2015 Toyota Camry

PURCHASED A USED 2015 CAMRY SE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVABILITY HAS BEEN BECOMING A ESCALATING CONCERN. WHILE ACCELERATING WHEN THE CAR WILL SHUDDER BETWEEN 1000 & 2000 RPM MOSTLY BETWEEN 25-45 MPH. HAVE TRIED THE RELEARN PROCESS 3X THEN WHEN THAT HAS PROVEN NOT TO WORK (SHUDDER STARTS TO HAPPEN MINUTES AFTER RELEARN). TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSIS WHICH COST $160. DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. REPAIR ESTIMATES $2450. 46. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AND THE ERRATIC SHIFTING OF GEARS

PURCHASED A USED 2015 CAMRY SE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVABILITY HAS BEEN BECOMING A ESCALATING CONCERN. WHILE ACCELERATING WHEN THE CAR WILL SHUDDER BETWEEN 1000 & 2000 RPM MOSTLY BETWEEN 25-45 MPH. HAVE TRIED THE RELEARN PROCESS 3X THEN WHEN THAT HAS PROVEN NOT TO WORK (SHUDDER STARTS TO HAPPEN MINUTES AFTER RELEARN). TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSIS WHICH COST $160. DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. REPAIR ESTIMATES $2450.46. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AND THE ERRATIC SHIFTING OF GEARS. *TR

THE CAR HAS 32K MILES ON IT. WHEN THE SPEED REACHES AROUND 32 THERE'S A SHUDDER/VIBRATION WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY RPM DROP BEFORE SHIFTING TO NEXT GEAR. WHEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED AROUND 42/43 (INNER ROADS), 62/65 (FREEWAYS) TORQUE CONVERTOR LOCKS UP ACCOMPANIED BY LOWER RPM AND THE SHUDDER/VIBRATION BEGINS WHICH IS CLEARLY FELT ON GAS PEDALS, STEERING WHEELS AND DOORS AND FEEL LIKE DRIVING ON BUMPY ROAD, THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF THE VIBRATION IS TO EITHER GIVE MORE POWER/ACCELERATION SO THAT IT RELEASES LOCK UP AND SHIFTS GEARS (OR) JUST RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL SO THAT IT SLOWS DOWN AND COMES OUT OF LOCK-UP. WHEN VIBRATION HAPPENS, GIVING POWER/PRESSING ACCELERATOR WILL INCREASE THE VIBRATION WITH NO INCREASE IN SPEED UNTIL IT SHIFTS TO OTHER GEARS, CHECKED WITH A COUPLE OF DEALERS TO GET AN OPINION BUT THE ANSWER I AM GETTING IS THERE IS NO CODE IN THE HEALTH CHECK AND THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ANY CODE OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ONE TECHNICIAN ADMITTED THAT ITS TORQUE CONVERTOR LOCKUP VIBRATION. THEY WILL NOT DIAGNOSE OR PERFORM ANY OTHER OPERATIONS WITHOUT ANY CODE OR ITS COMPLETELY BROKEN. TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACEMENT WILL COST AROUND 3K BASED ON DEALER INFO. BASED ON TOYOTA'S INTERNET FORUMS AND OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TORQUE CONVERTOR AND TOYOTA SHOULD COME FORWARD TO REPLACE IT OR FIX IT SIMILAR TO THEIR 2014/2014.5 MODELS, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED WITH THE 2015 MODELS. THANKS

MY CAR STARTED A HAVING A VIBRATION/SHUDDER WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON THE STREET AND FREEWAY FROM SPEEDS OF 25MPH TO 50MPH. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ON TURNS . I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION BUT AFTER I LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE I LEARNED THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS AS THEY DO. ITS SEEMS TO BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I LOOKED UP THE HISTORY OF THIS TORQUE PROBLEM AND IT GOES BACK AS FAR AS 2011 FOR TOYOTA CAMRY. I NEED THIS FIX BY TOYOTA AND TOYOTA SHOULD HONOR GIVEN THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT FIX FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR MODEL.

2015 CAMRY HAS EXPERIENCED EXACTLY THE SAME TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER ISSUES DESCRIBED IN THE 2012-2014 MODELS THAT WERE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. THIS YEAR IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE TOYOTA HAS SAID THEY FIXED THE ISSUE ON THIS YEAR. STARTED OUT WITH SHUDDER AROUND 25-30MPH, NOW IT'S ALSO HAPPENING AROUND 35-45MPH, VEHICLE WILL ALSO REV OUT IN GEAR GIVING NO ACCELERATION. NOW THIS CAR IS BARELY EVEN DRIVABLE. THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING UP TO THE HIGHEST GEARS EVEN WHEN SPEED IS VERY LOW, AS THOUGH YOU WERE DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE AT 15MPH IN FIFTH GEAR. THE ONLY TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS THAT HELPED AND NOW NO LONGER WILL, WERE PUNCHING THE THROTTLE DURING A SHUDDER TO DOWNSHIFT, OR DOWNSHIFTING IN THE MANUAL MODE. UNHOOKING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN THE SYSTEM POWER TO PUT THE VEHICLE BACK INTO LEARNING MODE, WHICH HELPED FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL THE VEHICLE WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE SAME ISSUES. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE LIMPS AROUND WITH ANY TYPE OF DRIVING, SHIFTS TO GEARS THAT ARE TOO HIGH FOR THE APPROPRIATE SPEED WITH DANGEROUSLY SLUGGISH ACCELERATION OR NONE AT ALL, AND SHUDDERS IN TWO SPEED RANGES.

WHEN I ACCELERATE TO ABOUT 40 MPH THERE IS SHUDDER AND ROUGH RIDE LIKE RUNNING OVER ROUGH ROAD. THE CAR HAS 79,500 MILES ON IT. THE TOYOTA DEALER SAYS THE PROBLEM IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I HAVE SEEN OTHER REPORTS OF THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET.ONE PERSON INDICATED IT MIGHT NEED A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT THAT IS THE ONLY REPORT LIKE THAT I HAVE SEEN. THE DEALER, TEAM TOYOTA OF PRINCETON SAYS IT WILL BE A $2,880 REPAIR. BASED ON ADDITIONAL INTERNET REPORTS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.