2018 Toyota Camry

8 SPEED TRANSMISSION THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMS POORLY, REGULARLY STALLING BETWEEN SHIFTS, CAUSING A LAG IN ACCELERATION. IT CAN'T SEEM TO PICK A GEAR, LEAVING THE VEHICLE STALLED BRIEFLY, WHILE THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. ONCE, AT A LARGE INTERSECTION, IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, FROM A STOP, I ATTEMPTED A RIGHT TURN. THE CAR STALLED, WHILE I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, CAUSING A MILD PANIC, AS I WAS CONFRONTED WITH AN 18 WHEELER ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO MY LANE. THE CAR EVENTUALLY ACCELERATED, GETTING ME OUT OF THE WAY, IN A HARRIED AND FRUSTRATED HUFF AT THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THIS NEW CAR. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT MIS-PERFORM UPON EVERY SINGLE SHIFT OF THE GEARS, BUT THERE WILL BE MIS-PERFORMANCE OCCURRING ON EVERY SINGLE TRIP TAKEN IN THE CAR.

THIS IS A SW BUG IN THE MAP NAVIGATION SETUP THAT IS DANGEROUS. THIS CAMRY HAS A FREEWAY MAP MODE SETUP WHERE THE SCREEN CAN BE SET FOR 50% MAP + 50% FREEWAY EXITS. THE MODE CAN ALSO BE SETUP FOR 100% MAP IF THAT IS PREFERRED. THIS SETTING CAN ONLY BE SET IN THE CONTEXT OF DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE DEFAULT SETTING IS THE 50-50 MAP MODE. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE SETTING ALWAY REVERTS BACK TO THE DEFAULT SETTING THROUGH TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON. THE SETTING DOES NOT GET STORED IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY. THE DRIVER MUST RESET THE MAP-MODE EVERY TIME, AND THEY MUST DO IT WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS DANGERIOUS!

ON DECEMBER 6, 2018, I PURCHASED A 2018 CAMRY WITH 65 MILES. I AM WRITING TO YOU REGARDING MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL PROBLEM. THIS LETTER ALSO DOCUMENTS THE SECOND INCIDENT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT AND LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 4 HOURS AND THEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR A DAY. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAR ISSUED A MASTER WARNING LIGHT, A WARNING BUZZER, AND A MESSAGE ON THE MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY THAT QUICKLY DISAPPEARED. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM OR PEDAL ITSELF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO HELP DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. ON THE FOURTH INCIDENT, I HAVE A VIDEO THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THERE IS AN ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. IN THREE OF THE FOUR INCIDENTS, I WAS BACKING UP IN "R" AND NOTICED THERE WAS NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, PLACED CAR IN "D" AND STILL NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL THAN IT WOULD JUST GO. IF THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE EITHER IN A TURN OR IN ANY SITUATION, THAN AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH COULD OCCUR. CURRENTLY CAR IS AT A TOYOTA DEALER. TOYOTA DID NOTHING ON THE FIRST TWO VISITS, AS THERE WERE "NO CODES" AND WOULD DO NOTHING UNLESS A CODE WAS PRESENT. I PROVIDED THEM WITH A VIDEO OF THE FOURTH INCIDENT AND IT SEEMS THEY MIGHT BE A BIT MORE INTERESTED.

THIS IS MY THIRD TOYOTA CAR THAT I BUY AS A BRAND NEW CAR AND I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT GRTTING A 2018 CAMRY SE BUT AM VERY DISSPOINT IT WITH THIS SITUATION MAN SO THIS IS WHATS HAPPENING TO THE CAR THE VEHICLE HAS ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CAR CAN'T SEEM TO DECIDE WHAT GEAR TO PICK AND WHEN TO ENGAGE IT RESULTING IN A SECOND OR TWO OF DEAD ACCELERATION ONCE THE VEHICLE DECIDES WHAT TO DO, IT SENDS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF POWER TO THE WHEELS WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION RATES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE I DONT LIKE HOW THIS BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION WORKS. 2.THE SECOND PRONLEM IS THAT THAT CAR START SHAKING WHEN AM GOING OVER 70 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND I KNOW EXACTLY THAT IS NOT WITH BALANCE AND NOT ALIGHNMRNT BECAUSE IDONT FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING I FELL THE SHAKING IS COMMING FROM THE ENGINE I CAN GUARANTEED U THAT IS COMING FROM THERE BECAUSE WHEN I STOP ACCELARETING IT GOES AWAY BUT ONCE I ACCELERATE AGAIN STARTS THAT VIBRATION AGAIN SO TOYOTA NEEDS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CUSTOMER ARE 100%% HAPPY WITH THEIR CAR AND STOP TESTING THIS BRAND NEWS PLATFORM WITH THE PEOPLE MONEY BECAUSE I CAN TELK U THAT AT LEAST 40 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE REGRETING OF BUYING THIS CAR JUST BECAUSE THIS KINDA OF PROBLEM SO I WISH THERES A REMEDY TGAT TOYOTA IT MIGHT XONSIDERING TO FIX THIS INDS OF PROBLEM WHICH I HATE ABOUT IT ST ALL

3 TIMES THE COLLISION PREVENTION STOP WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT THE HIGH WAY. YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT ON TO FOR THE COLLISION PREVENTION SYSTEM TO WORK AGAIN. AND THIS IS SO DANGEROUS. THE TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES GLITCH AND NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND SHIFITS LIKE CRAZY. I FEEL IT SOMETIMES THAT CAR SOUNDS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE IT SHOULD SHIFT SMOOTHLY. AIR CONDITION WHEN IT ON COLD THE FAN CAN GIVE GOOD AIR STREEM WHICH IS GOOD BUT WHEN IT ON HEAT THE FAN IS SO SLOW AND IT DOESN'T GIVE GOOD AIR STREAMING. I WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO REPORT THIS TO GENERATE RECALL BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW UNTIL I FOUND YOUR WEBSITE.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR 08/2018 WE ARE NOW IN 10/2018 I HAVE 3K MILES ON IT AND IT RIDES ROUGH, SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD CAR, LOUD RATTLY, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORST TAKING THE CAR TODAY TO TOYOTA BENNETT IN ALLENTOWN PA TODAY BECAUSE WHEN MAKING COMPLETE STOPS AT A LIGHT IT JUMPS FORWARD, THE TRANSMISSION JERKS, TRANSMISSION SEEMS CONFUSED IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO PICK UP FOR EXAMPLE WHEN ENTERING A HIGHWAY AND TRYING TO CATCH UP TO SPEED TAKES LONG, AT A STOP LIGHT ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED A FEW TIMES CAUSE THE CAR JUST WONT MOVE QUICK ENOUGH.

CAR FRONT GRILL DESIGN IS SO POOR THAT DAMAGE CAUSED BY NORMAL ROAD DEBRIS ALREADY PUNCTURED MY AC CONDENSE LEAKING FREON / AC COOLANT TO RELEASE IN TO ENVIRONMENT /HARMING ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS INCREASING REPAIR COST. 2 TIMES IN LAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE RELAPSED MY FRONT AC CONDENSER DUE TO STICK OF WOOD OR PEBBLE GOING THROUGH FRONT GRILL EASILY AND PUNCTURING.

THIS IS THE SECOND WINDSHIELD I HAVE HAD SINCE BUYING MY CAR IN LATE MARCH 2018. EACH TIME THEY REPAIR SHOP SAYS THE WINDSHIELD IS SO THIN. AS I AM SITTING WAITING ON MY REPAIR. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WITH 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY'S ALSO COMES IN FOR THEIR 2ND WINDSHIELD. IT SEEMS TO BE A SEVERE GLITCH IN THE MAKE OF THESE WINDSHIELDS AND THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. PLEASE EVALUATE THIS IMMEDIATELY.