NHTSA Complaint #10566404 — 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY LE WITH 2.4L 4-CYLINDER ENGINE AND 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY DROPPED TO 0 AND THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD ILLUMINATED. THE CAR DID NOT CEASE NORMAL OPERATION AND THE BRAKES APPEARED TO STILL FUNCTION AND THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE AS NORMAL. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DID NOT MOVE AND THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITH NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN BRAKING ABILITY. THEN, THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY JUMPED BACK TO 60 MPH AND APPEARS TO OPERATE PROPERLY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TURNED OFF. THERE WERE NO NOTICEABLE CHANGES IN THE OPERATION OF THE CAR. THAT THE SAME NIGHT, THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS RETURNED 2 MORE TIMES JUST AS THEY HAD OCCURRED BEFORE WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. DURING ONE EPISODE, THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DURING A COMPLETE STOP AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INACTIVE AFTER LEAVING THE STOP. AGAIN, AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE SPEEDOMETER RETURNED TO CORRECT OPERATION AND THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD TURNED OFF. *TR