2007 camry xle had performance issues, sluggish when accelerating. *ts shortly after the consumer took delivery of the vehicle he noticed sluggish acceleration, transmission problems and deceleration a times. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer. The vehicle was put on a scanner and test driven. The results were given to toyota engineers who indicated that the vehicle was performing properly. The consumer was never able to have the vehicle repaired so he traded it in for another vehicle.
2007 Toyota Camry transmission complaints
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I purchased a 2007 camry le in late april. From the day I took delivery, there appeared to be a problem with acceleration; there were dead spots. That LED to long 3 to 5 seconds lag times before the car would respond when pressing down on the accelerator. Also, the transmission shifted into overdrive when a steady acceleration was all that was needed. I finally took it to the dealer today; I thought that I would allow a 'break-in' period to see if the problem resolved itself. The moment that I began to describe the problem, I was stopped and asked if it was a 2007 camry le. An affirmative response brought an answer that there is nothing that they can do; it had been reported to toyota. Apparently to deflect what must have looked like rising anger, I was told that the service manger's daughter has the same problem. A call to toyota of america brought a response that the vehicle is operating as it was designed (so, I guess it was designed to stall when making a right or left turn, changing lanes on the interstate, trying to go forward, etc). My anger is 1) that they sold me a defective car, 2) that they know it is a factory defect but choose not to fix the problem (I can't believe that they are still 'thinking' about a solution), and 3) that I wasn't notified of this rather major defect (and why is toyota allowed to continue to sell these cars without the caveat that there is a factory defect that has not been repaired and toyota has no plans to provide a repair)? I have looked at over a dozen web sights where members have complained, but I have not seen a mention of the reason for the problem or a solution of what to do. Someone is going to be killed by this erratic behavior.
Camry automatic transmission fails when accelerator pressed during passing other vehicles or accessing highways. Nearly causes rear-end collisions.
This complaint is re: a new 2007 toyota camry le 4 cylinder with automatic transmission. This car will hesitate for a long period of time before accelerating from virtually any speed (behavior not seen when accelerating from dead stop), regardless of how hard the driver presses the gas pedal. Problem occurs when moving at virtually any speed and then quickly pressing and holding the gas pedal down so as to accelerate quickly. This behavior is not like any other car I have ever driven, including a rental 2005 4 cylinder camry that I drove for a week in the colorado mountains last summer (2005). Safety issue is that car is unpredictable in situations where one must move the car to avoid traffic. Example: rolling forward into a left turn at a green light intersection, press gas to clear the intersection before oncoming traffic gets too close, the car did not increase engine revolutions and took over 1 sec. To drop into lower gear and begin to increase engine revolutions/accelerate. The car's failure to respond to gas pedal input was so long that I would have had an accident if I had persisted in the left hand turn; I had to turn the car parallel to oncoming traffic to avoid hitting the oncoming car. This behavior is repeatable and the delay can be up to 2 sec. In length before the car even begins to accelerate. This behavior is also seen by numerous other owners of '07 camrys as can be seen in postings on www.edmunds.com (click on forums tab and search for "camry hesitation"). The issue is not one of lack of horsepower. The issue is long and unpredictable response to throttle input. There are also very annoying drivable issues with this car that are related to transmission/engine behavior, but I am addressing only the safety issue in this complaint. Efforts to resolve issue have not been successful; toyota's response has been that the car is operating "normally" and "as designed." if so, there is a designed-in safety issue with this car.
Throttle response delay in 2007 toyota camry (4 cyl. Auto) camry - bought new 4/06 from toyota of nashua (nh). Defect is a delay of 1 1/2 seconds in throttle response. Delay was most noticeable at normal urban traffic speeds of 35 to 45 MPH. A light increase in throttle at constant highway speeds in the 35 to 45 MPH range resulted in the engine 1) usually not remaining in high gear 2) having no response for 1 1/2 seconds, and 3) then roughly down-shifting, as if the driver had called for strong acceleration. The car's speed "sagged", and then the car's engine oversped. The driver then had to decrease throttle to prevent overspeed in traffic. Pulling out into traffic becomes unpredictable and dangerous. Delay and/or over-response in the throttle control's action may create skids on wet and icy roads. Less experienced drivers may become un-nerved by this kind of throttle response. Toyota's response to complaints consisted of these replies: (listed in the order in which they were given over multiple service visits) 1. "we know what it is. It is the fly-by-wire control. They all do it and the owner has to live with it" (spoken over the phone prior to the first service visit) 2. "operating as designed".. "this isn't a safety issue". 3. "the camrys have a driver habit imprint feature which adapts to the driver's style". 4. "the car is pretty much normal". 5. "he has seen a few of these". (garage tech rep.) during service appointments, the dealership supplied three 4 cylinder, automatic 2007 camrys as "loaners". None of these cars demonstrated the same drive-train behavior. The writer has been told of two other camrys which exhibit the problem: hey are serial #s: 4t1be46k27uxxxxxx and 4t1be46k87uxxxxxx a similar complaint is documented on-line in the "car and driver" magazine's user review.
I have a 2007 camry le and experience a delay in acceleration from a stop to 25 MPH. It does not occur all the time but I've experience it 4 times in the last 5 months. The car hesitate for about 3 seconds before starting to move. One time an SUV had to steer to avoid me as I was making a left turn. This seems to be common base on the complains I've seen on this website.
My 2007 camry le automatic transmission (4 cylinder) constantly hesitates when pulling out into intersections, or continuing through an intersection after red lights or stop signs. There have been several close calls when vehicles have had to move around mine to avoid a collision. The vehicle halts at 10-30 MPH when it's shifting and continually places my family in harms way. The dealership told me that this is common with the new automatic transmission and there is nothing that can be done. My wife was almost rear ended when the vehicle stopped accelerating for approximately 5-10 seconds!
On 08/05/2006 I was driving my new 2007 toyota camry on the freeway at 3:00 am then my car dropped to the ground I could see the tire was passing us. Slowly I moved the car to the emergency lane. After checking I saw the rear left tire had broken from the axle. Toyota does not cover. They are playing with me saying some body will come after two weeks to inspect my car, then they change within one month. I do not know what to do. I am sure that is manufacturer's defect and they have to be very serious. I and my family were lucky that happened at night when no car was behind us, otherwise they could have been killed. Now I do not know what to do.
I recently purchased a 2007 toyota camry le, 4 cylinder passenger car. When accelerating from a stop, there are times the vehicle will not move and I experience a serious hesitation of acceleration. The rpms don't even appear to be revving up, its like there is nothing there. I had one experience where I was making a left turn, and the car did nothing, almost got hit by an oncoming vehicle. Both my husband and I have experienced these numerous times. Dealership took vehicle in, said they could find nothing wrong. This problem is an intermittent problem, but it does exist.
Cruise does not maintain speed while going down grade. Accelerating from lower speeds or a standing start is preceded by a distinct hesitation that is a potential driving hazard.
2007 camry 4 cyl. Automatic - this car has a serious lag in response time when you are accelerating - whether it be when going up a hill,pulling out in traffic, or changing lanes to pass a slower car. You are in danger of getting rear-ended!dealership said this is the way it is designed. Very dangerous!
Vehicle hesitates while acceleration at about 20-40 MPH. Then the car jerks forward. This is dangerous if you need to move right away.
Hesitation on acceleration- after exiting the interstate and turning corner, I continued to roll but the 07 camry le 4 cyl did not respond. Approximately, 50 yards later, the car accelerated.
When using the cruise control then speed fluctuates on slight grades and the car suddenly downshifts to 4th and sometimes to 3rd this is alarming and should not do this > toyota says this is normal my other 4 cyl 2002 camry did not do this.
Car hunts for gear around 2,000 rpms and hesitates a lot. Others have told me that the 2007 4 cyl. Automatic "all do it.
When car is accelerated from dead stop, as car passes 20 MPH, the car surges, hunts for gear, upshifts and downshifts wildly and sporadically, lurching and over-revving to 5,000 RPM or higher. Car cannot be safely driven. Had to be towed for service.
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