Our 2007 camry le 4-cyl automatic exhibits a 2-4 second hesitation when accelerating form a stop. This problem is intermittent, unpredictable and potentially very dangerous. Sometime you press on the accelerator pedal a lot and the car does not move and other times you barely put your foot on the pedal and the car lunges forward. It has gotten to the point that the car is rarely driven because it feels so unsafe.
2007 Toyota Camry acceleration complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle would hesitate when he depressed the accelerator pedal. The vehicle would then surge forward after approximately 50-80 feet without warning. The dealer stated that this was a normal occurrence. The failure mileage was 150 and the current mileage was 14,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. The contact stated that the computer that controls the transmission prevents the vehicle from moving when the accelerator is depressed. Occasionally, the vehicle surges to high speeds when the accelerator pedal is depressed. She stated that she was almost involved in numerous crashes due to the failure. Toyota stated that they are aware of the failure and are working on a solution. However, they cannot assist the contact until that time. She stated that the cruise control surges 5-10 MPH over the limit in which it is set. The failure causes her to lose control of the vehicle. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current mileage is 7,000 and failure mileage was 1,000. The consumer stated the vehicle accelerates erratically, either barely engaging or surging forward. The consumer also stated when the cruise control is set, the vehicle surges 5-10 MPH above the set limit. Updated 09/05/07.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. The contact stated that his vehicle hesitates when the accelerator pedal is depressed. He stated that he has almost been in several crashes due to the failure. The failure began approximately two to three months ago and has been occurring ever since. The dealer performed a diagnostic test and found nothing wrong. The dealer stated that nothing more could be done. The incident date was unknown. The current mileage is 7,859 and failure mileage was 4,000. Updated 02/01/08. *lj updated 02/01/08
Toyota camry, 2007, hesitates before reacting to depressing the accelerator. This happens at various speeds and various driving manuevers. This model camry is unsafe.
At low speeds, when normally pressing the gas pedal, the automobile hesitates for an extended period and then "jerks" forward after this delay. There appears to be a "dead spot" in the acceleration pedal position where the car acceleration hesitates. When pulling into a traffic lane, this unexpected hesitation leaves the car occupants in a dangerous situation of being hit by other automobiles. The condition is at its worst when the automobile engine has not fully warmed. I feel the unexpected hesitation at low speeds of my automobile is a significant safety concern and may result in serious injury or death of automobile occupants if not corrected.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitates and experiences acceleration failure since it was a new vehicle. Then, on july 11, 2007, while attempting to accelerate, the vehicle completely lost all motive power and was disabled partially blocking a lane of traffic on an interstate. The vehicle failed to move even though the engine was still running. The police assisted and the vehicle was moved to a safe location. The dealer suggested that the rubber floormat may have gotten stuck underneath the accelerator pedal and caused the hesitation concern. The dealer could not find a cause for the loss of motive power failure. The current mileage is 12,968. The failure mileage for the hesitation issue was 12,960. *dsy updated 09/10/07
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle's power is weak and the accelerator pedal must be depressed to the floor. There are no warning indicators present when the failure occurs. The vehicle lunges forward and the gears are difficult to shift. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle as having software failure, which they reprogrammed. The purchase date and a valid VIN were unknown. However, the failure still persists. The current mileage is 1,920 and failure mileage was 13.
I purchased a 2007 camry le/2.4 liter 4 cylinder automatic transmission on october 28 2006. Noticed some hesitation on acceleration at 5000 miles on odometer. Hesitation was apparent when depressing accelerator for quick pick up ,such as merging onto highway. Seemed to be just a nuisance, now but after reading other complaints I am becoming concerned, especially when most dealerships could not fix the problem. What was my recourse if this became a bigger problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. While driving 20 MPH or greater, the vehicle hesitated and failed to accelerate. The dealer acknowledged the failure, but was unable to diagnose the cause of failure. The contact stated that the failure was more prevalent when driving uphill. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current mileage is 4,000 and failure mileage was 200.
I slowed down the car at the end of an interstate exit ramp to check for traffic and thinking I had enough time to cross the intersection I gave it gas and got very little acceleration. When I pushed the gas to the floor I still got no more acceleration. I wrote the toyota service department to make an appointment to bring it in and received the response that they were aware of the problem, but at this time there was no solution so do not bring the car in. If there had been more traffic in that situation it would have caused a wreck. Acceleration is also very erratic when using cruise control, going up a slight hill will cause the motor to race. Also, it requires quite a lot of force to stop the car.
When trying to start from a stopped position there is hesitation that lasts 3-5 seconds. This has become very dangerous because you expect to move and you don't. I was almost struck because of the hesitation. This also occurs when accelerating to merge onto an interstate or to pass.
On the interstate, the cruise control on my 2007 camry le 4 cylinder car causes over-aggressive acceleration (5 - 3 downshift) when resume is selected at 10 - 15 MPH below set speed. The car overshoots set speed by 2 - 3 MPH and often causes a collision potential with the car in front. I have had to slam on the brakes several times to regain control of the car and avoid a collision. The car also over-aggressively accelerates (5 - 4 downshift) when topping out on interstate overpasses - often overshooting set speed.
The 2007 toyota camry le 4cyl automatic sedan experienced hesitation, unintended acceleration and complete lack of response to the depression of the accelerator pedal; two times creatiing situations that easily could have caused an accident. The first time I was trying to merge onto a high-speed lane of a highway. I pushed the accelerator pedal and the car did absolutely nothing, then roared to life, but too late. I had to brake because I didn't have enough time to make it. Then, about a year later the accelerator stuck and the engine revved to 6000 rpms, and would not come down. I was forced to pull over and shut it down. Both of these times I brought it to the local toyota dealer and they couldn't find anything. The most recent time, after the stuck accelerator pedal incident, they had it all day and sent it home with a service man who could not duplicate the situation. I seriously fear bodily injury or death in the future if this isn't fixed and fixed right.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle hesitated. The contact has taken the vehicle to the dealer who advised her to pretend that there is an egg underneath the accelerator pedal. The dealer stated that they would not perform the repair, but offered to schedule an appointment. The representative stated that they would also not repair the vehicle. The issue was reported to a newspaper agency. While driving last week, the contact's wife and daughter were almost involved in a crash. The contact played a recording of the meeting between the dealer and himself. The recording stated that they refused to repair the vehicle and told the contact to leave after being there for five hours. They dealer offered another vehicle, but stated that in order to have the vehicle, they would need $12,000. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current mileage is 7,000 and failure mileage was 100.
Cruise control is extremely erratic and is completely unusable. Its is scary and dangerous. I have tried to use it about 5 or 6 times. Always a problem. This may be related to the acceleration hesitation and engine revving problems previously referenced. Odi number 10191074.
2007 camry xle 4-cylinder purchased in april 2006. Car unpredictably hesitated and jerked upon acceleration. Sometimes the hesitation lasted a second, while other times it lasted at least three seconds. Occurred most often when accelerating from coasting, while changing lanes, or while accelerating through a turn. Cruise control was jerky , and constantly revved the engine before engaging. In january and february. I had two safety related incidents. While proceeding through a left turn on hard packed snow I attempted to accelerate through the end of the turn and the car hesitated then grabbed, causing the front wheels to spin and loose traction. I stopped the car in the far left oncoming lane of traffic. A similar incident occurred while decelerating in a left turn lane and approaching a red light at a large intersection. While approaching, the light turned green. I accelerated and began the turn and the engine revved and engagement was delayed, causing the front wheels to lose traction. In both cases I was moving slowly, and had a left turn arrow so there was no oncoming traffic and no accident occurred. At present, I am careful when making turns with oncoming traffic, accelerating, changing lanes or passing slower vehicles. I have attempted to adjust the acceleration so as not to increase the rpms so much that the car will jerk forward when the transmission engaged. However, it was impossible to compensate for this problem. I have spoken with the dealership by phone. In february I was told that they were not familiar with any such problem. Also, they stated that some hesitation was normal. I was advised that I should wait until a better solution has been devised. In march I requested that they make a note of this problem, and was told that they could not document my complaint over the phone. I must leave it with them to let someone else take it for a drive.
2007 camry xle 4-cylinder purchased in april 2006. Car unpredictably hesitates and jerked upon acceleration. Sometimes the hesitation lasted a second, while other times it lasted at least three. Seconds. Occurred most often when accelerating from coasting, while changing lanes, or while accelerating through a turn. Cruise control was jerky and constantly revved the engine before engaging. In january and february I had two safety related incidents. While proceeding through a left-turn on hard packed snow I attempted to accelerate through the end of the turn and the car hesitated then grabbed, causing the front wheels to spin and lose traction. I stopped the car in the far left oncoming lane of traffic. A similar incident occurred while decelerating in a left-turn lane and approaching a red light at a large intersection. While approaching the light turned green. I accelerated and began the turn. The engine revved, and engagement was delayed, causing the front wheels to lose traction. In both cases, I was moving slowly , and had a left turn arrow so there was no oncoming traffic and no accident occurred. At present, I am careful when making turns with oncoming traffic, accelerating, changing lanes or passing slower vehicles. I have attempted to adjust acceleration so as not to increase the rpms so much that the car will jerk forward when the transmission engaged . However, it was impossible to compensate for this problem. I have spoken with the dealership by phone. In february I was told that they were not familiar with any such problem. They advised that some hesitation was normal. I was advised that I should wait until a better solution has been devised. In march I requested that they make a note of this problem, and was told that they could not document my complaint over the phone. They said I must leave it with them to let someone else take it for a drive.
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.
I own a 2007 toyota camry se.the transmission lags behind the engine sometimes & then desperately tries to catch up by aggressively downshifting to high RPM's(around 4000 to 4500).when making turns the car loses power and then shifts erratically to return to speed. When going up a slight hill the pedal has to be pushed to the floor to make the car get up to speed,and then takes off like a rocket. I am not an aggressive driver but this power train wants you to drive like one. I had the car back to the dealer twice with no correction, all they say is sorry that's the way it is designed. I feel this is a safety hazard due to the fact that it bogs down when you don't want it to & then lurches forward to complicate matters. I can't understand toyota engineers designed & marketed a power train that is a potential hazard to the public and the drivers who own these cars.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. While driving 30 MPH the transmission engaged and accelerated without warning. The failure mileage was 100. When changing lanes the vehicle slowed down and attempted to shut off. The manufacturer was aware of the failure. However, they were unable to diagnose it. The current mileage was 9,000. *ak the consumer stated that the vehicle has since been fixed by the dealership. Updated 06/08/07
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry le. While driving 65 MPH, the contact activated the cruise control. She accelerated to 75 MPH while attempting to pass a vehicle with the cruise control still activated. The contact attempted to decelerate by tapping the brake pedal to release the cruise control. After three to four attempts, the cruise control failed to shut off. The vehicle felt as if it would accelerate and the cruise control remain activated. The vehicle began decelerating once her foot remained on the brake pedal, otherwise, if she were to release the pedal, the vehicle would accelerate again. The contact pulled off the road, applied the emergency brake, and shut off the vehicle. When she restarted the vehicle, it began operating normally, however she did not activate the cruise control again. The toyota dealer could not locate the cause of failure. A couple of weeks later, a mechanic inspected the vehicle and also found no failure. The current mileage is 16,700 and failure mileage was 16,000.
2007 toyota camry hybrid. Speedometer off exactly 3 MPH;. Dealer verified, toyota has no fix. Odometer reads incorrectly, logs 1.8% more mileage.
Throttle and transmission hesitation when starting out from stop, and when attempting to increase speed, ie: hazard avoidance, followed by speed overshoot. Cruise control over reacted to slight grade increase, such as an overpass, by down shifting the transmission 1 to 2 gears and accelerating past set speed by 7 to 10 MPH. Car will slow to set speed and repeat the down shifting and acceleration until the cruise control was turned off or the road was leveled. During long up hill driving the cruise control has to be turned off completely as it presented a great possibility of causing an accident. The dealer maintaied s that the engine, transmission, and cruise control operated normally.
Tl*- the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry, and stated that he set the cruise control at 65 MPH. While the vehicle was going up hill the cruise control decreased from 65 MPH to 55 MPH. Once the vehicle was going down hill the vehicle accelerated to almost 80 MPH. The contact took vehicle to the dealer, and they stated that the cruise controlwas designed to operate the way it did. The failure mileage was at 6,400.
There is a significant delay in the accelerator that causes the transmission to shift too frequently. A number of times this has disabled me from accelerating enough during turns to keep from getting hit by oncoming traffic. Toyota has not been receptive to my calls and requests for help. The dealer is unable to fix it.
Hesitation at lower speeds with subsequent sudden lurching. Software upgrade to fix this"known"problem by the dealership didn't fix it -- still a problem. I feel that this car is unsafe as I have already had an incident were, instead of accelerating, it appeared to coast while I attempting to cross oncoming traffic to make a left-hand turn. Normally there was plenty of time, but oncoming traffic came uncomfortably close before the car lurched forward out of their path.
Tl - the contact called regarding a 2007 toyota camry. The contact stated the cruise control was set to 65 MPH. The vehicle accelerated to 90 MPH. The contact stated he stepped on the brakes and the vehicle slowed down. The contact has not used the cruise control again. The contact took the vehicle in for diagnosis and was told the 2007 cruise control system is not designed well and that there is nothing they can do. The failure mileage was 4000. Kb this condition only occurs when the consumer is going down a steep hill. No problem was experienced other than on steep down hill roadways. This may be a normal condition as the vehicle apparently does not apply the brake to control vehicle speed, according to the owner's manual and the dealership. * dsy
When car is accelerated from dead stop, as car passes 20 MPH, the car surges, hunts for gear, up shifts and downshifts wildly and sporadically, lurching and over-revving to 5,000 RPM or higher. Car cannot be safely driven. When placing car in park the car jumps forward. I am concerned about the safety of the vehicle for my family. Toyota said this issue is normal and the car has to get used to the way we drive it. Car going back into the shop.
Tl* - the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. While driving at 55 MPH the contact's vehicle began to accelerate, in an attempt to stop the vehicle the contact crashed into a sign. There were no injuries. The mechanic attempted to diagnose the failure on 2 previous occasions ,and found the vehicle to be operating normally. Also,m the mechanic diagnosed the vehicle after the crash occurred ,and the computer report read: cannot duplicate customers concern . No codes in system at this time. The vehicle was road tested approximately 25 miles and no failure occurred. The mechanic advised the contact of recall 06v096000, air bags. Current mileage, and failure mileage were 7000.
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