2007 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID Vehicle Speed Control Problems

MY CAR WILL NOT LET ME ACCELERATE PAST 40MPH. ONCE I DO PASS 40MPH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR SHUTS DOWN RIGHT AFTER. THIS IS ALL WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I WENT 65 AND IT CUT STRAIGHT OUT.

ON MY 2007 CAMRY HYBRID, AS I WAS REVERSING, THE BRAKES ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGAGED, BRAKING SO HARD IT FELT LIKE I HIT SOMETHING. SOON AFTER, THE BRAKE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON, AND CHECK VSC SYSTEM DISPLAYED. VSC WARNING LIGHTS AND DISPLAY MESSAGE INTERMITTENTLY TURN OFF AND TURN BACK ON ARBITRARILY.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT A SPEED OF 35 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" LIGHT TURNED ON MY DASHBOARD AND THE BRAKE OF THE CAR BECAME LOOSE. WHEN I TRY TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN BY APPLYING THE BRAKE, IT WOULDN'T LET ME DO SO. I WAS APPROACHING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE TOO HARD SO THAT THE CAR CAN STOP. FINALLY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP IT BY APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.

ON MY 2007 CAMRY HYBRID, AS I WAS BACKING UP, THE BRAKES WENT SOFT TO THE FLOOR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGAGED. IT BRAKED SO HARD, IT FELT LIKE A HIT SOMETHING. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE BRAKE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON, AND CHECK VSC SYSTEM DISPLAYED.

AS I WAS TRAVELING ON I75 NORTH OF ATLANTA, I NEEDED TO SLOW FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK. SEVERAL LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON INCLUDING THE CHECK HYBRID ENGINE, THE CHECK VSC SYSTEM, AND THE ABS LIGHTS. THE POWER BRAKES WERE OFF AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO STOP. THEN THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STOPPED COMPLETELY REQUIRING ME TO MANEUVER OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS, BUT WAS ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL VEHICLES AS I GOT TO THE SHOULDER.

CAR BRAKE FAILS WITH MULTIPLE LIGHTS ON. ( VSC SYSTEM CHECK , ABS , BRAKE , ETC ) IT WAS REPAIRED BY TOYOTA DEALER UNDER "TOYOTA RECALL" PROGRAM FOR "BRAKE-FLUID PROBLEM" . BUT THEY DIDN'T REPAIR " ABS ACTUATOR" UNDER WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (ZE1). & MANAGER SAID YOUR VIN IS/WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ZE1. I LOOKED INTO "ZE1" PROGRAM, HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/UCM458138/INOT-PE14001-59690.PDF BUT I DON'T SEE MY VIN IN THE RANGE PROVIDED., NOT SURE WHY. SINCE MY CAR IS 2007 CAMRY HYBRID, IT SHOULD BE PART OF THAT RECALL ALSO. THIS IS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WHERE YOUR CAR BREAKS FAIL ALL OF SUDDEN ON HIGHWAYS. THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED OR ATLEAST GET REPAIRED AT TOYOTA'S COST. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND GOT A CHECK VSC SYSTEM ON THE CONSOLE AND WHEN A MECHANIC CHECKED THE PROBLEM, HE GAVE THE CODE - C1391 - ABNORMAL LEAK IN ACTUATOR, MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON, ABS LIGHTS ARE ON, RED TRIANGLE LIGHT IS ON. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT AND CHECK VSC LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON. WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES TO STOP, I REALIZED THAT THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CAR WAS SKIDDING AND KEEP GOING AND I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND STILL THE CAR WAS MOVING FORWARD. I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND LUCKILY STOPPED COUPLE OF INCHES FROM THE OTHER CAR. IT KEEPS HAPPENING OFTEN AND I AM WORRIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR AS IT IS. IT WORKS FINE AND SUDDENLY GOES TO THIS BRAKE FAILING MODE. ESPECIALLY HAPPEN MORE OFTEN IF IT RAINS AND MAKING IT MORE DANGEROUS.

WHILE MY CAR WAS IN MOTION, MY VSC SYSTEM CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE CAR DID NOT LET ME ACCELERATE ABOVE 30MPH.N AND I COULD FEEL THE FRICTION WHILE ACCELERATING. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED.

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, CHECK VSC SYSTEM WARNING APPEARED ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE/STABILITY/ANTILOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS. VEHICLE DID NOT LOSE BRAKING COMPLETELY BUT DID NOT FEEL NORMAL AND WAS BROUGHT TO SIDE OF ROAD. AFTER RESTART WAS LIGHTS CLEARED AND HAS BEHAVED NORMALLY SO FAR. BROUGHT TO DEALER NEXT DAY, UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM.

DRIVING AT 40 MPH, CHECK VSC SYSTEM, BRAKE, TRACTION , WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. NEEDED TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKING AND DOWN SHIFT TO BRING CAR TO COMPLETE STOP. WAS ON SUBURBAN AREA PAVED ROAD AND WAS GOING STRAIGHT.

WHEN BRAKING FOR A YELLOW STOPLIGHT. I LOST ALL BRAKES AND BRAKE PRESSURE. SEVERAL INDICATOR LIGHTS INCLUDING THE ABS LIGHT AS WELL AS A MESSAGE "CHECK VSC SYSTEM". THERE WERE NO VEHICLES NEXT TO ME SO I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE LANES TO CLEAR TRAFFIC IN ONCOMING TURN LANES AND PASS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION SAFELY. THE BRAKES REENGAGED AT THE NEXT APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE. WE DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND THE EVENT OCCURRED AT EACH STOP, APPROX 10 OCCURRENCES, DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND FAILING WITH THE ERRORS ABOVE THEN REDEPRESSING TO ENGAGE THE SYSTEM. *TR

BRAKING WENT VERY SOFT. CHECK VSC SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED ALONG WITH MULTIPLE DASH LIGHT AND ADDITIONAL ERROR MESSAGE TO CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM. *TR

CHECK VSC WARNING INDICATOR CAME ON WHEN DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN THAT WAS ON, MY CAR WAS DRAGGING AS IF THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE ON. SO I DROVE VERY SLOW WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET HOME SINCE I WAS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM WHERE I LIVED. IN ABOUT 5-7 MINUTES, WHEN I HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THIS WARNING WENT OFF AND THE CAR WORKED AS IT NORMALLY HAS. WHEN I GOT HOME AND GOOGLED THIS FOR MY CAR, A NUMBER OF ARTICLES CAME UP ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE FOR 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRIDS. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ON THE STATUS OF THE POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WITH THIS CAR? *TR

ON 20 MARCH 2015, WHILE STARTING THE CAR, A WARNING INDICATOR SHOWED UP ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE INDICATOR STATED ( CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM.....VSC SYSTEM ). I PARKED THE CAR FOR THE DAY. DAY 2, I TOOK THE CAR TO A AUTO SHOP AND HAD A BASIC SCAN THAT READS ABS CODES PERFORMED ON THE CAR. THE BASIC SCAN REVELED TO "REPLACE BATTERY PACK". TWO MECHANICS INFORMED ME WHILE PERFORMING THE SCAN, A BURNING ODOR WAS OBSERVED FROM THE CAR. I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND PARKED IT. I LASTLY OBSERVED THE ONLY INFORMATION DISPLAYED FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS " CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM". THE ONLY LIGHTS ON WERE THE WARNING LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

"CHECK VSC SYSTEM" . BRAKE SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. MUST PUSH VERY HARD TO GET ANY BRAKING. THEN THE VSC WILL ENGAGE AND BRAKE VERY HARD. I EXPERIENCED THIS ONE WEEK AGO; MY WIFE EXPERIENCED IT THIS MORNING DROPPING OF THE KIDS TO SCHOOL. THE CAR HAS A VERY DANGEROUS JERKING ACTION AS THE BRAKES ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE BASED ON THE COMPUTER. *TR

APPROX MID JANUARY 2014 WHILE GOING DOWN THE HWY ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HOME MY VSC LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALMOST ALL THE USE OF MY BRAKES, WHICH REALLY FRIGHTEN ME. I AM SINGLE AND HAVE NO FAMILY AROUND TO HELP. I GOT OFF THE HWY AND WENT VERY SLOW. THE LIGHT WENT OFF BEFORE I GOT HOME AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH IT UNTIL DEC 2014 WHILE GOING TO WORK. THE LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF TWICE BEFORE I GOT TO WORK AND I LOST BRAKES USE. THEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN FIRST WEEK JAN. 2015. IT HAS HAPPEN TWICE RECENTLY AND I'M GETTING WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT HAPPEN AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND SAW QUITE A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT...

I WAS GETTING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. I STARTED TO DECELERATE AND I LOST A MAJORITY OF MY BRAKE POWER. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON MY DASH CAME ON, AND MY DISPLAY SAID CHECK VSC SYSTEM. I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER WAS SLAMMING ON MY BRAKE SINCE I HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKE POWER AT THIS POINT. I TURNED OFF MY CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES. THE LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED. I WAS 1/2 A MILE FROM WORK AT THIS POINT. I DROVE WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND TOOK IT SLOW TO WORK. WHEN I GOT TO WORK AND PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF. *TR

DRIVING ON THE ROAD, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL, THEN MY ENTIRE DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP WITH ALL THE WARNING SIGNS. THE INTERNAL CAR DISPLAYS VSC MAINTENANCE REQUIRED, AND I'M THINKING I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I JUST GOT THE CAR THIS YEAR. THERE SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THE BRAKES WERE VERY HARD TO PRESS DOWN ON TO EVEN BRAKE. I FEE LIKE THE BRAKES JUST STOPPED WORKING OR THE BRAKE ITSELF WOULD LET ME BRAKE AS NORMAL. LITTLE SHOCKED BECAUSE I'D HAD CRASH INTO THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF ME. I STARTED TO DRIVE VERY SLOW. THEN THE LIGHTS AND WARNING SIGNS WENT AWAY, AND MY BRAKES WERE BACK TO NORMAL. I FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST A COMPUTER GLITCH AND STARTED TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN. AFTER I DID, THE CAR AGAIN WENT OFF WITH THE WARNING SIGNS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VSC DISPLAY WAS ON AGAIN STATING MAINTENANCE WAS...

WHILE DRIVING ALL BRAKE LIGHTS LIT UP ON DASH, "VSC CHECK SYSTEM" MESSAGE SHOWED. BUT THE CAR SEEMED TO BRAKE FINE, UNTIL I WENT TO PARK. THE BRAKE WENT COMPLETELY SOFT AND THE CAR CONTINUED FORWARD MOTION UNTIL RUNNING INTO THE CURB. UPON RESTARTING THE CAR ALL THE LIGHTS WERE BACK TO NORMAL. IT HAPPENED AGAIN LATER IN THE DAY, LIGHTS COME ON, BRAKES FAIL. LUCKILY I WAS GOING VERY SLOWLY AND ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY PUMPING THE BRAKES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO THE MARKET AT 40MPH A SERIES OF WARNINGS CAME ON. THE "CHECK VSC SYSTEM", THE BRAKE LIGHT, ABS, SKID, PARKING LIGHT, AND GENERAL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE CAR LOST ITS BRAKING POWER. I HAD TO PUSH DOWN VERY HARD ON THE BRAKE AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR. SO FAR IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE. ACCORDING TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE ERRORS OR LACK OF BRAKE POWER IN THE COMPUTER AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT. I AM NOT DRIVING IT NOW BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT CRASHING. *TR

BRAKE ALERT LIGHTS APPEARED ON DASH ON NIGHT OF 9/5/14 UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. READ CODES IN OWNER'S MANUAL, AND DROVE FEW BLOCKS TO HOME AT SLOW SPEED (15 MPH). ON SATURDAY MORNING, 9/6/14, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25-30 MILES PER HOUR. NOT ONLY DID THE ALERT LIGHTS APPEAR, BUT THE BRAKES "BLED" THROUGH TO THE FLOOR, AND IT FELT AS IF THE CAR ACCELERATED. BRAKES WORKED ONLY AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER. AFTER DIAGNOSTICS AND DRIVING FOR 90 MILES OVER 4 DAYS, THE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE REPLICATED, NOR DID ANY CODES APPEAR ON THE COMPUTER. VEHICLE WAS RELEASED AFTER PAYING DIAGNOSTIC FEES. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN ON 10/2/14: BRAKE LIGHTS APPEARED ON DASH, THE CAR FELT IT WAS ACCELERATING, AND THE BRAKES FAILED TEMPORARILY. MY FOOT BLED THROUGH, I PUMPED THE PEDAL BEFORE BRAKES...

VEHICLE SERVICED 3/10/10 UNDER TOYOTA 90L RECALL CAMPAIGN. DEALERSHIP STATED ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONAL UPON COMPLETION. ON 5/21/14, IN SAFE ROAD CONDITIONS AND PARKING LOT SPEEDS <10 MPH, DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES TO VEHICLE IN ORDER TO PULL INTO PARKING SPOT. DURING BRAKING, VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW OR STOP, BUT ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, STRIKING A PARKING BERM AND THREE OTHER VEHICLES. POLICE REPORT MADE; DRIVER NOT CITED BUT WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT TOYOTA RE BRAKE FAILURE AND ACCELERATION. TOYOTA WAS CONTACTED; INSPECTION WAS MADE BY BOSCH ENGINEERING. TOYOTA CONTENDS THE INCIDENT IS NOT A RESULT OF ANY MANUFACTURING DEFECT. TOYOTA PROVIDED A TECHNICAL REPORT CONTAINING ENGINEERING DATA WITHOUT LAYMAN'S EXPLANATION OR PROOF OF ITS CONTENTION. TOYOTA WAS FOUND BY THE DOJ TO HAVE MISLED CONSUMERS AND THE GOVT REGARDING SEVERITY AND "RESOLUTION: OF THIS ISSUE. ON 8/21/14 AND 8/22/14 DRIVER WAS CONTACTED BY TOYOTA WITH A SECOND AND...

WAS VERY HOT OUTSIDE FOR 3 WEEKS STRAIGHT. ON THE WAY TO THE GROCERY STORE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE FOLLOWING 2 READOUTS ON SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY: "CHECK VSC" AND "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM". INSTANTLY THE HYBRID PART OF THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. BRAKES CHANGED FEEL AND THROTTLE BECAME VERY DELAYED. WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK. WHEN I PUT INTO DRIVE OR NEUTRAL THE KNOCKING STOPS. THE ENGINE KNOCKED HARD IN PARK POSITION AS IF THERE ARE LOOSE PIECES OF METAL CRUNCHING. EVER SINCE THEN, THE CAR'S HYBRID DRIVE DOESN'T WORK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, ABS LIGHT, VSC LIGHT P/S LIGHT, A RED TRIANGLE LIGHT, AND AN ORANGE CIRCLE WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT IN IT. WE PARKED THE CAR AND WE ARE NOT DRIVING IT UNTIL ITS FIXED. WE HAVE 2 TODDLERS AND WE AREN'T GOING...

WHILE DRIVING, 4 LIGHT APPEARED: THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT, THE ABS LIGHT, AND THE YELLOW WARNING LIGHT, ALONG WITH THE MESSAGE "CHECK VSC SYSTEM". AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. NOW WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO START THE CAR, I HEAR LOUD IRREGULAR CLUNKING SOUNDS, AND THE GREEN LIGHT ON THE POWER BUTTON DOESN'T LIGHT UP FOR 2 SECONDS, INDICATING THE CAR CANNOT BE IMMEDIATELY STARTED. CAR DRIVES FINE, BUT I'M AFRAID THE BRAKES WILL BECOME FAULTY AT ANY TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL MY LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD POPPED UP, I LOST TRACTION CONTROL, AND THE NOTIFICATION PANEL STARTED BEEPING CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM AND CHECK VSC SYSTEM. A FEW DAYS LATER THE VSC WENT AWAY AND THEN CAME BACK SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALER SHIP WHERE THEY SPENT 5 HOURS LOOKING OVER MY CAR AND COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG OTHER THEN A MONITORING SYSTEM IS BAD OR THE BATTERY IS BAD AND QUOTED ME FOR THE SYSTEM IT WOULD BE $1700 AND THE BATTERY AROUND $4000. *TR

CAR WAS MAKING BARKING NOISE WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, ACTUATOR, AND BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS WITHOUT PROBLEM OR RECURRENCE. 8/25/14 ALL THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS AND THE VSC SYSTEM WARNING CAME ON. NO PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES WHEN DRIVING TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID ABS COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $1500. MY FIRST REPAIR WAS $780. I WANTED TO ADD MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO THOSE ALREADY SUBMITTED. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO THE TOYOTA FOR THE CAMPAIGN THEY HAVE OR RECALL FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM THAT THESE CAMRY HYBRID HAVE BECAUSE MINE SAYS CHECK VSC, AND A LOT OF LIGHT ARE ON BUT ITS ACTUALLY THE ACTUATOR BUT THEY ONLY CHANGED THE BRAKE RESERVOIR EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I MADE IT TO THE HOUSE ALL THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON THE GUYS FROM THE DEALER INFORMED ME THE RESERVOIR AIN'T GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 149600 MILES ONLY 3 MONTHS AGO THINKING THAT KIND OF MILES AIN'T MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO TOYOTA JUST GOT THE VEHICLE AND CAN'T USE IT THANKS *TR

UPON STARTING THE AUTOMOBILE, THE VSC, ABS, BRAKE AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE BREAK CATCHES AND/OR MUST BE PUMPED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO HYPER-ACCELERATE WHEN IN IDLE, ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE. A LOCAL DEALER/SERVICE CENTER SAYS A COMPUTERIZED PART MUST BE REPLACED FOR $2100. *TR

MASTER, BRAKE, ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED BRAKE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE,AND SLIP INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AS WELL AS 'CHECK VSC SYSTEM LIGHT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, A NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN "CHECK VSC SYSTEM". THE ABS LIGHT AS WELL AS THE RED BRAKE SYSTEM ARE ON AS WELL. BRAKES ARE NOT AS RESPONSIVE AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SYSTEM CHECKED TILL NEXT WEEK. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SAYS THIS IS BAD. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE, DASHBOARD DISPLAYED VSC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WITH AUDIBLE WARNING. SHUT OFF VEHICLE. WAITED A MINUTE AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. NO WARNING APPEARED ON DASHBOARD DISPLAY. DROVE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. AFTER 30 MINUTES STARTED VEHICLE, VSC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WITH AUDIBLE WARNING. THE VSC MODULE CONTINUED TO MAKE A NOISE AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. RE-STARTED VEHICLE AND AT SHUT OFF VSC WAS SILENT. RE-STARTED VEHICLE 60 MINUTES LATER, NO WARNING APPEARED ON DASHBOARD DISPLAY. DROVE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE CAR HAD PERFORMED WELL UNTIL THIS TIME WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT FIRST CAME ON. I THEN READ REPORTS ON TCH VSC FAILURES. I SHALL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED. *TR

ON 12/11/12 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK VSC SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE ABS LIGHTS, MASTER WARNING, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND OTHERS. THE BRAKES WERE HARD TO DEPRESS. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC THAT MORNING OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR DOWN. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE LIGHTS WERE OFF AND IT WAS DRIVABLE AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND BROUGHT THE CAR IN. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RETRIEVE A TROUBLE CODE EXCEPT FOR BATTERY VOLTAGE. THEY REPLACE A BATTERY THAT COST ME $511. THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ON 12/22/12 THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AND I ROLLED INTO AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY. ONCE AGAIN, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS IN THE INTERSECTION. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND...

WHILE TURNING LEFT IN AN INTERSECTION, THE "BRAKE", "WARNING", "STABILITY" AND "ABS" WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AS WELL AS "CHECK VSC SYSTEM". SIMULTANEOUSLY, I LOST BRAKE POWER. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MI TO HOME WITH NO ABILITY TO CONTROL MY SPEED USING POWER BRAKES. INSTEAD, THE ONLY BRAKES I HAD WERE THE EQUIVALENT OF USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE; A VERY HARD, JERKING MOTION. THE TOYOTA DEALER FIRST TOLD ME THAT I WAS LOW ON BRAKE FLUID AND I COULD NOW PICK UP MY CAR. I ARGUED THAT I SHOULD HAVE SEEN AN "IDIOT" LIGHT FIRST RATHER THAN COMPLETE FAILURE OF MY BRAKING SYSTEM! 5 DAYS LATER, AND SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH CORPORATE, THE "SKID CONTROL COMPUTER" WAS REPLACED FOR $2,000! THIS IS SUCH A DANGEROUS FAILURE ON AN AUTOMOBILE! IF I HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY, THERE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE! *TR

WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, THE DASH DISPLAY SAID "CHECK VSC SYSTEM". WHEN I BACKED THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKES WERE ERRATIC, EITHER VERY WEAK, OR VERY STRONG. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THEM FOR SAFE BRAKING. THERE WAS NO CODE IN THE OBD SYSTEM (I HAVE A OBD SCAN TOOL.). AN INTERNET SEARCH INDICATES THAT REPAIRS WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT $3,000. THE CAR IS NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED. *TR

UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL (AT STOP OR WHILE MOVING), A LOUD "CHIRPING" TYPE NOISE REPEATS UNTIL BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. MY LOCAL DEALER INDICATED IT WAS THE ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR THAT MAY BE LEAKING INTERNALLY, AND THAT UNTIL IT LEAKS EXTERNALLY WOULD BE OK TO DRIVE, ALTHOUGH COULD BE A FEW DAYS OR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE NEEDING REPLACEMENT. THEY ESTIMATED THE COST OF REPAIR AT $3,000.00. ABOUT 45 DAYS LATER, I AM GETTING MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD, INCLUDING THE ABS SYSTEM, BRAKE LIGHT (NORMALLY ONLY ON WHEN I HAVE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED), CHECK VSC SYSTEM, AND A GENERAL WARNING SYMBOL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I SEE THERE ARE UP TO 59 COMPLAINTS ALREADY FILED WITH THE NHTSA REGARDING THIS ISSUE, MANY INDICATING SUDDEN BRAKE LOSS. I FEEL I MUST TAKE THIS IMMEDIATELY TO A TOYOTA DEALER FOR REPAIR, EVEN AT THE HUGE EXPENSE, AND ALL...

THE CHECK VSC SYSTEM ON. VSC, ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS LIT UP. WENT TO THE DEALER TO COMPUTER DIAGNOSE, THEY SAID THERE IS A FEW CODE. THEY WANT TO BE PAY FIRST BEFORE THEY WILL GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR. SO I WENT TO A OUTSIDE REPAIR SHOP FOR DIAGNOSE COST $35. THEY SAID THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEED TO BE REPLACE. WILL COST $2000.00. NOW THE ABS & TRACTION CONTROL IS NO WORKING. I AM AFRAID THIS CAR WILL CAUSE ACCIDENT OR KILL SOMEONE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A STREET AT 35 MPH HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE ASB AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON RED, AND MULTI-INFORMATION CENTER SHOWED CHECK VSC SYSTEM. AT THE SAME TIME A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND BRAKES SEEMED TO NOT WORK AND REQUIRED A HEAVY FORCE ON PEDAL FOR ANY STOPPING ACTION. I WAS LUCKY NO ONE WAS IN LEFT LANE SO I SWITCHED TO IT TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME.TOOK CAR TO SHOP AND NEED TO HAVE ABS MOD. REPLACED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO STAND ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THERE WE NO BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE. A BUZZ STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE LIGHT ON ALSO BUT TO GET THE CAR TO STOP, YOU NEED TO STAND ON THE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET AND PUSH DOWN AS HARD AS THE PEDAL WILL GO. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDS REPLACED AND THE PART ALONE COSTS $2500. THE PART MUST BE A NEW ONE INSTEAD OF GETTING ONE FROM THE JUNK YARD BECAUSE THE OLD ONES LEAK AND TOYOTA RECOGNIZES THERE IS A PROBLEM SO THEY REDESIGNED IT. EVERYONE WITH A HYBRID WILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM EVENTUALLY SO WHY HASN'T THIS CAR BEEN RECALLED YET? *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF OVER 60 MPH, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS BECAME ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD. THE LIGHTS THAT WERE ILLUMINATED INCLUDED THE ABS INDICATOR, PARKING BRAKE INDICATOR, AND WARNING LIGHT, AMONG OTHERS. THE TEXT "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" IS ALSO CONSTANTLY DISPLAYED ON THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD. SINCE THESE WARNING LIGHTS HAVE ILLUMINATED, BREAKING HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AND THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE BREAKING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

'CHECK VSC SYSTEM' ALONG WITH BRAKE LIGHT WARNING, ABS WARNING, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER WARNING LIGHT POSSIBLE CAME ON MY 2007 CAMRY HYBRID IN JANUARY 2014. THE BRAKES BEGAN TO BARK LIKE A DOG WHEN PRESSED AND FREQUENTLY THE BRAKES WOULD GIVE OUT AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE CAR. THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE SO I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS QUOTED 3900 DOLLARS TO FIX THE ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND TOYOTA NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT. *TR

WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN VSC ERROR ON DISPLAY LOUD TONE FROM DASH CAR WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I DOWNSHIFTED AND USED PARKING BRAKE IF THERE HAD BEEN A CAR IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO IT FULL FORCE .SOMEONE WILL GET INJURED FROM THIS DEFECT DEALER SAYS AROUND $2500 TO FIX AND THEY STATED IF I WAIT PROBABLY WILL BE RECALLED SOON...WHEN? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT CAME UP AND THE BRAKES BECAME INEFFECTIVE. AS I WAS DRIVING, THE BRAKES WENT SOFT TO THE FLOOR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGAGED. IT BRAKE SO HARD, IT FELT LIKE A HIT SOMETHING. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE BRAKE LIGHT, TRACTION/STABILITY CONTROL (VSC) AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON, AND CHECK VSC SYSTEM DISPLAYED. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS ABS ACTUATOR FAILURE AND MALFUNCTIONING OF THE REAR BRAKES. I CONTACTED TOYOTA ABOUT THE FAILURE AND THEY CLAIMED THAT MY SITUATION WAS ONE OF A KIND AND THERE WAS NOT PATTERN OF SIMILAR FAILURES FOR THIS MODEL. AFTER PROLONGED ARGUMENTS WITH TOYOTA AND THE DEALERSHIP, I COULD NOT GET THEM TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM UNDER THE 100,000 MILES WARRANTY FOR THE HYBRID COMPONENTS OF THE CAR. I HAD TO PAY OVER $3,000 TO GET...

FIRST: I GOT CHECK VSC SYSTEM WHEN I MADE A U-TURN. I READ THE FAILURE CODE IS C1391. SO, IT MEANS ABS ACCUMULATOR IS LEAKING. I ALSO NOTICED ABS ACCUMULATOR WAS PRETTY NOISE ABOUT TWO MONTH BEFORE. I THOUGH IT MAY BE A PROBLEM, BUT I DID NOT PAY ATTENTION ON IT BECAUSE I WAS SUFFERING THE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. NOW, IT REALLY DIED. I GOT MANY CASES ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUES AND THEY REPORTED THAT TOYOTA HAS REDESIGNED THIS ACCUMULATOR, SO IT MEANS TOYOTA ALREADY KNEW THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. IT MAY CAUSE DEADLY ACCIDENT IF THE BRAKE DOESN'T WORK SUDDENLY. IN ADDITION, FIX THIS PROBLEM NEEDS OVER TWO THOUSANDS DOLLARS. IT SHOULD NOT BE PAID BY OWNER SINCE THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. I HOPE TOYOTA WILL RECALL THIS PROBLEM. SECOND, THIS CAR'S ENGINE PISTON RING HAS DEFECT. THIS CAUSES ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. IN...

AS I WAS BACKING UP, THE BRAKES WENT SOFT TO THE FLOOR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES ENGAGED. IT BRAKE SO HARD, IT FELT LIKE A HIT SOMETHING. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE BRAKE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON, AND CHECK VSC SYSTEM DISPLAYED. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA AND THEY SAID IT WAS CODE-1391, ABNORMAL LEAK IN ACCUMULATOR. THE COST WAS GOING TO BE $2694.00. I DECLINED THE REPAIR, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO REPAIR. *TR

I WAS ONLY DRIVING MY VEHICLE ABOUT A MILE WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED. I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. NOTHING HAPPENED. THE STEERING WENT OUT AND THE BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T CATCHING. THANKFULLY, I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 25-30 MPH, AND HAD ENOUGH SPACE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS STOPPED AT THE LIGHT. I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY AND NOTICED SOMETHING THAT READ, "CHECK VSC SYSTEM". THERE WAS ALSO A WARNING TRIANGLE. THE CAMRY MANUAL INSTRUCTED US TO BRING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP - BUT I CAN'T AFFORD THAT. THE NEXT DAY, IT WORKED FINE. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND COMING TO A RED LIGHT. I WAS DECELERATING FROM ABOUT 65 MPH TO A FULL STOP AND FELT THE BRAKES GIVE AGAIN AND THE STEERING WAS DIFFICULT. I WAS...

PARKED THE AUTO, WAS IN A MEETING FOR 45 MIN. STARTED THE AUTO AND "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" WARNING CAME ON. TRIED DRIVING AND BRAKES WERE ERRATIC, TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER BECAUSE I HAD DONE SOMETHING TO THE BATTERY. NOT TRUE. BUT IT SEEMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AS IT PERFORMED OK. ON MAY 29, 2014 I BACKED THE CAR OUT OF OUR GARAGE AND PARKED IT ON THE STREET, ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER I STARTED IT TO RETURN IT TO THE GARAGE AND THE "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" CAME ON AND THE BRAKES WERE VERY ERRATIC. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CLOSEST DEALER AND THEY CHECKED IT AND INFORMED ME THAT THE BRAKE CONTROL COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT ACCOST OF NEARLY $2000.00. AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE I FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THE...

WHILE DRIVING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE THE INDICATING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED - RED BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING ICON, RED ABS LIGHT, RED BRAKE LIGHT, RED MASTER WARNING LIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE SCREEN DISPLAYED "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" AND AN AUDIBLE WARNING TONE SOUNDED. FROM ABOUT 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE BRAKE ACTUATOR MOTOR WOULD CYCLE ON/OFF FREQUENTLY AFTER A TRIP. OVER TIME, THE DURATION OF THE ON AND OFF CYCLING AFTER A TRIP GRADUALLY INCREASED FROM ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO APPROXIMATELY 90 SECONDS. THE ACTUATOR MOTOR ALSO CYCLED WHEN OPENING THE DOOR BEFORE A TRIP. OTHER SYMPTOMS THAT SURFACED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT INCLUDED FREQUENT ON/OFF CYCLING OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR MOTOR AT TRAFFIC LIGHT STOPS AND AN AUDIBLE "BARKING" SOUND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. RESEARCH ON THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB REVEALED MANY OWNERS WITH SAME SYMPTOMS. BECAUSE THE ENGINE IN THE HYBRID CARS TURN OFF DURING NORMAL OPERATION,...

FIRST INCIDENT OF BRAKE FAILURE HAPPENED ON THE DRIVE WAY OF MY HOME. STARTING THE CAR FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, HAD THE "CHECK VSC" SIGN AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS LIT ON THE DASH. I TRIED PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHUTTING AND RESTARTING THE CAR. AFTER A FEW TRIES, THE WARNINGS WERE GONE AND BREAK PADDLE FELT NORMAL. SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON A FREEWAY TRAVELING AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DASH BOARD LIT UP WITH WARNING LIGHTS AD I LOST THE BRAKING POWER. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE PULLOVER WITHOUT AN INCIDENT. IF THE INVESTIGATION ON THIS SUBJECT HAS STATED AS OF JAN 2014, WHEN SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE AGENCY ON THE OUTCOME? *TR

THE VSC LIGHT APPEARED & THE CAR LOST BRAKES. LIKE OTHERS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR / BOOST ACCUMULATOR. ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES WORK TO A DEGREE, THERE IS NO BOOST. DESPITE APPLICATION OF MY MAXIMUM EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, STOPPING DISTANCES ARE VERY LONG AND STOPPING SPEEDS ARE VERY SLOW. I CONSIDER THE CAR DANGEROUS TO DRIVE & HAS BEEN SHELVED PENDING NHTSA REVIEW. REPORTS ARE THAT TOYOTA HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM & HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS IT NHTSA SHOULD REQUIRE THAT TOYOTA REPLACE THIS PART AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER IN VIEW OF TOYOTAS UNCONSCIONABLE BEHAVIOR. *TR