Engine sludge: engine started making a noise, so took it to a toyota dealership. They inspected it said it had engine sludge. They told me I never changed my oil and I used the wrong viscosity, I used 5w30 instead of 5w20 recommended, not required recommended. Thin oil is mandated by federal standards for mileage purposes only. I change my oil every 5000 miles, and told them so. At that time they told me I needed the engine rebuilt, it will cost $8000 or 9000 to fix it. And then they voided my warranty. I have since taken the car to another dealership, I was told it had a bad coil, it was only running on 3 cyl. They replaced all the coils, they said it ran great for about ten minutes, then it started running worse than before. They contacted corporate toyota to find a fix, they told them to cease working on it, and put it back the way it came in that the warranty was void. Since this happened I have numerous complaints on the internet about toyota's engine sludge problems. Going back as far as 1996.
2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid engine complaints
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My 2007 toyota camry hybrid ceased functioning (lost all pwer) with 13,300 miles on it. A warning light came on saying check hybrid system, followed by a warning saying check engine, followed by an exclamation point. I was 200 miles from home when this happened. The toyota dealership to which it was towed could find no problem. I have looked on-line and found other people with the same vehicle who had the same problem, and their dealerships were not able to figure out what was wrong with those vehicles. One gentleman was on the freeway between two trucks when his camry hybrid lost all power. I am very hesitant to drive the car now.
I was stopped at a stop light when my camry hybrid suddenly stopped running and my radio, air conditioning stopped,the dash board showed several errors, a battery problem, a triangle with a ! Mark, a brake sign, "move gear to park and restart your car" all which were obvious signs that something had gone wrong. My car started and I called toyota to report it and made an appointment and drove to their site on eubank, karl malone. They inspected it and told me nothing showed in the technical maintenance report which made me so angry. I saw the information on the prius reporting the same problem I experienced stopping engine while driving my car.
Re: 2007 toyota camry hybrid: a rock passed through a manufactured hole in the grill, hit the radiator and put a hole in the radiator causing a hybrid system failure. Toyota asserts that this was a occurrence that had nothing to do with any design flaw, given that no other reports to this effect have been received. The radiator had to be replaced at a cost of $600. Fortunately, we were just minutes away from a toyota dealership and were able to drive it over. We have ownership of the damaged radiator.
Tl* - the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry hybrid. The contact stated that the vehicle was emitting fumes that made her sick. However, she was unsure of the composition of the fumes. She went to the hospital 3 different times , and was admitted for a week each of the last 2 times. Her doctor said that she had chemical pneumonia or statis asthmaticus. Neither speed nor weather conditions were a factor. The current and failure mileage were both 1,600.
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