Toyota Camry transmission problems

I BOUGHT A 2007 CAMRY (6 CYLINDER) WITH 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION IN SEPT. 2006. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS WHEN IT IS COLD. IT WORKS NORMALLY AFTER IT HAS WARMED UP, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT INDECISIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING. IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR NORMAL SERVICE THREE TIMES. IT HAS 15,300 MILES ON IT NOW. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER BUT DOES NOT SEEM VERY CONFIDENT THE REPROGRAMMING WILL HELP. I WILL TRY THIS BEFORE I TRADE IT FOR A NEW HONDA ACCORD. SO FAR NO SITUATIONS INVOLVING SAFETY HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

FROM DAY ONE I HAD CONCERNS WITH THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE. IT SHIFTS VERY ABRUPTLY, UP OR DOWN, AT LOW SPEEDS. HESITATION IS FREQUENT AND SLIPPAGE OCCURS WHEN TRYING TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION ON MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WHO CLAIMED MANY TIMES THAT IT WAS NORMAL, I MUST DRIVE IT MORE FOR THE CAR TO LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA, A REPRESENTATIVE DROVE THE CAR, AND EXPRESS THEY WOULD ALLOW ME TO TRADE THE VEHICLE, BUT LATER DID NOT. AFTER DRIVING 3000 MILES, TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER, NOW I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR KNOW MY DRIVING HABITS AND WHEN I TRY ANYTHING UNEXPECTED, IT WILL NOT RESPOND, THIS IS "NORMAL". ALSO STATED THAT I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THIS "NEW" NON-WIRE VEHICLE, BUT I HAVE DRIVEN FOR 40 YEARS, AND THAT IS NOW A LIABILITY. I GOT TIRED OF TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND ARGUMENTS THAT END UP IN BEING MY FAULT, SHORT COMINGS OR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING; THE CAR IS FINE AND OPERATES AS IT SUPPOSED TO. I WILL JUST GET OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE AS SOON AS FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE AND WILL NEVER BUY OR ALLOW ANY ONE I KNOW TO BUY ANY OTHER TOYOTA PRODUCT (OR LEXUS). *JB

BOUGHT 2007 CAMRY SE ON JULY 23, 2007. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THE FOLLOWING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: 1. TRANSMISSION "BOGS DOWN" OR HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, FOR ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS. RE-CALIBRATION OF THE ECM DID NOT HELP. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A CRASH IN MY 24 YEARS OF DRIVING, BUT WITHIN THE FIRST 21 DAYS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE CAUSED THREE CRASHES TO *ALMOST* OCCUR. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THEN WHEN THE PEDAL IS PUSHED DOWN TO THE FLOOR, IT OVER-COMPENSATES AND I'VE ALMOST RAN OVER THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. THE OTHER TWO TIMES OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAVE ALMOST RUN ME OVER...THEIR VEHICLES ACCELERATE NORMALLY, WHILE MINE HAS A 2-3 SECOND DELAY. 2. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SEEMS TO BE CONFUSED WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 28 TO 35, 38 TO 42, AND 45 TO 51. IT SHIFTS CONTINUALLY AND AT THIS RATE, THIS TRANSMISSION WILL BE WORE OUT BY 37,000 MILES (BUT THEY WON'T CARE, BECAUSE BY THEN THE WARRANTY WILL BE EXPIRED). THIS IS CLEARLY AN UNSAFE SITUATION AND *SOMEONE* NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE IT CAUSES A FATAL CRASH. *TR

BOUGHT NEW 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY IN MARCH, 2007. CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLARE UP IN RPM WITH CORRESPONDING DOWN SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION DRIVING ON INCLINED ROAD, HOWEVER SLIGHTLY INCLINED. CAR CANNOT HOLD SET SPEED ON CRUISE CONTROL WITHOUT DOWN SHIFTING AND GOING LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL OVER- SHOOTING SET SPEED BEFORE SHIFTING BACK UP AGAIN. HAVE HAD TSB INSTALLED WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. IT DID NOT. HAVE HAD CAR INTO TOYOTA DEALER 4 TIMES WITH SAME PROBLEMS (STILL NOT FIXED). *JB

A COIN WAS EASILY LODGED BETWEEN THE PLASTIC COVERING OF THE SHIFTER AND THE CONSOLE. THE COIN EASILY WORKED ITS WAY DOWN INTO THE SHIFTER MECHANISM. THE PLASTIC COVERING CAME OUT OF ITS TRACK AND BEGAN TO BUCKLE. THE BUCKLING OF THE PLASTIC COVERING LED TO INABILITY TO SHIFT GEARS EASILY AND TIMELY. EVENTUALLY, THE BUCKLING BECAME SO INTENSE, THE PLASTIC COVERING INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED THE GEARS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL TWICE WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT CONSTANT UNDO PRESSURE FROM THE BUCKLING PLASTIC COVER, THE DRIVER WOULD NEED TO PULL THE PLASTIC COVERING OUT COMPLETELY, EXPOSING THE SHIFTING MECHANISM TO OTHER OBJECTS AND LIQUIDS---THE PLASTIC COVERING SITS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE DRINK HOLDERS. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO TOYOTA. AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, TOYOTA DOES NOT VIEW THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR