2005 Toyota Camry Power Train

DT: ON 5/27/05 WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER STOPPING THE ACCELERATOR WOULD HESITATE, THEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. CANNOT MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN OR RIGHT HAND TURN BECUASE THE CAR HESITATES SO MUCH IT WONT GO. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND DELAER REPORTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NORMAL. DEALER REPORTED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. TOYOTA REPORTED THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM AND WILL REPORT ANY DEVELOPMENTS.*AK

CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN FRUITLESS AS FAR AS RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF COMPLAINTS, BUT TRY THE COMPANY LINE THAT IT WAS ENGINEERED TO PERFORM THIS WAY. BASICALLY, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GEAR DOWN SATISFACTORILY, UNTIL IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. A SLOW TURN AND THEN ACCELERATION WILL 'ALWAYS' RESULT IN 'LAGGING' OF GEAR CHANGES, THEN IT WILL FINALLY GEAR DOWN AND LURCH INTO THE LOWER GEAR. IT'S AGGRAVATING AND CAN BE DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS IN TIGHT CROWDED FREEWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS WHERE IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN SPEED UP WITHOUT GETTING REAR-ENDED.

EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT REQUIRED TO SLOW VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. ENGINE "PUSHING" VEHICLE WHILST BRAKING. POOR FUEL ECONOMY (AVG 20 MPG FOR 4-CYL AUTO. POSTED FIGURES 24/34). ERRATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. NOTICEABLE DELAY WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED. NUMEROUS NEAR-ACCIDENTS DUE TO DELAY IN ACCELERATION.*AK

2005 TOYOTA SE V6 HAS NOTICEABLE HESITATION PROBLEMS AT LOW SPEEDS. COULD BE DANGEROUS AT FASTER SPEEDS. TOYOTA CURRENTLY HAS NO FIX, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. *JB