2011 Toyota Camry: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Dec 16, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 72,500 miles · AL · crash · 1 injury

Abs/esp system failure & random engine revving before wreck the rear wheels/brakes on my 2011 toyota camry locked up and caused me to lose control of the car and crash into a tree. I was accelerating to 40 MPH, until I noticed that I was about to exceed 40 MPH (by roughly 1 MPH). I removed my foot from the gas pedal and then, back of the car started to lose traction. I started to apply very light pressure to the brakes to correct the direction of the car. I looked where I wanted to go and made small adjustments to the steering wheel, until the car would stop drifting from lane to lane. The small adjustments did not help, and I lost complete control of the car. The car went to the left side of the road, then the right, then back to the left. As soon as the car went back to the left, it hit a ditch covered with rocks that swung the car to the right. I noticed that the rpms of the car went up from 1,500 RPM to (about) 6,000 RPM and I was also able to regain some control of the car. I was able to steer slightly, but not enough for me to straighten up the car. As the car was about to go off the road, I was able to steer it into a tree, rather than the small ravine in font of it and risk my life. The alabama state trooper who came and tried to assist me was very unfriendly and appeared to have a uncooperative attitude. The adrenaline rush took over me, causing me to jump up and down and make my wallet fall out of my pocket. It fell into a pile of leaves, which were the same color of the wallet (light leather brown). Long story short, the officer gave me a citation for not having my license with me when I was driving, but I did and he refused to take away the citation. The officer also said that he would write me up for reckless driving, which I would not understand why he would do that, if the rear brakes locked up in my car.

Filed Jul 29, 2014 · Brakes, Lights · 1,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. The contact stated that while at a stop, the accelerator pedal was applied and the vehicle stalled while entering an intersection. The contact also stated that the ABS and the traction warning lights illuminated. In addition, the vehicle abruptly accelerated when the accelerator pedal was applied with force. After the accelerator pedal was applied to the floorboard, the vehicle resumed normally. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the master cylinder and brake light switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,000. Updated 9/19/14*cn updated 02/12/2015

Filed Mar 9, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · FL

New brakes were put on my car on 11/23/13. A short time later, I was approaching a red light and began to slow down. Upon doing so the ABS system kicked in and when I applied my foot to the breaks they would not work. As I approached the intersection, I made a sharp right 90 degree turn to avoid going through the red light as the vehicle would not stop and I would have been in a terrible accident. The road was not wet but it had rained earlier in the day and the road was dry. I returned vehicle to dealer and was told they could not repeat the situation and everything was okay. They told me that even if the road is dry once it rains, the road can still have particles on it that cause the ABS to kick in. This continued to happen intermittently about once a month. In the past month, it has happened every few days. My son was driving the car in late feb. And he went over a very small pile of leaves that would not warrant the ABS to kick in. He too was almost involved in a wreck. Car went back to dealer but dealer can find what was wrong. The ABS severely reacts when it should not be doing so. The ABS is engaging when it should not be doing so. If one goes over a road that is barely wet or a small patch of drive leaves, as I did the other night, the ABS kicks in and locks up the car. When I touch on the breaks lightly coming to a stop, there are no breaks and then they suddenly grab really hard. Breaks feel like air is in the line. This did not occur until they put new breaks in my car at 30,000 miles. In addition, the transmission is whining, shifting roughly and not shifting when it is supposed to. My vehicle has been at the dealership for over a week and they said they will be keeping it at least until this coming wed. When a toyota field inspector will be coming to inspect the car.

Filed Feb 19, 2014 · Brakes, Steering · 21,021 miles · CA

Abs indicator and slip indicator lights came on. Took it to the dealer and was told that my ABS actuator/steering angle sensor needs to be replaced at a cost of 3400.00. I only have 21000 miles on the car. I was wondering if there are other 2011 camry's with this problem.

Filed Jul 22, 2013 · Brakes · 41,000 miles · CA

Driving on the freeway and applying brakes there is a strong pulsing and vibration in the car and makes slowing down unstable. Brakes were just checked and are fine according to the dealer. Since car was new, there is a loud knock that dealer says is ABS system resetting when you start car. Also tires wear out much too fast which dealer says is a common problem with camry se due to tuning of suspension, as well has causing rapid wearing of brake rotors.

Filed Jun 2, 2013 · Brakes, Wheels · 23,000 miles · NJ

I experienced a situation with brake no responses after I step brake several times and felt like car accelerating on may 19th, sunday afternoon on a highway with camry 2011. It was raining and the dealer customer service told me it could happen??. The dealer checked the data and let a field technician checked, then told me when I was trying to pump the brake to reduce speed, the car smartly let the ABS system engaged in to avoid locking the wheel, which is the reason what I was feeling brake did not response and accelerating. But I acted so quickly to turn the car onto the highway curb to avoid crash into the front car, after several days check the dealer confirmed with me the camry functioned nothing wrong and it was nothing to do with the quality recall regarding the toyota accelerator issue! Maybe it is true, but at least they did not convince me why brakes system did not work once ABS engaged. I think there must be a bug in the electronic device ABS system causing brakes no pressure no response at all during that critical moment. How dealer can not find anything wrong like that in my camry 2011 ??

Filed Dec 10, 2010 · Brakes, Driver assistance · CA

Letter from congressman on behalf of constituent re two instances of total brake failure in 2011 toyota camry. *kb the consumer stated she noticed the engine began to rev while depressing the brake pedal and then the traction light illuminated. Five minutes later, while approaching a red light, as she applied the brake to slow down, the vehicle made a loud noise then jerked forward repeatedly. The consumer had no choice, but to run the red light. As the consumer attempted to pull over, she applied the brake, but the pedal literally went all the way to the floor. The consumer stated the second time she experienced brake failure, it nearly caused her to crash into a barrier. After she brought the vehicle to a stop, the consumer smelled a burning odor. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were able to bring up the trouble codes. The first code, indicated an opening in the stoop light switch circuit and the second code was the ABS traction actuator assembly and skid control ecu. The consumer stated despite the evidence, toyota refused to make any repairs.

Filed Sep 24, 2010 · Brakes · 5,000 miles · CA

Driver first noticed a problem when she came to a stop at a traffic light. The camry started revving the engine even though driver was depressing the brake pedal; at this point the traction light came on. Five minutes later, driver approached a red light going approximately 25 MPH. She depressed the brake pedal and the camry made a loud sound then jerked forward repeatedly. The brakes did not slow down the car consequently causing her to run the red light. She then attempted to get to a safe place, so she pulled into a parking lot. When driver attempted to stop by depressing the brake pedal all the way to the floor, the car did not stop or slow down nearly causing her to crash into a parking lot barrier. There was a noticeable burning smell. Terrified, we took the camry to a toyota dealership. The dealership technicians recovered diagnostic trouble codes: c1249 and u0129. The technicians also drove the camry for 55 miles, but they did not make any repairs, despite the dtc codes, because they said they could not replicate the problem. This is a brand new camry, and we are terrified to drive it, but toyota won't do anything about it because they say there's nothing wrong. The diagnostic trouble codes indicate otherwise. Based on research we did, the first code c1249, indicates an opening in the stop light switch circuit, which recommends three likely causes of the error, 1) the stop light switch, 2) stop light switch circuit, or 3) the brake actuator assembly (skid control ecu). The second code u0129 indicates trouble with the ABS and traction actuator assembly (as well as the skid control ecu), or the can communication system. This is particularly alarming because what this error means is that the computer disengages the brakes, which is clearly what happened to us. The toyota dealership told us to contact corporate; corporate told us to contact the dealership. No repairs have been done, and the car is just collecting dust now.