Toyota Camry transmission problems

THE AUTOMOBILE CONSISTENTLY HESITATES WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. THIS OCCURS WHEN LEAVING STOP SIGNS, MERGING AT MEDIUM SPEEDS AND PASSING ON 2-WAY OR DIVIDED HIGHWAYS AND ACCELERATING AFTER DECELERATING. IT THEN OVER ACCELERATES WHEN IT MAKES UP ITS MIND YOU WANT TO GO FASTER AFTER A SECOND OR TWO. TOYOTA CLAIMS THE CAR WORKS AS DESIGNED. I FEAR FOR MY LIFE IN THIS AUTOMOBILE, SINCE THE OTHER DRIVERS DO NOT REALIZE THAT THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE APPROACHING A FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE HESITATED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR SECONDS. HE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM ENTERING THE FREEWAY IN FRONT OF AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER. TOYOTA ADVISED HIM "TO ADJUST HIS DRIVING HABITS AND GET USED TO IT". THE CONTACT IS TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 400 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED THE REPAIR INVOICES. UPDATED 09/07/07 *TR

VEHICLE SURGES, REVS WHEN ACCELERATING, STALLS WHEN DECELERATING, HAVE HAD PROBLEM SINCE CAR WAS NEW. NOW 19 MONTHS OLD. RETURNED TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, TOYOTA ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM. "WITHIN DESIGN PARAMETERS" THEY SAY. TWO CONTACTS WITH TOYOTA H.O. REP. ACTUALLY CALLED IT A "DESIGN DEFECT". TOLD ME TO "PAT THE ACCLERATOR" WHEN I HAVE THE PROBLEM. ALSO TOLD ME "MULTIPLE DRIVERS" WILL HELP THE CAR PERFORM BETTER. THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS AND UNTRUSTWORTHY. THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NO FIX AS THIS TRULY IS A DESIGN DEFECT, "DRIVE BY WIRE" SCHEME. WILL ANYONE WITH CLOUT STEP UP? PAID $30000 FOR THE VEHICLE. V6 XLE. JUNK. EVERYONE ADMITS THE PROBLEM, NO ONE ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY.

I DON'T NOT IF THIS IS A POWER TRAIN ISSUE OR NOT, BUT THIS VEHICLE, 2007' CAMRY LE 4 CYLINDER CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP A SET SPEED WHEN IN CRUISE. IT IS CONSTANTLY FIGHTING ITSELF TO MAINTAIN A SPEED SHIFTING DOWN THEN UP SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO, WHEN TAKING OFF OR SLOWING FOR A TURN IT DOESN'T SEEM TO DOWN SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR. AND FINALLY WHEN IT DOES SHIFT IT THROWS YOU EVERYWHERE. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THE NEW CAMRY FOR THIS REASON ONLY. I LOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT IF THIS ISN'T FIXED, I THINK THIS IS THE END OF TOYOTA BUYING.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS POOR LAG AND RESPONSE TIME WHEN ACCELERATING. WHEN DRIVING 20-30 MPH AND SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, THE VEHICLE DECELERATES AND PULLS BACK AS IF THERE IS NO OVERDRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FIRST EXPERIENCED THE VEHICLE DELAY WITHIN THE FIRST 100 MILES AND IT HAS RECURRED EVER SINCE. THE WEATHER IS NOT A FACTOR. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 5,684 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

TOOK DELIVERY ON BRAND NEW 2007 CAMRY LE 4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH 29 MILES ON 05-02-2007. TWO HOURS LATER FLEW OUT OF TOWN FOR NEARLY A WEEK. CAME BACK AND DROVE CAR FOR ABOUT 100 MILES. PROBLEMS: HESITATED WHEN TURNING THROUGH INTERSECTION THEN LURCHED FORWARD WHEN PUT IN DRIVE AFTER BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. DRIFTEDTO THE LEFT. ALSO, SMELLED BURNING OIL. A CHECK ON INTERNET REVEALED THAT TOYOTA WAS AWARE OF PROBLEMS ON MODEL XLE 6 CYLINDER. NUMEROUS CURRENT COMPLAINTS BY NEW OWNERS. THIS WAS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FEELS AS IF IT IS LOSING POWER OR DOWNSHIFTING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A TURN AT 10 MPH. SHE STATED THAT IT IS PROBLEMATIC WHEN CHANGING LANES BECAUSE OF ITS FAILURE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE TAKES APPROXIMATELY THREE OR FOUR SECONDS BEFORE IT GAINS NORMAL SPEED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS DESIGNED TO PERFORM IN THAT MANNER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 2,364 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. THE CONSUMER STATED FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA AND WAS INFORMED THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DEFECT. UPDATED 09/04/04 *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY IN JUNE 2006. AFTER RETURNING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE SLUGGISH ACCELERATION FROM A STOP WAS CONSISTENT AND THE PASSING GEAR DOWNSHIFT FELT DELAYED AS IF THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION LAG BETWEEN THE TCM AND ACTUAL SWITCHING OF THE SHIFT SOLENOIDS AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 50 MPH. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT SET SPEED. ON STEEPER GRADES AND ON THE INTERSTATE THE DOWN SHIFTS ARE VERY FREQUENT AND AT TIMES VERY DRAMATIC. WHEN CRESTING A STEEP HILL THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS AT THE CREST AND TAKES 2 OR 3 SECONDS TO RELEASE THE THROTTLE, PICKING UP ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH AND I HAVE TO BREAK SUDDENLY IN ORDER TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN. I WAS TOLD BY TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE THAT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CAME OUT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006 FOR AN ECM CALIBRATION ENHANCEMENT TO SHIFTING PERFORMANCE AND SMOOTHNESS AND THIS NEW COMPUTER SOFTWARE HAD TO BE DOWNLOADED IN THE CAR AND THIS WOULD RECALIBRATE ECM (PCM) ENGINE & TRANSMISSION. THE CATCHER TO THIS IS THAT THE CUSTOMER HAS TO REQUEST THIS DOWNLOAD BEFORE THE DEALERSHIP WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BULLETIN HOW CAN AN AVERAGE CUSTOMER REQUEST THIS? THE DOWNLOAD WAS PERFORMED ON THIS CAR BUT DIDN'T HELP ANY. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK THE CAR BACK AND I WAS GIVEN A NEW ONE IN DEC. 2006. SAME THING WITH THIS ONE. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WITH AN APPOINTED ARBITRATOR WHO HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY AN ASE INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR. HE AGREED WITH THE ABOVE BUT IN CONCLUSION STATED THAT TOYOTA SHOULD "DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR AS NECESSARY". I FEEL THAT THIS IS A NO WIN SITUATION FOR THE CONSUMER AND TOYOTA KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS BUT JUST DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THEM. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SAFETY THE "LEMON LAW" SHOULD BE PUT INTO EFFECT AND THESE CARS RECALLED. TOYOTA IS NOT GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY UNLESS FORCED. THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST TOYOTA VEHICLE. *JB