Moved to tx in 2012 and have not had any previous starting issues before moving. Attempted to start the vehicle during my lunch break, engine turned over but was unable to start. Attempted to start the car again and the engine cranked and started with a hard "jolt" as if the gear shift was out of position. Several days later the temperature was warmer and the same problem occurred. Scheduled a appointment with my local toyota dealership and was told all systems were normal and they could not determine the cause of the problem since they could not replicate starting issue. The starting issue occurs on relatively hot days, turning the key to "on" before starting does not help the problem, the second start attempt is usually a "hard" start such that it feels as if the engine is jerking. Toyota should investigate electrical/fuel/and air components to determine the cause of this starting problem, especially since the issues seems to be temperature related.
2009 Toyota Camry fuel system complaints
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After having car serviced for the 30,000 mile service, I noticed that the car wasn't holdin power. I took the car back to south bay toyota, they test drove it found nothing wrong. Still having the problem, the following monday, I took the car to the original toyota that I purchased it from to have them recheck it, they found nothing wrong, they said they test drove it also. As a result there was no charge. They told me to take it back to south bay toyota because they were not responsible for their work. At south bay, the technician hooked it up to the computerized monitor to check it; and there were no signals to indicate a problem in the car. I stopped at tony's auto shop also. He found nothing wrong- he test drove it. Finally, today, I took it over to another mechanic's shop and I rode with him as he test drove it; he discovered that it was the "throttle" and that I needed to take it back to the dealer and have them upgrade the software in the car or double check the throttle: that is where the pressure is being lost. When you press down on the gas pedal, the system is not recognizing the pressure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle would burn fuel excessively and the contact was concerned of a possible engine failure. The dealer was contacted and advised that they would monitor the vehicle. The manufacturer was not coupdated 05/31/12*ljntacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 32,000 and the current mileage was 49,528.
After performing a gas pedal reoperation on a 2009 toyota camry there was a constant clicking noise and a feeling detent when pressing on the accelerator after a stop. The dealer agreed with the problem and replaced the gas pedal with a new one. The new pedal is a improvement but the clicking is still coming from, I believe, the spring inside the accelerator pedal housing. The dealer said he could not do anything more. I personally removed the pedal and filled the spring cavity full with very thick lubrication grease. The noise is now about 50%gone, sometimes for a day or two but still returns eventually when I slightly press on the pedal from a stop. The spring I think has too much room to move around or is not remaining seated. This is a very annoying nuisance problem hearing this clicking that did not exist when I had the old style gas pedal.
Have had continuous problems since my 2009 camery xle gas pedal recall was supposedly fixed. I didn't have a single problem with it before the recall was done and am now afraid to drive the car. The gas pedal has been sticking and binding up intermittently for the past month since the recall has been "fixed". Toyota says there is nothing else they can do.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota camry. He stated that the accelerator pedal would slowly return to the idle position on several occasions. He contacted the manufacturer and was told that recall number 09v388000, vehicle speed control, accelerator pedal. He was told to take the vehicle in to be repaired, if parts were available. The dealer did not have the necessary parts in stock to make the recall repairs. Also, he stated that according to emissions standards, his liter fuel tank should get 22 mpg in the city and 32 mpg on the highway; however, he was only receiving 275-280 miles on a full tank. No repairs were made to date. The failure mileage was 11,864 and the current was 20,135.
I purchased a 2009 toyota camry hybrid in may, 2009. For the first few months I got great gas mileage (around between 35-45 miles to the gallon) both in the city as well as on the highway. In the last couple months, the electric component to my engine has not been working like it has before and my gas mileage in the city is nearly half (about 21-23 miles to the gallon). At first, I chalked it up to a bad tank of gas, but months and several tanks of gas later, the problem still endures. The car should be harnessing electric energy when breaking and at stoplights. Instead, it is using an absurd amount of gas. Additionally, the electric engine will suddenly kick in when breaking suddenly giving the car a boost of acceleration while I am trying to stop the car. The whole reason I purchased a hybrid car was to reap the benefits of great gas mileage, but now I am getting far less than the regular camry model. I also feel that the sudden acceleration is a safety hazard. Given the series of recalls toyota has currently had, have you received any other complains from camry hybrid drivers?
This concerns the current toyota sudden acceleration problem and my interpretation of the mechanism that may be at work causing these intermittent events. These cars involved have toyota's new "fly-by-wire" ignition and throttle control system, not the old manual throttle controls. The acceleration events may be coming from stray rf or electro-static discharge (esd) causing an electrical state change in one of the throttle control chip registers which then causes the sudden acceleration. The problem could also be caused by the same rf or esd, but only affect electrical control units in cars that have developed bad ground paths (which allow static charge to build up until it arcs over and zaps a chip) testing for this type for electrical fault must be done under conditions that accelerate the failure mode, ie under conditions that enhance esd occurrence and/or stray rf while changing the resistance of the ground paths to the throttle control module. As a reference point, request toyota's history on all warranty replaced failed electrical modules involved in/with throttle control for these recalled cars. A hard esd event may cause complete module failure and hence a warranty record. A "soft" esd event may cause state changes on the module chips. A comparatively high module replacement rate would be cause to investigate them and do fema stripback analysis on failed warranty units.
I own a 2009 toyota camry, need I say more . Lets do something about this now.
Toyota camry 2009 -4 cyl. Automatic. Problem: sudden unintended acceleration.. The car is 14 months old. Approximately every 2 months as I come to a stop, and while my foot is on the brake pedal, the gas seems to accelerate and the tachometer goes up to 7. By continuing to brake hard and shifting into park from drive the acceleration stops. But not before the car has lurched forward by about 4 feet. So far I have been able to avoid an accident or a death. I cannot select any of the items on the next page, I will simply tick off the first item.
While passing a truck, step on gas to go into passing gear and the car went to full throttle. After the pass and letting off gas the car stayed at full throttle. Turned off key and then restarted and car was still at full throttle. Coasted to a stop, w/o steering or brakes, (no engine power). Put car into park and then restarted. At that time it returned to normal operation. Called dealer and was told they had not heard of this happening on a 2009 toyota camry(4 cyl).
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