Brake failure on 2007 and 2008 Toyota Camry hybrid vehicles are under investigation by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
"We will work with NHTSA to find out if there is a consistency here," John Hanson, a spokesman at Toyota told The Times. "This isn't something that we know for sure yet what the problem is or what the fix will be," Hanson told The Times. "That is what this portion of the process is about," Hanson told The Times.
The administration will investigate reports of the issues from drivers that could amount to 30,000 cars The Times reported. There have been 59 complaints about the issue according to The Times. Two accidents have resulted thus far.
"When I tried to apply brakes to stop, I realized that the brake had completely failed," a driver of one of the affected vehicles told the administration The Times reported. "I did a sharp evasive turn and hit the curb hard in [an] attempt not to run over pedestrians in the crossing!" the driver told The Times.
"I am also aware that this issue is more common, especially on Toyota Camry hybrids around five years old," the person told the NHSTA The Times reported. "It is ridiculous to have to pay 10 percent of my car's original price since it is a widespread safety problem," the person told the NHSTA The Times reported.
Toyota funded $48.8 million for three different cases regarding how the car manufacturer dealt with other pedal issues on vehicles The Times reported.
The NHSTA reportedly summoned Toyota $17.35 million for failure to recall its Lexus RX 350s, and RX 450h SUVs quickly enough The Times reported. Car Companies have up to five business days to inform the NHTSA of recalls The Times reported.
Mats below the pedal can get caught when a driver accelerates The Times reported.
