Toyota Camry transmission problems

THE CRUISE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION ON MY 2007 CAMRY CAUSES THE CAR TO OPERATE IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED, DUE TO ITS SENSITIVITY, THE TRANSMISSION GOES THROUGH A SERIES OF ABRUPT DOWNSHIFTS CAUSING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE AND EXCEED THE CRUISE CONTROL SPEED SETTING. AT THIS POINT, THE CAR LOOSES SPEED AND THE TRANSMISSION THEN SHIFTS BACK INTO OVERDRIVE. THE DOWNSHIFTING STARTS AGAIN UNTIL THE SPEED CONTROL SETTING IS EXCEEDED. ON A LONG HILL, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO SEQUENCE BETWEEN OVERDRIVE AND THIRD GEAR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. THE EXCEEDING OF THE CRUISE CONTROL SETTING IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH TRAFFIC AHEAD OF ME. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HE CAN DO NOTHING UNTIL TOYOTA COMES UP WITH A FIX. I HAVE WRITTEN TWO LETTERS TO TOYOTA ASKING THEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THEY HAVE NOT REPLIED TO EITHER LETTER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE PARK POSITION IN ORDER FOR THE CONTACT TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NORMAL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,005 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,900. UPDATED 01/14/08 *BF UPDATED 01/14/08 *TR

SPEED CONTROL IS UNSTABLE. WHEN THE SPEED CONTROL IS ON AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE SLIGHTEST GRADE I.E. FROM AN OVERPASS, CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT ONE OR TWO GEARS. THEN THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE BEYOND THE SETSPEED AND THEN UPSHIFT. THE CAR WILL THEN BE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED AGAIN, DOWNSHIFT ONE OR 2 GEARS, AND ONCE AGAIN ACCELERATE BEYOND THE SET SPEED, REPEATING OVER AND OVER AND WORSENING EACH CYCLE. DRIVING THE SAME ROAD WITH THE SPEED CONTROL OFF IS RELATIVELY NORMAL. THIS CAR ALSO HAS A MODERATE HESITATION PROBLEM. PULLING OUT FROM A SIDE STREET, THE CAR BARELY ACCELERATES UNTIL RPMS REACH 2200, THEN ACCELERATES NORMALLY. THIS HAS BEEN SINCE NEW. COASTING DOWN A LONG GRADE WITH SPEED CONTROL OFF, THE CAR WILL SURGE. RETURNED TO THE TOYOTA DEALER WHO SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. *TR

HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM EITHER WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN HE START TO ACCELERATE SOMETIMES, USUALLY IN LOW SPEED, 20% TO 40% OF THE TIME, THERE IS A FEW SECONDS THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND, AND SUDDENLY HE FEEL A JOLT AND THE CAR JUMPS VIOLENTLY. HE HAS TO LOOK BACK WHENEVER IT HAPPENS TO SEE IF SOMEONE HAS CRASH IN TO HIS CAR. IF THERE IS A CAR INFRONT OF HIM WHILE IN TRAFFIC, THIS COULD LEAD POTENTIAL CAR ACCIDENT OF HITTING THE CAR INFRONT OF HIM. HE ALSO HAS TO MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT PARK TOO CLOSE TO OTHER CARS OR THE WALL. I HAVE HELP HIM REPORTED THE ISSUE TO DEALER 2 TIMES MANY MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IF THEY CAN'T FEEL THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO TOLD THE HEADQUARTER I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME HESITATION/ACCELERATION PROBLEM MY FATHER EXPERIENCING AND I NOTICED TOYOTA HAVE BEEN TELLING OTHER PEOPLE SAME RESPONSE THAT DEALER CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IF DEALER CAN NOT FEEL THE PROBLEM, AND DEALER HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR THOSE WHO REVISITED MANY TIMES. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE IF YOU GO SEARCH ON GOOGLE (USING KEYWARD TOYOTA CAMERY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM). ONE OF THE WEBSITE IS I FOUND FROM GOOGLE RESULT FOR EXAMPLE WAS HTTP://WWW.AUTOBYTEL.COM/CONTENT/RESEARCH/FORUMS/INDEX.CFM/ACTION/POSTS/FID/2852. IT HAS 27 PAGES OF SUCH COMPLAINTS . I HAVE ALSO NOTICE SUCH COMPLAINTS DOES NOT APPLY TO JUST 2005 YEAR CAMERY BUT AGAINST 2002 AND 2007 CAMERY AS WELL. WITH SO MANY CARS THEY SOLD OVER 5 YEARS AND SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THEIR TRANSMISSION THAT CAN LEAD ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLY ALREADY DID, TOYOTA ARE MAKING INDIVIDUALS FEEL AS IF THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE IMAGINING THINGS. A FEW PEOPLE SAID CERTAIN STORES ALLOW THEM TO DO A COMPUTER CHIP "FIX," AND THE FIX WAS NOT HELPFUL. ON TOP OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HE NOTICED PAINT PEELING, RUST PAINT UNDER 15X MAGNIFYING GLASSES, A BUBBLE ON DASH BOARD. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2007 CAMRY SE V6 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. TRANSMISSION SLIPS, CREAKING DASH AND WINDSHIELD, A PILLAR AIRBAG COVER REPLACED 3 TIMES, CENTER CONSOLE STACK DOES NOT LINE UP, DASH IS NOT FLUSH NEXT TO A & B PILLARS (HAVEN'T SEEN ONE YET THAT WAS), KNOCKING NOISE IN REAR STRUT TOWER (FIXED AFTER TWO DEALER VISITS, THEY ADDED SOUND INSULATION), DRIVER SIDE ARMREST FABRIC PEELING OFF (SEEN AT FIRST DELIVERY OF VEHICLE ), RADIO HEAD UNIT FREEZES UP RANDOMLY (DEALER CANNOT FIX BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE), STEERING IS VERY LOOSE AND VEHICLE DRIFTS ON ROAD (SAFETY CONCERN, DEALER STATED CHARACTERISTIC OF TIRE), FRONT GRILL LOOSE ON RIGHT SIDE (DEALER FIXED) AND SEAT PLASTIC RAIL COVERS BROKEN UPON DELIVERY (DEALER FIXED). VEHICLE ALSO IDLES ROUGH IN COLD WEATHER (DEALER STATED BAD GAS).TWO TO THREE SECOND DELAY IN ACCELERATION (DEALER STATED THIS IS NORMAL). EACH DEALER VISIT REQUIRED ME TO LEAVE THE CAR ONCE FOR ORDERING THE PART AND A SECOND TIME FOR INSTALLATION. I HAVE WASTED WAY TOO MUCH TIME AT DEALERSHIPS HAVING MY CAR REPAIRED TO EVER CONSIDER BUYING ANOTHER TOYOTA AGAIN. OVER ALL I SHOULD HAVE TESTED OTHER CARS BEFORE BUYING TOYOTA BASED ON ITS RELIABILITY ALONE. *TR

I AM REPORTING THE SAME STAGNATION ISSUE THAT MANY OTHERS REPORTED ON 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN MARCH 2006 AND STARTED NOTICING THIS ISSUE WITHIN A MONTH OF DRIVING. SO FAR I HAD AT LEAST 12 INSTANCES OF THIS. IT HAPPENS WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY TO A HIGHER SPEED. THE CAR STALLS FOR 20-40 SECONDS BEFORE IT SPEED UP. MANY TIME IT PULLED ME INTO RISK WHILE AT MERGING TO A MAIN ROAD TRAFFIC AND AT INTERSECTIONS DEALER HAS REPLACED A TRANSMISSION CONTROL COMPONENT BUT THIS IS STILL HAPPENING. THE EMAIL I GOT FROM TOYOTA FOR MY QUERY SAYS THAT "...THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MONITORS THE EVERYDAY DRIVING HABITS OF THE OPERATOR AND THEN TAILORS ITSELF TO MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT GEARSHIFTS. ON RARE OCCASIONS WHEN THE OPERATOR FULLY DEPRESSES THE PEDAL OR DEPRESSES THE PEDAL IN AN AGGRESSIVE MANNER, THE SYSTEM MAY EXPERIENCE A DELAY IN DETERMINING HOW TO MAKE THE OPTIMAL GEARSHIFT. AT THIS TIME TOYOTA HAS NO PLANS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SHIFT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRANSMISSION. TO MINIMIZE THIS CONDITION, WE RECOMMEND TRYING A FIRM YET GRADUAL APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR..." I AM USING THE CAR FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS AND THE 'ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MONITOR' HAS NOT SUCCEEDED IN FINDING MY NORMAL DRIVING HABIT AND DO THE NORMAL TRANSMISSION SHIFT YET AS EVERY DRIVER EXPECTS. SINCE TOYOTA HAS NO PLAN TO DO ANY ACTION ON THIS I URGE YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR US. *TR

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY MISSING TWO BOLTS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SHIFTER CABLE BRACKET BOLTS ARE MISSING. HE ALSO STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. WHEN PUT INTO GEAR THE GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE. *KB WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL THE VEHICLE WOULD BACK UP, WHEN IT WAS SHIFTED INTO TO DRIVE THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT, BUT WHEN IT WAS SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR, THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD. *JB

NOTICED DANGEROUS HESITATION/DOWNSHIFTING ON MY 2007 4CLY CAMRY DAY AFTER PURCHASE, CALLED SERVICE DEPT TOLD THEM OF PROBLEMS ON DAY 3, CLOSED SUNDAY CALLED MONDAY TOLD OF PROBLEMS, WAS TOLD TO DRIVE FOR ONE WEEK SO CAR CAN LEARN DRIVING HABITS. I DID ON LAST DAY I TRIED TO PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY CAR HESITATED AND JUMPED FORWARD, ALMOST HIT A UPS TRUCK. CALLED DEALER AGAIN TOLD THEM OF PROBLEMS, THIS TIME WAS TOLD NO FIX AT THIS TIME BUT NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE LIKE THE V6 CAMRY THEY HAD TO PULL ALL OF LOT FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHEN AND IF TOYOTA COMES UP WITH FIX TOYOTA WILL LET ME KNOW. DIDN'T WAIT FOR FIX TRADED THAT DAY. THE 4CLY TOYOTA CAMRY IS DANGEROUS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. TOYOTA DID TELL ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT FIX WILL BE BUT ARE WORKING ON IT. *TR