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2009 Toyota Camry brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 110 complaints for the 2009 Toyota Camry, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
110 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
44,000 miles 92 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
21 and 3
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2009 Toyota Camry Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 44,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 24 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 20 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 13 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 13 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 44,000 miles
Based on 92 complaints that include mileage. 54% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles24
20k to 40k miles20
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles13
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles13
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 92 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 44,000 miles, and 54% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 21 crashes, 3 fires, 10 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. While driving at approximately 60 MPH around a curve, the contact lightly depressed the brakes and the brakes locked. The vehicle began to spin independently and the contact was unable to maintain control of the vehicle. The contact crashed into a guardrail. The air bags did not deploy. The contact stated the skid control safety device did not engage. The contact sustained injuries to his neck as well as other minor scratches and bruising. A police report was available.

Reported at 22,354 miles, July 2010 CrashFireInjury

The ABS light and the red bold brake light came on and then off and the next day the ABS light and the brake warning light came on and the the speedometer went to zero, the tachometer went to zero when I was driving on the freeway, also the air conditioner would not work, after a few minutes the warning lights went off and everything worked for a few minutes and the same thing happened again.

Reported at 107,352 miles, August 2016

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