Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2015 Toyota Camry submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 25 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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The car burns oil excessively, I bought this car 11/07/2022 every week to 2 weeks I have to put 2-2 1/2 quarts of oil in. There is nothing wet under the car no oil stains anywhere so oil is not leaking. I spend so much money on oil it's not normal.
I had no problems with my 2015 Toyota Camry SE that does not even have 90,000 miles on it, and then I started experiencing a shutter when driving between 25 and 50mph. It feels like you are driving over rumble sticks in the roadway, or an abnormal shaking. There is no warning light illuminated on my dashboard ex: engine light. If I take my foot of the accelerator pedal the shutter/shaking would stop or if I pushed on the accelerator to go faster, it will come out of the shutter/shaking also. While I was getting an oil change at the Toyota dealership, I spoke with the Toyota customer service representative about the closed recall (T-SB-0312-17) for this issue on 2012-2014 Toyota Camry's while doing research on this issue and I was told that Toyota has no plans on doing another recall because they have fixed the problem and I would have to have the car fixed myself which could cost upwards of $3,000.00 out of pocket. Why should a customer have to pay hundreds of dollars to have their car diagnosed for a known problem based on internet forums and other Toyota complaints. The engine light is not on, so a code may not even show up. I cannot afford to pay that, and Toyota should stand by their vehicles, stop giving customers the run around and do another recall as this is a big safety issue of faulty parts which can cause a major accident if the car loses power and stalls.
ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND STOP THE CAR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER COMPLETING AN OIL CHANGE ON THE VEHICLE, A MONTH LATER THE VEHICLE WAS LOW ON OIL. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO PUT MORE OIL IN THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE OIL LEVEL WAS STILL LOW IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER OAK LAWN TOYOTA (4320 95TH ST, OAK LAWN, IL 60453) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A BAD CHEMICAL SMELL THAT CAME FROM THE VENTS INTO CAB OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER GLEN TOYOTA19 POLLITT DR STE 01, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 (855) 532-7352 SAID THEY COULD NOT SMELL THE ODOR. THE CONTACT INVESTIGATED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THE ISSUE. THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE HEATING AND AIR CONDITION SMELL FROM A MOLD BUILDUP ON THE EVAPORATION. THIS EMITTED FOUL ODORS THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER GAVE THE CONTACT A CASE NUMBER AND SAID TO CALLBACK WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER PERMANENT ADDRESS IN ANOTHER STATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.
WAS DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN FOR A LIGHT AND COULD FEEL THAT CAR WAS LOSING CONTROL AND BREAKS DID NOT SEEM TO WORK PROPERLY, THEN THE CARE STALLED AND STOPPED, SO TURNED CAR OFF AND TURNED BACK ON AGAIN AND STARTED. SAME THING HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES AND WHEN I FINALLY WENT BACK HOME BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO GO FURTHER, I COULD SMELL GAS WHEN I EXITED MY VEHICLE. EACH TIME IT STALLED, I HAD TO RESTART IN ORDER TO GO AGAIN, VERY SCARRY AND EVERYONE BEEPING AT ME DOESNT HELP.
CAR CAUGHT FIRE IN DRIVEWAY. CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE IN THE TRUNK WHERE BATTERY AND HYBRID SYSTEM IS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FULL ENGINE COMPARTMENT. 2AM...SPONTANEOUS MASSIVE ELECTRICAL FIRE. CAR HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 7 HOURS. NOT HOT. IN DRIVEWAY. NOT CONFINED IN ANY WAY. *TR
EXCESSIVE USE OF OIL. IN ABOUT 5000 MILES THE ENGINE IS ALMOST EMPTY. INSPECTED AT THE TOYOTA DEALER NO LEAKS FOUND.
CLAPPING OR TAPPING NOISE SOUNDS LIKE LIFTER OR VALVE MAKING NOISE AT CERTAIN TIMES. IF YOU TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON IT WILL MAKE THE NOISE EVEN PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IT GETS A LOUDER CLAPPING. I GET MY EVERY OIL CHANGE AT 5,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE SHOULDN'T BE MAKING THIS NOISE.
I GREW UP ON A FARM AND HAVE WORKED ON MANY MACHINES OVER THE YEARS. I HAVE OWNED CARS, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES AND A BOAT. I UNDERSTAND HOW VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED TO WORK. MY CAR IS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY SE, 2.5L 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. THE SAFETY ISSUE I AM HAVING WITH THIS CAR BEGAN SOMEWHERE AROUND 20,000 MILES AND ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO TO TRAFFIC, AND WHILE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE LOSE OF POWER. THE THROTTLE DID NOT RESPOND FOR 3-5 SECONDS AND DOWNWARD TREND IN RPMS. THE NEXT TIME I HAD THE CAR AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE I REPORTED THIS. THE SERVICE TECH REPORTED THERE WERE NO CODES AND THE ISSUE COULD NOT BE RECREATED. NOW THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED 10-12 TIMES AT USUALLY AT BETWEEN 2000-3000 RPMS. IT HAS HAPPENED TURNING INTO TRAFFIC, ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES AND JUST HAVING THE CAR A HEAD MOVE FORWARD AND ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE. THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN VERY INTERMITTENT, OCCURS WHILE IN MOTION AND USUALLY BETWEEN 40-60 MPH, AND SOMETIMES NOT OCCURRING FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA CORP AT THE ADVICE OF THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEAL SHIP. I HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BY THE CASE MANAGERS AT TOYOTA, SHUFFLED OFF TO NEW CASE MANAGERS AND ALWAYS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE COULD NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL IT COULD BE RECREATED. I SHOULD STOP EVERYTHING AND RETURN THE CAR TO THE DEALER AFTER EACH INSTANCE. FINALLY, THE CAR WAS LEFT FOR A WEEK AND THE ISSUES OCCURRED WHILE TECHNICIAN WAS DRIVING IT. I WAS TOLD THE ISSUE HAD BEEN RESOLVED. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CALLED THE CASE MANAGER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM HAD TO BE RECREATED AGAIN.TOYOTA WOULD RATHER HAVE A DRIVER ON THE ROAD IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE THEN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. NOW THE CAR SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY, MOSTLY UNUSED. THE DEALER WILL NOT GIVE DECENT TRADE VALUE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS THE ENGINE EQUIPPED ON THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS DUE TO THE WEAR ON THE OIL SCRAPPER RING. MY CURRENT TOYOTA CAMRY IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF BURNING OIL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE OF THE CAR IS 58K MILES.
THE LAST TIME THAT I TOOK MY OIL IN TO BE CHANGED, I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS 3 QUARTS LOW AND TO CHECK IT EVERY WEEK AS THIS YEAR AND MODEL HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE OIL BURNING UP. I AM JUST ABOUT DUE TO TAKE MY CAR IN AGAIN FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO ADD 2 QUARTS OF OIL IN BETWEEN CHANGES. I HAVE LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON MY CAR,
2012-2014 MODEL YEAR CAMRY VEHICLES SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR U760E TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER TOYOTA HAD UPDATED SOFTWARE FOR TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER FOR YEAR FROM 2012-2014 BUT I OWN 2015 CAMRY AND I HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY CAMRY YEAR 2015 CAR IS SHAKEY AND TOYOTA DEALER REFUSED TO UPDATE SOFTWARE FOR YEAR 2015 UNLESS PAY THEM $250.00 AND DUE TO REASON EFFECTED TRANSMISSION ON 2 TO 3 GEAR SHIFT IT HESITATE AT SPEED BELOW 20 MPH TAKES BRIEF 4 TO 5 SECONDS TO SHIFT GEAR.TOYOTA SHOULD OWNER RECALL ON CAMRYS AFTER YEAR 2014 AS WELL
OIL LEAK FROM BACK OF ENGINE. OIL LEAK DETECTION W/DYE DURING OIL CHANGE.
THE CAR HAS STALLED THREE TIMES, TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY, ONCE LOSING POWER STEERING. TWICE ACCELERATING AT 5 AND 50 MPH AND ONCE IDLING AT 30 MPH. BATTERY AND CHARGING SYSTEM ERRORS ON DASH. EACH TIME, PULLING OVER, GOING TO PARK, AND RESTARTING WORKS. CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED AFTER SECOND STALL BASED ON ENGINE CODE P0339.
V6 ENGINE STUMBLED UPON ACCELLERATION IN TRAFFIC. I WAS GOING ABOUT 35 MPH AND STARTED TO CHANGE LANES AND SPEED UP TO THE 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON THE 4 LANE CITY HIGHWAY. AS I SPED UP THE CAR FELT LIKE THE ENGINE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. THIS LASTED ABOUT 3 SECONDS THEN SPED UP NORMALLY. WE HAD JUST DRIVEN 50 MILES AT 70 MPH SPEEDS AND HAD SPENT 2 HOURS HAVING LUNCH WITH FRIENDS. CAR WAS PARKED IN 80 DEGREE SUN DURING THE MEAL. THIS "STUMBLE"HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES PREVIOUSLY AND ONE COMPLAINT FORM COMPLETED (# 10896696).
SITTING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I RELEASED THE BRAKE AND BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND STRUCK THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR FRONT-END DAMAGE.
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, IT HESITATES AS IF THE CAR HAS STALLED WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GO. IT WILL GO ABOUT 5 -10 FEET JUST ENOUGH TO GET YOU OUT THERE INTO TRAFFIC AND THEN NOSE DIVES BECAUSE IT LOSES ALL FORWARD POWER, STEADY PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL AND MILKING GAS PEDAL DOES NOT MAKE IT RESUME ANY FASTER. SO FAR IT HAS LASTED 30 TO 45 SECONDS AND THEN RESUMES. THE RPMS STAY AT ABOUT 1 (IDLE) AND THE ECO LIGHT FLASHES RANDOMLY BUT CAR DOES NOT STALL SO FAR JUST LOSES FORWARD MOTION AND WONT ACCELERATE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC ONCOMING AND BEHIND YOU. THIS HAS HAPPENED 9-10 TIME OCT 2016-DEC 2016
AFTER MY 25,000 MILE MAINTENANCE CHECK I BEGAN NOTICING A FOUL ODOR UPON ENTERING THE CAR. ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS ODOR IS MOST PRONOUNCED WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A FEW HOURS. WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING AND THE FANS ARE BLOWING, THE SMELL REDUCES IN STRENGTH. HOWEVER, ANYTIME THE CAR IS OFF, THE CABIN FILLS ONCE AGAIN WITH THIS HORRIBLE FOUL ODOR. TO DESCRIBE THE SMELL I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO A GYM LOCKER ROOM MIXED WITH GARBAGE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING AS MY CAR IS UNDER 2 YEARS OLD AND IT IS SOLELY USED FOR COMMUTING. FOOD IS NOT CONSUMED IN THIS VEHICLE AND ONLY WATER IS DRANK. THE FACT THAT THE SMELL DISAPPEARS WHEN DRIVING WITH THE FANS ON LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NOT A DEAD ANIMAL PRESENT IN THE CHASSIS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MECHANICAL ISSUE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 19,000.
V6 ENGINE STUMBLED UPON ACCELLERATION IN TRAFFIC. WAS GOING LESS THAN 30 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, CHANGED LANES TO GO FASTER BUT FELT LIKE ENGINE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS, THEN IT ACCELLERATED NORMALLY. OUTSIDE TEMP WAS IN 80'S, GAS TANK HALF FULL, NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED. ABOUT 2 MILES PREVIOUS TO THIS WE WERE SITTING IDLING IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH A/C ON. NO FURTHER EPISODES TO DATE. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAD A SIMILAR EPISODE, BUT WASN'T SURE AS IT WASN'T SO NOTICIBLE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER BUT NO ERROR CODES PRESENT, WILL CHECK FARTHER THIS FRIDAY WHEN EXPERT TECH IS THERE. UNKNOWN WHICH COMPONENT CAUSED THIS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE ENGINE RPMS RAPIDLY INCREASED INDEPENDENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25, A STRONG BURNING ODOR OF PLASTIC EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SMALL FLAMES IGNITED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO A SAFE LOCATION. THE FLAMES BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN LARGE FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE BOTH FILED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,626. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BURNING OIL. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. UPDATED 04/08/16*LJ *CN
I WAS TRYING TO PASS A LINE OF CARS, AND THE CAR HESITATED, FOR ABOUT 4 MINUTES, AND I ALMOST WAS HIT BY TRAFFIC COMING FROM BEHIND AND WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BETWEEN THE DRIVERS DOOR AND PASSENGER DOOR, IF THE PERSON COMING HAD NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AND MANAGED TO GO AROUND ME. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 OTHER TIMES. ON A HIGHWAY
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