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This is my third Toyota car that I buy as a brand new car and I was so excited about grtting a 2018 Camry SE but am very disspoint it with this situation man so this is whats happening to the car the vehicle has issues with the transmission there are times when the car can't seem to decide what gear to pick and when to engage it resulting in a second or two of dead acceleration once the vehicle decides what to do, it sends an excessive amount of power to the wheels with unintended acceleration rates. This has been an issue since I bought the car so please let me know what we can do because I dont like how this brand new transmission works. 2.the second pronlem is that that car start shaking when am going over 70 miles per hour on the highway and I know exactly that is not with balance and not alighnmrnt because idont feel the steering wheel shaking I fell the shaking is comming from the engine I can guaranteed U that is coming from there because when I stop accelareting it goes away but once I accelerate again starts that vibration again so Toyota needs to be more specific and making sure that they're customer are 100%% happy with their car and stop testing this brand news platform with the people money because I can telk U that at least 40 percent of the people they are regreting of buying this car just because this kinda of problem so I wish theres a remedy tgat Toyota it might xonsidering to fix this inds of problem which I hate about it St all
I live in MA, apon a early November sleet my car dash lit up like a christmas tree. Disabling my anti crash system with lights going and not being able to see I almost crashed. I made an appointment for six month service at 3850 miles on car set for day after vacation. I took car in to Toyota. Explained problems and told them transmission is rough. They came back to me telling me there is a recall for transmission.. I left car at hyannis Toyota expecting to receive car back that day. Service rep called me at 530 telling me that since the day I drove off the lot there are 9 pages of defaults. Claiming driver errors. First it's a recall, but later in day driver error. I am 60 years old and this is my 5th lease with them. I do know how to drive and on cape cod in summer I sit in traffic most of the time. The situation with sleet was driving about 20mph on local streets. That was explained by service rep that sensors are sensitive and dirt, heavy rain and snow can cause anti crash systems to deactivate. And all you have to do is turn engine off and apon restart the system will reactivate itself.between the transmission self acclaimed recall and now called driver error. When you need anti crash system, the odds of it not working are pretty good as explained by service rep. I just want my can repaired and safe.the date is approx
Transmission jerks and cant seem to find the correct gear. If you come to a stop then try to change lanes the transmission cant seem to find the correct gear. I almost got into a crash because of it Toyota should recall and update the software before someone dies or gets hurt!! also the transmission jerks into gears it makes for a crap ride.
The way the car handles is horrible. When I slow down it speeds up and when I take off from a light it doesnt seem to want to go my rmp hits about 4 before it smooths out. I sware other cars think I want to race. I did advice the sales men when he asked what I thought about the car and he said because of a new modle of transmission. I do not like the way the car shakes and feels like its going to cut off. It is fine on the high way. I am just diappointed in my purchace and for the first time out of all 5 Toyota ive had that I wish I wouldnt have bought it. I was fine in my 2012 wish I would have kept it.
This car has a very jerky transmission. On an intermittent basis when I'm slowing down to a stop, the transmission can't decide what gear to go in and a vibration occurs and lunges the car forward a bit. In these cases, I have to push the brake harder to avoid hitting the car in front of me, which has nearly happened a couple times now. In addition to this shaking that can be felt throughout the car and through the steering wheel, there have been a couple of occasions where the car has nearly stalled on me as well when coming to a stop on a round-about in which I needed to accelerate right after. This random unpredictable behavior makes it very difficult to safely operate this car and avoid hitting the car in front of me or getting rear-ended, especially when in stop-and-go traffic. I can tell it's a transmission issue, because when I shift the transmission into "neutral" and come to a stop, the issue never happens. I took it to the Toyota dealership last week, since I purchased it brand new and it now has only 1500 miles on it. They spent a day on it and told me they don't know how to fix it, since it's intermittent and they were only able to reproduce it once or twice after a long test-drive. They've heard others complain about the transmission on the new 2018 Camry's though as well, so it's possible Toyota knows about this. After reading online, I can see that many others are running into the exact same issue I am.
- Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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My vehicle will stall after a rolling stop. The transmission also shutters when I am in stop and go traffic. It will randomly shutter when I am driving down the highway. It also jerks quite often.
Takata recall. I am having issues with the transmission. Since the day first day I noticed that the transmission jerks, can't find it's gear and stalls. I have had several near accidents due to the transmission not responding the way it should. Especially during bumper/bumper traffic. At low speeds the transmission can't find it's gear. Tends to upshift and when you need to accelerate it might take a few seconds before it goes and everyone knows that a few seconds is an eternity (especially when trying to change lanes and there is a car coming).
Hi I recently purchased a 2018 Toyota Camry in September with 7,000 miles on it and now it has almost 8,000 miles on it. After 1 week of purchase I am having some problems especially with the engine and transmission. Engine because I am feeling a lose of power when accelerating and not smooth when driving also it is noisy when you start the car. Also when at a full stop I can feel the vehicle shake and when you put your foot on the gas pedal and drive at 20 mph you can feel the pedal shake. Transmission because I can feel the transmission jerking and when you put it on drive it doesn't feel like you are on drive it feels like you are on neutral driving because of how rough it is when you accelerate. I also went to the dealer for this matter but they couldn't do anything. Please help me because I am very frustrated with Toyota because many of my family members have Toyota and they never had this issue. The car is good but the lack of performance has disappointed me because Toyota have a great reputation and now they are just giving that all up just to save money on fixing this issue that's what I feel that they are doing. Thats why I am disappointed with Toyota and there engineering because I feel that they put in too much for the redesigned part but not the performance part.
It seems that the transmission is not working right...the car can't decide when to accelerate and keeps jumping through...this happens from a stop or while you're driving..I tried to accelerate and car was "deciding" to move forward or not...it can happen in motion, stationary, turning....I don't feel safe at all driving my 7 months 2018 Toyota Camry....dealer solution=none...they just say the computer is not showing anything while I have to be worried about the car...
"takata recall". I bought brand new Toyota Camry SE 2018 from the Toyota dealer for taxi in New York city. I drive in New York city and sometime go to out of town up to 150 miles. On my first 10000 miles maintenance, I told the dealer that when I drive, car jerking/breaking the speed or say hesitation after drive few miles. I feel suddenly the speed start is jerking/breaking the speed for few seconds and then come back in regular speed. Even my leg is at the accelerate continues. On my complaint, the dealer technic drove the car and he reported that at present time he did not find any problem. I think, he lied. I did reported to Toyota and they open the case. They going to check on my next maintenance. Because of jerking/breaking or say hesitation, I feel might car suddenly stop in highway or any where. I drove over 1500 different cars in last over 33 years in my life and never see this kind of problem in past. I do see Toyota Camry 2018 have lot of new feature and use new technique but somehow this jerking/breaking or say hesitations during driving in any speed not good. Need to investigate and found why this happened.
The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. While operating the vehicle, the transmission shifter would erratically downshift and up shift, and the engine rpms would rev very high. While pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a second vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (Toyota of grand rapids, 2555 28th St. SE, grand rapids mi) and the transmission was reprogrammed, but the failures continued. In addition, while operating the vehicle with the air conditioner activated, the windows inside the vehicle would fog up and create a visibility hazard. The cause of the failures was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 1,000.
The 2018 Toyota Camry SE has a major issue with delayed acceleration that impacts the safety of the vehicle. The car's 8-speed transmission has trouble selecting the proper gear when the driver needs to accelerate after deceleration. For example, imagine driving steady at 40mph before decelerating to an intersection for a turn, making the turn, then pressing the gas again to accelerate. When pressing the gas again to accelerate in this scenario, the car struggles to select the proper gear after the downshift from 40 mph causing the vehicle to pause (no acceleration) for 3 seconds before very roughly cycling through two or three gears before the proper gear is selected. Both my wife and I experience this while driving the car and often feel vulnerable and stuck as traffic must brake unexpectedly because the Camry will not simply select a gear and move when the gas is pressed. Also, when the Camry finally does move, there is no predicting how much acceleration the driver will experience. This causes safety concern for both getting rear-ended while the Camry won't accelerate, and also safety concern for rear-ending someone else when the Camry unpredictably accelerates. The Toyota dealer has done nothing to fix this and states it is working as designed because no error codes are thrown. The Toyota dealer did acknowledge that 8-speed transmissions are new to Toyota and they have had major issues with the 8-speed transmission in the Toyota sienna.
When the vehicle starts and is stationary, it idles too high or it studders while idling. When driving around 60 mph to 64 mph when shifting gears from high too low speeds it also jerks abruptly. It also does this when I am slowing down to lower speeds and when I put it in drive from reverse or park to reverse it jerks/jumps really badly. Since owning this car, I bought it brand new no miles, a whell barring has had to be replaced as well.
The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration, even when the accelerator pedal was not depressed. There was also a lack of acceleration when attempting to merge, abnormal shifting, and the vehicle stalled. In addition, the odor of anti-freeze filled up the cabin. The failures occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to Toyota grand rapids (located at 2555 28th St SE, grand rapids, mi) where the failures were confirmed, but could not be remedied. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 250.
1. while stationary with foot on break the vehicle starts to roll forward requiring more and more break pressure. Brake peddle will slowly fade to floor. 2. while at highway speed 65 mph attempting to change lanes after deceleration or breaking the engine will runaway over 5,000 RPM cause a long delay in spead increase which can be crucial for matching traffic flow. Result is potential for collision from rear. 3. the Toyota entune / scout gps system fails to provide reliability as a handsfree operation system, it constantaily crashes, requiring a vehicle stop with engine restart to clear falt condition.
The transmission does not shift properly, and hesitates. When needing to make a sudden acceleration, the vehicle rolls several seconds before accelerating. I almost got hit several times
I bought 2018 Camry le the problem is jerkey shifts from the transmission, and sometimes is dosen't accelerate from a slow down if you are merging on the highway. This can be a big risk because it doesn't go when it the gas after a few seconds its kicks and goes really fast and you dont even know how fast it will go also the transmission is super jurkey in city traffic. Sometime if you put the acceleration it doesn't move forward we and other times its acceleration is too fast and you can crash with the car in front of you. Also the gas pedal is really stiff and if you drive for a long time your feet and leg gets really sore from applying so much pressure to the gas pedal.
When driving the car on city streets and highways the car hesitates feels likes the transmission is slipping or the car is having trouble shifting at some points the car shifts really hard causing a whip lash effect, the car normals does this at about anywhere from 45 miles per hour up to 70 miles per hour. At higher speeds such as 92 miles per hour to be exact the car continues to just hesitate non stop as if is struggling to go that speed?
This happened to the vehicle repeatedly and under 1000 miles on the odometer. Upon acceleration the car hesitates and after a few seconds if will finally go with a jerking to the passengers. It also has a problem accelerating on the highway, it seems to lack the power to pass anyone when in traffic. At approximately 75 miles per hour the car began to shake also. When moving into different gears the car would also feel as if it were jerking into gears. Seems to be worse on cold starts but was definitely still a problem after driving and having time to warm up.
After taking delivery of the vehicle I noticed that the vehicle accelerates very poor and when the vehicle was set on cruise control it would drop speed for no reason.
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- Atlanta, GA, USA