NHTSA Complaint #10500111 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

MY TOYOTA CAMRY 2007 BURNS OIL EXCESSIVELY. WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM IT WAS BECAUSE THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON, AND THEN BACK OFF. BEING ON THE SAFE SIDE, I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHT COMING ON BRIEFLY WAS NOT A FLUKE. TO MY SURPRISE, MY ENGINE WAS NEARLY BONE DRY. IF I HADN'T CHECKED THE LEVEL, THE ENGINE COULD EASILY HAVE SEIZED. I BROUGHT IT TO MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, MAGIC TOYOTA OF EDMONDS, WA, WHO COMPLETED AN "OIL CONSUMPTION CHECK" AND INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR'S BURNING OF OIL IS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I CHECKED MY OIL LEVEL AGAIN. I HAD ONLY PUT ABOUT 2900 MILES ON IT SINCE ITS LAST OIL CHANGE AND, ONCE AGAIN, MY DIPSTICK SHOWED THE OIL LEVEL TO BE BELOW THE BOTTOM DOT WHICH INDICATES THE OIL IS DANGEROUSLY LOW. I AGAIN BROUGHT THE CAR TO MAGIC TOYOTA WHERE THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT I DIDN'T PROPERLY READ THE DIPSTICK AND THAT THEIR TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS ONLY 1/2 OF A QUART BELOW FULL. THEY MADE A MARK WITH A PEN ON A DRAWING OF THE DIPSTICK TO SHOW ME WHERE THE OIL LEVEL HAD BEEN. THIS WAS ENTIRELY UNTRUE AND FRAUDULENT! I BELIEVE TOYOTA IS COVERING UP AN OIL BURNING PROBLEM IN THE 2007 CAMRY. PLEASE HELP! *TR