As of April 2022, I no longer have this vehicle, lost in an accident. It was still running and driving fine, but insurance declared it a total loss, due to repairs going over $10k Cdn, which far exceeded the current value, even in the current market of high vehicle prices. It had 246,797km on the odo.
Another year of ownership has passed. No problems with the car or batteries (hybrid traction battery, or 12v deep cycle AGM) 5 years after buying the car second hand. Had to replace the windshield wipers, the original owner had put some cheap aftermarket ones on the car, so I had OEM ones installed as a replacement. So much nicer. In the fall of 2020 I had new tires installed (it came with a new set of General Tire AltiMax RT43s from the dealer I bought it from). I put 60.8k km / 37k miles on those tires (they are rated for 120k km/75k miles. There was tread left, but it was starting to get a little loose in the cold and wet. About what I would expect from a set of inexpensive car dealer tires, and 5-6 years is about how long a set of tires should be used, so they got the expected life span. Replaced them with Michelin Cross Climate+ all weather tires, not much need for full snow tires here in Greater Vancouver. The Michelin tires have much better handling, during the winter I noticed a change from around 6L/100km to 6.5L-7/100km. The tires have higher rolling resistance, which makes them better in winter weather. Since temperatures have started to rise again as spring approaches fuel economy is returning to normal levels between 6-6.5L/100km.
Bought 2008 Camry Hybrid in Jan 2016 with 215K Kms. Engine was burning oil, got it to dealership for recall, they did oil change and sealed the system and told me to come back after 2000 kms; went back and was told it doesn’t burn enough oil to be fixed under warranty, so I did what I have been doing: Hot oil drain, fill with ATF in engine and ran idle for 15 min, drain oil, remove oil pan, clean it, put it back, new OEM filter and synthetic oil, change Transmission fluid and from that day the car is running very good; no problems at all, mind you that I do regular oil changes. It burns very little oil compared to before and running better than ever. It has 275K kms now with no other issues.
Awesome, I am thinking to get a 2009 Camry hybrid. Thanks for the video, very relative info for me, as I am from Surrey. Probably you should have changed the transmission oil and inverter coolant
bit by bit Coolants have been changed, didn’t think to mention it. Transmission fluid is on the list of things to get done, not worried about it though. These eCVTs don’t put out much in the way of metal shavings, no physical shifting happens the way it would happen on a traditional automatic.
The battery on this model, without the navigation system, does not give a % charge, so I don’t know. The car was 8 years old when I bought it, so no idea how different it is from when it was new. How much you can drive on the battery depends on the road you are driving on. I’ve never monitored the exact distance, so I cannot provide an exact number. All I know is that I get better than the rated fuel economy Toyota says it has.
I found a 2008 Camry Hybrid in my area with 67,000 miles ( 107,000 km) being sold for $8,500 at a local dealership here in the United States. I emailed the dealer and they offered it for $8100. I still need to get it checked out but do you think it is a good deal? Have you had any issues with oil burning? Thank you and I appreciate your reviews.
I'm not familiar with the prices for the car on the US market, so I cannot say if it is a good deal or not. It's low miles, so it doesn't sound outlandish anyway. I haven't had to top up my oil between changes, but some have. Without driving the car for a while, an entire oil change interval, it might be hard to tell.
It’s a good deal cause the mileage is low and it’s a dealership. If it was a private party sale I’d say no more than 7000. I have a 2009 Hybrid Camry, I bought it with 70,000 miles back in 2018 for 6200 off a private seller. I’m at 95,000 miles today and still have had no issues at all mechanically except for an air conditioning leak.
Depends on how I drive, the tires on the car, and the weather conditions. In good summer weather, I can get 900km on 54L of gas. In winter, it’s between 750-800km.
@@Combatpzman I assume the AC works on battery mode in traffic just like the Prius? So in an hour of traffic it runs on battery and then when the battery is low, it turns the engine on for a minute and then the gas engine dies again? And it turns on once in an hour like the Prius? I live in one of the worst road traffic in the world where 1-2 km can take an hour to cover......will it be ideal for that? How many minutes do you reckon the gas engine will turn on in an hour? How to check battery health? Can you recommend a reasonably priced OBD scanner? Thank you.
@@richcruz936 Didn't stay on battery for an hour while using AC, maybe 15 minutes, runs the gas for 4-5, then back onto battery, in that cycle. Maybe the newer Camrys can do that, but not the 2007-2011 Camry Hybrid. As for battery health, I never used an OBD device to check battery health, it was never an issue while I owned it (lost in accident earlier this year). Thought about it, didn't worry about it. If I was buying something a 13-15 year old hybrid now maybe I would though. You need a high end scan tool or app though, since it needs to support the hybrid features, which is why I never got one, didn't seem worth the price to me. If you want to know what to get, Toyota Nations section on the Camry hybrid of that generation has the information you want with a search.
