NHTSA Complaint #10618911 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

MY 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY SE 2.4L 2AZ-FE BURNS THROUGH OIL AT AN UNUSUAL RATE. SO UNUSUAL THAT I'M FORCED TO KEEP A KEEN EYE ON IT EVERY FEW WEEKS. THERE ARE NO LEAKS. I BOUGHT THE CAR 'CERTIFIED' FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND AFTER MONTH OF DRIVING IT, I NOTICED THE OIL BEING LOWER THAN I EXPECTED (MY NORMAL DUE DILIGENCE OF UPKEEP). WHEN I BROUGHT IT BACK TO MY DEALER, THEY SAID IT 'WAS NORMAL' TO BURN THROUGH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OIL. AT THE TIME I WAS NOT 'BURNING ENOUGH' OIL TO DEEM IT AN ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM WAS ALSO A COUPLE HOURS AWAY SO GOING THERE OFTEN WAS NOT AN OPTION. I ALSO CALLED CORPORATE AND THEY INSTRUCTED AND CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT, TO LOOK INTO IT. ONLY THING I GOT OUT OF IT WAS AN OIL CHANGE. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2 YEARS REMOVED SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND IT STILL BURNS RAPIDLY, I'M ONLY ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. I BOUGHT IT WITH 61000 MILES AND NOW HAVE 83000 MILES ON IT. SEEING MORE AND MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SEVERE DEFECT CONSTITUTES ACTION ON TOYOTAS PART, AND NOT THROUGH TSB BUT A RECALL AS COSTLY AS THAT MAY BE IF I AM TO REMAIN A LOCAL TOYOTA FANATIC. *TR