Toyota Camry transmission problems

BOUGHT AN 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY IN APRIL, 2009. THE ENGINE WOULD RUN ROUGH AND THE IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JERK AND DID DOWNSHIFT AT RANDOM. I BOUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE MY WIFE AND I BOTH DRIVE THE CAR THE COMPUTER ON BOARD WAS ADJUSTING BACK AND FORTH TO OUR DRIVING HABITS. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM UNTIL THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED. NOW I LOOK BACK ON MY COMPLAINTS AND FEEL THEIR IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRONIC OR SOFTWARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONTROLLING ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE. I HAVE RELATED THIS TO VENICE CAMRY IN VENICE FLORIDA WHO HAVE TOLD ME THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. *TR

I BOUGHT MY NEW 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE V6 FROM GEIS TOYOTA, YORKTOWN HEIGHT, NY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE RPM METER ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY KEEPS GOING UP WHILE RUNNING THE CAR, ALTHOUGH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. I HAVE COMPLAINED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE NEED BREAK IN PERIOD, AND THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY. BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. I DO VEHICLE MAINTENANCE REGULARLY AS PER FACTORY RECOMMENDATION. LAST YEAR I TOOK THE CAR TO FORDHAM TOYOTA SERVICE, MANHATTAN, NY FOR SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE NEED A COMPLETE TUNE-UP WHICH THEY DID FOR A CHARGE. BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINED AND I GOT USED TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AROUND 10:00 PM ON 1/25/10. MY CAR SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD. WHILE PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR AND PASSING A SEMI TRUCK. AS I PULLED BACK INTO MY LANE MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.AND WOULD NOT START. WHEN I WOULD START THE CAR AND PUT INTO DRIVE THE CAR WOULD TURN OFF. THEN I WAITED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. AND TIRED AGAIN AND IT WORKED JUST FINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED MY THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME DEBRIS IN MY GAS. I ALWAYS FILL UP SUPER. I AM FILLING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE CONTROL ON SOME TOYOTA'S AND THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU *TR

2007 CAMRY XLE. PROBLEMS WITH HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. THE DEALERSHIP JUST BLEW ME OFF WHEN I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. ACTED AS IF THIS WAS NEVER A PROBLEM WITH CAMRYS. ALSO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH STEERING COLUMN'S RADIO CONTROLS - WHEN PRESSING THE APPROPRIATE BUTTONS, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN OR, WHEN SEEKING STATIONS THAT WERE PROGRAMMED IN, THE DOWN OR UP BUTTONS WOULD JUMP TO OTHER STATIONS NOT PROGRAMMED. SINCE THIS PROBLEM IS ERRATIC, NOTHING WAS DONE BY DEALER. PROBLEMS WITH THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE GAUGE - AT TIMES, IT WOULD TAKE 15-20 MINUTES BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE WOULD CHANGE TO THE CORRECT ONE. EXAMPLE: IT READ 77 DEGREES WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MID-90S. DEALERSHIP DID REPAIR THIS LAST SUMMER BUT NOW, IT IS READING SEVEN+ DEGREES OFF THE ACTUAL OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE. THE FINAL PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR IS THAT THE PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF OF THE FRAME AREA BELOW THE DOORS OF THE CAR. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED WITH ANY PREVIOUS CAR I HAVE OWNED. DEALER ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE FACT THAT THIS CAR IS THE SPORT VERSION SO IT RIDES LOWER. FIRST TOYOTA I HAVE OWNED AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE MY LAST. *TR

SINCE THE TIME I BOUGHT MY NEW 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY, I SAW ISSUES WITH THE WAY THE CAR TRANSMISSION WORKED AT SPEEDS FROM 0-50MPH. STARTING FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF MY USING THE CAR, I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES, ONLY TO BE SENT BACK AFTER A "TEST DRIVE" SAYING NOTHING IS WRONG. IN MY OWN LANGUAGE, I HAD BEEN EXPLAINING THE ISSUE WHICH NOW LOOKS EXACTLY SIMILAR TO THE 'STICKING GAS PEDAL" RECALL RECENTLY INFORMED BY TOYOTA. MY CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING WHILE BRAKING, OR WOULD START BRAKING WHEN MY FOOT IS OFF THE ACCELERATOR. I ALSO USED TO FEEL A JERK WHEN THE CAR MOVED BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 0-50MPH. I COMMUTE 70 MILES DAILY TO WORK AND I HAVE NOTICED THIS DAILY TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE STARTED IGNORING OUT OF DEEP FRUSTRATION. THE DEALER TEST DRIVES AND CAUSES EMBARRASSMENT SAYING THEY CANNOT RECREATE MY ISSUE. I LOGGED AN INCIDENT WITH TOYOTA (091214-000053). IT LED TO MY FOURTH VISIT TO THE DEALER WITH THE SAME ANSWER. TOYOTA'S RESPONSE FROM A CASE MANAGER WAS THAT IF THEY CANNOT RECREATE THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. I ALMOST FEEL THIS IS A HOPELESS CASE AS I DON'T THINK NEITHER TOYOTA NOR THE DEALERSHIP WERE TRULY SERIOUS ABOUT ASSISTING ME. THEY COULD HAVE AT LEAST INFORMED ME THAT THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLES THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON. I REOPENED A NEW CASE (100130-000604). SO FAR I HAVE RECEIVED NO RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE HANDLING THIS THE RIGHT WAY. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR INCIDENTS, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO GET THE ATTENTION OF TOYOTA OR ITS DEALER. THIS IS NOT A SMART WAY OF SOLVING AN ISSUE. I FEEL DISAPPOINTED, ANGRY AND HELPLESS. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE- 6 CYLINDER, NEW IN FALL OF 2004. AT PRESENT I HAVE UNDER 22,000 MILES ON IT. DURING MY LIMITED DRIVING OF THIS VEHICLE I HAVE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST 5 EPISODES OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. THE LAST EXPERIENCE HAPPENED ON 12/16/09. I HAD A PASSENGER IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME. EACH EPISODE IS MORE VIOLENT THAN PREVIOUS ONES. I HAVE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT THOROUGHLY BY THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. THE FIRST TIME THEY LOOKED AT IT WAS JULY 6/09. SINCE THEY CANNOT "MAKE IT HAPPEN" THEY SAID, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. SINCE TOYOTA ANNOUNCED PROBLEMS I HAVE CALLED THEM ON 2 OCCASIONS AND HAVE 2 CASE NUMBERS ASSIGNED. THE CAR WAS LAST EXAMINED BY THE DEALER ON 12/22/09. I WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL THE RECALL WAS OFFICIAL AND SEE IF 2005 CAMRYS WERE ADDED TO THE LIST. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN. THE CAR IS SETTING IN MY GARAGE AND HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN SINCE 12/22/09. I HATE TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HAD I DRIVEN THIS CAR AS MUCH AS I DID MY PREVIOUS CAMRY, A 1994 WITH WELL OVER 200,000 MILES AT PRESENT. *TR

I HAD MY NEW 2005 CAMRY INTO THE DEALERSHIP (LONGO TOYOTA, EL MONTE, CA) THREE TIMES IN THE FIRST MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR SURGE IN ACCELERATION WHILE BREAKING. I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR ?JUMPING? FORWARD WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, AND ANOTHER ISSUE WITH A LAG IN ACCELERATION. ALL THREE OF THESE ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT FIRST, ONLY TO FIND MYSELF TRYING TO BRAKE (AND NOT SUCCEEDING) AS SOON AS THE ACCELERATOR KICKS IN SECONDS LATER, SENDING THE CAR SURGING FORWARD. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM - THAT WHATEVER MY ISSUE MIGHT BE, IT COULD NOT?T BE REPLICATED, AND THAT ANY ?TIMING? CONCERN WAS ONLY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ? AND THAT THIS WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL. THE ISSUES WITH THE CAMRY?S ACCELERATION & ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ARE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS, AND WERE ALMOST THE CAUSE OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT (MY 3 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME), AND COUNTLESS OTHER MINOR NEAR-ACCIDENTS. I AM A SAFE, 33 YEAR OLD FEMALE DRIVER WITH 17 YEARS OF DRIVING-EXPERIENCE, AND ONLY ONE ACCIDENT ON MY RECORD (A MAN REAR-ENDED ME ON THE FREEWAY IN 2003). TOYOTA IS SUCH A POPULAR BRAND, AND IF THERE ARE OTHER CAMRY OWNERS, THEN NONE OF US ARE SAFE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INJURED OR DIE BEFORE TOYOTA OWNS UP TO THEIR MISTAKE? I CONTINUE TO SEE RECALLS FOR OTHER TOYOTA CARS, AND HOPE BEYOND HOPE THAT ONE DAY MY 2005 CAMRY SE WILL ALSO BE RECALLED.*CW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25.