Battery Cable Problems of Toyota Camry

Found service bulletin tsb00007-19 growing number of customer concerns about needing a new battery after 1 year. I brought my 2020 Toyota Camry into daytona Toyota for diagnosis of dead battery issue-technician took 8 hours and suggested I must have left the door or trunk open. Technician did say I should have received a new battery which is a new design, part #00544h6074770. This battery is rated at 770cca vs my battery which is rated at 560 cca. The new battery actually checks out at 990 cca! technician said it is the newly designed battery for the Toyota Camry and rav4 and would greatly reduce dead battery problem, however Toyota would not authorize a replacement. I have spent 2 full days chasing this problem at 2 dealerships and Toyota says it is my fault for leaving a door, hood, or trunk open-absurd! this is truly lousy service on a brand new vehicle with an underlying serious problem. For the immediate time I disconnect the battery cable when not going to use the care for 4 or 5 days. This vehicle needs a recall for battery or underlying drainage problem. Also see kelly blue book for many complaints about this.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2002 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle hesitating to drive. The gages start to go crazy, the engine jump then stalled. The contact was able to coast over to the side of the road with a person pushed the vehicle to the side off the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the alternator failed and needed to be replaced and the battery cable. The vehicle was repaired, the contact stated, as the technician was backing out the vehicle, it stalled. The technician replaced the alternator a second time. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that after driving the vehicle 30 miles from the independent mechanic. The failure recurred. The vehicle was towed back to the independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the ground wires needed to be replaced and the battery cable. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that two weeks later, the vehicle was raddleling and failed to start. The contact stated that the vehicle restarted the next day. The contact stated two days before a new battery was replaced. The failure continues to acurred. The contact also stated that the vehicle run out of oil and she had just put three quart of oil and would change the oil every seven hundred miles. The contact also stated that the valve cover gasket and the catalytic convertor failed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle consuming too much oil and when driving and going over fifty the vehicle start to shake. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and provided a case number: 1909271661. The approximate failure mileage was 23,800. Aw.

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The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that there was a presence of an internal fire and smoke emitted under the hood without warning. Upon further inspection, it was noticed that there was an electrical charge with the positive battery cable. The battery mounts, battery posts, and metal plate burned and the battery cradle fractured, which exposed the battery. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for further inspection. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.

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2007 Toyota Camry. Consumer requests reimbursement for a replacement battery. The consumer stated the vehicle would not start, due to a dead battery. The battery cables were heavily corroded. The consumer also stated he experienced sudden acceleration while driving the vehicle, before the recall was performed.

Positive battery cable is corroded, including the wires connected to the battery terminal. Corrosion was a large mound when we opened hood to add washer fluid. Tried to remove corrosion and discovered the entire connection to battery terminal has disintegrated. Rigged it up with $3 part from autozone. Dealer states they've never had any such problems. Dealership has the only people that have been under the hood of my car. I am there every 5000 miles. . . . Like clockwork. Can't believe they didn't see signs of this on last visit. They want $3100 to replace the main wiring harness! what would have happened if I didn't catch this? it would have shorted out and possibly caught fire.

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1999 Camry battery kept dying. Then one day, the car stopped working during driving, and smoke was coming out of the hood. When the hood was opened, I saw that the cables and battery had caught on fire. The battery cables and battery had to be replaced. Old parts were discarded.

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It has been noticed that there is a battery issue which allows for acid to seep onto the battery cables and leaves acid on top of battery terminal and cables. I know of several other Toyota Camry owners that have this exact same problem that affects their vehicle. This acid is corrosive and has lead to damaged components in the engine compartment.

Drove car on interstate & when reached approx. 60 mph, felt vibration & a shuddering; prepared to pull over but before I could do so, the right front tire exploded, as I literally watched my right front end come apart before my eyes; could hardly control steering but managed to pull off road to safety. After I had stopped, I got out & saw the whole tread of the tire in the road, along with parts of my car all over the place. I could have been killed! I called my husband who put spare tire on & I slowly drove it home & car died repeatedly during the drive we used battery cables to jumpstart, over & over again until we got it home & parked it. The next day the car would not start at all. I had the car towed (out of pocket) to local dealers service dept. (b'ham, al). Service man had to replace entire engine harness due to the harness being ripped out through the right front head light/pass front fender (about 3 feet ripped off). Service manager said he had never seen anything like this & that I should report it & try to have tire company pay for damages, etc. Engine harness destroyed, estimated cost $1890. 50 to repair (not including body work which is estimated to be anywhere from another $1,500 to $2,000 in damages). The fender, front headlight and bumper will have to be replaced completely. I've made some arrangements to go ahead & get vehicle running, paying the costs of $1890. 50 to get the car running again; again out of my own pocket. I can supply your office with a copy of the service manager's estimate & analogy of what happened to cause damages. I don't have the money to get vehicle completely restored & feel all damages should be reimbursed due to the faulty tire. Needless to say, I'm lucky to be alive since I could hardly control the car when it happened. Thank god the other drivers on the road saw me or it could have caused a multiple car accident, as many cars were traveling all lanes. I was in the middle lane & had to cross over the right lane to exit.

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The contact's daughter parked vehicle and pulled the key out of the ignition. The engine continued to run and later stopped on its own. A small amount of smoke came from under the hood. Afterwards, she inspected under the hood and discovered the battery cables melted between the battery and engine compartment area. The vehicle has not been seen by a dealer. There was no obvious evidence of a fire.