2011 Toyota Camry

INCIDENT ON DECEMBER 31, 2014 ABOUT 11:30 AM IN WAYNE, PA: AT AN INTERSECTION AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN WHERE A CAR WAS ALREADY STOPPED, I APPLIED MY BRAKES. THE CAR FAILED TO STOP AND INSTEAD LURCHED FORWARD AND THE ENGINE INCREASED. THE NOISE WAS NOT OF THE BRAKES BUT OF THE ENGINE ROARING. AS THE CAR SURGED FORWARD,I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKES AND THEN REAPPLIED THEM PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES. AGAIN THE CAR DID NOT STOP BUT DID SLOW DOWN. THE THIRD APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES DID STOP THE CAR JUST INCHES FROM THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. THE NEXT INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 13, 2015 WHEN THE SAME EXPERIENCE OCCURRED. I TOOK IT TO PERUZZI TOYOTA. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. ON JANUARY 15, I TOOK THE UNSAFE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ON JANUARY 16 AFTER COMPLETING WHAT THEY CALLED THE PROTOCOL FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, THEY "RELEASED THE CAR" BACK TO ME HAVING NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED THEY HAD NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY AND GAVE ME THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER PHONE NUMBER TO CALL. I CALLED THAT NUMBER AND WAS TOLD A CASE MANAGER WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN FOUR DAYS. MEANWHILE, I AM LEFT WITH AN UNSAFE CAR AND NO RECOURSE WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

WED AM, NOV. 12, 2014, I PARKED MY 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY SE 4CYL IN AN AIRPORT PARKING GARAGE. WEATHER WAS 31 F. WHEN I RETURNED FROM MY TRIP THE NEXT EVENING, I STARTED THE CAR, ORGANIZED SOME THINGS FOR A MINUTE TO ALLOW CAR HEATER TO WARM THE VEHICLE WHILE I SAT. I THEN PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE. TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 20S F. I NOTICED THE CAR WAS SLUGGISH SO I PRESSED A BIT MORE ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE CAR FAILED TO GO FASTER. AFTER SLOWLY BACKING OUT FAR ENOUGH, I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. DESPITE REACHING 2500+ RPM, THE CAR WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. THE SPEEDOMETER STAYED AT 0 (ZERO) MPH. I PUT ON MY FLASHERS, AND PULLED, VERY SLOWLY, TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GARAGE LANE, SO AS NOT TO IMPEDE VEHICLE TRAFFIC. I CONTINUED TO REV ENGINE FOR 1 TO 2 MINUTES. ONLY AFTER REVVING THE ENGINE MULTIPLE TIMES DID THE CAR BEGIN TO SLOWLY RESPOND. THIS FLAW IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN AND COULD ENDANGER LIVE(S). IMAGINE IF I AM AT A STOP SIGN, AWAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON TO A BUSY ROADWAY. IF MY 2011 CAMRY'S FUEL INJECTOR FAILS TO RESPOND AS EXPECTED, THEREBY RESPONDING SLOWLY TO ME PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, THEN I ENVISION THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING IN A HORRIFIC SIDE-IMPACT COLLISION. I WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. WINTER IS JUST BEGINNING, AND COLD STARTS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE COMMON (LIKELY IN MUCH COLDER TEMPS). I DON'T BELIEVE MODERN VEHICLES, WITH ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION, SHOULD HAVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE, OR REQUIRE MUCH WARM-UP TIME. *TR

CAR ALWAYS MAKES A WHINING SOUND THAT GETS LOUDER UPON ACCELERATION, VEHICLE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IN MY LANE ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CONSTANT CORRECTING NEEDED TO STAY OUT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR OUT OF THE LANE LEFT OF ME AS CAR VEERS TO THE LEFT. CARS HAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT CAUSES JERKING AND SLIPPAGE WHICH ALSO CAUSES THE CAR OUT OF ITS LANE. *TR

EVERY MORNING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED UP AND BOTH THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARE COLD, VEHICLE EXHIBITS A TRANSMISSION FLARE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND GEAR DURING NORMAL DRIVING BEHAVIOR WHILST THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED - EVEN IF ONLY SLIGHTLY. DURING THE INCIDENT, WHICH LASTS NO MORE THAN FIVE SECONDS, THE ENGINE "REVS" SIGNIFICANTLY (UP TO 2500-3000 RPM FROM 1000) AND THE TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO BE IN A "NEUTRAL" STATE, E.G. "SLIPPING" BETWEEN GEARS. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKS AND SHIFTS VIOLENTLY WHILE DOWNSHIFTING WHEN COASTING OCCURS MAINLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUT DOES OCCUR SOMETIMES AT NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDS. THE FORMER SAID ISSUE ONLY APPEARS DURING THE MORNING AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (I.E. COME HOME FROM WORK AND LEAVE NEXT MORNING), AND IS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED AT ANY OTHER TIME. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LATTER SAID ISSUE OCCURS NEARLY EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS USED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE REPAIR ATTEMPTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, BUT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR SERVICE ONCE AGAIN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO EARLIER PROBLEMS THE 2007 CAMRY EXPERIENCED (WHICH IS THE SAME GENERATION AS THE 2011 CAMRY) -- TO WHICH SEVERAL TSBS WERE ISSUED TO CORRECT THOSE PROBLEMS. *TR

THERE WAS A LOUD ENGINE RUNNING ALL OF SUDDEN AND THE CAR TOOK OFF BY ITSELF. IT WAS VERY QUICK SPURT OF ACCELERATION AND SLAMMING ON BRAKE DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALLY UNCONTROLLABLE. THE CAR RAN OVER SIDE WALK AND RAMMED INTO THE SCHOOL FENCE. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. IT WAS TOYOTA'S "SUDDEN ACCELERATION" DEFECT HAPPENED TO ME. *TR

EVERY TIME I RELEASE OR PUSH ACCELERATION MORE THAN 50 MILES CAR GETS PULSE.(EXAMPLE : GENERATOR MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD EVERY TIME PISTON GOES UP AND DOWN) I FELL LIKE ENGINE WILL DROP. REPRODUCE STEPS : DRIVE CAR AT ABOUT 60 MILES/HR ON GOOD ROAD SO YOU CAN FEEL PULSE. NOW WE WANT KEEP SPEED 60 MILES SO WE WILL PRESS PEDAL TO MAINTAIN SPEED NOW AS SOON AS YOU WILL REMOVE PEDAL YOU WILL FEEL PULSE. NOW, YOU REMOVED PEDAL SO SPEED GOING DOWN SO AS SOON AS YOU TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED YOU WILL FELL PULSE AGAIN. REPRODUCE RATE ABOUT 85%. I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE AUGUST 2011. I HAD PUT MY CAR AT TOYOTA DEALER MORE THAN 5 TIMES AND THEY ADMIT THAT THEY ARE NOT FEELING THIS PULSE. THAN I PUT CASE TO NCDS FOR REVIEW. BUT TOYOTA RESET MY COMPUTER RIGHT BEFORE INSPECTION SO NCDS PERSON DIDN'T TEST DRIVE AND REFUSE MY CASE. AT TIME OF CASE, ONE TECHNICIAN FROM CHICAGO ADMIT THIS PROBLEM IN SOME DIFFERENT DIRECTION LIKE THIS PULSE IS NORMAL(WHICH IS VERY SCARY). ITS DEPEND ON WHERE YOU DRIVING (ITS EASY TO REPRODUCE IN HWY, I ALSO FEEL IN CITY TO BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT ITS CHANGING GEAR SO IT'S NORMAL) ITS DEPEND ON DRIVER( I TOLD HIM TO DRIVE AND FIX THIS ISSUE IF I AM NOT GOOD DRIVER). NOW THIS IS VERY SIMPLE ANSWER FOR TOYOTA TO GIVE YOU CUSTOMER AND REJECT CASE. ONCE THEY RESET COMPUTER OF MY CAR THEY TOLD ME TO WAIT TILL CAR COMPUTER LEARN DRIVER PATTERN. I WAIT 2MONTH , 1500 MILES. I ALSO ASK THEM THAT HOW LONG ? HOW MANY MILES ? BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT IT'S DEPEND ON DRIVER. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF ANYTHING WRING WE WILL HAPPY TO HELP IF ANYTHING WRONG IN ENGINE/TRANSMISSION. I ALSO DECIDE TO GO COURT BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO INSPECT MY CAR AGAIN THEN THEY WILL ADMIT THAT NOTHING HAPPENED. SO, PLEASE HELP ME FOR THIS PROBLEM I SPEND 24000 DOLLAR. I DESERVER BETTER ANSWER THAN THIS ABOVE CRAZY ANSWER. *TR