2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid

DRIVER SIDE BACKSEAT PASSENGER WINDOW SEAT THE SEATBELT IS LOOSE AND DOESN'T RETRACT BACK INTO PLACE. HYBRID BATTERY AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM STUTTERS AFTER SYSTEM FLUSH AT DEALER CAUSING THE HYBRID SYNERGY SYSTEM CHECK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ESLAMATION LIGHT IN ORANGE TO STAY ON DASH. ERROR STATING THAT BATTERY NEEDS REPLACEMENT FOR HYBRID BATTERY

MY TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID HAS HAD EPISODIC BRAKING PROBLEMS. AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES, OCCASIONALLY WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW/STOP THE CAR THE BRAKE PEDDLE NEEDS TO BE PUSHED DOWN TO THE FLOOR. WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING I CAN HEAR THE ENGINE REVVING. IT IS NECESSARY TO PUSH EXTREMELY HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO STOP THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO MCGEORGE TOYOTA AND AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR THIS PROBLEM. NEITHER FOUND ANY COMPUTER CODES INDICATING THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA REMOVED AND LUBRICATED THE SLIDE PINS FOR THE CALIPHERS AND THEN REINSTALLED THE PINS. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. AS THIS PROBLEM IS EPISODIC, NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR TECHNICIAN COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM RELATED TO THE COMPUTER SENDING A WRONG SIGNAL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO ACCELERATE RATHER THAN ALLOWING THE CAR TO STOP NORMALLY. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL "CLOSE CALLS" WHERE THIS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION NEARLY LEAD TO MY HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR NOT STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR STRIKING A PEDESTRIAN..

AROUND 11:30 AM, I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON A TWO LANE ROAD, AT APPROX. 25 MPH. THE BLACK VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME APPLIED THE BRAKES AND STOPPED. I WAS ABOUT 4 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND THE BLACK VEHICLE WHEN I QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY CAR DID NOT STOP NOR EVEN SLOWED DOWN. I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL TWO MORE TIMES, AGAIN, AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP NOR SLOWED DOWN UNTIL I HIT THE BLACK VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.

THE GEAR SHIFT COMPACTMENT NOT PROPERLY COVERED. GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT MOVE. LIQUID PLACED IN CUP HOLDER BOX SPLASHED INTO GEAR SHIFT BOX AS CAR MOVING CAUSING LIQUID TO ENTER IN THE SHIFT BOX THAT IS NOT PROPERLY CASE. LIQUID ENTER THE GEAR BOX AS CAR IS MOVING /IN MOTION CAUSING IT TO DAMAGED THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT OF THE MOTOR. CAUSING THE NEED TO REPLACE GEAR SHIFT

DRIVING SLOWLY, STRAIGHT AHEAD, CITY STREET, RIGHT PASSENGER MIRROR EXPLODED WITH A BIG BANG. LOOKING INSIDE, PLASTIC LINKAGES THAT LINK THE MIRROR TO THE ADJUSTMENT MOTOR ASSEMBLY WERE BROKEN. LANE ASSIST LEDS CONTINUED TO WORK BUT THE MIRROR, HANGING LOOSE FROM ITS SHROUD, WAS USELESS. I HADN'T ADJUSTED THE MIRROR IN MONTHS.. CAR WAS 1 MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY - PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE ~$400. GOOGLING I DISCOVERED I'M NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

I WAS ENTERING FREEWAY ON RAMP. HEAVY TRAFFIC. BEAUTIFUL DAY, DRY ROADS. VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MADE BRAKED SUDDENLY. I QUICKLY APPLIED MY BRAKES. MY BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND TRAVELING 25 MPH. WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES, MY CAR DID NOT EVEN TRY TO STOP, IT BASICALLY SLID 2 1/2 CAR LENGTHS INTO REAR OF VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE ONLY STOPPED MOVING BECAUSE IT WAS STOPPED BY VEHICLE IN FRONT.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN MY 2013 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID LE. IT WAS EARLY MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. ROADS WERE WET. TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO. I WAS PROBABLY GOING ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT MY VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. I HIT REAR OF VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I DID NOT FEEL MY BRAKES ENGAGE. I WAS MORE THAN A SAFE STOPPING DISTANCE FROM VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.

WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE A YEAR OR MORE AGO. I BROUGHT IT TO A DEALER AND HE ASKED WHETHER I HAD GOTTEN GAS RECENTLY. YES, ABOUT 200 MILES AND 2 WEEKS AGO. HE CHECKED THE GAS CAP AND IT WAS LAYING IN THE GAS FILLING AREA, NOT SCREWED IN AT ALL. OBVIOUSLY IT HAD COME LOOSE SOMEHOW. HE CHECKED THE COMPUTER AND SOMETHING LIKE "GAS LINE VACUME" CAME UP. HE SCREWED IN THE GAS CAP. EASY FIX, BUT SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW WITH THE SAME CAR AND I HAVE HAD DOZENS OF CARS AND DRIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM, I WONDER IF IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT...

AN INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD FLASHED AND ALARM SOUNDED AND BOTH THE GAS AND ELECTRIC MOTORS SHUT DOWN. I WAS IN HEAVY SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC WITH LIMITED ROAD SHOULDER BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OF AND GET TO A STOP. THE ENGINE SYSTEM STARTED NORMALLY AND NO INDICATORS WERE OBSERVED. I TOOK IT TO LIBERTY TOYOTA IN EDGEWATER PARK NJ AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. *TR