Toyota Camry transmission problems

WHILE PASSING A TRUCK, STEP ON GAS TO GO INTO PASSING GEAR AND THE CAR WENT TO FULL THROTTLE. AFTER THE PASS AND LETTING OFF GAS THE CAR STAYED AT FULL THROTTLE. TURNED OFF KEY AND THEN RESTARTED AND CAR WAS STILL AT FULL THROTTLE. COASTED TO A STOP, W/O STEERING OR BRAKES, (NO ENGINE POWER). PUT CAR INTO PARK AND THEN RESTARTED. AT THAT TIME IT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING ON A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY(4 CYL). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND THE RPM'S INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPROGRAMMED TWICE BY THE DEALER, BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HE FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE A CRASH COULD OCCUR DUE TO THE LACK OF ACCELERATION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,100. CONSUMER IS UPDATING INFORMATION. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOTICED A VERY ROUGH DOWNSHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION. THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE COMPUTER PROBLEM BECAUSE OF A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. THE DEALER FINALLY REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION. UPDATED EVOQ 05/27/09. *JB UPDATED 05/27/09 *BF UPDATED 5/29/09. *NJ UPDATED 06/01/09.*JB UPDATED 06/22/09 *BF UPDATED 06/26/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED NORMAL PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND LURCHED FORWARD. HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND THEY REPAIRED THE TCM. HOWEVER, ALL REMEDIES TO DATE HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT IN CORRECTING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,941 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,878.

1999 TOYOTA CAMRY 4 CYLINDER WITH 83,500 MILES (ONE OWNER) BLEW A PISTON THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK AS A RESULT OF ACCELERATING FROM ABOUT 69 TO 73 MPH ON A BUSY TURNPIKE, COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE ENGINE AND SENDING BLACK SMOKE AND OIL ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR HAD BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS NOR WAS OIL GEL/SLUDGE EVER NOTICED AS AN ISSUE BY THE MECHANICS. *TR

2007 CAMRY V6 WITH AUTO TRANSMISSION HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH DOWNSHIFTING AND UPSHIFTING CONSTANTLY WHEN NOT NEEDED, HESITATING WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED DOWN. ALSO, THE CAR SOMETIMES SURGES WHEN BETWEEN GEARS, AND THEN DOWNSHIFTS VERY VERY HARD. THE DEALER HAS HAD ALL OF TOYOTAS TSB'S APPLIED FOR ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS, BUT THEY STILL EXIST. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME OTHER FIX FOR THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

I NOTICED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY NEW 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY THAT THE CAR HESITATED ON ACCELERATION. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NEW. I ALSO OWN A 1993 CAMRY, WHICH HAS NEVER GIVEN US A PROBLEM. BESIDES GAS AND OIL CHANGES THIS CAR STILL RUNS WELL. HAD I KNOWN THAT THIS NEWER MODEL WAS GOING TO BE SCARY TO DRIVE I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED IT. LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. IT CONTINUES TO HESITATE WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, IN REVERSE IT FLIES OUT OF THE GARAGE EVEN WHEN NOT PRESSING ON THE GAS...I REFUSE TO LET MY 16 YEAR OLD DRIVE IT AND FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. PS I ALSO HAD TO HAVE MY TIRES CHANGED AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES, THEY WERE COMPLETELY WORN. *TR

2003 TOYOTA CAMRY AUTOMATIC TRANS. PUT IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF GARAGE. SURGED CUT WHEELS TO AVOID HITTING HOUSE NEXT DOOR, BRICK 50 FT FROM GARAGE. AVOIDED A DIRECT COLLISION. BUT CLIPPED SOME BRICKS AT CORNER. ANOTHER 75FT INTO A SMALL CREEK OPPOSITE BANK STOPPED CAR. BRAKING WAS TO NO AVAIL. INJURY MINOR - PINCHED NERVE IN LEFT SHOULDER. COUNTED 75+ REPORTS FOR SAME MODEL YEAR INVOLVING SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION ON YOUR SITE. YOUR INVESTIGATION IN '03 OR '04 FOUND NOTHING SUGGESTING UNFAMILIARITY W/VEHICLE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. A GOODLY NUMBER OF THE REPORTS ARE FOR RECENT YEARS TAKING UNFAMILIARITY OUT OF THE PLAY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING CURRENTLY RESPECTING CAMRY ACCELERATION ISSUES?....REGARDS, HARVEY MILLER *TR