Toyota Camry transmission problems

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM HERTZ CORP. DURING THE TEST DRIVE WE NOTICED A HESITATION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 45 MPH. WE ALSO DROVE ANOTHER 2007 CAMRY WITH HIGHER MILEAGE AND IT DID NOT HAVE THE HESITATION PROBLEM. WE ASKED HERTZ TO HAVE A TOYOTA DEALER CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER WAS 'FIXED' WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED SO IT WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER. EVERYTHING WAS 'OK'. THE STATEMENT WAS MADE BY THAT TOYOTA SERVICE ADVISER THAT THE COMPUTER USES A PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE DRIVING HABITS OF EACH DRIVER AND THE HESITATION PROBLEM WOULD 'SELF CORRECT'. YEAH RIGHT. WE PURCHASED THE LOWER MILEAGE VEHICLE, AND HAVE DRIVEN ALMOST ANOTHER 5,000 MILES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM DID NOT 'SELF CORRECT'; IN FACT IT APPEARS TO HAVE WORSENED. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN TAKEN TO A THIRD TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON MARCH 24, 2008 WITH THE SAME VERBAL FOOTWORK THAT IT'S A DRIVE-BY-WIRE SYSTEM AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION. SOME DAY I MAY NEED TO ACCELERATE HARD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT OR WHATEVER AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INSTANT ACCELERATION INSTEAD OF A 1-3 SECOND DELAY. CONSIDERING THE HIGH TECH SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, I FIND IT UNCONSCIONABLE THAT TOYOTA CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I'VE REVIEWED THE NHTSA COMPLAINTS WEB SITE, EDMONDS, AND OTHER SITES AND FIND THIS PROBLEM IS PERVASIVE WITH OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES. I'M REQUESTING THAT A DEFECTS INVESTIGATION BE INITIATED TO ANALYZE AND DEVELOP A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THIS THROTTLE/TRANSMISSION HESITATION ISSUE RESULTS IN INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY COMPUTER "SOFTWARE" RE-INSTALLED 2X TO ATTEMPT TO FIX A LACK OF ACCELERATION. SEVERAL TIMES (MAKING A LEFT TURN) WHILE STARTING FROM A STOP, THE CAR WILL HESITATE FOR 2-4 SECONDS, GIVING APPROACHING CARS ENOUGH TIME TO COME CLOSE TO HITTING MY CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND AM NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO TRADE IT IN YET OR SELL IT OUTRIGHT. I OWE TOO MUCH ON THE LOAN YET TO DO SO, MAKING IT A DIFFICULT DECISION WITH MY FAMILY/CHILDREN. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE SLOW ACCELERATION IS MORE SO IN WARM WEATHER. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FLARE-UP OVER WINTERTIME. COINCIDENCE? I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE LAST TIME MY SOFTWARE WAS RE-SET, ON THE WAY HOME, THE ENGINE BEGAN RO RACE AND IT FELT LIKE A BRICK WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE ENGINE RACED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN FELT LIKE IT "SHIFTED" BACK TO NORMAL RPM'S. I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

THE CAMRY HAS BEEN HESITATING ON STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP, SINCE THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO ACCELERATE AND IT JUST DOESN'T MOVE FOR TWO TO FOUR SECONDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLAW AND CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. I REPORTED IT TO TOYOTA, HAD THE CAR IN THE REPAIR CENTER TWICE AND THEY TELL ME IT'S A SOFTWARE LIMITATION, AND IT WILL BE SOLVED. HOWEVER, I LOOKED INTO AUTO PERFORMANCE REPORTS ON THE INTERNET AD IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 CAMRY, WHICH WAS NEVER ADDRESSED FOR THE 2008 MODEL. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY, V-6, IN JULY 2006. IN NOVEMBER 2006, I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. VERY OFTEN, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES, THE TACHOMETER JUMPS AROUND 1500 AND THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE FOR A SHORT TIME. THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER, 4 OR 5 TIMES, AND HAVE GONE ON TEST DRIVES. WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENED, I WAS TOLD THAT'S THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION WORKS. I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NO SOFTWARE UPDATE OR TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE LAST PERSON I SPOKE WITH (LAST MONTH), TOLD ME IT IS A DESIGN FLAW, BUT TOYOTA HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE, SINCE I DON'T ALWAYS GET THE ACCELERATION THAT I NEED. CONSUMER REPORTS REPORTED ON THIS PROBLEM IN THEIR DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE. THEY RECEIVED NEGATIVE INFORMATION FROM READERS ABOUT THE V-6 TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TOYOTA THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME. *TR

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, 5-SPEED, 4-CYLINDER HAS A DRIVETRAIN PROBLEM. WHEN MOVING SLOWLY FROM A STOP, ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC REQUIRING RAPID ACCELERATION RESULTS IN NO RESPONSE/ACCELERATION FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAR CAN TAKE UP TO 5-SECONDS TO RESPOND. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND I WONDER WHY I HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN KILLED IN THIS CAR!! THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION. TOYOTA SIMPLY SAYS "THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, IT'S TRYING TO ANTICIPATE YOUR ACTIONS." THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE ANSWER. THE TRANSMISSION I AM TOLD IS A CONTROLLED ELECTRONICALLY AND TOYOTA APPARENTLY HAS SCREWED UP THE SOFTWARE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR. *TR

WE OWN A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY SE AND HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT, OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN TERRIBLE. APPROXIMATELY NOVEMBER OF 07, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE CONEJO GRADE IN CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA AND STARTED TO FEEL LIKE I WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR, I COULDN'T STEER IT AND HIT THE BRAKES REALLY HARD TO COME TO A STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANY OTHER VEHICLES. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA WHO EXPLAINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REASON WHY I COULDN'T STEER MY CAR WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HOW THE TRANSMISSION ROTATES THE WHEELS AND ONE WHEEL WAS POINTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND ONE WAS WHERE IT SHOULD BE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE AND I WAS VERY UPSET ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING THAT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. AT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT MY BRAKES WERE WARPED AND I HAD TO PAY $180.00 TO FIX THEM, APPARENTLY WHEN I HIT MY BREAKS REAL HARD TO TRY AND STOP THE CAR WITHOUT CRASHING I WARPED THE BREAKS. THIS WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY. I RECEIVED THE CAR BACK APPROXIMATELY A WEEK LATER AND WAS TOLD THEY PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHEN I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP THE ENGINE STILL DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT IT WAS LUNGING. SO I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK AND THEY DID A TEST DRIVE WITH ME IN THE CAR AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T DO IT. I HAVE HAD OFF AND ON ISSUES AND NOW MY MAINTENANCE LIGHT IS ON, AFTER BEING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE LAST 10 DAYS WITH OTHER ISSUES. I HAVE NO TRUST OR FAITH AT THIS POINT WITH THEM. MOST OF ALL, THE CAR DOING IT'S OWN DRIVING WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE FAILING OF MINE COULD HAVE KILLED ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THE 2007 CAMRY IS A PROBLEM, AND HONESTLY I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AT THIS POINT. *TR