Steering Problems of Toyota Camry Hybrid - part 2

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid. While driving approximately 40 mph, there was a loss of power steering as the triangle warning symbol illuminated. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road where the engine was turned off. Upon restarting, the vehicle resumed normally. The failure recurred within ten days. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 37,000. The VIN was unavailable.

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Thumbing sound when turning steering wheel.

Vehicle will not track in a straight line. Requires steering correction every 1-2 seconds to keep from veering out of lane. Dealer has checked twice. Indicates nothing wrong, simply characteristic of electronic steering. Vehicle requires unacceptable amount of attention to drive safely.

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When travelling on the freeway above 60 mph, the car wanders and is difficult to keep driving in a straight line. The Toyota dealer checked the alignment once, and slightly adjusted it. Problem still exists. I am hearing many 2012 camry owners have the same complaint, and their is no fix. This is dangerous.

While driving my car drove over a pot hole moments later the power steering went out and I was not able to control the car and nearly ran into a medium in the middle of street. I was stuck in the middle of the road. The "check hybrid system" warning came on screen, along with p/s, brake, abs. I was not able to put the car in drive. Tow truck came. The tow driver was able to release the car into drive position however the wheels were not turning. When we got to the dealership he had to force the steering wheels to move the car. Dealership says a "fuse" went out. They determined that the fuse going out was not as a result of the pot hole and they are not sure what the issue is. The service department has had my car for 12 days and was not able to recreate "the fuse" to go out.

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I have a 2012 camry xle hybrid with 33000 miles. It has a problem with on center feel steering, it needs constant wheel movements to stay in lane. I have been experiencing this many times since I purchased vehicle in may 2012. I have had many close calls to having an accident since owning the car due to this steering problem. The second you turn your head, then returning your attention straight ahead, my car is starting to veer to the left or right. Almost any distraction causes this to happen very quickly. I know through a Toyota owner online forum and thru friends that I'm not alone with this problem. I can't believe that there are no serious accidents being reported by this happening. Toyota dealers do not seem to acknowledge this steering problem is as common as it seems to be. No answers are to be had from anyone at the dealerships that I am aware of. Someone need to start figuring out why this kind of problem is happening.

My '07 Camry Hybrid(ch) has started to experience brake failure while driving. The first documented incident: 03/09/12. W/o warning, the ch will shut down and the "check vsc" light appears on the dash. All of the dash lights light up as well. When this happened, there were no brakes, no warning, etc. When I put the car in "park", turned off the vehicle and restarted it, I was able to resume driving. I took it to dealer to have the car diagnosed. The diagnosis: nothing wrong with the car, brakes, etc(inv. #227594). Over the past 9 months, it has occurred a few more times, usually when the vehicle is pulling out of the garage. When it happens,I turn off the vehicle, restart and go on. On 10/30/12 while my wife was driving 35mph, the car shut down, the "check vsc" light came on and the brakes completely failed. She caught a left turn signal and coasted into a parking lot. Obviously this was horrifying for her and our kids. I called aaa and had the car towed to Toyota. My service advisor(sa) told me they have begun to see this happening a lot and he predicted the abs brake actuator (ba) failed. I told him about the incident in March, which he acknowledged knowing of. 2 hours later he called to confirm that it was the ba. We spoke about it being a defective part, he agreed and would call and speak to Toyota national(TN)to see if they could help out with the $2200 repair. The next day he told me that TN wouldn't help, and neither would the dealership. My online research discovered many ch have had this problem. I discussed with the sa that if the part is defective and they are seeing more and more of this, what guarantee is there a new ba wouldn't react the same way. He couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't. I declined to have the repair done, aaa towed vehicle to my home. The sa seemed certain that a recall was coming. The car is garaged, I have the repair est/document.

Clicking/knocking noise that can be felt through the steering wheel. May be the same intermediate steering shaft problem has plagued other Toyota models. Symptoms are the same. This is a safety issue that should be fixed immediately by Toyota through a recall.

I have had to replace the tires approx every 20,000 miles. Type and make of tire do not seem to make a difference. I have rotated and aligned it every 5k miles. Tires get worn on the inside very quickly, no adjustment by the alignment shops seem to make any difference.

Arrived at Toyota dealership to pick up my 2007 Camry Hybrid after servicing and work on floor mat and "electronic steering assembly" recalls. To this point I had no problem with the car whatsoever, ever. Dealer told me it was unable to begin work on the steering assembly recall because the part had not arrived from Toyota yet, but the car was safe to drive until the part arrived. When I started the car, the steering wheel moved 100 degrees right, then left, on its own. Then I was unable to turn the wheel more than 1-2 inches in either direction. I repeatedly protested to the service reps on duty that there was a steering problem with the car. Each service rep denied any problem, and was unwilling even to walk 60 feet to check the car. First service rep told me the car was "correcting" as it was supposed to do in backing out of a parking space. Second service rep told me there was absolutely no problem, that the car was perfectly safe to drive, and that I "must not be used to driving with fully inflated tires. " they urged me to drive the car off the lot and into the sierras (where they knew I was heading that day), but I refused. Ultimately I escalated my complaint to the dealership's customer relations mgr. Who consulted with a mechanic. And agreed there was a problem with the steering. The dealership kept the car several days until a new "rack"/electronic steering assembly arrived from Toyota and was installed. They informed me the part replaced was the same part which was the subject of the "steering recall. " the car now drives much as before, with the steering a bit stiffer. Although Toyota has replaced the part, I am very unhappy with the initial reaction of service personnel, their insistence that there was no problem with the steering and that the car was completely safe to drive.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph and attempting a left turn, the steering wheel began to jerk to the left. The contact stated that the failure felt as if something was stuck in the steering wheel. Prior to the steering issue, the steering was repaired under an unknown manufacturer's steering recall. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer and the dealer re-calibrated the steering. The repair did not remedy the failure. The contact stated that the vehicle did not exhibit any failures prior to the recall repair. The contact was concerned with the potential of a crash with the steering wheel jerking abnormally. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 42,000.

June, 2009 my 2008 Camry Hybrid veered across two lanes of traffic even though I was holding the steering wheel and did not steer the vehicle in that direction. Also, on that same trip, when engaging cruise control, my 2008 camry started to accelerate rapidly, I disengaged cruise control immediately, and pushed then released the gas pedal and it corrected.