Camry Hybrid 2012 - Loss of power

[Faltap]

Hi, I am new to hybrid ownership, only 4 week since I picked up my Camry Hybrid. It is lovely car and I am enjoying it very much. Unfortunately I had an experience yesterday that is of major concern.

Driving from Melbourne to Sydney all went well until about 130km from Sydney. The car was doing 110 km/h on cruise control when all of a sudden it started decelerating.

Trying to accelerate, the master warning light would come on with an audible warning, only for the period of time the accelerator was depressed. No other warning messages were displayed and no other warning lights came on.

After stopping on the side of the road, the first attempt to restart the car, there would be no response when depressing the accelerator pedal and no warning lights. Temperature was normal and the battery showed nearly full charge. After about ten minutes of reading the manual and phoning Toyota, the car started and operated as normal, which it did all the way to Sydney.

It is going to a dealer tomorrow to check, but I was interested to know if any other owners have experienced a similar problem before?

[coolscan]

No direct knowledge, but on an American forum I did read of one chap with a faulty inverter. I've searched but can't find the post to compare symptoms. Please keep us updated.

Regards, Coolscan.

[Faltap]

Toyota checked the car this morning, scanned the onboard computers for fault messages - and could not find any. Had a discussion with the technician and they were at a loss as to what might have been the cause.

The best they could offer is to bring it back if it happens again!

[Dazzling_Darryl]

That is a bit of a worry (hope it never happend to me)

Had a 12/09 Camry Hybrid Luxury in which I did over 50,000 kms in 2 years without incident .. just traded it last Friday on a 2012 Camry Hybrid H. They are certainly a great car.

I do wish mechanics could do more than just look for fault codes these days (seems to be the standard excuse) :-(

[Radio8tiv]

There was a technical newsflash from Toyota to their dealers saying

it has an earthing problem which could cause some electrical faults

which included things like lights not turning on or staying on and some

other issues as well, can't remember the other problems right now.

Your dealer should have access to this bulletin, not saying that this causes

your problem but should be easy enough for them to check out.