2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Dec 11, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 120,000 miles · NY

Today, december 11, 2017, while driving my 2007 toyota camry hybrid vehicle on a city street in traffic, the 'check vsc system' warning came on. All dash lights including 'brakes' came on and vehicle became difficult to stop. There was no power assisted braking. Brake pedal was hard to engage and when vehicle came to a stop, there was a single "knock or bang" sound. This warning had come on previously without braking issue until last week when my wife told me she had a similar problem driving home from work. I cleaned and subsequently replaced the gas cap as per a you tube described repair of the check vsc warning. I then drove the car intermittently since that time without incident until today. My wife experienced the problem 12/7/2017.

Filed Aug 28, 2017 · Engine · 120,000 miles · VA

My 2007 camry hybrid had a high level of oil consumption from the time I bought it.... When I would take it to get oil changes there would be no advising of a leak, so while I thought it to be very odd and inconvenient I continued to top off my vehicle , as frequently as my check engine oil light came on. On july 26,2017. My "car maintenance required" light came on I told myself I'd go to the mechanic on that weekend which was only a couple days away. Only july 27,2017 on my way to work I started to hear a very loud knocking noise. I had no clue what the noise was but I pulled into an auto zone and popped the hood. It was the engine that was knocking very loudly. I turned the car off and I checked the oil. The dipstick was bone dry. Where did 5 quarts of oil go in less then 3,000 miles of driving? Why was there no engine oil low warning on my car? I took the car to a shop where my engine was pronounced dead, which toyota charged me $115.00 to diagnose. There was an extended warranty on this vehicle because these models were notorious for drinking up oil and I had no idea about it. The toyota rep said there was letters sent out before the extended warranty expired to the previous owner. I had no idea this was a known issue! There were no letters mailed to me and I purchased the vehicle right around the exact same time the extended warranty expired. The toyota mechanic said I have to find a way to pay for the repair and a rebuild engine is $5,000 or I can buy a brand new engine for 12,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the only reason I decided to purchase a toyota was because of how they're well known for lasting forever. How was a supposed to know about this situation? And I am very disappointed. This is ridiculous and I hope they plan to rectify the situation. If the engine had given out while I was on the highway, I could have lost my life

Filed Sep 2, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 122,000 miles · WA

Was very hot outside for 3 weeks straight. On the way to the grocery store check engine light came on with the following 2 readouts on speedometer display: "check vsc" and "check hybrid system". Instantly the hybrid part of the vehicle stopped working. Brakes changed feel and throttle became very delayed. When I pulled into my driveway and put the transmission into park, the engine started to knock. When I put into drive or neutral the knocking stops. The engine knocked hard in park position as if there are loose pieces of metal crunching. Ever since then, the car's hybrid drive doesn't work and check engine light is on, ABS light, vsc light p/s light, a red triangle light, and an orange circle with an exclamation point in it. We parked the car and we are not driving it until its fixed. We have 2 toddlers and we aren't going to risk driving it.

Filed Jul 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 103,000 miles · NV

On 12/11/12 I was on the highway and the check vsc system light came on with the ABS lights, master warning, brake lights, and others. The brakes were hard to depress. Luckily there was no traffic that morning or else I would have caused an accident. I pulled off the road and shut the car down. I restarted the car and the lights were off and it was drivable again. I immediately called the dealership and brought the car in. They told me they were not able to retrieve a trouble code except for battery voltage. They replace a battery that cost me $511. That did not fix the problem. On 12/22/12 the problem occurred again and I rolled into an intersection because I was not able to depress the brakes all the way. Once again, luckily there were no cars in the intersection. Brought it to the dealership and was told once again they were not able to retrieve a trouble code. From that time on I tried replacing tires because the master mechanic told me it my be the different ware on my tires, still no relief. From 2012 to yesterday the warnings appeared. There was the same ticking and squeaking sound that was originally reported. The light were on constantly and the breaking system was still difficult to depress. I had to make sure I rented a when driving long distances and to leave plenty of room while driving to ensure safe distance for my faulty braking system. So, it was fixed with $2000 to replace the brake actuator system by a different dealership. Now my car sounds normal and drives normal again. I believe that if so many people are having the same safety problem there should be a recall. Luckily I was never involved in a collision or fatality but I could definitely see it happening.

Filed May 27, 2014 · Brakes · 115,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry hybrid. The contact stated that there was an intermitent knocking noise from the engine compartement. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was not able to neither duplicate nor diagnose the failure. Since the failure persisted the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who diagnosed that the ABS actuator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was to be repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.

Filed Dec 11, 2013 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · FL

Knocking noise, almost like a door closing, lived with it. Took the car to the toyota dealership, december 11 to be told my ABS module was quote "failing" and it would cost $2,900.00 to replace it. Also told "it's ok to drive without ABS module". I was shocked at the number of failures that I see reported - great disappointment that toyota has chosen not to address what appears to be an obvious flaw.

Filed Oct 4, 2013 · Brakes · 104,000 miles · GA

Braking while driving or when in park mode a knocking sound is heard; braking uneven but (pulsating) however currently there are no issues with coming to a stop. No warning lights on; had it seen by toyota dealer - no problems identified with diagnostics; recommended changing brake pads, which did not resolve the problem, 2 additional visits to dealership - and after a cost of over $500 today they mentioned that it was the actuator and would take an additional $3244.50 to replace. Sooner or later the brakes were likely to fail making it unsafe, called toyota but was told there was no recall or problems with the 2007 camry hybrid models - but the federal safety agency website has multiple similar posts. Hope to get some meaningful response from toyota. Will come back and update as I have some feedback from the company.

Filed Mar 10, 2011 · Airbags, Brakes · 25,000 miles · NJ · crash · 1 injury

Driver reported unintended acceleration, causing car to mount curb, strike and knock over lamppost, striking masonry steps and a concrete post. After striking concrete post, car rebounded approx. 6 feet. Airbags did not deploy. Drivers floor mat was secured to it's retaining pegs, not impinging the accelerator in any way.