2009 TOYOTA CAMRY Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

12 NHTSA complaints on file

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Electronic Stability Control Esc Issues in the 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

12 electronic stability control esc complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY. Of these, 3 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 2 resulted in injury.

12
Complaints
3
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries
0
Deaths

All Electronic Stability Control Esc Complaints

#11366775 |
VSC WARNING APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. ABS WARNING LIGHT AND PS LIGHT IS ON TOO. I HAD THE ABS ACTUATOR REPLACED IN FEBRUARY 2019 WHEN THE VSC WARNING FIRST APPEARED. I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE PLUS THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE STORE, WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR AND TURNED CAR ON, THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND WILL NOT TURN OFF.
#11349355 | Crash
MAINTENANCE LIGHT WAS ON, CAR WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING EVEN AFTER DEALERSHIP CHECKED IT OUT, TIRES WERE WORN OUT, ALSO CAR MADE NOISES ON FRONT RIGHT PASSENGE SIDE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND SOME TIME SHAKED FROM RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.
#11317355 |
WHILE DRIVING, MY BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT (AS IN I HAVE NO BRAKES) SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. AT THE SAME TIME MY (ABS, CHECK VSC SYSTEM) LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND MY BRAKE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ILLUMINATED. I VERY CAREFULLY DROVE IT HOME AND WAS FORCED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO FIX.
#11256242 |
THE CAR SEEMS TO RUN FINE BUT WITH SOME DASH BOARD LIGHTS WENT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID I HAVE TO REPLACE ABS ACTUATOR ASSY.. I SAW EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THAT BUT NO SAFETY RECALLS. IF ISSUES ARE EXPECTED WITH PARTS, SHOULD NOT THERE BE SAFETY RECALLS INSTEAD OF EXTENDING WARRANTIES ONLY. WHY IS TOYOTA SAYING THERE MIGHT BE PARTS THAT MIGHT NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY BUT WILL BE FIXED ONLY THE PARTS FALL BY CERTAIN TIME. I AM WORRIED TO DRIVE WITH DASH BOARD LIGHTS OF BRAKES, ABS AND CHECK BACK SYSTEM LIGHT ON. TO FIX IT, I WILL HAVE TO SPEND $1600 FOR THE PART THAT SHOULD HAVE THE PART OF SAFETY RECALL.
#11072945 |
TOYOTA CAMRY ABS ACTUATOR/ECM FAILURE. I HAVE A 2009 CAMRY THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD NO KNOWN ISSUES UNTIL LAST WED 2/7/18 WHEN DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ALL OF SUDDEN BOTH THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WENT HAYWIRE AND STARTED JUMPING UP AND DOWN FROM 0 TO THE MAX, THEN BOTH THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE TEMP GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO. I THOUGHT THAT THE CAR WAS ABOUT TO SHUT OFF BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. MY CAR WAS STILL DRIVING, BUT NONE OF THE GAUGES REGISTERED THAT THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS REMAINED ON. TODAY IS EXACTLY A WEEK FROM THAT INITIAL WARNING AND I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN IN DRIVE MODE FOR MORE THAN 20 MINS. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WHO HAS MAINTAINED THE...
#11060973 |
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN COMING TO A STOP BY CAR WILL SHUT OFF. THE CAR WHEN SITTING HAS A ROUGH IDLE (400-500 RPM) WITH ALL HEAT/AC ETC TURNED OFF BUT CAN VARY AT TIMES OF AN IDLE OF 700-900RPM NOTABLY WHEN A/C IS ON IT DRAGS THE RPMS DOWN TO 300-400 AND WILL SHUDDER AT A STOP. THERE'S NO CODES ON DIAGNOSTICS, NO NOISES OR LACK OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. MAY BE WORTH MENTIONING THIS VEHICLE "PASSED' THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION BUT I AM STILL ADDING A QT OF OIL EVERY 1200-1800 MILES. A SEARCH OF THE WEB SHOWS THIS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE BUT NO RESOLUTION. HELP?
#11052386 |
I HAVE A TOYOTA CAMRY (2009 AROUND 84K MILES ON IT) AND YESTERDAY I NOTICED, THE ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEN THE SPEED ODOMETER STOP WORKING AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON MANY SITES ,THERE IS A RECALL ONLY FOR TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID MODELS(HTTPS://WWW.CONSUMERREPORTS.ORG/CRO/NEWS/2014/07/WHY-TOYOTA-SHOULD-RECALL-THE-CAMRY-HYBRID/INDEX.HTM) NOT FOR OTHER MODELS AND THIS REPAIR COST WOULD GO UPTO 2700 $ WHICH IS 10% OF THE CAR COST . TILL NOW PEOPLE USED TO THINK TOYOTA IS A RELIABLE CAR BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS NOT WITH THESE TYPES OF APPROACH.
#11024998 |
ODO METER MALFUNCTION, ABS LIGHT,BRAKE LIGHT ON. AC NOT WORKING
#10717580 | Crash
ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ANOTHER DRIVER JUST RAMMED HIS STRUCK AGAINST MY CAR HIS TIRED ENDED UP ON TOP OF MY CAR IT WAS A HARD HIT AND I EVEN THOUGHT I HAD MY SEAT BELT I MY AIRBAGS DID IT GO OFF AT ALL THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY DIDN'T MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED MY QUESTION IS DO I HAVE ANY AIRBAGS THAT REALLY CONCERNED ME AND WOULD LIKE TOYOTA TO LOOK AT MY CAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN MY OPINION MY AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF I WAS HIT BY A BIGGER VEICHLE AND I WOULD LIKE TOYOTA TO TAKE REPOSABILITY SINCE I HAD WITNESS THAT SAW THE ACCIDENT AND TESTIFIED THAT I WAS NOT AT FAULT IF THERE IS NO AIRBAGS IN MY CAR IT'S NEW TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO BUY THE CAR THE ONLY...
#10680314 | Crash
MY 2009 CAMRY DASHBOARD IS MELTING. THE LEATHER CONSOLE BETWEEN SEATS HAS CRACKED.THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM KEEPS SHORTING OUT. ALL CIGARETTE LIGHTERS/CHARGER LOCATIONS HAVE SHORTED OUT INCLUDING THE AUX. A WEEK AFTER BUYING MY CAR THE SAFETY FEATURE TO LOCK PLACE MAT IN PLACE BROKE. NEARLY CAUSING A CAR WRECK AS THE PLACE MAT LODGED IN BETWEEN THE GAS AND BRAKE. THE RADIO, LOCATION WHERE SPEEDOMETER, CLOCK, AND SERVICE LIGHTS LOCATIONS ARE FOGGED UP AND GETTING WORSE DAILY. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE DASHBOARD I WAS TOLD,"IT WAS MY FAULT. PROBABLY CAUSED BY A CLEANING PRODUCT." WHICH I KNEW WAS ENTIRELY NOT TRUE. CIGARETTE LIGHTER COVERS HAVE DRY ROT AND BROKEN, PLASTIC/LEATHER HAS DRY ROT UNDER ALL 4 WINDOWS LEAVING SCRATCH LOOKING MARKS, DRY ROT PAINT BY STICK SHIFT IS PEELING. HEADLIGHTS FOG UP EASILY WITH WATER IN THEM. I WAS IN A CAR WRECK A...
#10632620 |
THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER FELL TO ZERO. SOMETIMES THE ODOMETER WOULD JUMP UP AND DOWN FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DROPS TO ZERO. THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO TURN OFF BUT DOES NOT. A/C DOES NOT GIVE OFF COLD AIR. GEAR LIGHT INDICATOR GOES OFF OR INDICATES DRIVE GEAR NO MATTER ON WHAT GEAR. *TR
#10510557 |
I TURNED ON MY TOYOTA CAMRY 2009 HYBRID IN THE GARAGE AND WAS IMMEDIATELY MET BY NUMEROUS WARNING LIGHTS, AN AUDIBLE WARNING BUZZER, AND A MESSAGE IN THE DASH MESSAGE CENTER THAT READ "CHECK VSC." I WAS GOING TO DRIVE THE CAR TO A MECHANIC BUT DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. THEY HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CAR WAS PLACED ON A COMPUTER WHICH PROVIDED ERROR CODE C1256 AND C1391. BOTH CODES INDICATE ABS/VSC/TRAC MALFUNCTIONS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND SUPPLIED A COMPUTER PRINT OUT OF THE ERROR CODES. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN INTERNAL LEAK IN THE ABS ACCUMULATOR MODULE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. COST OF REPLACEMENT WITH LABOR WAS QUOTED AS $3,700.00. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY OTHER TOYOTA OWNERS WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEM...

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