Two problems related to engine burning oil have been reported for the 2002 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Toyota Camry based on all problems reported for the 2002 Camry.
The car is burning a quart of oil a week and no visible signs of a leak. The door locks do not work only the drivers side door opens withe the key and fob. ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly #vpic#.
Excessive oil usage. Car at 4 years old and less than 40k miles was reported to the dealer as using 1q of oil every 1500 miles. At 60k it was using 1q every 1000 miles. All the times this was reported to the dealer I was told this is normal oil consumption, now at 100k it is using 1q every 300 miles and I am being told I need new rings. I believe the 02 Camry is experiencing the exact same thing the later models were recalled for and Toyota was hiding the fact this is a problem with their 4 cyl models. This will eventually become a smog emissions issue with the oil usage. Contacted the 1-800 Toyota number and they said it isn't under a campaign and wont do anything about it.