# 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
> NHTSA complaint `672995` · 2008-06-08 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** CAMRY SOLARA
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- **Miles at failure:** 12,000
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
ON THE DATE IN QUESTION, I WAS STANDING STILL AT A RED LIGHT.  THERE WAS HEAVY RAIN.  WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.  THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 CAR-LENGTHS AHEAD OF ME.  TRAFFIC SUDDENLY CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.  I HIT MY BRAKE, SKIDDED THE ENTIRE DISTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND HIT IT IN THE REAR.  MY ENTIRE FRONT-END WAS SMASHED IN; THE VEHICLE I HIT WAS A LATE MODEL FORD EXPLORER WHICH SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES, HOWEVER, MY AIR BAG  DID NOT DEPLOY, MY ENTIRE FRONT END WAS DEMOLISHED AFTER PROCEEDING A SHORT DISTANCE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED.  THERE WERE FLUIDS LEAKING AND SMOKE EMANATING FROM UNDER THE HOOD.   THE WAS DECLARED BY THE POLICE TO BE UNDRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP.  *TR
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