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The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Camry. The automatic transmission failed when he attempted to shift into reverse gear and the vehicle would not move forward when the accelerator pedal was engaged. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic where they rebuilt the transmission at his expense. He later contacted the dealer and was told that the warranty had expired. The manufacturer was contacted and confirmed that the warranty was not valid and offered no further assistance. Complaint 1010212163 was filed with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 58,000.
On June 12, 2010, my Toyota Camry (yr 2000, 4 cyl, ce) made a strange sound from the engine at 60-70 mph on an interstate highway. After another 30 min of strange sound coming out from the engine, the engine below started to make loud cranking sound. I pulled in to the service road of the highway and after a few more cranking sound, the car was completely disabled. I called the police to get it towed to a nearby town. On June 14, I arranged to have the car towed back to my hometown 120 miles away. The Toyota dealer inspected the car and said that the differential part of the transmission was totally damaged. The service person said that it is out of ordinary for a car of this type and mileage to have transmission breakdown. I have kept the car under regular maintenance ever since I bought the car in 1999. This transmission breakdown occurred at 72,000 miles and the transmission was serviced for a leak at 66,000 mile at the same Toyota dealer. I suspect my Toyota Camry had pre-existing manufacturing defects in the transmission that caused this catastrophic transmission breakdown problem. It happened when I was driving on a highway. Called the Toyota company and filed a complaint. Toyota said that my car is out of warranty.
2000 Camry ce, 130,000km automatic backed out of a parking space. When shifting from reverse to drive, shifter went right to low without any effort. Then woudn't go in gear. Talked to mechanic & was told that most likely the cable was broken.
As I pulled into the parking lot where I work, I stopped and put the car in park to let another car pass me and then into reverse to back up and straighten out in the parking spot. When I did I could feel that the shifter was no longer connected to the transmission, the car would not move. I was lucky that I had put the car in park first so it wouldn't roll. I had a friend who is a licensed mechanic look at the car and he showed me the broken end of the shifter cable. "this never happens", he said. The cable is made to last for the life of the vehicle. It is very strong. It just doesn't break. When I ordered the part from the dealer, I was told the same thing again. He also said the he has never even heard of one breaking! I can only assume that there must be a defect. I don't drive alot of miles, and I do not drive my car hard. I live just outside of boston, MA.
The windows in my car do not work. The pumps need to be replaced. The front passenger door will not unlock with my alarm pad. The windshield wipers do not function properly. This is my second Toyota and the electrical system went bad in the last one I had also. My transmission had to be replaced and now my car squeaks when I am driving. It squeaks loudly. I would have submitted this before but I did not know about this website.
- Detroit, MI, USA
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I got check engine light with code P0773 (shift solenoid E electrical) when car had about 50,000 miles during Sep 2005. Since then..the light stays on for about 1-3 days and then goes away and remains off for about 15 days. Now the car has about 60000 miles but the light still comes and goes.
: the contact stated after starting the vehicle, the gear shifter was placed in drive and the vehicle would not move. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop, where it was determined the transmission shifter cable snapped due to corrosion. The cable was replaced. The vehicle was located in a salt belt state.
2000 Toyota Camry. The consumer stated at 48,202 miles vehicle would not go into reverse. Took the vehicle to a mechanic, who determined that the straps underneath were bad, and transmission had to be replaced. This problem occurred a week ago, it only happened once.
The vehicle is not working properly ive made several attempts to get the vehiclefixed they said I have no warrenty after they said it did I refuse to continue with a vehicle that malfunctions.when I got the vehicle they just pressured me to sign without even explaining to me what was in the contract. Also now they incresed my loan
Transmission problems, shift cable failed. The consumer placed the shifter in park and started to exit the vehicle when the vehicle suddenly began to move forward. The consumer looked att he indicator on the dash which indicated that the vehicle was still in drive. The consumer then turned off the engine. It was later determined that the shift cable broke.
Vehicle seems to have trouble with transmission (automatic). Rough when driving in reverse. Toyota technician suggested that transmission be replace at cost of owner.
2000 Toyota Camry reverse in automatic tranmisson went out. Problem spot welds where gear connected to shaft broke and gear could not turn. Car has only 96000 miles on it and this equipment failure should not occurs. I spent $1600 getting the transmisson rebuild by an independent repair shop Toyota wanted $3700.
While driving vehicle on highway at 75 mph the transmission failed, causing vehicle to slow down at an unsafe rate. Please provide additional information.
7/24/00 823 miles check engine light came on into shop replaced valve body. 9/1/00 3,177 miles check engine light to shop reset and returned.10/26/00 4,976 miles check engine light - to shop-reset and returned. 11/7/00 5,408 miles - engine check light - to shop-replaced transmission and torque converter. 4/17/01 13,320 miles check engine light - to shop -reset and returned. 4/30/01 14,624 miles check engine light - to shop - removed valve body-disassembled and cleaned, replaced torque converter and flushed transmission. The same code has come up every time P0770 -shift solenoid "E" malfunction.
Drone and vibration at 60-70 mph. Dealer attempted 4 times to find the problem, finally replaced the transmission which they say corrected the problem. We want them to buy the car back.
Failure to operate occurs on highway, "check engine" light on, no power in gas or brake pedal. Problem was determined as internal crunched screw in remanufactured transmission provided by american Honda.
When shifting to drive and depressing gas pedal vehicle will not move consumer has to shift to park, then drive a few times, and vehicle would start traveling.
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- Philadelphia, PA, USA