2011 Toyota Camry: whining or grinding noise

6 of the 602 complaints about the 2011 Toyota Camry describe whining or grinding noise.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 1%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 16 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Whining or grinding noise by model year

2023
1
2022
2
2021
2
2020
7
2019
17
2018
17
2015
2
2014
1
2013
2
2012
1
2011
6
2010
1
2009
1
2007
1
2003
1
2002
1
2000
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 26, 2018 · Steering · PA

Everytime the weather get cold my car make a whining noise that now of the toyota dealers can figure out. I believe there a steering issue with toyota.

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 27, 2014 · Steering, Transmission · 35,900 miles · IL

Im really unhappy with this car its just 1 thing after another first had the noisy moon roof issue and finally got it fixed by bringing in the tsb so it could not be denied, now I have a noisy power steering pump that whine very loud but was told that its normal (what a crock). Currently my car is shifting hard on take off and decreasing speed to stop. Toyota has really gone down. I traded a 2000 camry xle that was better than this newer model.

Filed Mar 9, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · FL

New brakes were put on my car on 11/23/13. A short time later, I was approaching a red light and began to slow down. Upon doing so the ABS system kicked in and when I applied my foot to the breaks they would not work. As I approached the intersection, I made a sharp right 90 degree turn to avoid going through the red light as the vehicle would not stop and I would have been in a terrible accident. The road was not wet but it had rained earlier in the day and the road was dry. I returned vehicle to dealer and was told they could not repeat the situation and everything was okay. They told me that even if the road is dry once it rains, the road can still have particles on it that cause the ABS to kick in. This continued to happen intermittently about once a month. In the past month, it has happened every few days. My son was driving the car in late feb. And he went over a very small pile of leaves that would not warrant the ABS to kick in. He too was almost involved in a wreck. Car went back to dealer but dealer can find what was wrong. The ABS severely reacts when it should not be doing so. The ABS is engaging when it should not be doing so. If one goes over a road that is barely wet or a small patch of drive leaves, as I did the other night, the ABS kicks in and locks up the car. When I touch on the breaks lightly coming to a stop, there are no breaks and then they suddenly grab really hard. Breaks feel like air is in the line. This did not occur until they put new breaks in my car at 30,000 miles. In addition, the transmission is whining, shifting roughly and not shifting when it is supposed to. My vehicle has been at the dealership for over a week and they said they will be keeping it at least until this coming wed. When a toyota field inspector will be coming to inspect the car.

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 May 19, 2012 · Transmission · 100 miles · TX

Transmission whines at low speeds, very annoying. It slips between 1st & 2nd gear. Down shifts rough. Something bumps around trunk when taking off & stopping. Dealer tells me that all this is normal. I will never buy another toyota ever. My advise to others, don't buy 2011 camry, you'll be sorry.