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  • Report:  #275371

Complaint Review: Toyota Camry - Maryland

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- Ellicott City, Maryland,
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Toyota Camry
Maryland, U.S.A.
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First let me say that I have been a steady buyer of Toyota Camry for the past twenty years.

However, my most recent purchase turned out to be a lemon for me. My 2002 Camry started to consume oil at the rate of approximately one quart per 1000 miles. The car has been mostly serviced by the Toyota dealership and I took it in for an oil consumption test and it was verified (that means there is no external leakage). I was futher informed that this rate of oil consumption is "normal" and is within Toyota engine specification.

Now I never had to frequently add oil (one quart every one thousand miles) with all my previous Camrys, including those with extremely high mileage. Further more, a slightly older Camry that I owned (older model) emitted blue smoke. My recent expericence tells me that that the Toyota Camry may have gone down hill in quality big time and currently living off its past fine reputation. Further more, it appears that this experience of mine makes a mockery of the public web statement by the Mr. Fujio Cho, Chairman of Toyoto Corporation, on using advanced enviromental technologies in their cars.... yes technologies that burn oil at the rate of one quart per thousand miles and pump the pollution into the air we breathe. Thank you very much, Mr. Cho.

Based on my most recent experience, I will never buy a Toyota Camry again and I want to share my experience with folks that are contemplating buying a Toyota. There are many other fine cars on the market and no one should be subjected to this kind of inferior product experience.

Joe

Ellicott City, Maryland

U.S.A.


4 Updates & Rebuttals

Charlene

Vienna,
Virginia,
U.S.A.
Failed Emissions Control Components and Toyota ENGINE OIL SLUDGE

#2Consumer Comment

Sun, September 30, 2007

You are right on track! Oil consumption, sludge production, failed engine oil control components, and higher emissions/failed emissions testing should send the message loudly and clearly to Toyota that its sludge problem is far more complicated than just engine damage! This insidious engine problem is causing our environment to deteriorate, isn't it?!? Too much oil is being consumed and pollutants are being added to the air at an alarming rate! WHY? According to Toyota owners, it is because Toyota made an engineering error. Despite proper maintenance, these engines are still self-destructing and causing a polluted environment! Why do engine oil analyses show "abnormal oil condition" and high NOx conditions in the engine oil? Why are some seeing glycol contamination? Why are metal flakes seen in the oil pan? Why are these engines causing the oil to degrade so quickly (TBN less than one)? The owners want to know! All this has such irony, though, since Toyota is touting the "Going Green" concept. Through PR, it is trying to make us thing that the vehicles it produces are so enironmentally-clean. In fact, owners report that they are not! Just take a look at the "Toyota Owners Unite for Resolution: Engine Oil Sludge" and read the number of vehicles reporting failed emssions testing in a later model Toyota! Read further the number of Toyota owners whose vehicles end up with excessive oil consumption and/or sudden unexpected loss of engine oil. Truly, it is all quite bizarre. No one has satisfactorily explained what is happening withint these engines. Toyota has continued to blame the owners, though. This is unconscionable! When will this mistreatment stop? Charlene


Karl

Highlands Ranch,
Colorado,
U.S.A.
Toyota's Way Of Selling ( LEASING ) Vehicles Has Spread To Nissan!

#3Consumer Comment

Mon, September 24, 2007

Go to the Nissan page of this site and read about how SMITHTOWN NISSAN is TRICKING customers who want to PURCHASE vehicles. The Post is on 9-7-07! This is the same day that the Post- 'Toyota's CEO Can't Stand The Heat' made the FRONT PAGE of this website! Make sure to tell at least 5 people about this website, and tell them to tell 5 of their friends and co-workers about it too! You can also get Business Cards made up that say this: GO TO ripoffreport.com and type in TOYOTA and read the complaints! You can put these cards on every TOYOTA Vehicle you see. You can do your part to EXPOSE Toyota to the entire USA! The people have finally spoken! The TRUTH cannot be denied! Make sure to continue to mail your ripoffreport to ALL News Stations listed in the Rebuttal of the RICHMOND TOYOTA story. Remember, Jim Press (Toyota's former CEO) quit his position AFTER we all joined together. Thanks to all of you, especially Charlene & Steve, we are making our voices be heard. *** The KEY to having your desires & prayers answered is to make sure that they are NOT simply your PERSONAL DESIRES, but the DESIRES of EVERYONE!! By joining together as ONE, we can take down any Corporation! Think of it like this- instead of being a single wave in the ocean, struggling against the currents, the tides, and the other waves, become the ocean- ONE! One giant force, all together, which cannot be stopped!! Good Luck to everyone!


Karl

Highlands Ranch,
Colorado,
U.S.A.
SLUDGE PROBLEM

#4Consumer Comment

Sat, September 22, 2007

You are experiencing the SLUDGE PROBLEM! 'Google' the two words ENGINE SLUDGE and read about people just like you! You can also read my SLUDGE POEM that is Posted on this site (here at Toyota) from a few weeks ago. The CEO of Toyota quit just after the poem. What a coincidence. To all consumers: There are over 16 MILLION New Cars sold in the USA each year. If only 5% of these transactions have warranties included in the deal that the CUSTOMER DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT, then 800,000 consumers have WARRANTIES UNKNOWN TO THEM! If the average WARRANTY costs $2,000, then $1.6 BILLION in WARRANTIES were sold to consumers WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE! (And this is only for New Car Buyers!) You must contact the Bank where your Vehicle was Financed. DO NOT TRUST the copies that were given to you by the DEALERSHIP!! Also, get the INVOICE from the Bank too. There is a chance that the Dealer ALTERED your INVOICE so that the Loan would go through. This is usually done when a customer TRADES IN a car with NEGATIVE EQUITY. The Dealer will Manipulate the INVOICE and supply a FALSIFIED INVOICE TO THE BANK! If this was done to you then you can sue them and you will win! For those who Purchased a Used Car from a Dealer, get the USED CAR DATA SHEET that must accompany the Loan Dovuments to the Bank. If that sheet says that your car has a POWER SUNROOF and it does not, then the Documents that were sent to the Bank were FALSIFIED and you can sue and you will win! Take control of your own destiny. No one else will do it for you. You can get back at the Dealerships in a way you cannot imagine! What goes around, comes around! P.S. Whoever broke in to my computer and prevented me from accessing ripoffreport.com, I am at the Library now where there are MANY computers and MANY people who I am SPREADING THE WORD TO about this great site! The BIG party that will take place in Denver now has a new name- SLUDGEFEST! Why? Because SLUDGE does not discriminate. This Demonstration will be like no other in the History of the USA! The TRUTH will prevail!! Write a letter, you'll feel better! EXPOSE THE CEO's!!


Cory

San Antonio,
Texas,
U.S.A.
What?

#5Consumer Comment

Thu, September 20, 2007

"..many other fine cars on the market...". Where? You have a 6 year year old vehicle that burns a quart of oil every 1000 miles. What's a quart of oil cost now-a-days? $2? How long does it take you to drive a 1000 miles? Get over it. Lord, chrysler just recalled what a half millon NEW vehicles. Ford recalled another millon new or newer vehicles. You bought a frickkin' toyota camry. We're not talking big bucks here. Unless you plan on spending some major cash, you're not gonna get much anymore. Read the CR report this month about keeping vehicles running over 200,000 miles. Here's looking for karl to jump in.

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