2018 Toyota Camry complaints

THIS VEHICLE HAS A MAJOR DELAY/HESITATION WHEN HITTING THE GAS TO ACCELERATE. WHEN I AM ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE OR PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, IT TAKES 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE THE ENGINE REACTS. IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE LANE TRAFFIC - THE CHANCES OF BEING REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF THE HESITATION ARE HIGH. I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH A DEALER AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THAT THE VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE THE ISSUE THAT I AM EXPERIENCING - IT MOST CERTAINLY DOES! I AM FED UP WITH THE LACK OF ACTION TO REMEDY THIS DANGEROUS FLAW.

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN CRUISE MODE AND SUDDENLY WARNING AND PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM DASHBOARD LIGHT CAME ON TOGETHER, AND A MESSAGE POPS-UP IN THE SCREEN SHOWING THE CRUISE CONTROL IS UNAVAILABLE. THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL GETS DISABLED AND THE CAR START DROPPING THE SPEED UNLESS CONTROLLED MANUALLY. AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MILES THE LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY GO BACK TO NORMAL. HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE CALIBRATED SOME SENSORS BUT I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RODENTS ENTERED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ATE THE ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE WIRING ATTRACTED RODENTS AND OTHER ANIMALS. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE, BUT RODENTS ATE THE WIRING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF RIDGECREST (321 N CHINA LAKE BLVD, RIDGECREST, CA 93555, (760) 375-4401) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS RODENT DAMAGE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,700. *BF*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE PARALLEL PARKING, THE RPMS INCREASED TO 6,000 AND THE ENGINE REVVED AS IF IT WANTED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT QUICKLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, SHIFTED INTO PARK, AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ED MORSE DELRAY TOYOTA (LOCATED AT 2800 S FEDERAL HWY, DELRAY BEACH, FL 33483, (888) 469-2898) WHERE NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE DEALER ACCUSED THE CONTACT OF DEPRESSING BOTH THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 1811150364. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.*BF *JB

1. EVERY TIME I BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY BRAKES SQUEAK VERY LOUDLY. 2. THE TRANSMISSION NEVER KNOWS WHAT GEAR TO BE IN WHILE DRIVING AND WILL CLUNK IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. 3. HAS A TERRIBLE BURNING SMELL OF PLASTIC AND OIL LIKE WHEN THE CAR ENGINE IS HOT. 4. DRIVE SIDE CABIN HAS A CONSTANT ANTIFREEZE SMELL WHILE RUNNING THE A/C 5. THE ENGINE HAS A HORRIBLE LOAD KNOCKING NOISE WHILE RUNNING. IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY OLD CAR. 6. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR OR IF IT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY BUT THE 3-5 SEC DELAY IS DANGEROUS I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS TO THE TOYOTA DEALER IN GASTONIA NC AT THE 5 MILE, 10MILE AND 15MILE SERVICE AND EACH TIME THE DEALER JUST TELLS ME ITS FINE AND THAT'S NORMAL.

CAR ENGINE KNOCKS AFTER WARMING UP. KNOCKS GOES AWAY AND COMES BACK. LOSS OF POWER AND NOISY DRIVING. OCCASIONALLY ENGINE SHAKES AT STARTUP. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR ALL THE TIMES AND SHE COMPLAINT ME SEVERAL TIMES IN HER WORDS THAT CAR IS NOT SMOOTH AND I KEEP IGNORING. I HAVE STARTED DRIVING THIS CAR AFTER HER COMPLAINT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING IS WRONG OR CAR IS SAFE. I HAVE RECORDED SEVERAL VIDEOS OF ENGINE KNOCKING HAVING CAR PARKED IN MY GARAGE. SECONDLY GEAR SHIFTING IS VERY ABNORMAL. SOMETIMES SHIFTS DOWN FOR NO REASON AND SOMETIMES TAKES LONGER TO SHIFT DOWN WHILE PASSING AND STAYS IN LOWER GEAR FOR LONG TIME ABOUT 5-7 SECONDS EVEN UPSHIFTED USING LEVER ON STEERING WHEEL. I COULD NOT RECORD ABNORMAL SHIFTING OPERATION DUE TO SAFETY REASON DURING DRIVING. I AM JUST NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON BUT I NOTICED THIS WEEK AGO AFTER MY WIFE COMPLAINT.

I PURCHASED MY TOYOTA 2018 CAMRY SE WITH 4 MILES ON IT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR HAS MAJOR PROBLEMS ACCELERATING. WHILE RESUMING DRIVING ,FROM A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT AND MERGING ON TO A HIGHWAY, WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR HAS A MAJOR DELAY IN ACCELERATION. IT MAKES A LOUD REVVING NOISE LIKE A SPORTS CAR WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR DOES NOT TAKE OFF WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL . IT IS A MAJOR DELAY .ITS VERY SLOW, AND YOU BARELY MOVE WHILE THE CAR IS MAKING A TREMENDOUS AND EMBARRASSING AMOUNT OF LOUD NOISE. IN ORDER TO TRY AND AVOID BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AND AT THIS TIME I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. ITS TOTALLY RANDOM . I COULD TAKE OFF OUT OF SYNC WITH PRESSING THE GAS TOO QUICKLY , OR BARELY MOVE AT ALL. THIS IS HAZARDOUS. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TWICE AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, THAT I PURCHASED MY CAR WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE DEALERSHIP SAID BOTH TIMES, THAT THEY TEST DROVE MY CAR AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. PLEASE DO A RECALL ON THIS CAR FOR OUR OWN SAFETY.

FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF DRIVING, THERE BECAME A TERRIBLE AND ANNOYING HESITATION OF 3-5 SECONDS WHEN ACCELERATING. SINCE THIS IS A V6, IT ACCELERATES GREAT, BUT I REALIZED AFTER DECELERATION AND THEN ACCELERATING AGAIN, THERE WAS A LONG DELAY BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD 'CATCH UP' WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WANTED TO GO AGAIN. UPON COMPLAINING TO SERVICE, THEY SAID IT TAKES SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES FOR THE COMPUTER TO LEARN HOW EACH INDIVIDUAL DRIVES. AGAIN, AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES, THE SAME OCCURRENCE, AND IT SEEMED TO EVEN GET WORSE AS I SOMETIMES SPIN THE FRONT TIRES (ON ICE AND SNOW AND WET ROADS) ONCE THE CAR'S COMPUTER ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. ONCE THE DEALER ACTUALLY 'RESET' THE COMPUTER WHICH MADE THINGS WORSE BECAUSE THE 'LEARNING' MODE STARTED OVER. SEVERAL TIMES I COMPLAINED AND FINALLY ONE OF THE MASTER TECHS ADMITTED THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE DRIVE-BY-WIRE SYSTEM THAT REPLACED THE MECHANICAL FOOT-PEDAL DIRECT ACCELERATION. HE SAID IT'S ALSO COMPLICATED BY THE 8-SPEED TRANSMISSION, THAT WHEN DECELERATING, THE TRANS UPSHIFTS TO MAYBE 6TH OR 8TH GEAR, AND ONCE THE DRIVER ACCELERATES AGAIN, THE DRIVE-BY-WORE SYSTEM , WHICH IS ALREADY DELAYING ACCELERATION FROM THE DRIVERS FOOT PRESSURE, HAS TO THEN UP SHIFT SEVERAL GEARS 'IMMEDIATELY', THIS CAUSING A LURCHING (AND SOMETIMES TIRE SPIN). TOYOTA ACKNOWLEDGES THE 'PROBLEM', BUT SAYS SINCE OTHER SIMILAR CARS DO THE SAME THING, THAT IT'S 'NORMAL'. I DISAGREE. IT'S IS A FAULT, A DESIGN DEFECT, AND IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND REPAIRED. T

GEAR SHIFTING IS WIRED BETWEEN 25 MPH AND 45 MPH SOME TIMES VERY ROUGH AND SOME TIMES IT DOWN SHIFT AND YOU FEEL MORE POWER THEN NORMAL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LANE DEPARTURE FEATURE FAILED TO OPERATE. WHILE DRIVING, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT STRUCK THE FRONT MIDDLE PORTION OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BRUISES, A BROKEN STERNUM, AND WHIPLASH AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE CRASH, BUT HAD NOT YET INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FACILITY. A DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE YET. MALLOY TOYOTA (400 WEEMS LN, WINCHESTER, VA 22601, (866) 788-9507) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ABNORMAL CONDITION BEFORE AND AFTER THE CRASH, BUT FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL GUIDANCE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED 4 TSBS FOR LANE DEPARTURE HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE TSB AND THEY HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR A REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, TOYOTA MADE THE ENGINE CONTROL SOFTWARE VERY SLOW TO REACT TO THROTTLE INPUTS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND STOMP ON THE GAS, THERE CAN BE AS MUCH AS A 1.5 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE ENGINE TRIES TO DO SOMETHING. THIS CAN BE PRETTY DANGEROUS SUCH AS WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR MOVE SO SOMEONE DOESN'T HIT YOU. NEVER DROVE A CAR THAT HAD SUCH A DELAY UNLESS IT HAD A TURBO, BUT THE CAMRY RESPONDS EVEN SLOWER (CAMRY DOES NOT HAVE A TURBO). I;VE HAD THE CAR FOR 7 MONTHS...IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMON COMPLAINT.

I JUST BOUGHT A CAMRY SE 2018 AND EVERYTIME FROM TAKEOFF TO A STOP PEDALS OR TRANSMISSION FEEL ROUGT IS LIKE THE CAR DONT MOVE IF YOU GONNA TAKE OFF I NEED TO PRESS THE PEDAL SO HARD TO GET THE CAR MOVE TO PASS THE OTHERS CARS THE SAME THING I DONT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR I HAVE A 2017 ELANTRA AT THAT HYUNDAI HANDLE BETTER THAN THE CAMRY SO ACELERATION IS ROUGHT I JUST HAVE TWO DAYS DRIVING AND I KNOW THATS CANT BE LIKE THAT. SO THAT HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICULE IS IN MOTION AFTER STOP WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AFTER STOP WHEN GOING TO DRIVE AGAIN HARD ACELERATION AND CAR WASTING TO MUCH GAS CAMRY HAS 43K I BOUGHT IT USE AND THAT HAPPEN THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT I WAS THINKING MAYBE IS ME CAUSE I HAVE A HYUNDAI BUT I DROVE BEFORE A 2014 CAMRY AND IS NOT LIKE THAT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED, AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,600.

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION: 1: CAR HESITATES TO SPEED UP FROM A FULL STOP OR WHILE IN MOTION. 2: RPM'S GO OVER 3000 BEFORE CAR REACTS (2-3 SECONDS DELAY) , DANGEROUS SPECIALLY WHEN TAKING CURVES OR MERGING INTO TRAFFIC (HIGHWAYS, FAST TRAFFIC ROADS). 3: I FEEL A "HICCUP" LIKE MOVEMENT WHILE IN MOTION (SOMETIMES). 4: CAR HESITATES TO SHIFT OR SHIFTS WHIT EXCESSIVE POWER. 5: DOWNSHIFTS AND LOSS OF ACCELERATION (IT HAPPENS ERRATICALLY) 6: I HEARD A SOFT METAL-TO-METAL "KNOCK" SOUND WHEN I LIFT MY FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL WHILE IN MOTION. UNTIL NOW THIS ARE THE SYMPTOMS I'M EXPERIENCING WITH MY 2018 CAMRY 4-CYL, CERTAINLY SOMETHING I WASN'T EXPECTING FROM A TOYOTA PRODUCT. THE UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR OF THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS, I NEVER KNOW WHEN IS GOING TO RESPONSE AS IT SHOULD DO OR WHEN I'LL HAVE TO FLOOR IT SO IT CAN REV UP AND FINALLY MOVE.

EVERYTIME WE STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR IT DELAYS TAKE OFF RESPONSE AS OF THE TRANSMISSION STARTS ON 4TH GEAR THEN RAPIDLY DROPS IT TO 1ST OR 2ND WHICH THEN CREATES A REALLY JERKY EFFECT WHICH IS NOT COMFORTABLE, NOT SAFE AND NOT RELIABLE.

MOVING SLOWLY I TURNED THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT TO CHANGE LANES AND ACCELERATED, THE TRANS SEEMED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL BY ITSELF. THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT CAR WOULD NOT GO FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS UNTIL IT FINALLY ENGAGED. THIS CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE CARS COMING UP BEHIND COULD HAVE COLLIDED WITH ME. THIS HAPPENED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION ON A CITY STREET. I WAS GOING ABOUT 5MPH WHEN I TURNED THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND TRIED TO CHANGE LANES.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JERKS WHEN GOING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. IT SEEMS LIKE IT DON'T KNOW WHAT HEAR TO GO IN AT TIMES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLIND SPOT SENSOR FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND SRATCHED THE VEHICLE'S BUMPER WHILE REVERSING. THE "BLIND SPOT SENSOR MIRROR DETECTED" MESSAGE APPEARED. TOYOTA OF HUNTINGTON (1030 E JERICHO TURNPIKE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746, (631) 423-6644) INSTALLED A NEW SENSOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THE SAME WEEK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,514.

TAKATA RECALL: WHEN ACCELERATING AND DEACCELERATING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS REALLY ROUGH AND MAKES THE CAR JERKY LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL OUT. DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT ALL WITH MY BRAND NEW CAR DRIVING THIS WAY. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR 7 MONTHS AND WANT TO GET RID OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS ROUGH RIDE EXPERIENCE!

LAG AND HESITATION WHEN GOING TO FULL THROTTLE ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT HESITATES FOR A SECOND AND THEN FINALLY GRABS ON TO ACCELERATE. IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE I PURCHASED IT BUT WAS HOPING IT WOULD WORK ITSELF OUT EVENTUALLY, BUT THIS HASN'T HAPPENED. TOYOTA DID A TSB SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE 4 CYLINDER BUT NOT THE V6.

BLINDSPOT NOT WORKING ON PASSENGER SIDE. I TOOK MY CAR TO TOYOTA IN FOR SERVICE TODAY. I INFORMED THEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THIS ISSUE. I SENT THEM PICTURES OF THE BLIND SPOT COMING ON AT RANDOM TIME OR NOT COMING ON AT ALL. THE PHOTO ATTACHED WAS ME DRIVING DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD AND IT COMING ON, WHICH SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AT ALL. I EVEN HAVE A 15 SECOND VIDEO OF ME PASSING AN 18 WHEELER. AS I PASSED THIS VEHICLE ON MY RIGHT THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. THE DEALER AGAIN TOLD ME IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEM THEN THEY CAN'T REPLACE THIS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND NOW HAS 19,650 MILES.

WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THEN IN FORWARD THE CAR JERKS. WHEN I'M DRIVING THE CAR AT LOWER SPEEDS AND MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL, OR SHIFTS DOWN OR UP JERKY LIKE IT SKIPS GEARS OR IT CAN'T DECIDE WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF. THE BULLETIN RECOMMENDS THAT DEALERS REPROGRAM THE PCM MODULE. THE BULLETIN IS TSB #T-SB-0330-17. THE DEALER WON'T REPROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NIT A RECALL ISSUE.

2018 TOYOTA CAMRY XSE. CONSUMER WRITES WITH CONCERN TO A SAFETY HAZARD REGARDING UNEXPECTED SUDDEN BRAKING WITH VEHICLE. *AS *TR

WHILE DRIVING, WITH OR WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY JERKY. ANY SORT OF INCLINE SEEMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUE EVEN FURTHER! I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, ONLY FOR THEM TO TELL ME NOTHING IS WRONG. BUT WHAT WOULD I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I DRIVE IT 110 MILES A DAY. THE PROBLEM HAS ALSO OCCURRED FROM TAKEOFF FROM A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. THE RPM'S WANT TO JUMP AND THE PEDAL IS VERY TOUCHY. I REALLY HATE THE TRANSMISSION JERKING THIS HARD WHEN I'M DRIVING 75-80 ON THE INTERSTATE. I ALSO DIDNT WANT TO PAY THIS MUCH FOR THE CAMRY, WHICH I HOLD IN HIGH REGARD, ONLY FOR THIS TO CONTINUE HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS. I HAD IT LOOKED AT WITH AROUND 6K MILES AND NOW I HAVE 13K ON THE CAR, WITH ZERO IMPROVEMENT. TOYOTA, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE AND FIX THIS ISSUE FOR ALL OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM!

2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER WRITES TO RECOMMEND A RECALL NOTICE ON VEHICLE MODEL BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL. *AS *TR

THE CAR HARD SHIFTS ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR... SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE SEARCHING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR, SOME LAG TIME WHEN ACCELERATING. THE PROBLEMS SEEM TO START ABOUT 5K-8K MILES. THE FIRST TIME, THE DEALER SAID TO SWITCH TO PREMIUM GAS, THE PROBLEM GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, IT IS ON BACK ORDER AND IT MAY TAKE 4 WEEKS TO GET THE NEW TRANSMISSION. DEALER IS ALSO UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2018 CAMRY.

BRAKES SQUEAL LOUDLY WHEN BACKING OUT OF SLOPED DRIVEWAY ON COLD MORNING. ALSO, LIGHT SHEET OF RUST ON EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR SURFACE OF ALL DISCS. SQUEAL GOES AWAY AFTER A SHORT WHILE (ABS WARM-UP ISSUE?), AND THE EXTERIOR RUST WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYS OF USE. I'VE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD SUCH ON A NEW VEHICLE BEFORE (HAVE DRIVEN MULTIPLE NEW CARS OVER 40 YEARS).

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, DRIVER SIDE DOOR WINDOW/LOCK/MIRROR CONTROL PANEL POPPED-OUT EASILY, WHEN WINDOW CONTROL UP WAS ACTIVATED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME, SO I WASN'T DRIVING AND STARTLED/DISTRACTED BY IT (I.E., POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE). APPEARS TO BE A RETAINER CLIP ISSUE. I REPORTED IT TO LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, WHO COULDN'T FIX IT, SO I SHIMMED THE CLIP, AND HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE, SINCE, THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO EXTRACT, SHOULD THE NEED ARISE! NO SUCH ISSUE WITH PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL PANEL. UPLOADED IMAGES EXTRACTED FROM MOV VIDEO, SHOULD YOU WISH TO REVIEW IT, AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST VIA E-MAIL (I'D HAVE TO UPLOAD IT TO MY WEBSITE, BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE FILE).

HIT A POTHOLE ON INTERSTATE 75 AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BROKE OFF THE RIM. THE RIM AND TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACE.

HIT A POTHOLE ON INTERSTATE 75 AND BENTED THE FRONT RIGHT RIM. CANNOT BALANCE THE TIRE WITHOUT A NEW RIM.

WINDSHIELD DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF WHILE DRIVING INTO THE SUN. THERE ARE LIGHT COLORED SPECKLES THROUGHOUT THE WINDSHIELD THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH WHENEVER WE ARE DRIVING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN. IT'S CALLED "WINDSHIELD DELAMINATION" BUT THEY FEEL THAT THIS COMES FROM ROCKS AND SAND HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. WE NOTICED IT THE VERY FIRST DAY WE DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND THE FIRST TIME WE BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE, THE SERVICE WRITER SAID IT WAS NORMAL AND WOULDN'T EVEN WRITE IT ON THE INVOICE. WE FEEL THAT TOYOTA NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD INSTEAD OF MAKING EXCUSES THAT ALL WINDSHIELDS HAVE THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AFTER A LITTLE WHILE. THIS WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE CLEARLY OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD WHENEVER WE MUST DRIVE INTO THE SUN.

8 SPEED TRANSMISSION THE TRANSMISSION PERFORMS POORLY, REGULARLY STALLING BETWEEN SHIFTS, CAUSING A LAG IN ACCELERATION. IT CAN'T SEEM TO PICK A GEAR, LEAVING THE VEHICLE STALLED BRIEFLY, WHILE THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. ONCE, AT A LARGE INTERSECTION, IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, FROM A STOP, I ATTEMPTED A RIGHT TURN. THE CAR STALLED, WHILE I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, CAUSING A MILD PANIC, AS I WAS CONFRONTED WITH AN 18 WHEELER ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO MY LANE. THE CAR EVENTUALLY ACCELERATED, GETTING ME OUT OF THE WAY, IN A HARRIED AND FRUSTRATED HUFF AT THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THIS NEW CAR. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT MIS-PERFORM UPON EVERY SINGLE SHIFT OF THE GEARS, BUT THERE WILL BE MIS-PERFORMANCE OCCURRING ON EVERY SINGLE TRIP TAKEN IN THE CAR.

I HAVE HAD CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2018 CAMRY SINCE PURCHASING MAY 2018. MY CAR IS ALWAYS JERKING AS I ACCELERATE AND WHEN I'M DRIVING IN TOWN, FEELS LIKE I'M GETTING REAR-ENDED AND HESITATING ON HIGHWAY WHEN I HAVE TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAIFFIC WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN THE CAR WON'T GET UP AND GO. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER BECAUSE IT CAN SAVE SETTINGS FROM PREVIOUS DRIVERS. THAT DIDN'T HELP. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION AND IT TAKES FEW SECONDS FOR THE COMPUTER TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE FEATURE. THE CAR IS SUPER LOUD AND ROUGH FEELING WITH THE TIRES. I FEEL LIKE I'M DRIVING AN OLD VEHICLE FROM THE 80'S. THE ENTUNE APP HAS CONSTANT ISSUES OF NOT LOADING OR RECOGNIZING MY PHONE. TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME AND PRESSURE TESTS FINE AT DEALER. MAINTENANCE LIGHT COMES ON EVERY 5000 MILES FOR TIRE CHECK AND OIL ONLY NEEDS CHANGED 10000. MAINTENANCE LIGHT SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM OIL CHANGE SO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE NEEDS DONE.

VERY LOUD SCREECHING SOUND BRAKES MAKE EVERY TIME I REVERSE MY 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY XSE. THE SOUND IS SO LOUD MY ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS WHEN I LEAVE MY HOME. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS NORMAL. NOT SURE I CAN'T TRUST MY BRAKES.

TAMARA RECALL I WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED IN TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS HIT BY AN SUV GOING 60+ MPH. THE IMPACT SLAMMED ME IN TO THE TWO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. MY TRUNK WAS SMASHED AND MY FRONT END WAS MESSED UP. MY RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND MY FAN WAS CRACKED. OVERALL MY CAR WAS TOTALED.... YET MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH IS WHY I SUFFERED A CONCUSSION ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER INJURIES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE NOISE WAS ALSO HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVE LANDERS TOYOTA (10825 COLONEL GLENN RD, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72204, (501) 568-5800) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

THIS IS A SW BUG IN THE MAP NAVIGATION SETUP THAT IS DANGEROUS. THIS CAMRY HAS A FREEWAY MAP MODE SETUP WHERE THE SCREEN CAN BE SET FOR 50% MAP + 50% FREEWAY EXITS. THE MODE CAN ALSO BE SETUP FOR 100% MAP IF THAT IS PREFERRED. THIS SETTING CAN ONLY BE SET IN THE CONTEXT OF DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE DEFAULT SETTING IS THE 50-50 MAP MODE. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE SETTING ALWAY REVERTS BACK TO THE DEFAULT SETTING THROUGH TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON. THE SETTING DOES NOT GET STORED IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY. THE DRIVER MUST RESET THE MAP-MODE EVERY TIME, AND THEY MUST DO IT WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS DANGERIOUS!

TRANSMISSION HAS A VERY DANGEROUS DELAY . DOESN'T RESPOND WHEN YOU PRESS THE PEDAL WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THEN SUDDENLY REACS . WHEN SWITCHING LANES AND MERGING INTO HIGHWAY IVE HAD THE CAR NOT RESPOND WHEN PRESSING THE PEDAL CAUSING ME TO ALMOST GET REAR ENDED MULTIPLE TIMES . TOYOTA PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM !!!!! NOT A SAFE CAR

CAR CANNOT SEEM TO DETERMINE WHICH GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. WHEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY AND PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED, CAR LURCHES FORWARD AND A CLUNK IS HEARD AS THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS. CLUNKING SOUND IS MADE WORSE IN COLD, HUMID, OR CLOUDY WEATHER. IN THE STREETS, WHEN TURNING A CORNER AND HITTING THE GAS, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE LAG (ABOUT 2 SECONDS) UNTIL THE CAR JERKS FORWARD AND INCREASES SPEED. IF YOU WANT TO PASS SOMEONE YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THE CAR CAN SUDDENLY LURCH FORWARD AND A HIGHER SPEED THAN INTENDED, OR NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. WHEN CAR AUTOMATICALLY BRAKES FOR YOU TO AVOID A COLLISION, A LOUD RATTLING NOISE IS HEARD AND FELT THROUGHOUT CABIN WHEN DEPRESSING PEDAL, WITH MOST OF THE NOISE CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA UNDER THE HOOD OF CAR.

CAR IS OFTEN JUMPY AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN. I WILL PUSH THE GAS PEDAL DOWN, AND THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DELAY BEFORE THE CAR SELECTS THE PROPER GEAR, OFTEN RESULTING IN THE CAR LURCHING FORWARD. THIS ONLY HAPPENS IN TOWN, NOT ON THE HIGHWAY, AND SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN AFTER TURNING. AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT ENOUGH FOR ME TO TAKE NOTICE AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR A MONTH.

AFTER HEAVY SNOWFALL AND SEVERAL DAYS OF NOT DRIVING, THE MOON ROOF ON MY CAMRY BROKE. IT STILL GOES UP AND DOWN AND OPENS AND CLOSES, BUT WHEN I CHOOSE TO BRING IT DOWN IT GOES TOO FAR DOWN. THIS RESULTED IN SNOW/RAIN TO ENTER MY VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION HESISTATING ON TAKE OFF AND WHEN CHANGING TO ANOTHER FORWARD SPEED. HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 2 - 3 TIMES A WEEK

ENGINE IS VERY LOUD, ACCELERATION FINE ONE MINUTE AND THE NEXT MINUTE I TRY TO ACCELERATE IT DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO GO ANYWHERE I CONSIDER THIS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE BEING THAT I TRY TO ACCELERATE OUT INTO TRAFFIC. AND IT WANTS TO STALL AND LOSES ACCELERATION FOR 1 OR 2 SECONDS. WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS BEING THAT I'M STUCK THERE AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR THAT. OF TIME AND THEN I HAVE TO STEP ON IT WAY WAY MORE THAN WHAT I SHOULD HAVE TO GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY. THESE INCIDENTS TAKE PLACE ON THE CITY STREETS NOT THE HIGHWAY. ONLY IN THE BEGINNING OF ACCELERATING.

WHILE DRIVING, CAR HAS PROBLEM SELECTING THE RIGHT GEAR. I WAS DRIVING AND I DECELERATE NOT TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEM TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THAT WHEN I NOTICE CAR HAS STRUGGLE TO SELECT THE PROPER GEAR. CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE FOR ABOUT 2 SECOND BEFORE A ROUGH FAST START THROUGH 2 OR 3 GEAR, THEM THE PROPER GEAR IS SELECTED.

THE TRANSMISSION HAS HARSH SHIFTS. MULTIPLE TIMES COMING THROUGH THE CITY WITH STOP SIGNS IT WILL HAVE A DELAY AND JERK WHEN I START TO GO AGAIN. SOME TIMES WHEN I GO TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION THERE WILL BE A DELAY WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS IF I'M CROSSING WHILE YIELDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STARTED ITS FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTERS AND RECOMMENDED I USED THE DIFFERENT MODES FOR BETTER SHIFTING. I WOULD LIKE THE BETTER FUEL ECONOMY AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN SPORT MODE FOR IT TO SOMEWHAT SHIFT BETTER. EVEN IN SPORT MODE IT STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDS TO LEARN MY DRIVING PATTERN BUT AT 10K MILES I'M STILL HAVE ING THE ISSUE. IF IT WASN'T A NEW CAR I WOULD SAY THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD WITH HOW JERKY THE CAR CAN BE AT TIMES. VERY DISAPPOINTING.

ON DECEMBER 6, 2018, I PURCHASED A 2018 CAMRY WITH 65 MILES. I AM WRITING TO YOU REGARDING MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL PROBLEM. THIS LETTER ALSO DOCUMENTS THE SECOND INCIDENT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT AND LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 4 HOURS AND THEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR A DAY. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN TRAFFIC AND THE CAR ISSUED A MASTER WARNING LIGHT, A WARNING BUZZER, AND A MESSAGE ON THE MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY THAT QUICKLY DISAPPEARED. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM OR PEDAL ITSELF. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO HELP DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. ON THE FOURTH INCIDENT, I HAVE A VIDEO THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THERE IS AN ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. IN THREE OF THE FOUR INCIDENTS, I WAS BACKING UP IN "R" AND NOTICED THERE WAS NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, PLACED CAR IN "D" AND STILL NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL THAN IT WOULD JUST GO. IF THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE EITHER IN A TURN OR IN ANY SITUATION, THAN AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH COULD OCCUR. CURRENTLY CAR IS AT A TOYOTA DEALER. TOYOTA DID NOTHING ON THE FIRST TWO VISITS, AS THERE WERE "NO CODES" AND WOULD DO NOTHING UNLESS A CODE WAS PRESENT. I PROVIDED THEM WITH A VIDEO OF THE FOURTH INCIDENT AND IT SEEMS THEY MIGHT BE A BIT MORE INTERESTED.

THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THE POWER TRAIN IS THAT WHEN THE CAR SLOWS DOWN & HAS TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY OR WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP & TAKE OFF THE CAR HESITATES TO GO. IT SOMEWHAT STALLS & IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN CITY TRAFFIC TRYING TO CROSS A BUSY STREET & THEN YOU STALL WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING TOWARDS YOU!! YOU CAN SOMETIMES PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR & IT STILL WON'T TAKE OFF LIKE IT SHOULD & THEN WHEN IT CATCHES THE CAR JERKS & THEN ACCELERATES. CRAZY HUH? I DON'T LIKE IT. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES & EVERY TIME THEY SAY IT'S THE WAY THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS MADE IN THE 2018 MODELS & IT'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. BUT IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY AT SOME POINT OF MY DRIVING TRIP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE & TOYOTA NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM & TAKE THIS SERIOUS BEFORE SOMEONE REALLY GETS HURT. WITH THE VISIBILITY OR WIPERS, WHEN IT RAINS REALLY HARD THE VISIBILITY IS TERRIBLE...WIPERS ON HIGH & DEFROST ON IT'S STILL JUST TERRIBLE!! TOYOTA WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS NOW!!

WHILE DRIVING MY 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY, A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF THE CAR CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. TWO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I SAW A FIRE FLASH FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG AND RECEIVED A SERIOUS BURN ON MY ARM. MY JACKET SLEEVE MELTED AS WELL. IT'S BEEN OVER A WEEK, AND THE BURN HAS STILL NOT HEALED. SO THANKFUL MY EYES WERE NOT BURNED!

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH ON A HIGHWAY IN WET CONDITIONS, ON A FLAT, SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE, I HEARD A LOUD POP BUT THERE WAS NOT AN IMPACT TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE 1 MILE TO MY DESTINATION AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. APPROX. 30 MINUTES LATER I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE, BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT AND NOTICED A CHANGE IN THE VEHICLES PERFORMANCE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT THE TIRES AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE, THE MILEAGE WAS APPROX 9,390K. I CONTACTED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE, THEY ARRIVED & CHANGED THE TIRE AND I WILL CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP, TEAM TOYOTA IN GLEN MILLS, PA.

THE CRASH DETECTOR SYSTEM STOP WORKING FOR THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING IT HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES I WAS DRIVING 40 MILE PER HOUR