1998 Toyota Camry brakes complaints

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See the summary of 1998 Toyota Camry brakes problems: which part fails, at what mileage and related recalls.

Filed May 26, 1999 · Brakes · CA

Took car to dealer in april complaining of hearing noise in front and back and brakes squeaking and had it was actually the brake pedal squeaking. They did an oil change and replaced brakes. After that it is extremely rough ride with vibrations. Sounds like a peace of crap. This car is only 5000 miles new and also after oil change it has never run the same. Cannot accelerate very good. Very very rough drive.

Filed Apr 13, 1999 · Brakes · NY

When applying the brake pedal it feels very soft and goes to the floor as if it is not going to stop, and then it suddenly goes into anti-lock brake mode. Dealer has been contacted.

Filed Mar 17, 1999 · Brakes · CA

I began complaining about brake problems within days of leasing the car. I kept being told that the grinding noises were normal for toyota. Finally at 11,000 miles they examined the brakes and discovered they had ground down into the rotors. They said that the brakes were my responsibility and I must pay. I protested, with no success. I took the car to an independant and had it repaired for half the money toyota wanted. Between then and now I have had my brakes fail 4 more times. Twice the rotors have been replaced and the rear drums once, all through toyota. The last time, after being told there was nothing wrong with the car, I persisted and they discovered that the push rod in the master cylinder was not adjusted properly. The system was repaired and just 6,000 miles later the brake system is failing again. The factory rep. Showed my father that the system has overheated and scored the rotors and drums. The pads had little left on them. Toyota said the system checks out fine and it's my problem. 5 brake jobs in 30,000 miles, something is wrong. Please help!

Filed Feb 19, 1999 · Brakes, Steering · MD

The brakes on my 1998 toyota camry wore out at 15000 miles. The service writer at the service dealer told me that the 1997 and 1998 camry have a design defect that causes more pressure to be applied to the front brakes than to the back brakes, causing the front brakes to wear out prematurely. My power steering pump developed a leak before it was replaced by the servicing dealer at 19000 miles, causing the vehicle to have steering and control problems.