NHTSA Complaint #10325559 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

I OWN A 2007 CAMRY CE. LAST MONTH I NOTICED THE OIL LAMP WAS ON BUT MY OIL CHANGE WASN'T DUE FOR ANOTHER 2000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA AND THEY TOPPED OFF THE OIL AND ASKED ME TO RETURN AT 1000 MILES. I DID AND THE OIL WAS AGAIN LOW. THEY TOPPED IT OFF AGAIN AND ASKED ME TO RETURN AT 500 MILES-I DID. I LEFT THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT AT THE DEALER'S REQUEST BECAUSE THE OIL WAS BEING CONSUMED AT A CERTAIN RATE AND COULDN'T BE EXPLAINED. I RECEIVED A CALL THE NEXT DAY TO LET ME KNOW THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THE PROBLEM AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO "REBUILT" THE ENGINE AT A COST OF $6900 PLUS TAX. UNFORTUNATELY, MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 60K MILES AND I HAVE 62K MILES NOW. I HAD LESS THAN $61K MILES WHEN THIS ALL STARTED SO I'M ONLY OUT OF WARRANTY BY A FEW HUNDRED MILES! HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF REPAIR FOR A VEHICLE I'VE TAKEN CARE OF WITH OIL CHANGES EVERY 5K MILES. I REFUSE TO PAY MORE THAN I OWE ON THIS VEHICLE AND I WILL SEEK HELP FROM THE MEDIA IF TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO THE RIGHT THING. FIX IT W/O BREAKING THE BANK! *TR