2011 Toyota Camry: jerking or lurching

Filed May 22, 2018 · Transmission · OR

I am having transmission problems with my camry. It has 66000 miles on it. When the car accelerates it jerks when shifting gears. When it comes to a stop it shifts hard. I noticed when the car comes to a stop the RPM goes up little bit.

Filed Oct 13, 2015 · Brakes · 1,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. The contact stated that while coming to a stop sign, he attempted to depress the brake pedal but both the accelerator and the brake pedal were depressed accidentally causing the vehicle to jerk. The contact stated that the failure recurred over seven times. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 1,000 updated 02/05/16*lj the consumer stated the brake and accelerator were designed too close together. Updated 02/25/16.

Filed Jun 13, 2015 · Engine · 76,500 miles · NC

I have this jerking movement while I am driving down the highway. I mentioned this to the service people at hubert vester toyota in wilson, nc when I took the car for regular maintenance a few months ago. I don't know if they did anything about it or not, but it still does that today. I used 87 octane gas, but I did put 89 octane in there once and the problem slowed down a little. Can you tell me what this problem is? It sounds like a transmission problem to me. The dealership never lets me have any work done within the warranty, I always have to pay. So are they waiting for the warranty to wear off? Also, I have not had all these recall issues taken care of concerning the tires, the overloading capacity issues.

Filed Jan 17, 2015 · Brakes, Engine · 36,724 miles · PA

Incident on december 31, 2014 about 11:30 am in wayne, pa: at an intersection as I approached a stop sign where a car was already stopped, I applied my brakes. The car failed to stop and instead lurched forward and the engine increased. The noise was not of the brakes but of the engine roaring. As the car surged forward,I lifted my foot off of the brakes and then reapplied them pressure on the brakes. Again the car did not stop but did slow down. The third application of the brakes did stop the car just inches from the car ahead of me. The next incident occurred on january 13, 2015 when the same experience occurred. I took it to peruzzi toyota. They could not find anything wrong with the brakes. On january 15, I took the unsafe car back to the dealership for further investigation. On january 16 after completing what they called the protocol for unintended acceleration, they "released the car" back to me having not corrected the problem. They indicated they had no further responsibility and gave me the toyota manufacturer phone number to call. I called that number and was told a case manager would get back to me in four days. Meanwhile, I am left with an unsafe car and no recourse with the dealership.

Filed Nov 20, 2014 · Acceleration · 5,500 miles · MA · crash

Toyota unintended acceleration my wife pulled into the office building parking lot, with her foot on the brake, slowing down to park perpendicular to the curb. The engine raced. The car lurched forward, jumped the curb, ran over four feet of mulch and loom and crashed into a stockade fence. Fourteen days later on july 23 rd, the same thing happened again. The camry lurched forward causing $8,362.00 worth of damage to the car. Again another section of the fence had to be replaced. The report pre-crash data showed that in 1.9 seconds the camry went from 2.5 MPH to 17.5 MPH. The engine went from 400 to 4000 RPM. It also showed that there was no pressure on the car accelerator.

Filed Oct 27, 2014 · Engine, Steering · 35,000 miles · IL

Car always makes a whining sound that gets louder upon acceleration, vehicle is impossible to keep in my lane especially at highway speeds, constant correcting needed to stay out of oncoming traffic or out of the lane left of me as car veers to the left. Cars has a transmission issue that causes jerking and slippage which also causes the car out of its lane.

Filed Jul 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 36,900 miles · IL

There is a transmission issue at low speeds, mostly city driving, the car jerks with abrupt shifting, and sometimes harsh shifting. Also it feels like the car pauses a little when shifting at low speeds. The car jerks with abrupt shifting, and sometimes harsh shifting. Also it feels like the car pauses a little when shifting at low speeds. The car takes off like it rushes rather than a smooth acceleration, though I press the gas pedal gently, also on more than one occasion a loud thumping sound has been heard coming from the transmission as the car is slowing down and is in process of downshifting around 20mph.

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 38,676 miles · NJ

I was pulling into a parking space at a speed of approximately 10 MPH when my toyota camry 2011 suddenly accelerated. I hit the brake immediately to stop the car's forward acceleration to avoid hitting a tree. The brake stopped the forward motion of the wheels with the car body lurching forward.

Filed Jan 4, 2014 · Transmission · 36,900 miles · PA

Started car in morning and it was making winding noise, left and noticed the tranny did not know what gear to be in , when I would stop it the tranny could not down shift fast enough and it would bang down in gear, and the speed odometer would jump up as it was shifting down, you have to keep your foot on the brake or it will jump forward,it has snowed a few times since and you can not drive it in the snow at all, it lurches at slow speeds and you have to keep your foot on break , it drives it self and keeps shifting up and down it is a death trap waiting to happen, other people have drove it and the same issues , I have put a 1000 miles on it and I hate it, my 1998 camry is safer to drive then this car, never a toyota again , only made 1 payment and ready to trade in and take a loss, thanks toyota

Filed Oct 13, 2013 · Transmission · 43,000 miles · NY

Have a 2011 camry 4cy with 6sp at. The car transmission shifts rough and car RPM suddenly goes around 3k in stop a go driving. While coming to stop the car release the gear at very late while almost stopped. Feels like it will jerk and hit other car. On cold start the car transmission does not like to move(unless you warm up the engine which takes 15min idling. Then I am not sure how this care pass epe pollution standard ). So while getting into road the car needs high revving to move. Took it to the dealer and they say its behaving normal and could not reproduce the problem. Took to another dealer and they give the same "normal" answer. Filed a complain to toyota. Their explanation is field technician (toyota dealer) said its normal and no issue so its normal. As a owner of such vehicle I personally think the transmission behave abnormal and unsafe. Also the car has a whining noise most noticeable around 2-2.5k RPM. 1 st dealer said all camry of this model makes such noise. 2nd dealer said its from the transmission. The federal safety agency should investigate and make sure toyota is not trying to avoid any potential defect which will cause a life threatening accident.

Filed Jan 9, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 18,930 miles · CA

Every morning when the vehicle is first started up and both the engine and transmission are cold, vehicle exhibits a transmission flare between the first and second gear during normal driving behavior whilst the accelerator pedal is depressed - even if only slightly. During the incident, which lasts no more than five seconds, the engine "revs" significantly (up to 2500-3000 RPM from 1000) and the transmission appears to be in a "neutral" state, e.g. "slipping" between gears. The vehicle also jerks and shifts violently while downshifting when coasting occurs mainly at highway speeds, but does occur sometimes at neighborhood speeds. The former said issue only appears during the morning after the vehicle has been sitting for an extended period of time (I.e. Come home from work and leave next morning), and is unable to be duplicated at any other time. On the other hand, the latter said issue occurs nearly every time the vehicle is used. The vehicle has been brought to the local toyota dealership where repair attempts have already been made, but have been unsuccessful. The vehicle will be brought back for service once again. It is important to note that these problems are very similar to earlier problems the 2007 camry experienced (which is the same generation as the 2011 camry) -- to which several tsbs were issued to correct those problems.

Filed Jul 23, 2012 · Fuel system, Transmission · 20,900 miles · OH

Transmission issues..... While doing mostly city driving and in the first ten minutes of driving, transmission will not know what gear it wants to be in, there is a whiny noise associated with it also (never heard this before in the toyota's I have owned). While at a complete stop the vehicle will almost die to conserve fuel. When you go to start back up the vehicle will do this gear "checking" process leading to the vehicle not moving as it should. Once it finds the correct gear the car will lunge very quickly and almost create rear end collisions. I have two intersections near my home that I am afraid to come to because I have to floor the gas and step on the brake pedal so the car does not stall and so that the car will make it across the intersection without getting t-boned. I almost got t-boned twice due to this the last happening on 6-30-12. This issue is a 6-15 MPH issue and when cold more than warmed up. I read that this issue is not an issue but a learning transmission and that it tries to learn operators. With 21,000 miles a car should not be learning and what if a different operator drives it? The car will jerk me around while on my 8 mile jaunt to the highway in the mornings. Once on the highway this is a non-issue. I called toyota and they have not issued a recall but I have read of many other terrified toyota 2011 and 2010 camry owners that have called them and several have contacted your organization. There is a tsb (technical service bulletin) 0287-10 out for the learning of this transmission but it has not help my situation or others from what I read. (updated transmission software) I will not allow my wife or children in this car. I even took the keys with me once while away on business so she would not forget and drive it.