NHTSA Complaint #11097541 — 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, THE CHECK VSC SYSTEM, ABS ICON AND SOMETIMES THE BATTERY ICON APPEARED ON SCREEN. SHORTLY AFTER IT STARTS TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE CAR WHERE IT STARTS LOSING POWER IN THE CABIN AS WELL AS EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCE COUPLE OF BAD SHAKES FOLLOWED BY SPEED DECREASING, ODOMETER GOING HAYWIRE WHERE YOU ARE SPEEDING OR GIVING GAS BUT THE ODOMETER IS AT 0. FINALLY THE CAR COMES TO A STOP. IT ACTS TOTALLY WEIRD. IF YOU ARE TURN OFF THE CAR TO TURN IT ON AGAIN, THE CAR DOES NOT TURN ON. THERE IS NO IGNITION CLICKING AS WELL. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE FIRST TIME, THE CLICKING OF STARTING THE ENGINE COULD BE HEARD. THE SECOND TIME, IT WAS AS THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY DIED ALTHOUGH BATTERY STILL HAS POWER SINCE THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DO TURN ON. BOTH OF THE TIME THE ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS LUCKILY PULLED INTO A SIDE STREET AND NOT ON MAIN ROAD. THE SECOND TIME IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL ON TO THE SIDE STREET AND TO A PARKING SPACE. IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THE BATTERY WAS JUMPED AND TOOK OFF THE CABLE IN COUPLE OF MINUTES AND FINDING THE CAR DEAD. THIS WAS THOUGHT THAT THE BATTERY WAS BAD. SECOND TIME, NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED AND THE SIMILAR INCIDENT WAS EXPERIENCED. WHEN THE NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED, THE CAR WAS 'OK' FOR COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THE BATTERY ICON WOULD COME AND GO. WHEN THE ABOVE ISSUE WAS EXPERIENCED AGAIN AND THIS TIME ON THE NEW BATTERY, IT WAS JUMPED AND STAYED FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING AWAY. THE BATTERY ICON STILL COMES AND GOES AND IT IS NOT DUE TO THE BATTERY BEING LOSE. EVERYTHING IS TIGHTENED PROPERLY. THIS WAS NOT EXPERIENCED IN THE 10 YEARS OF OWNING THIS CAR. THERE ARE NO MAJOR ACCIDENTS ON THE CARS. THERE WAS NOTHING MINOR OR MAJOR HAPPENED TO THE CAR PRIOR TO THE INCIDENTS