Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota solara. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the odor of burning oil was present inside the cabin of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that oil sludge was present inside the engine and the engine was replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.*dt
Toyota Camry Solara engine failure problems
10 of the 866 owner complaints about the Toyota Camry Solara describe engine failure, most of them for the 1999 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 1999
- typical mileage
- 70,000
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20071
- 20052
- 20041
- 20013
- 19993
Often reported together
What owners say
Tl* the contact owned a 2004 toyota camry solara. While driving 25 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the vehicle accelerated at a high rate of speed. As a result, the contact cashed into a palm tree. The air bags deployed. The contact was not injured and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer collision center. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,100.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota camry solara .the contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, there was an abnormal noise and the calipers seized without warning. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the calipers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 84,000. The VIN was unavailable.
My 2007 toyota solara power steering locked up initially 12/17/2009 while exiting a freeway offramp causing me to continue veering left into the curb fortunately with no injury to myself or car. The cars behind, also exiting, nearly slammed into me but had enough room to stop and swerve around. The wheel was locked for nearly 2 minutes then finally released while the car remained running with no engine failure. The same issue occurred 12/24/2009 in the evening while exiting a parking lot which again fortunately no one hit me. The steering wheel did not unlock for nearly two minutes again with no engine failure. Currently the car is with toyota dealer and has had no past history of issues and undergoes regular scheduled maintenance. It is currently being further diagnosed after I filed a complaint 12/28/2009 since the service team representative was advising me the car will be released and to bring it in if another incident occurs. I am reporting this issue as the third time may be fatal to myself or others. It is unacceptable for a dealership to release a car which could cause fatality. As a result I am awaiting approval from the dealer to approve the change out all technical components that deal with the power steering.
I own a 2001 toyota solara and have to replace the engine due to problems with oil turning into gel. The engine quit operating completely.
Oil sludge and gelling problem on all toyota engines in camry, camry solara from 1998 to 2002. I have this issue as well and the car gives out smoke, fails inspection, check engine lights come on and leads to premature engine failure.
Tl* - the contact owns a 2001 toyota solara. The contacted stated that white smoke was coming out of the tail pipe in 2002. The failure mileage was 10,000. The dealer rebuilt the engine. The contact recently started to experience white smoke coming from the tail pipe again. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle as needing a new engine. The current mileage was 100,000. The contact has the repair invoices.
Engine blown on my toyota solara.
Sludge build up in engine caused engine failure. My engine is going to be inspected by toyota at their griffin ga outlet on september 2, 2003. I anticipate the runaround and I am getting all the info I can to argue my case. My engine suddenly is using one quart per 300 miles and when I took it for an oil change I suddenly discovered it was so gunked up it would not accept oil unless poored in very slowly.
While driving at 75 MPH the vehicle's engine blew up and caused a vehicle fire. The dealer was notified.
Related recalls
Engine and engine cooling
- What is wrong
- Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004 avalon vehicles; 2004 and 2005 camry, camry solara, highlander, and sienna vehicles, 2006 highlander hybrid; 2004 and 2005 lexus es330 and rx330; and 2006 lexus rx400h vehicles manufactured from june 1, 2004 through march 31, 2005, equipped with the 1mz-fe or 3mz-fe engine. The amount of adhesive agent applied between the outer ring and the torsional rubber damper (inner ring) in the crankshaft pulley may be inadequate. If the adhesive is insufficient, there is a possibility that the outer ring may become misaligned and it may not properly rotate with the inner ring, causing noise and/or illumination of the battery discharge indicator light.
- Risk
- In some cases, the belt for the power steering pump may become detached from the pulley which could result in a loss of power steering and a sudden increase in steering effort, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will check the crankshaft pulley to identify whether it was produced by the u.s. Supplier. If so, the dealer will replace the pulley with a new one at no charge. The safety recall is expected to begin during early january 2012. Owners may contact toyota at 1‑800‑331‑4331.
Recall number 11V539000 · Recall details
Questions about the Toyota Camry Solara engine failure
Which Toyota Camry Solara years have engine failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1999 (3 complaints), 2001 (3 complaints) and 2005 (2 complaints).
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