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Hello,

We have a 2007 4 cylinder Camry SE with 12,000 miles on it that completely stopped working while I was driving it tonight.

We previously had a transmission problem fixed once and it started hesitating again recently.

Today there was a "!" on the dash that indicated low pressure in one or more tires. When driving to the station to add air, after approximately 4 minutes when stopping, the brakes make a scraping sound and the "ABS" light came on, along with battery light and check engine light on the dashboard.

I pulled off in a safe location as soon as I could and turned the engine off, thinking maybe something would reset. It would not start up until I let the car sit for awhile.

After I finally got the car started again and w/i minutes while I was driving, I lost acceleration, the headlights went out, the dash lights blinked and went out, so I put the car in neutral and coasted to a safe location and called a tow truck. The flashers wouldn't work either.

One other time in July, we were driving on the freeway at night and our car lost power, but after we pulled over and stopped, it started right back up and drove w/o any problems until tonight. At that time, no warning lights went on and the dash & headlights stayed on.

Does anybody out there have any ideas what is happening?

After many years of wanting, I finally got my new car and it broke down before my husband's 1984 Celica that has well over 200,000 miles on it! :^(

I would appreciate any ideas or comments please!

Mo  

Except for the fact that it happened once before and a restart fixed it, I'd think you had a bad battery/alternator issue. Either way, it's some potentially major electrical problem. Hopefully it doesn't fix itself on the way to the dealer and they can investigate. The car should have stored some codes while the car acted up so a scan should tell the tech what the issue may be.  

I too have a 2007 Camry SE, just this past week I was on a very busy Texas freeway and my car made a pop noise, all the dash lights went on and I lost all power. When I let off the accelerator the car restarted itself, but when I depressed the gas it occurred again. I had to have it towed to a dealer and they told me it was a croded battery line and positive terminal?
I am concerned it will not cause a shortened life span of eletrical items in the car and occur again.
I have 60k miles.

I now hear at 63k the oil pressure hose will most likely blow!