2020 Toyota Camry

UNEXPECTEDLY, MY CAR'S 12V BATTERY DISCHARGED COMPLETELY UNDER CONDITIONS OF REGULAR USE AND MODERATE TEMPERATURES, WHILE PARKED IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT. CAR IS 11 MONTHS OLD WITH 6327 MILES. IT WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA REPAIR SHOP, WHICH RE-CHARGED THE BATTERY AND INSTALLED DCM RESET AND FIRMWARE UPDATE T-SB-0095-20. THE REPAIR REPRESENTATIVE REFERRED TO POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH A RECENT AUTO SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT MAY HAVE WORN DOWN BATTERY WITH NUMEROUS INCOMPLETE (UNINITIATED) IGNITION STARTS. THIS SOFTWARE FIX WAS APPLIED FOR THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE, BUT IS NOT BEING GENERALLY APPLIED TO ALL VEHICLES. THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANYTHING I DID, AND INDICATED I MAY WANT TO WATCH FOR TOYOTA CONSUMER NOTICES FOR FURTHER REPAIR. THE TOYOTA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, DCM RESET AND FIRMWARE UPDATE T-SB-0095-20 (DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020, ACCESSIBLE ONLINE), INDICATES SOME 2020-2021 MODELS MAY EXHIBIT "DEPLETED 12V VEHICLE BATTERY WHEN IN IG-OFF". THE SOFTWARE UPDATE IS NOT BEING APPLIED TO ALL VEHICLES, AND THERE WAS NO ASSURANCE THAT THE PROBLEM IS FIXED AND WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN. AS A DRIVER, THIS LEAVES ME VULNERABLE TO BEING STRANDED WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION, AND RELIANT ON HELP FROM STRANGERS IF PARKED IN REMOTE RECREATION AREAS WITHOUT CELL PHONE ACCESS; AN UNSAFE SITUATION.

WOULD NOT START, 25,000 . HYBRID MALFUNCTION WARNING, OCS WARMING, PRE-COLLISION WARNING, BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING. DEALER CLAIMED SOFTWARE UPDATE ISSUE. HAD TO BE TOWED, LATE TO WORK URGENT CARE/COVID, UBER TO DEALER TO GET LOANER, UPSET. FRIDAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND I HAD SURGERY SCHEDULED. HYBRID MALFUNCTION WARNING PRE-COLLISION WARNING, DO NOT DRIVE, CALL DEALER, TOW TRUCK TESTED BATTERY AND IT WAS GOOD. LIGHTS, BELLS, STEREO WORKED, HELD KEY FOB TO PUSH START NO. 40,000 CAR AND DEALER TODAY SAID, OH, WE PUT IN A NEW BATTERY? IN A NEW CAR? AND FOR IT TO NOT START DUE TO SOFTWARE UPDATE???? I GO 100 OUT OF CITY WITH DOGS, NO CELL AND WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN A BRAND NEW CAR DUE TO NO NOTIFICATION OF HEY THERE ARE PROBLEMS, YOUR CAR WONT START, SOFTWARE UPDATE? ANYTHING? SECOND TIME 6 WEEKS LATER, MISSED MY SURGERY APPT!!!!!!!! TOW IT AGAIN, THEY NOW SAY THAT TOYOTA HAS FIXED ON 2021 AND DEALER HAD LIST OF VEHICLES WITH ISSUES BY VIN. GREAT. WHY NOT TELL ME. ONE MORE LEMON LAW WISCONSIN. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO PICK IT UP. ITS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I THINK IT IS ELECTRICAL, STARTER, HYBRID. BYW WHY NOT REPLACE HYBRID BATTERY? BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. THERE ARE RECALLS FOR 2020 COMPLETE ENGINES. I WANT IT GONE. IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WOULD NOT START AT CRITICAL TIMES. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT, BRAKE MALFUNCTION WARNING? PRE CRASH WARNING, HYBRID?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER STADIUM TOYOTA (5088 N DALE MABRY HWY, TAMPA, FL 33614, (813) 872-4881), TOYOTA OF TAMPA BAY (1101 E FLETCHER AVE, TAMPA, FL 33612, (813) 402-1323) AND WESLEY CHAPEL TOYOTA (5300 EAGLESTON BLVD, WESLEY CHAPEL, FL 33544, (813) 703-1759) HOWEVER, THE MECHANICS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2020 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER INFORMED HIM THE VEHICLE HAD SMOKE EXITING UNDER OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PARK THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED HE SAW FIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS COVERED IN SMOKE RAPIDLY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WERE FILED. THE CONTACT STATED NO ONE WAS INJURED OR SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER DEEMED THE VEHICLE WAS LOSS. THE CONTACT CALLED LOCAL DEALER CAVENDER TOYOTA LOCATE AT 5730 NORTHWEST LOOP 410, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78238, (210) 681-6601 AND WAS MADE AWARE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000.

FUEL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON MY CAR SINCE JANUARY AND TOYOTA TOLD ME THIS YESTERDAY. FUEL PUMP IS DEFECTIVE AND CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO STALL WHILE IN OPERATION. TOYOTA STATED THEY CANNOT OFFER A LOANER OR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND CANNOT GIVE A ETA FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART AS OF NOW A REPLACEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE. I AM DRIVING A CAR THAT CAN PUT MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK OF BEING INJURED OR WORST.

IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS THE BATTERY HAS DIED THREE TIMES. FIRST ON 9/14/20 WITH 1721 MILES, SECOND ON 9/30/20 WITH 1962 MILES, THIRD TIME ON10/28/20 WITH 2,994 MILES. EVERY TIME THE ERROR WAS 'SMART KEY MALFUNCTION ', AND THE CAR HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED AND BROUGHT TO THE DEALER. TWO TECHNICAL CASES WERE OPENED AND THE DATA CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED TO THE LATEST RELEASE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ALL THREE TIMES.

OUR VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE - REAR AT AN ESTIMATED 60MPH SPEED DIFFERENCE. (IT IS THOUGHT WE WERE SLOWED TO APPROX 25MPH, OTHER CAR WAS PROBABLY 80MPH OR MORE). THIS HAPPENED ON I95 IN LUMBERTON NC. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN LEFT LANE, WE WERE IN RIGHT LANE. THE OTHER VEHICLE SWERVED INTO OUR LANE HITTING US "QUARTERING" FROM LEFT REAR. FORCE WAS HARD ENOUGH TO DEFORM RIGHT SIDE OF CAR WHICH CAME IN CONTACT WITH NOTHING. AS THE DRIVER, I STRUCK THE INTERIOR WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE A "SEVERE" CONCUSSION. NO SIDE CURTAINS DEPLOYED, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THE SEAT BELTS TENSIONED TO RESTRAIN ME IN THE SEAT. MY LEFT SHOULDER, ARM, AND ELBOW WERE ALSO INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER LEFT ARM, AND RECOILED STRIKING THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT INTERIOR. THIS CAUSED HEAD TRAUMA AS WELL. WE DON'T BELIEVE THE SEAT BELT TENSIONED. PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT, RIGHT SIDE ALSO SUFFERED INJURY. NOT AS SEVERE AS FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS. HE WAS THROW AROUND IN THE VEHICLE, IT IS UNKNOWN IF HIS BELTS TENSIONED. ALL 3 HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE FOR INJURIES SUFFERED. THERE IS A WARNING DISPLAYED IN THE DASH STATING, "SRS AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNTION VISIT YOUR DEALER" I BELIEVE HAD SEATBELTS TENSIONED, SIDE CURTAINS DEPLOYED, MY INJURIES WOULD BE MUCH LESS. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED 10/11/2020, WEATHER WAS OVERCAST BUT DRY. CRASH FORCE WAS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE BODY WORK DEFORMATION ON RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE, WHICH CAME IN CONTACT WITH NO OBJECTS.

2020 TOYOTA CAMRY LE DEAD BATTERY PROBLEMS. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR ON APRIL 25 2020 I HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE TWO NEW TOYOTA BATTERIES FROM TOYOTA. THE NEW BATTERIES ARE 770 CCA AMPS VS MY ORIINAL BATTERY WHICH WAS ONLY 563 CCAWHICH THEY DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE.YESTERDAY I SPOKE WITH JULIE A CUSTOMER CARE MANANGER FR. OM TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE AND SHE SAID TOYOTA IS GETTING ALOT OF COMPAINTS ABOUT DEAD BATTERIES FROM CUSTOMERS.WHEN I ASKED HER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT MY SPENDING OVER 300.OO DOLLARS ON TWO BATTERIES BECAUSE NOWHERE IN THEIR 608 PAGE TOYOTA CAMRY MANUAL DOES IT TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS AND LOCK THE DOORS OR THE BATTERY WILL GO DEAD. IN FACT MY WIFE HAD ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT PARKS TOYOTA IN DELAND FLORIDA THIS EXACT QUESTION AND HE DAVID CAREY SAIDY OU DO NOT HAVE TO CLOSE WINDOWS OR LOCK YOUR DOORS.I HAVE GONE TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES SPENT OVER 300.00 DOLLARS ON 2 NEW BATTERIESAND 250.00 ON THE CORRECT TEST EQUIPMENT TO CONFIRM THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OF DEAD BATTERIES WAS FROM THE FACT THAT I PARKED MY CAR IN MY GARAGE WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN AND DOORS UNLOCKED