# 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID — SERVICE BRAKES > NHTSA complaint `1077458` · 2014-06-19 · Toyota Motor Corporation ## Severity - **Deaths:** 0 - **Injured:** 1 - **Fire:** No - **Crash:** Yes - **Police report:** No - **Medical attention:** Yes - **Vehicle towed:** No ## Vehicle - **Make:** TOYOTA - **Model:** CAMRY HYBRID - **Year:** 2007 - **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation - **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES - **Miles at failure:** 50,000 ## Narrative WE TOOK OUR CAMRY TO A BRAKE SHOP DUE TO WEAK PERFORMANCE AND LOUD SCREECHING SOUND. AFTER INSPECTION THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE METAL ON METAL AND THE FRONTS WERE NOT EVEN BROKEN IN. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY AN INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM FOR WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER. WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIRST REFUSED TO CHECK IT OUT THEN WHEN WE INSISTED, THEY TOOK THE CAR AROUND THE BUILDING AND SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. ALL THROUGHOUT THE TIME WE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH STOPPING AT A REASONABLE DISTANCE, THE CAR LOSING CONTROL IN WET WEATHER AND THE FEELING OF ALWAYS DRIVING ON ICE. WE LEARNED LATER ON THAT MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR WITHOUT A DRIVER LICENSE AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN ASKED, SHE SAID THAT SHE HIT THE BREAKS BUT THE CAR DIDN'T STOP. WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS DUE TO HER INEXPERIENCE BUT NOW WE THINK THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE BREAKS. ABOUT ABOUT A FEW MONTH AGO THE ABS, BREAK, VSC LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY STARTED COMING ON AND NOW THEY'RE ON FULL TIME. I ALWAYS SUSPECTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND DISMISSED US AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT. I JUST CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE ONLINE THAT SAID NTSB WAS INVESTIGATING A SIMILAR ISSUE AND WANTED TO OFFER OUR HELP IF YOU NEED IT. WE STILL HAVE OUR VEHICLE BUT IT WAS REPAIRED AFTER THE CRASH. MY DAUGHTER HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM DUE TO --- *Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*