2008 Toyota Camry: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Mar 26, 2019 · Transmission · 135,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. The contact had the transmission replaced three years ago. Afterwards, the transmission began hesitating when attempting to shift into higher gears. The contact believed that she paid for a transmission that was never replaced. The repair was performed by moss bros. Toyota of moreno valley (12630 motor way, moreno valley, ca 92555, (951) 247-8000). The contact called the manufacturer approximately a year ago who promised to conduct an investigation, but the contact had not heard back. The dealer even informed the contact that the manufacturer paid for half of the transmission repair cost. The vehicle was not repaired again. The failure mileage was 135,000.

Filed Apr 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 20,000 miles · WV

I have a 2008 toyota camry, when starting my auto, the engine races for appx. 30 seconds, then goes down. Also in the last 5 weeks I have notice that the car lurches forward then goes back to the spend I have it on. I am very nervous driving this car, this problem just started happening about 5 or 6 weeks ago, at first I thought I was just thinking it was happening, but it seems to be getting more frequent. I have to drive it, it is the only car I have, so doctors appointments have to be keep, fear or not, I hope it does not go speeding an not stop, my mother is 82 a very afraid to get into the car, but we have to go places. We live on roads with inclines. Very steep hills, one has a stop sign at the foot of it, but so far it does stop. It makes a loud engine noise. Like a grinding of the engine, at first the brakes hesitate stopping but I push really hard on them and they stop it. I took it in for an inspection sticker an they said it passed. I told them about the problem. They said they did not know what to do about it at this time.

Filed Mar 25, 2010 · 12,989 miles · TX

Pulled out of bank drive thru bay. Stopped (to turn left into parking lot way). Pressed gas pedal to turn.car jerked, accelerated, and spunout into the parking lot way. Brake and good driving saved me, but this 2008 camry had just been repaired for recall pedal issue .. Issue happened again on 3/15/2010. Similar situation...driving really slow in parking lot. Pressed gas, RPM went up, car hesitated, jumped/accelated, and paused before going to normal speed. Actsl like a transmission shifting issue

Filed Mar 3, 2010 · Acceleration · IA

I drive a 2008 four door toyota camry le. I have been worried by a hesitation in excelling and slowing when I press and release the gas. I mostly notice this when going between 20 & 45 MPH but it has happened at higher speeds (just less often). Primarily at abt 35 MPH while holding a steady pressure on the gas you feel the car randomly decel, or feel sluggish, but then when you release the gas you feel the engine pull faster even though your foot is off the gas. The RPM even jumps. I called toyota in cedar rapids, ia (I don't like the one in cedar falls, they forgot to put oil in my car once when doing an oil change & denied responsibility), the cedar rapids car lot rejected my request for service- stating there is a recall and I will be notified by toyota when a solution has been found. I then took my car to the place I purchased it (owned by the same people who own the toyota in cedar falls), they looked it over and abt 30 minutes later told me nothing was wrong with it, & that they didn't notice anything (this problem is hard to miss) that they cleaned the fuel filter & that should solve it. I drove home & the problem right from my exit persisted. Now hearing abt the concerns with toyota worry I am being ignored on a potentially dangerous issue with my vehicle?...

Filed Feb 26, 2010 · Acceleration · NY

Intermittent gas pedal hesitation and then super quick acceleration, especially dangerous when entering highway. Also occurs in local traffic. Contacted toyota in jan., 2008 and was told issue couldn't be duplicated - my driving. Contacted dealer at least 3x then escalated to toyota customer experience in apr. 2008. Last contact in june 2008 when auto was "fixed" pursuant to tsb 0068-08. Trouble was blamed on calibration in the computer. Car was somewhat better but there was a later incident in fall of 2008 when I accelerated over a speed bump in a parking lot and was turning left into a parking space. Car shot forward went through hedge and out into busy state route 25a. Accident avoided by continuing left turn onto berm where brakes finally worked. Did not report as there were no injuries or property damage. Also thought I could have been to blame as toyota had been "fixed" and I had been advised a number of times before the "fix" that computer responds to individual driver's actions.

Filed Nov 6, 2009 · Acceleration, Brakes · 17,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry. When attempting to accelerate at 50 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and then began to accelerate past the intended speed. After repeated brake application she was able to decelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and all of the tires were replaced. After the repair the failure resurfaced. She took the vehicle back to the dealer, and the technician completed a software update. He then added that the rotors were out- of- round and thus needed to be turned. None of the repairs have remedied the failure. The technician then concluded that because they could not duplicate the failure, they could not provide a remedy. She inspected her vehicle and noticed that the clips did not properly secure the cover to the air filter housing. The failure mileage was 17000. The current mileage is 31,000. Updated 2/22/10 *cn the consumer stated the vehicle lacked power. The dealer recalibrated the ECM and transmission. Updated 07/09/10.

Filed Jun 15, 2008 · Transmission · 13,000 miles · NY

I have a 2008 toyota camry and there seems to be a problem in the transmission when accelerating and downshifting it seems to hesitate.

Filed Jun 10, 2008 · Transmission · 2,898 miles · PA

I bought my wife a new 2008 camry in sept 07, it was doing great, the current mileage is 7,100 miles since 2,898 miles the transmission has been hesitating it seems it doesn"t want to switch gears when it should this is an automatic, it appears to happen between 40-50 MPH, I have reported the problem more then once to diehl toyota in york, pa where I purchased it, but was told problem could not be found or its not doing it now. Or we have received little complaints about this type of problem. I feel toyota is giving the consumer a run around about a problem that has exited for at least 07/08 camry's someone needs to make them take care of this issue. By the way its bad enough to have the problem when your finanacing, but in my case I paid cash for this vehicle and feel cheapened.

Filed Mar 14, 2008 · Transmission · 10 miles · MA

The camry has been hesitating on starting from a dead stop, since the day it was purchased. There are times when you really need to accelerate and it just doesn't move for two to four seconds. This is a dangerous flaw and can lead to an accident. I reported it to toyota, had the car in the repair center twice and they tell me it's a software limitation, and it will be solved. However, I looked into auto performance reports on the internet ad it's been a problem with the 2007 camry, which was never addressed for the 2008 model.

Filed Feb 20, 2008 · Acceleration · 1,700 miles · MN

I bought a 2008 camry a few months ago and the other day my car hesitated too long when trying to pull out into traffic and it almost got me into an accident. I have read on the internet about many other people experiencing such hesitation problems with the 2007/2008 camry. I brought it into the dealership and they told me that my car is at the correct specifications and that it should be fine. I'm scared to pull out into traffic and am considering trading it in for a different car.

Filed Feb 20, 2008 · Transmission · 5 miles · NC

Vehicle has an acceleration problem, vehicle hesitates before acceleration.

Filed Feb 11, 2008 · Transmission · 50 miles · CA

2008 toyota camry, 4 cyl. Has a serious hesitation problem with the transmission. Almost rearended twice now when having to speed up while changing lanes.