NHTSA Complaint #10320976 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE IN OUR 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY SE AND HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE AT 60 MPH. NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AT ANY TIME. IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR I SAW A HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE BEHIND CAR. I PULLED CAR TO THE SIDE OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND OIL ON THE ENGINE. CALLED TOYOTA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED. THEY TOLD ME ALL THE OIL IN THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND THAT THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM. THEY REPLACED HOSE AND OIL BUT NOW I WONDER IF I HAVE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. DROVE HOME AND PARKED IT. ON 2/17/2010 I HAD A RECALL VISIT TO THE DEALER ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT NO ONE INFORMED ME OF THIS RECALL. ONE WEEK AGO I RECEIVED A LETTERS FROM TOYOTA ON MORE RECALLS (THE OIL HOSE WAS ONE). I TRIED TO GET AN APPOINTMENT BUT THEY WERE BUSY UNTIL APRIL. THIS IS NOT A SMALL LEAK LIKE THEY SAY IN THE NOTICE-WHEN IT GOES YOU THINK YOU HAVE BLOWN AN ENGINE WITH 6.5 QUARTS OF OIL HITTING A THE HOT EXHAUST. I WOULD THINK THERE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY OF FIRE OR LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR