NHTSA Complaint #10314340 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS IN DRIVING IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE, FOLLOWING A SAFE DISTANCE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN A CAR FROM THE RIGHT LANE SUDDENLY CUT IN FRONT OF HIM. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, BUT THE VEHICLE INSTANTLY SPUN AROUND TO THE RIGHT BARELY MISSING ANOTHER CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE AND HEADED FOR A GROUP OF TREES OFF THE GRASSY RIGHT HAND SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL BY RELEASING THE BRAKE AND STEERING OUT OF THE SPIN. BUT, HE OVERCORRECTED AND CROSSED THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AGAIN, AND ALMOST T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH IN THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DID NOT STEER INTO THE SPIN, HE KEPT THE STEERING WHEEL STRAIGHT AND JAMMED ON THE BRAKES IN AN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY PANIC STOP. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL INSTANTLY AND TOTALLY LOCKED UP; THERE WAS A CLOUD OF BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE PIVOTED ON THAT WHEEL AND HEADED TOWARD THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A FAILURE WITH THE ABS AND NOT A STEERING PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS. *JB