CAUSED HER TO CRASH INTO A BARRIER. AFTER SHE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, THE CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING UP THE TROUBLE CODES. THE FIRST CODE, INDICATED AN OPENING IN THE STOOP LIGHT SWITCH CIRCUIT AND THE SECOND CODE WAS THE ABS TRACTION ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND SKID CONTROL ECU. THE CONSUMER STATED DESPITE THE EVIDENCE, TOYOTA REFUSED TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS. *JB

DRIVER FIRST NOTICED A PROBLEM WHEN SHE CAME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CAMRY STARTED REVVING THE ENGINE EVEN THOUGH DRIVER WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL; AT THIS POINT THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. FIVE MINUTES LATER, DRIVER APPROACHED A RED LIGHT GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAMRY MADE A LOUD SOUND THEN JERKED FORWARD REPEATEDLY. THE BRAKES DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE CAR CONSEQUENTLY CAUSING HER TO RUN THE RED LIGHT. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE, SO SHE PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. WHEN DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR DID NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN NEARLY CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO A PARKING LOT BARRIER. THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE BURNING SMELL. TERRIFIED, WE TOOK THE CAMRY TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TECHNICIANS RECOVERED DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES: C1249 AND U0129. THE TECHNICIANS ALSO DROVE THE CAMRY FOR 55 MILES, BUT THEY DID NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS, DESPITE THE DTC CODES, BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAMRY, AND WE ARE TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT, BUT TOYOTA WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAY THERE'S NOTHING WRONG. THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES INDICATE OTHERWISE. BASED ON RESEARCH WE DID, THE FIRST CODE C1249, INDICATES AN OPENING IN THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH CIRCUIT, WHICH RECOMMENDS THREE LIKELY CAUSES OF THE ERROR, 1) THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH, 2) STOP LIGHT SWITCH CIRCUIT, OR 3) THE BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY (SKID CONTROL ECU). THE SECOND CODE U0129 INDICATES TROUBLE WITH THE ABS AND TRACTION ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY (AS WELL AS THE SKID CONTROL ECU), OR THE CAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. THIS IS PARTICULARLY ALARMING BECAUSE WHAT THIS ERROR MEANS IS THAT THE COMPUTER DISENGAGES THE BRAKES, WHICH IS CLEARLY WHAT HAPPENED TO US. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TOLD US TO CONTACT CORPORATE; CORPORATE TOLD US TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE, AND THE CAR IS JUST COLLECTING DUST NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING ON AN INCLINE WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY MOVE FARTHER INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKES AND WHEN REAPPLYING, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED HE CALLED TWO LOCAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 600.