2007 Toyota Camry Solara: excessive oil consumption

Filed Dec 26, 2016 · Engine · CA

Excessive oil consumption. Toyota dealership tested it and my car failed the test. They tell me I need new rings and piston's. Engine rebuild. They told me I am on the list but it could take up to a year for the parts to come from the parent company. So if my engine blows up between now and then what happens then?

Filed Nov 9, 2015 · Engine · 77,000 miles · CA

Engine excessive oil consumption. While I was driving on a city street oil light start flickering after turns and applying break pedal. I pulled my vehicle over and shut down an engine. After I checked my oil level and it was hardly on a stick. I do change my oil regularly, every 5000 miles. Toyota's oil light starts flickering when I lost almost 3 quarters, which could lead to engine shut down, glad I wasn't on a highway at that time and had enough time to pull over and take my car to a mechanic to add engine oil. As a result of toyota's engine engineering flow I lost about 3 quarters of engine oil in a less than 3000. After this unfortunate incident took place I have been keeping my eye on oil level. Later on I took a car to authorized toyota dealership. After checking a car they diagnosed an oil leak, I fixed it, however problem still exist. My car still uses way too much oil, which make it unsafe to drive since I have slight idea when oil could disappear while operating a vehicle.

Filed Oct 2, 2015 · Engine · FL

I have a toyota solara 2007 it has an excessive oil consumption problem (tested and certified by toyota of south florida dealer as part of toyota national recall)but toyota corporation doesn't have an specific time to fix this problem because they don't have yet the parts to replace and they don't know when those parts will be available. This problem has been recognized by toyota since 2014. How they don't have these parts yet?

Filed Jul 21, 2014 · Engine · 72,100 miles · CA

I bought the car with the odometer reading 69,566 miles on the engine . I change the oil (5-20w) and filter and within a couple of thousand of miles I heard small knocking like a deep bearing going bad. I check the oil and discovered it was not registering on the oil stick. It needed nearly 3 quarts of oil. The toyota solara burns too much oil to be safe. The car could of had a catastrophic accident by freezing up on the freeway. I believe toyota engineered and produced a defective engine and is trying to cover it up by telling the buyers "its normal' to have oil consumption 1 quart every 600 miles". The owners manual states to "change your oil every 4,500 miles. This is a contradiction as adding 1 quart of new oil every 600 miles is effectively changing your oil by default. Who is toyota kidding? I have 10k to pay off the loan. I want toyota to fix the problem and be a responsible corporation.

Filed Mar 27, 2014 · Engine · 60,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry solara. The contact stated that the vehicle would require an excessive amount of oil to be added every 500 miles. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that there was an oil consumption issue in the vehicle, which required the engine to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Nov 6, 2013 · Engine · NJ

There was no accident . I am reporting and filing a complaint about a "engine oil consumption problem" "major engine and piston problem." in my car a toyota solara 2007. This problem started 9 months to a year ago and I have to keep putting in oil so often (every month) it seems ridiculous as my car is only (6) years old and the problem started at (5) years old. I have enquired and see that there were many other complaints of the same type (service bulletins-t-sb-0094-11) previously. I strongly believe there should be a recall on this problem. This should not be happening to such a new car or at all for that matter. I have always believed in toyota cars I was under the impression they have one of the best engines made. What's happening! This is very disturbing to me. Please respond. Thank you.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Engine · 68,000 miles · NJ

My 2007 toyota solara coupe l4-2.4l (2az-fe) has the engine oil consumption problem. This was confirmed by my service center and is in regard to the technical service bulletin t-sb-0094-11. The engine loses oil at rapid rate and gasoline gets in the oil, which could cause a fire. This is a serious engine problem which should be a recall. Because toyota lists this problem only as a technical service bulletin, they say they are not required to contact the vehicle owner to make them aware of this problem. The repairs needed require major engine/piston work costing $5,000. They will not pay for this if the vehicle has over 60,000 miles. Because I cannot afford $5,000, and I need the car to get to work, I am stuck with a useless and dangerous vehicle where the engine will seize up and die. Who knows what tragedy this will cause if I am in the vehicle at the time.