# Lurching brakes - 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** camryhybrid, toyota\ **Created:** [July 28, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808 "2018-07-28T02:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlanE.Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@AlanE.Brown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanE.Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/1 "2018-07-28T02:07:23Z")
Has anyone reported problems with the Camry Hybrid’s brakes “lurching” in congested traffic situations? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/2 "2018-07-28T03:35:11Z")
I’d take it back to the dealer. Test drive an identical one to confirm it’s a problem with your car. ---
**Author:** ![AlanE.Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@AlanE.Brown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanE.Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/3 "2018-07-28T20:37:48Z")
I already did that and drove an exact same XLE Hybrid and an XE Hybrid. Neither exhibited the “grabbing” or "lurching that my car does. Maybe we should demand that the “Mothership” should be notified and hopefully respond. What else can I do except lean on the LEMON LAW here in California. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/4 "2018-07-28T21:22:33Z")
The car is brand new, it does bad things that others don’t so insist that the Toyota dealer fix the car. If they won’t contact the Toyota zone office. Keep pushing it higher and higher (the internet is your friend!) and make it very uncomfortable to everyone involved. Don’t yell or scream or threaten. Make it very clear if your car isn’t fixed, you will contact their boss and then do it. Don’t get mad, get legal help! ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/5 "2018-07-28T23:37:37Z")
Was the dealership able to replicate the problem? ---
**Author:** ![AlanE.Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@AlanE.Brown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanE.Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/6 "2018-07-29T01:14:50Z")
No, they were not able to get another Hybrid to exhibit the “grabbing” brakes. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/7 "2018-07-29T01:27:05Z")
what about your car? ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Deleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Bobby\_Deleon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bobby_Deleon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lurching-brakes-2018-toyota-camry-hybrid/121808/8 "2019-04-24T18:04:19Z")
Mine does the same thing and I’ve taken it twice with the same result of “we were unable to replicate it it should should buff out.” Might try another dealer or change the brakes out myself to troubleshoot.