The camry 4 cylinder has a major lag in response time associated with low speeds. There is an obvious delay between the gas pedal being pressed and the engine responding. The dealer attributes this to the drive-by-wire throttle system which toyota has already released a software update regarding the TCM module. They say this is normal.
2007 Toyota Camry transmission complaints
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We purchased a camry le in mid-january and have brought it in twice since then for issues related to the transmission - continuous shifting (or not) at speeds between 35 and 45 (even when trying to maintain a constant speed without cruise control), hesitation when trying to accelerate to merge or climb a hill, sudden downshifts when braking at slow speeds - and have been sent home both times with the message that it is operating "the way it's supposed to be," that I just happen to driving at a speed at which it is more noticeable. I find this answer completely unacceptable. I happen to do a lot of city driving - mostly 45 MPH and under - so I just have to live with it? The jerkiness of both accelerating and braking could be dangerous, and try as I might to get used to it, it is so unpredictable that I just can't ignore it. My teenage daughter is just about to start driving, and I won't feel comfortable with her driving this car until these transmission problems have been satisfactorily addressed. But first, toyota must admit that there's a problem!.
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.
1/31/2007. Toyota camry. Engine hesitates while driving under normal conditions. *mc the consumer stated the vehicle exhibits intermittent loss of power when acceleration is needed.
Have brought my 2007 4 cyl toyota camry to dealership 4 separate times due to severe hesitation in acceleration since bought new in april 2006 . The previous time they reflashed the computer as per the technical service bulletin but the hesitation remains unacceptable and dangerous when entering highway or when in need of quick and even acceleration. The past time they suggested I contact toyota USA headquarters which I plan to do immediately. Obviously since there are so many complaints on the federal safety agency site there appears to be something basically wrong with the design of the transmission. I will be starting the lemon law of nj process unless toyota can quickly rectify this very unsafe defect.
History: automatic transmission began flaring when cold after putting around 400 miles on the new car -- gear wouldn't "catch" and would skip gears; in shop for tsb to correct problem, but didn't correct it; in shop again to replace transmission since corporate claimed that would for sure correct flaring problem; additional problems resulting from new tranny including strange whooshing noise on driver side, jerkiness when changing gears, and hesitation when accelerating; back to shop to correct; shop was able to remove whooshing noise, but jerkiness remained and flaring continued albeit at different times than it did before. Failure and consequences: after stopping at a stop light, tried to make left-hand turn to join the interstate merge lane, but car would not supply enough power despite being in drive and pushing on the accelerator appropriately; barely made it across the intersection before having to pull over to shoulder to stop, put on hazard lights, and let other interstate traffic get by; theorizing that the transmission probably got stuck in whatever gear the car was in as I approached the stop light (3rd or 2nd) and then didn't appropriately downshift itself to get up to power coming from a complete stop at the stop light to cross the intersection; because the cars behind me were paying attention and roads free of ice and they saw that the car was not able to get up to speed, I was lucky not to be rear ended. What was done to correct failure: because it's been in the shop 5 times for bad transmission, not sure what they'll do to correct it -- that is pending. Will likely request buy back due to safety concerns and apparent inability to correct underlying transmission problems.
6-speed automatic exhibits shift flare. Automatic transmission will intermittently feel as though it has slipped into neutral during a 2-3 or 3-4 up shift resulting in a loss of power to the drive wheels followed by a bump into gear. At wide open throttle, engine will rev 1-2,000 rpms with no increase in vehicle speed.
I'd like to file a complaint related to toyota's refusal to respond to their 2007 camry le, 4 cylinder hesitation problems. Symptoms include (1) poor acceleration, (2) hesitation when accelerating (3) "automatic" shifting of the transmission when driving with cruise control on flat roads and (4)poor gas mileage. The hesitation is very dangerous; pulling out out in front of other vehicles or merging into trafic could be treacherous when the hesitation occurs. I have experienced this situation on several occasions and fortunately have not been involed in an accident yet but I sure others have! In addition to the dangerous situations, I am very disappointed that toyota has failed to notify customers of these issues. I called toyota in june, 2006, when my camry le(4 cylinder) had 1000 miles and questioned the "transmission" concern but was told that problems only related only to the 6 cylinder camry autos. Since then I have struggled with the hesitating issues and am shocked that I was not made aware of "know" problems when my was has been serviced at my local toyota dealer. Recently I was surprised to see many comments related to this issue on edmunds camry forums. I am now proactivetively researching and waiting for toyota to respond before I elevate the issue as a lemonlaw battle in new york. Please, for safety sake, make toyota inform innocent 2007 owners before serious accidents occur. Representatives at my local toyota dealer, stevens in huntington, new york, claim that they are not aware of the problem and toyota (USA) appears to be dragging their feet on notifying and elevating the issues! After several calls to the dealer and toyota(USA) I still am waiting to be contacted. Sincerely john fleming 15 holiday park drive hauppauge ny 11788 631 360-3832.
When car is accelerated from one gear to the next, the car hesitates to accelerate and suddenly jerks. It's very dangerous while merging onto highway or try to pick up speed at a stop sign. I am very disappointed experiencing this from a brand new camry.
Need to accelerate at a lane merge on the free way. In response to pushing on the accelerator pedal, the car failed to respond (hesitated and took several repeated attempts to increase the speed).....failure to quickly accelerate without hesitation can result in death on the free highway! Dealer was responsive..(recalibrate ecu engine and transmission - "aper tsb# eg056-06) and was told: "condition is much better now but there will always be some hesitation....it's normal". Hesitation condition improved slightly.....but the defect is still there (accelerates well at lower speeds but at speaks of 35 and above...if you suddenly need to accelerate more to avoid a dangerous situation......the car does not respond!). Jan 3rd, 2007; I went to a different dealer and test driven a camry le (same as the one I own) and found out it got the same defect.
Car hesitates and automatic transmission shifts abruptly at highway speeds (55-65 MPH). Hesitation is particularity alarming. If I needed to accelerate quickly from a stop, this car would not respond. Dealer states they have never heard of these problems, yet the hesitation on the 2007 toyota camry is well documented on web sites (edmunds etc.). Dealer also tried to pass off this defect as "this is a drive by wire car and you may not be used to how they operate". I have been driving for 35 years and have never had cars operate in this manner. If drive by wire is the problem, then this technology should not be allowed on cars.
The car in question is a 2007 camry le with automatic transmission with just under 2,500 miles. Upon acceleration from a complete stop a deep thud is heard and felt from the rear of the vehicle. The problem also can be duplicated by placing the car in reverse and coming to a complete stop (as in backing out of a driveway or parking space). The dealer has been informed of the problem and has been unsuccessful in resolving the issue.
Transmission on the 2007 camry le v6 does not shift gears properly. When gas is pressed to accelerate, car does not shift in to gear. Can cause rear end collision when car suddenly lurches into gear. This also happens with the se and le 4 cyl. Vehicles.
Dt*: the contact stated the engine hesitated when accelerating from a stop. The hesitation of the engine lasted between 30 to 60 seconds. The vehicle was taken to the service dealer, who did not find any problem with the engine. The manufacturer was aware there of the problem, but offered no solution. Updated 02/12/07.
My 2007 camry le lags when accelerating as coming out of turn at times and also when accelerating after coming to a stop.
Dt*: the contact stated while traveling various speeds, the vehicle hesitated when shifting gears. The contact stated the vehicle felt as if the gear was in neutral when the hesitation occurred. On 12/07/06, the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who could not identify the cause of the problem. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer on 12/07/06. The contact expressed the quick hesitation could occur while crossing an intersection, and pose a severe safety risk.
The 2007 toyota camry transmission "lags" and "surges". The occurrence began with a jerk while starting from a complete stop and has progressed to a surge without depression of the gas pedal. If this surge forward were to occur on a curve or bend in the road at any velocity loss of control is possible. Any surge while driving in hazardous road conditions could lead to loss of control of the vehicle. With the cruise control set at 75 MPH the camry surged to over 5000 rpms multiple times during a 500 highway mile road trip. Consequently, the cruise control was turned off and we drove the remainder of the trip without cruise control. We serviced our camry and nothing was found to be wrong with the cruise control but an update of the ECM is needed. This update was issued by toyota due to the number of complaints pertaining to the transmission in the 2007 camry. The dealership we use for service was unaware of the update issued by toyota until we informed them of it.
Dt*: the contact stated the automatic transmission was unable to change gears. The service dealer determined the vehicle needed a new transmission. Updated 12/28/2006 - the transmission would not shift from second to third gear or from third to fourth.
While pulling into a parking lot on an incline the vehicle hesitated (did not accelerate) for 1-2 seconds while in the path of crossing traffic before lurching and accelerating into the parking lot at too high of speed. The hesitation and lurching occurred as the vehicle seemed to be searching for the right gear. This is becoming a more and more common occurrence during city driving (I.e. Less than 40 MPH). Vehicle dealership tried to adjust this issue via software download over a month ago.(tsb eg056-06 recalibrate ECM) the technician said this download might solve the problem. Since then the problem has become more common than before at low speeds, but less frequent at higher speeds. They acknowledged that this is a common problem with all 2007 4 cyl vehicles with ect, but no official fix has come from toyota. I have been having problems like this with the vehicle since purchase in march of 2006. The dealership and toyota have been notified numerous times about this issue and no resolution yet. My concern is that during winter the hesitation and/or lurching will contribute to a loss of control of the vehicle on snow or ice.
At 200 miles noticed slippage in transmission. Reported problem to dealer, but was ignored and told that the computerized system needed to get adjusted to the driver. Over a period of time the problem worsened in spit of complaints to the service center. On 11/16/06 the car was finally taken in for repairs (I was told by a customer rep. That there was a valve that was defective and toyota would replace it. The car was expected on 11/17/06, but due to a problem it was set for delivery on 11/18/06 at 9am. When I went to picked up the car the service director said that they could not fixed the problem, and the transmission would have to be replaced. I was shocked and disappointed at this new development. Toyota arrogance and the dealerships incompetence and impolite response to my initial concerns is inexcusable. The matter at this time is unresolved since I no longer want this car.
Events leading to failure: automatic transmission exhibited 3rd-4th gear shift flare when cold daily after new car put into service. Dealer repaired by replacing transmission valve body per mfgr tsb. Failure: after valve body replacement, transmission developed new problem (and original shift flare problem persisted). After decelerating from 30 MPH to 10 MPH and coasting, made right turn at intersection and then depressed accelerator about 20% down. Powertrain did not engage - vehicle was essentially in neutral, and began slowing down. Disengaged condition persisted 2-3 seconds. Then, a thunk was heard, the transmission engaged, and the vehicle harshly jolted forward. This defect is dangerous because loss of power for 2-3 seconds when attempting to accelerate could lead to an accident, especially if it occurs during lane changes, avoidance maneuvers, etc. What was done to correct failure: no action yet taken. Will return to dealer for additional repairs.
I own a 2007 toyota camry le with a 4 cylinder engine and 5 speed transmission. The transmission has a significant hesitation problem when trying to accelerate such as getting through an intersection. The hesitation is so severe that I have to adjust my driving pattern to avoid having an accident.
Vehicle hesitates while acceleration at about 20-40 MPH. Then the car jerks forward. This is dangerous if you need to move right away. Toyota doesn't know what is wrong with this transmission I been in the dealer every weeks since the first day I gave that car. Xle .
Dt*: the contact stated while depressing the accelerator pedal from a stop or during a turn there was a hesitation. The dealership could not determined the cause of the problem and there were no repair performed.
I own a 2007 toyota camry le 4-cylinder purchased 8/29/06. After a hew hundred miles, the car began to noticeably hesitate while pressing the gas. I noticed this while leaving work one morning. I was crossing an intersection, pressed the gas and the car hesitated for approximately 2 seconds before regaining power accelerate. Ever since this incident, this car has continued to hesitate when coming to a slow stop and then accelerating to clear an intersection. When the power is needed, it's not there and I have had some close calls do to this loss in power. When coming to a slow stop to make a turn, and then accelerating after the turn, the car lags before gaining speed and you can hear the transmission hunting to get back into gear. When driving in stop and go rush hour traffic, the car hesitates when the gas is pressed and the car lurches forward shortly after that. This makes this car somewhat dangerous to control in tight areas such as rush hour traffic. I have taken this vehicle to a local toyota dealership on 11/1/06 to have tsb tsb eg056-06 (software flash) performed on my vehicle to assist with the improvement of the shift points. After this was completed, I really did not notice a difference in the shifting points. The following morning when crossing the same intersection I normally cross, the car hesitated severely again, in my opinion slightly longer than before the tsb was implemented. It is disconcerting to know that you can not predict how your car will perform in normal driving situations, therefore, I am nervous when driving this car anywhere at anytime. I have never owned or driven a vehicle that hesitated consistently like this and I hope this is an issue that can be fixed in an expedited time frame as this is a very serious safety concern while driving this vehicle.
When accelerating, car stops dead for few seconds before trans engages and propels forward like a rocket. When trying to pass, depressing gas pedal, trans stops dead then propels forward at high rate. When slowing down, trans propels faster before slowing.
07 camry le 4 cyl throttle and acceleration is horrific. During acceleration, when you take your foot off the pedal and then accelerate again a long unrepsonsive delay takes place. Also very unrepsonsive during acceleration. Have almost been rear ended many times. Very dangerous.
2007 toyota camry le, 4 cyl. Very long hesitation in acceleration/reaction time at all speeds. Severe safety risk with no apparent solution.
My 2007 camry le (4-cyl) hesitates when accelerating, sometimes 2-3 seconds, to the point that it seems unsafe. The technician said that it is designed to have an "adaptive memory" meaning that if I drive conservatively, with normally no quick acceleration, that it "remembers" that and will not accelerate quickly when I want it to.
I purchased a 2007 toyota camry le on late april of 2006. Since then, I have experienced numerous times the presence of acceleration problem. Vehicle hesitates when pressing the gas pedal at low speeds. When pressing the pedal all the way, the car "sits" on the road at the current speed, and after a few seconds, it kicks forward. This is very dangerous when driving in traffic, which for me is everyday living in the dc metropolitan area. There have been times that I have to move out of the traffic because by the time my car started accelerating, the car in front is braking. Other cars have had to move around me because of this problem as well. This seems to be a common problem reading the postings in this website and others. 8jb
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