I have experienced issues with my vehicle when shifting since 2017 withal minor “shudder” after shifting into a higher gear. Now, my vehicle has begun to have trouble shifting from first gear to second. When shifting, the vehicle will abruptly stop before catching in second gear and continuing. It has become a concern as I am not confident to pull out onto busy roads.
2014 Toyota Camry acceleration complaints
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Hesitation between first and second gear, sputtering feeling
On 2 occasions, months apart, shortly after starting the car, I had to slam on the brakes to stop the car. The gas did not let up when I took my foot of the gas petal and put it on the brake.
Car was parked on a driveway, and, when put in reverse, the car accelerated at high speed for roughly 60 feet until it ran into a hill. Then, when put in drive, car accelerated at high speed for roughly 90 feet and ran through heavy vegetation and then into and partially through a garage wall. Brakes were applied during the entire incident with no effect. Causes of failure are unknown. Cost to repair car is about $9000. Cost to repair garage, landscaping, and contents are not yet know.
When car was completely stopped at a stop sign, car made a loud noise and started shaking. Then car accelerated on its own. Brakes locked. Car wouldn't stop in neutral or in park gear. It caused an accident by rear ending the car in front of me. Car accelerated very quickly and steering wheel locked as well. Passenger in car heard the noise too. The car accelerated abruptly on its own.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. The contact stated while entering his garage, when depressing brake pedal, the vehicle accelerate forward causing him to lose control and hit a garage wall. The air bags did not deploy. The contact stated he was unaware if there was any warning light illuminated. The contact stated the front bumper was damaged. The contact did not sustained any medical injuries. The contact stated he fixed the bumper on his own. The vehicle was taken to local dealer family toyota of arlington located at 1661 wet n wild way, arlington, tx 76011, (682) 227-8877, three weeks after the accident and was informed that the torque converter clutch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but shortly after the battery became faulty. The dealer exchanged the battery. The manufacturer had been informed of failure and sent an investigator to inspect the vehicle. The failure mileage was 7,754. *ln check (xxx) ('parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).')
Just about completely stopped at stop sign at end of street - without warning car accelerated extremely fast, crossed 2-lane street - drove into church parking lot on an incline turned and back across the 2-lane street and my vehicle hit neighbor's truck head on. Both cars totalled. Had absolutely no control of steering and brakes did not stop the vehicle. Police took report - my passenger and I told the same sequence of events as well as a neighbor who saw everything that happened. Every single airbag went off.
When accelerating from a stop the vehicle will sometimes move about 10 feet and then hesitate for about 1 to 2 seconds. It will then accelerate normally. One time the vehicle accelerated to about 20 MPH and then the engine RPM returned to idle. The accelerator was pushed to the floor and the RPM remained at idle. The accelerator was released and pushed down again. The vehicle accelerated normally. This happened only one time. The intermittent hesitation is very dangerous when trying to cross a busy intersection when the cross traffic is uncontrolled.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. While driving approximately 55 MPH with the accelerator pedal depressed, the vehicle decelerated to approximately 20 MPH before suddenly accelerating to 55 MPH. The failure occurred ever since the vehicle was purchased in october of 2018. The vehicle was taken to carmax toyota (10201 philadelphia rd, white marsh, md 21162) on five different occasions, but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 81,100.
Vehicle have no engine check light. But hesitates n vibrates between 2 and 3 gear.
When turning to a highway on-ramp after slowing for the turn then trying to accelerate on the ramp the vehicle would not accelerate. I would have to release and re-apply the accelerator to accelerate. The dealership they said the brake light switch was out of adjustment causing brakes to take over speed control. They adjusted the brake light switch and problem went away. This is a safety concern because the expectation when on a highway on-ramp is that acceleration is going to occur, traffic behind me could not only be iratethatiam not accelerating(startingaroad rage incident)but it could also cause an accident from the individual behind me not expecting a slow down on the ramp. Toyota made me pay for the repair even though I have and am still covered by the purchased extended warranty and this was a safety concern that was caused by a default in manufacturing process and nothing I could have done to the vehicle to cause the problem. Documentation provided shows what my complaint was to the dealer and what dealer did to fix it with my personal information redacted.
Start to have the following problem on 12/20/2018 get up to 20 MPH hard shift and then up to 40 MPH has a vibration and then after between 45 and 55 MPH it drive normal. Noticeable hesitation when accelerating and shifting occurs between 30-32 MPH. Hesitate to accelerate between 2nd and 3rd gear when taking off, it mostly happen when the engine is first starting out from stop, afterward it fine gears shifts correctly and the idle control guage is normal between gears. I took the car to the local toyota dealer on 01/03/2019, the technician took the car for drive test and he said its a torque converter problem. They changed the torque converter part; on 1/05/2019 I went to the dealer to pick up the car and after driving for few minutes, I noticed the same problem. I retook the car to the toyota dealer for the same problem, and the same technician took for the test drive, and this time he said it has internal delay on second gear. I am not sure what's the problem, but they advised I need to change the transmission. After doing some research I found the following online. "cars equipped with an automatic transmission might experience a hesitation when accelerating. Revised software for the on board computer is available which may correct this problem. Software revisions are commonly most helpful on newer vehicles. Once the mileage builds up a worn component could cause similar problems. Whenever major transmission work in performed, the transmission software should be updated as necessary". I am taking my car on 01/07/2019 to update the software and see if that can fix the problem
Tl* the contact owned a 2014 toyota camry. While driving 5 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The vehicle crashed into a guardrail and came to a stop in a driveway. The contact sustained minor injuries to the ribs, which required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and was towed by the police to an unknown lot. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and concluded that there was no failure and the contact was at fault. The failure mileage was 49,000.
Toyota unintended acceleration. When stopping at exit from parking lot car suddenly and powerfully accelerated pressed hard on brake and turned off ignition to stop it same thing happened-my driveway 15 minutes later.
At 50000 miles there was a plastic crunching sound in the steering column. The air bag light went on. Over the next couple of weeks there was more crunching and lost the cruise control followed by the horn and radio controls. The phone function was the last to go on the steering wheel. It was diagnosed as the clock spring and because my car was not in the recall for the exact same thing as other toyota vehicles I was told they would not fix it. This is a safety issue and my airbag and horn do not work due to a faulty part that toyota is well aware of. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
On 3/5/18, I was parking my 2014 toyota camry in a parking lot at my place of employment. I had my foot on the brake and the car was barely moving when suddenly it accelerated over a curb and into a retaining wall.
When pressing the gas pedal to accelerate the camry is experiencing hesitation and seems to wait 5-10 seconds before picking up speed. I experienced this when accelerating from 30-40mph when preparing to merge into highway traffic. Felt very dangerous.
When accelerating from a stop the vehicle will sometimes move about 10 feet and then hesitate for about 1 to 2 seconds. It will then accelerate normally. One time the vehicle accelerated to about 20 MPH and then the engine RPM returned to idle. The accelerator was pushed to the floor and the RPM remained at idle. The accelerator was released and pushed down again. The vehicle accelerated normally. This happened only one time. The intermittent hesitation is very dangerous when trying to cross a busy intersection when the cross traffic is uncontrolled. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for the problem. The technician could not duplicate the condition. The u760e torque converter shudder recall upgrade was performed. This did not fix the problem. The service advisor said that the technician said that some transmission hesitation was normal. The service advisor also said there had been other complaints about this condition. This condition is dangerous and not normal.
On may 25, 2017, while pulling into parking space at a shopping center, my 2014 toyota camry accelerated out of control thru the parking space without me pressing the gas pedal. I pressed the brakes and it did not stop the car. My car continued to travel at a high rate of speed thru the parking lot embankment and went thru brushes/shrubs which is where the car stopped after it blew a tire and was stopped by the shrubs. Due to the damage under the car it was a total loss.
Having acceleration issues with my 2014 toyota camry se.the transmission hesitates and seems to lose power when accelerating. Whether I drive in town or freeway (I only commute 11 miles to work). This is especially problematic and downright scary when making left turns at intersections or changing lanes. I press on the gas and there is a significant delay.
"takata inflators" november 29, 2016. Entered vehicle to move it away from curb. Started vehicle and it suddenly without warning accelerated and crashed over two retaining walls and hit a parked car, forcing that hit vehicle into another parked vehicle. Our vehicle continued onward across a parking lot at crashed into a tree. We complained to toyota and they requested us to release the vehicle to them in order they recover the edr/vch data. We signed a consent form and they quarantined the vehicle until a private contractor could retrieve the data. This took over 10 weeks that we had no use of the vehicle. Toyota finally released the vehicle back to us. Toyota sent us an email stating they discovered nothing wrong. We had the vehicle towed back to cooks collision of davis ca. Which was a repair shop recommended by our insurance liberty mutual insurance co. The insurance claim #pd000-034712120-01. Cooks collision inspected the damages and determined that the car was too damaged to repair and liberty mutual opted to total the car. This car was a total wreck, however, not one airbag deployed. This is a serious safety problem.
3 instances of unintended acceleration, the last while parallel parking on a busy small town street with pedestrians present. A severe accident that could have easily caused pedestrian or driver injury was avoided only by quick reflex application of the brakes and a shift of the gear into neutral. The first incident occurred while entering a major highway via an access road.the engine suddenly took off and returned to normal operation after brake application and a downshift to neutral. The third event occurred occurred a few weeks before the final event, while backing out of a parking spot. Unintended acceleration similar to the other two incidents likewise occurred. After the final incident, the car was taken to the local toyota dealership where assurances from their engineers that the car was " safe to drive" rang hollow, given that a number of deaths caused by unintended toyota acceleration had been reported in recent previous years. Although I didn't record specific dates when the incidents happened, the final one occurred in the fall of '15 and the car has not been on the road since for fear of injury to myself, family or others. As the car lease concludes ( the monthly payments have been dutifully paid since the final incident) I write this to have it on record that I consider the car to be unsafe and that I want toyota (given their seeming lack of concern about the original complaint) to be held responsible should the car be simply passed on to a new owner or lessee and another unintended acceleration occur, causing injury.
I was driving my car from my sons daycare and all of a sudden it wouldnt accelerate. My engine light was on. I put my cat in park and put it back into drive and it jerked but still wold not accelerate. It did this for about 10 min. Until I turned ny car off and restarted it. But the engine light is still on. I was on a busy street in the morning
Car feels very sluggish like somebody is breaking all the time when accelerating it does not shift gears correctly. And feels like it is going to stall at times. I told them since the day I got the vehicle brand new off the lot that I felt this I only know what this feels like due to an issue I had my last car which was a nissan armada pathfinder 2004.
I started noticing the problem a couple months after I bought the vehicle, it hesitates and shakes hard upon acceleration. The car was recalled for torque inverter repair. The problem still persisted. Took back to the dealer two more times, but they insisted that they can't duplicate my concern. The car shakes hard when driving at 20-30 m/h and most of the time at 40-50 m/h. It is a safety issue on the hwy as it doesn'taccelerate fast enough to keep up with the speed limit. The problem has not been resolved.
Sudden unintended acceleration in 2014 toyota camry. Incident occurred saturday october 15, 2016 in corinth, texas. Approximately 5:20pm. Weather was sunny and clear. Road conditions clear and dry. Outside air temperature approximately 80f. Driving 30mph approaching an intersection. We have the red light. Brakes applied. Brake pedal goes to the floor - no brakes at all. Immediately the engine revs up to very high RPM and unintentional, out-of-control acceleration takes place. The car goes through the intersection against the red light. No cross-traffic or otherwise there could have been a serious crash. The car is accelerating on its own. The transmission is aggressively moved into the "park" position. The car stops. Braking action returns. The engine continues to run however the RPM returns to normal. The car is cautiously driven at 35 - 40mph to local toyota dealer - toyota of denton, texas. If the car approaches 50mph the engine begins to rev up to high RPM however braking action remains normal. This incident has left the owners with no confidence in toyota. The car is not trustworthy. Even if the service technicians say the car is good to go, would you allow your family members to drive this car? No way. And with toyota's reputation over the last 10 years with handling the sudden unintended acceleration problems would you trust this car? No way. We want to be done with toyota. The car needs to be sent to the junkyard. And we want the purchase-money loan cancelled and our down payment back. And we will go to another car manufacturer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. While driving various speeds, the vehicle surged and hesitated to move forward. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician did a hard reset on the atc and the learning code; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 9,591. Updated 12/23/16*lj updated 01/04/17.
When turning, car is moving slowly forward and car fails to accelerate when gas pedal is pressed to complete the turn. Turning right or left. There is a 5 second hesitation before it kicks in. City driving. Car in motion and there is also an acceleration hesitation when trying to pass a car in highway driving. Unknown component problem. Drive train problem. Transmission problem.
The car hesitates for about 4 seconds when accelerating. It does not happen every time but rather randomly. It typically happens once a day (2 hours of driving). This is extremely dangerous when trying to get on the freeway or going through an intersection. It happens when driving around 15 to 25 MPH. After the hesitation the car takes off very fast. The pattern seems to be if you are accelerating slightly as if to enter an intersection and then you take your foot off the pedal to coast (no brake applied) and then you try to accelerate again to get through the intersection. This has occurred since the first day the car was purchased so it is not a wear issue. I have been in many, many near miss situations. There are many people discussing this issue on the web so it is not just me. I even found one site where a toyota service rep said they see 40 to 50 cars a week with this problem but they keep turning them away saying there is no problem because it is hard to make the problem happen when it is in for service. This is a huge safety issue that needs to be addressed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. While driving at an unknown speed and making a left turn, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle accelerated and failed to stop. As a result, the contact crashed into the front of another vehicle. The contact was unsure if the air bag deployed. The contact sustained chest, right arm, and leg injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed from the crash scene. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 38,000.
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