I was driving my toyota camry home from work, when my engine starting smoking and all the engine light came on. I had it towed to a dealership to be checked out and was told that my water pump had froze up, causing my motor and everything under the hood to be burn up. My heat indicator light didn't not come on at anytime. If I had known there was a problem with the pump would have had the car checked out. I was told my toyota that it was not their problem.
2008 Toyota Camry engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact stated that the brake calipers malfunctioned due to the sudden acceleration. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer to have the brake calipers repaired. After the brake calipers were repaired the vehicle continued to accelerate without warning. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer could not duplicate the acceleration issue. In addition, the engine completely failed due to a fracture in the water pump, also causing all of the electric components to malfunction. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000.
When stationary at traffic light or stop sign. When A/C is turned on and brake pedal is depressed the entire car is drastically shaking an vibrating beyond controllability. When gear is in neutral the heavy vibration is gone away. Was told by service manager that this is an normal behavior of all cars past 40,000 miles. Was told that I would have to let the vehicle learn my driving habits again since the new throttle body component was installed. Once the unit was installed correctly again engine lights kept coming on thus returning back to the dealership. Took 3 attempts to complete the engine lite issue but the violent shaking and vibration is still going on.
Engine is burning large amounts of oil between the scheduled oil change of 5000 miles. Oil in dipstick is dropping from full to empty within the 5000 miles oil change.
At 60,000 I noticed my engine running low/ burning oil. I since had 2 oil changes, now at 66,600 miles, 2,400 since the last service, my dipstick is halfway between "min" and "max" it was at "max" after the last oil change. I have been in communication with bernardi toyota in framingham ma who has been helpful however I am very concerned regarding my car starting to burn oil at a low mileage. I also plan to file a complaint with toyota directly.
Copy of ltr to toyota re potential sticking accelerator pedals in his 2008 toyota camry. *kb the consumer stated the radiator exploded. The dealer stated there was a defect. Also, the front struts needed to be replaced. The consumers wife noticed when the vehicle idled, cold air replaced hot air. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the problem was identified as the water pump.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for recall 09v388000 vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal on june 2010 with 55,000 miles. On august 27, 2010 while approaching the intersection 35 MPH the check engine light illuminated and she heard a noise underneath the hood the vehicle stalled after a few seconds the vehicle suddenly accelerated with her foot on the brake pedal. The vehicle will be taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileage was 60,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact was driving approximately 35 MPH, attempted to make a turn and a loud noise was coming from the engine. The accelerator pedal began to stick with a sluggish response, followed by the engine stalling. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer. The technician stated that the noise was coming from a pebble in the hub caps. The failure had not occurred after the service repair. The failure mileage was 53,000.
Random, infrequent engine failure at freeway/highway speeds. At constant highway speeds (steady state speed), car engine dies out and car decelerates (without alert and for no reason). This car has always done this on an infrequent basis since purchased brand new. This happens about twice per month. I phoned the dealership and they said they have to see it/experience the problem. At around 41k miles I brought the car to toyota for their inspection (this was prior to any recalls on camrys), they cleaned carbon from the engine. This did not stop the problem. About twice per month the car dies out when traveling at a constant highway speeds (for no reason). On 3/5/10 I brought the car back to the dealer ship (it has about 81k miles on it). The car has a valid extended warranty on it that was purchased at time of purchasing the car. Due to random engine failure at constant highway speeds this car is extremely unsafe.
I have a 2008 camry se which I took in for the floormat and acceleration recalls. The car still accelerates when I first start it. I can drive up to 30 miles an hour with out applying gas. The dealer has worked on the car multiple times and can not solve the problem. Incident date is the last time it happened. It happens every time the car has sat for awhile.
I was driving along a rural road and my engine seized up and the car died. It turns out that the oil filter fell off at some point- 2 months after an oil change. The oil light did not come on until approximately 30 seconds before the car died. When the mechanic spoke with toyota, he asked if this had occurred other times and was told they had heard of it happening once or twice. Since the engine had to be rebuilt, this is a rather costly problem to have occur. Fortunately I was in a relatively safe place to pull over and call for a tow truck.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. After driving the vehicle home, the contact could not check the oil after restarting the vehicle. The oil would normally appear on the dipstick regardless if the vehicle had been parked for hours. He had to allow the dipstick to sit out overnight in order to check the oil. The dealer stated that no one ever checks their own oil and nothing could be done. The manufacturer offered no recourse and only took his information and passed it on. The current mileage was approximately 4,500 and failure mileage was approximately 200. Updated 11/07/08. *lj the oil would not drain back into the reservoir unless the vehicle sits overnight. Updated 11/07/08.
New camry hybrid, three days old, "check engine" light alerted us of a problem that proved to be an emission system manufacturer defect that required six days to complete. Dealer fixed the defect for free, but my interaction with the national toyota customer service agency in california was unacceptable. This occurred in september 2008, though your pull-down menu does not include 2008 as an option.
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