Ever since I purchased this car in 2014, intermittently but frequently -- when I am paused with foot on brake, for example sitting in left turn lane or in freeway on-ramp waiting for a break in traffic; when traffic opens up and I can go, I step on the gas and the car barely responds; moves forward very slowly; rpms very low; camry is in no hurry and the break in traffic is rapidly closing; after 0.5 to 1.5 second delay always gets me nervous; I stomp on the gas and finally camry rpms increase, she downshifts and at last I take off but by this time I have almost been hit by somebody because the camry cannot get out of its own way. Complained to toyota dealer three times but they never found anything wrong. This week took it to independent mechanic who looked it up online and discovered hundreds of similar complaints; he told me that there is an aftermarket fix for this (apexi p/n 417-a021 for $65 at www.apexi-USA.com) and suggested I notify the federal safety agency and take this information to my toyota dealer and demand repair. This is not my imagination; this is known defect, reported by many owners, dangerous, and repairable.
2014 Toyota Camry engine complaints
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Check engine light came on at 9,195 miles. All lights go off when I turn it on except for check engine light.
My car hesitates often. Mostly when I am stopped at an intersection about to turn left, it hesitates right when I'm about to turn. It hesitates for approx 1-2 secs. Unsure why. But I do loose power and concerned for my safety. I only have 15k miles
The car computer refuses to accelerate properly when needed. When pressing on accelerator to cross busy intersection or from stop light, the exhibited 3-5 seconds of delay, it refuse to pickup speed which could cause a deadly accident! Toyota must recall the cars back and fix this problem before someone died again on the road!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. While pulling into a parking space at 3 MPH, the engine revved without warning. The contact stabilized the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer who inspected the vehicle, but was unable to locate or duplicate the failure. The failure did not recur. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 8,400. Updated 01/12/16*lj; updated 04/13/18*jb
At times at the first start-up in the morning, and during the day following the vehicle sitting for couple hours (some times less and at other times longer periods), the engine produces a rattling or tapping noise for two or three seconds then it goes away. Often, after an immediate shut-off and restart, the engine produces the same noise for couple seconds then it stops. It's easy to miss the noise if the radio is on or the surrounding is noisy.
The vehicle intermittently hesitates (stalls) at starts and at other times as well. We have notified toyota of this situation twice. At first this was just a nuisance (shorter hesitations), but now it is happening more frequently and the hesitations are longer leaving us in more precarious situations. When we arrived today I explained the hesitation problem. Some of xxx statements were rather troubling to me: (1) "this is a new system. There is no longer a wire and throttle. You need to learn to re-drive with it." (2) "though we have equipped all toyotas with this new system, this hesitation problem is predominately in camrys." (3) "I have a 15 toyota avalon and I have been waiting for it to happen to me. It has not happened yet." (4) "if the computer engine light is not on, then your car is operating within spec. There is nothing wrong with your system." (5) "new camrys have a lot computers and you need to allow all the interfaces of the all the computers in the vehicle to communicate with one another. This causes some delay." these statements were stated before (1, 2, 4) and after (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) the car was inspected. I told xxx repeatedly that this was our second visit to germain to report the problem and that this hesitation may cause us to have an accident. Xxx kept insisting that it was not toyota's / computer's fault, that we just needed to learn to re-drive the car. I disagree that "if the computer engine light is not on, then your car is operating within specs." toyota needs to acknowledge that computers can break, be loaded with improper information, be set up incorrectly, etc. Something is causing this hesitation "primarily" in camrys! In our opinion, all toyota camrys with this "new system" should be recalled and this situation addressed immediately. We are hoping that toyota will do the right thing for all camry owners.
Car does not always accelerate like it should when taking off it has to built up speed which is really dangerous entering highway it lags then pick up speed.
In june 2014 I bought a 2014.5 camry brand new. During the first week I drove it the accelerator would not speed up after pressing down & hesitated as well trying to catch up. I reported this to toyota of orlando & was informed it was learning my driving techniques after a test drive. The report was never documented by the service department & I had to identify who drove me for the problem I reported to prove I actually reported it. It was stated he just forgot. This kept happening very frequently & after another driver randomly drove my car & asked what was wrong I immediately took it in again nov 27,2014. They did nothing. I was refused to be seen after scheduling an appointment with toyota of clermont, fl & they heard of my problem. The problem persisted. December 28, 2014 as I was driving with people in my car, the engine cut off at 55 MPH. I pressed the accelerator all the way down & it continued to decline. This was reported the next morning. I was told to park my car because everyone was on vacation & not to drive it. They would not rent a car for me in the meantime. Once I was able to be seen it could not be duplicated. This happened again with my children in january 2015 & was also recorded by a passenger riding with me. After that occasion every signal light came on. I took it back to a different toyota of central florida dealer & reported the problem & the mechanic stated nobody from toyota orlando attempted to contact or call the service tech line to find the problem. They added a code to fix it and I left. After 1000 miles of driving the hesitation started again & also the gears could be felt changing by the mechanic who test drove it with me. The toyota dealership at central florida gave me a repair order & then a totally different repair order to corporate. I've written the manufacturer demanding my money back & they constantly give me false information. My job was lost due to no reliable transportation and I'm still waiting to go to a lemon law hearing that will hopefully be scheduled soon.
After coming to a stop at a red light on a four lane highway, when the light turned green, the 2014 toyota camry would not move forward for about 5 sec. The second incident occurred on the same day. When attempting a left turn across traffic, the car stalled again for about 3 seconds. It was a rental from hertz and was exchanged for another auto.
There is something seriously wrong with this vehicle's air conditioning system. It has been omitting a foul, moldy, mildewy, bad bo (body odor), musty, sour smell since only owning the vehicle for less than half a year. This is a huge safety/health issue & needs to be remedied asap. I myself have allergies & the smell blowing out from the vents on a daily basis is causing me to be very sick. I have taken the vehicle into the dealership several times & there is no permanent fix. It is a recurrent problem with this manufacturer's vehicles & they have not bothered to address or remedy the problem. There are many other owners with the same vehicle who are also experiencing the same problems.
The toyota camry 2014 is designed so that you may take your 'key fob' and leave the car without putting it in park turning off the motor putting the parking brake on how stupid is this! You then have a google self driving car without you in it. You could even run over yourself.
When accelerating to make a left turn vehicle will sometimes move about 10 feet and then hesitate for 1 to 2 seconds. This is very dangerous when car stops in middle of the road. This is an accident waiting to happen. I have taken car to dealer twice and they say if you don't come to a complete stop the car thinks it is in third gear and computer has to figure out what to do. This is not good because you do not always come to a complete stop. .....updated 03-03-15 *bf *tr updated 9/21/2017
When accelerating from a stop the vehicle will sometimes move about 10 feet and hesitate for 1 to 2 seconds.it is very dangerous when turning left at an intersection with on coming cars. It is infrequent and you never know when it will happen. It is an accident waiting to happen. It happened on friday 2/6/15 with my grandkids in the car. I had the car to dealer on12/30/2014 and they said they couldn't find anything wrong but car continues to do this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the rpms decreased and the accelerator pedal failed to increase the speed of the vehicle. The vehicle eventually came to a complete stop, but did not stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure recurred on several occasions. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000. Updated 03/04/15*lj updated 9/12/2017
When starting vehicle and turning on A/C a very foul odor of mildew and mold comes from the vents. We have taken it back to the dealership for a cleaning and replaced the filter with a carbon one at the dealership at our expense. This did not fix the issue. We follow instructions of running AC in non recirculating mode to no avail. Toyota does not seen to want to take ownership of the issue. I am concerned of our health from inhaling these mold spores and bacteria.
Noise when vehicle reaches speeds over 35 MPH. Windshield wiper fluid not dispensing when turned on. Pulling and de-accerelation sometimes at 60 MPH.
I was traveling on a freeway at approximately 60 MPH. The vehicle abruptly lost power when I "stepped on the accelerator" to compensate for a slight upgrade on the freeway, and subsequently slowed to approximately 20 MPH, forcing me to pull onto the shoulder and stop the vehicle. The vehicle idled normally while parked on the shoulder; however, the vehicle had no power, would not accelerate above 20-25 MPH, and forced slow travel on the shoulder of the road in an attempt to reach the nearest off-ramp.. I was forced to travel along the shoulder of the freeway at approximately 20 MPH for two or three miles. Each time I attempted to "step on the gas" while traveling of the shoulder of the freeway, the engine would "stumble", appear to lose power, and force me to let up on the "gas." after traveling on the shoulder of the freeway for two to three miles, the vehicle abruptly regained power and allowed me to resume freeway travel at 55-60 MPH. Prior to the 24 august, 2014, incident on the freeway, the vehicle momentarily lost power when accelerating on a freeway on-ramp; however, the problem was only a momentary event that corrected itself in a few seconds.
Upon acceleration after a start into a traffic lane the engine stalled. The engine did not stop, it just stalled until the speed dropped to about 5 MPH then started to accelerate normally. This incident happened two days after purchase of the vehicle. This problem has continued almost every time I operate the vehicle and cannot be predicted. Sometimes after slowing from about 45 MPH to about 20 MPH and re-accelerate, it stalls for about 2 seconds no matter what you do. It has been happening now since purchase june 11, 2014. It has almost caused an accident several time due to this stalling when entering traffic and other cars are effected. I have contacted toyota customer service and was told that problem never appeared before. They made an appointment with toyota dealer for inspection. Licensed toyota dealer in washington, nc kept this vehicle two days and was unable to find the problem. I have contacted toyota customer service three time and am told each time they no idea what the problem could be and just keep taking it in for inspection. Selling dealer, toyota of new bern, new bern, nc did not want to even discuss what I could do. Their customer relations manager will not now return my calls. Again today, it stalled and would not take the gas until it almost stopped in traffic from 30 MPH down to 5 MPH. I pulled to the shoulder of the highway out of the way of traffic, it then took the gas again. It is like, what I call "vapor lock". Toyota has assigned case # 1406180890 to my complaint. I consider this a serious defect that could cause me injury after being hit by an approaching vehicle as I attempt to enter traffic as the vehicle stall. This stalling has happened dozens of time since purchase and the current miles is 2,524.
Pulled into my driveway,foot on brake speed 10mph.slowing to stop when vehicle started to accelerate at a high rate by itself.I put the vehicle into neutral and applied full brakes,vehicle came to stop. Toyota needs to really look into this problem. I will be calling toyota on monday 7/28/2014 to report my problem. Updated 4/8/2015
Car is stopped on a slight incline with the transmission in drive, A/C is on. Upon releasing brake before placing foot on gas the car will roll backwards. The engine RPM measured at dealer was 640 to 670. A request to increase idle RPM to 700/750 was denied. The answer was confirmed by dealer that RPM is not adjustable. My concern is the possibility of hitting the car behind me or hitting a pedestrian that is between me and the car behind me.
Engine has low (RPM) 650-670 when stopped with brake applied on slight incline when brake is released car rolls backward before gas can be applied. The car directly behind me if too close, can be hit by my car rolling backwards idle RPM should be increased too 750-800 to rectify this problem toyota said they can not adjust the idle RPM.
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