2008 Toyota Camry VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

FYI: MY 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY ACCELERATED RAPIDLY MANY TIMES WHEN IT WAS A NEW CAR, AS WERE THE BRAKES! THIS STARTED WITHIN A WEEK OF MY PURCHASING THE CAR NEW. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY AS THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS JUST LEARNING MY DRIVING HABITS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH WITH THE SPEED CONTROL ACTIVATED. THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS EXCESSIVE FORCE APPLIED TWICE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL; AND DEACTIVATION OF THE SPEED CONTROL. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE MANUFACTURER TO REPORT THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE SO THAT SHE COULD MERGE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE; ALTHOUGH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER TOWARDS THE GRAVEL AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL UNTIL IT COASTED AND STOPPED. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED, SHE TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. SHE RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE FLOOR MATS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND INSTRUCTED HER TO REMOVE THEM. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR EVERY TIME SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,406. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND A BAR WAS INSTALLED UNDER THE GAS PEDAL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS STILL NOT RUNNING RIGHT AND ALSO THERE WAS AN OCCASIONAL PING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 03/29/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2007. WITHIN A WEEK SHE ADVISED THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS IF IT WANTED TO MOVE FASTER THAN NORMAL AND WHEN SHE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT IT ALSO SURGED FORWARD. THE DEALER TOLD HER THE VEHICLE WAS COLD AND NEEDED TO WARM UP PRIOR TO DRIVING IT. THE DEALER ALSO TURNED THE IDLE DOWN AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SURGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

EARLY JANAURY 2009 MY TOYOTA CAMRY HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENT THAT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY INJURY BUT DID RESULT IN A DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND A CLAIM WITH NATIONWIDE INSURANCE. AT THE TIME I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED IT WAS LIKE MY CAR WAS POSSESSED. I KNOW IT WAS NOT A FLOOR MAT ISSUE. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY INDICATED THAT SINCE I DID NOT HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED AT THEIR SERVICE CENTER THERE WOULD BE NO COMPENSATION. *CW

ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL*CW

AFTER DROPPING MY SISTERS OFF AT ONE OF THEIR HOMES, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR TOOK A MIND OF ITS OWN AND BEGAN TO INCREASE SPEED AND I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO STOPEVEN AFTER STEPPING ON THE BRAKE AND PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK. THE CAR HIT A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND STILL THE ENGINE REVVED AS IF IT WERE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE FENCE AND THEN IT FINALLY STOPPED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A HOUSE AND CRASHED DOWN INTO A 4 FOOT EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE AND THE WAS TAKEN TO HER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE MADE AT HER EXPENSE. EVENTUALLY, SHE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V017000: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL) DESCRIBING THE FAILURE SHE EXPERIENCED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HER NEAREST DEALER WHERE THE NECESSARY RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,199. UPDATED 6/3/10 *CN UPDATED 07/19/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. AFTER GREAT FORCE WAS EXERTED ONTO THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FLOOR MAT BECAME STUCK UNDER THE PEDAL. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER , BUT DID NOT REMOVE THE FLOOR-MATS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 15,107.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN HER VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL. SHE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ONTO A RAMP AND THE VEHICLE JUST BEGAN TO SPEED UP TO AT LEAST 35 MPH. WHEN SHE TRIED TO USE THE BRAKES, SHE FELT AS SHE WERE PRESSING ON AIR. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE TOWARD A TREE BUT BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO THE TREE, SHE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. SHE WAS TOLD BY OTHER OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLE BEHIND HER THAT HER BRAKE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AS IF SHE WERE USING HER HAZARD LIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HER TO WRITE A LETTER REGARDING THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, A CLAIMS MANAGER TOLD HER THAT THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST HER AND THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16,000.

APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE IS ENTIRELY INACCURATE. I DO NOT REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT PROBABLY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO EITHER IN A 2006 CAMRY OR A 2008 CAMRY HYBRID. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 09V388000. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE "TOYOTA HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS DEFECT DOES NOT EXIST IN VEHICLES IN WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE VEHICLE AND IS PROPERLY SECURED" AND BELIEVE THAT MY COMPLAINT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS ONE. 1. MY COMPATIBLE AND PROPERLY SECURED CARPETED DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT SLIPPED OFF THE RETAINING HOOKS (CLIPS) AND BUNCHED UP UNDER THE PEDALS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO HOOKS, WHICH ARE REMOVABLE, AND THEY SPIN AROUND AND AROUND, ALLOWING THE MAT TO SLIP OFF. I BELIEVE THAT A SIMPLE FIX OF INSTALLING PERMANENT HOOKS THAT DO NOT SPIN, OR FOUR HOOKS, WOULD SOLVE THIS POTENTIALLY FATAL ISSUE. 2. AS I WAS DRIVING, I FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. I DISCOVERED THAT MY FLOOR MAT HAD LODGED UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL, MAKING IT SO THAT COULD NOT PRESS IT DOWN. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO DISLODGE THE MAT AND AVOID A COLLISION. THIS INCIDENT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, BUT THE MATS DO COME OFF THE HOOKS FREQUENTLY, THEREFORE I MUST CONSTANTLY MAKE SURE THAT MY MAT IS SECURE AND THAT THE HOOKS ARE FACING THE CORRECT WAY SO THE MAT CANNOT SLIP OFF THEM. 3. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. *TR

I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY AND HAVE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES BY ITSELF. *TR

HELLO, I HAVE A 2008 SOLARA. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. I HAD REPORTED SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATION. TOYOTA HAS TOLD ME THEY RECEIVED NO COMPLAINTS AND THAT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AND MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T JUST PUSH THE PEDAL TO HARD IN OTHER WORDS HE SAID DON'T GUN IT. THIS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE ANY RECALL WAS DONE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR UNLESS I CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I DRIVE IN WASHINGTON DC AND WHEN YOU STOP AND GO AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT GOES IT PICKS UP ACCELERATION AND I HAVE TO KEEP HITTING MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN OR HIT FOR A HARD STOP. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALOT BUT STILL I HAVE CONCERNS, SINCE AT ONE POINT THERE USED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO FLOOR MATS AND AS I STATED THIS WAS WELL BEFORE RECALL. NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT AND NOW I HAVE TO KEEP A GREAT DISTANCE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME SINCE I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL KICK IN. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MY CAR. THE DATE I AM CLICKING ON BELOW IS A GUESS SINCE I AM WORKING AND HAVE MY PAPERS AT HOME. THE DATE BELOW ALSO IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL THIS. *TR THANK YOU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHEN DRIVING ON AN INCLINE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY INCREASE SPEED WITHOUT THE DRIVERS CONTROL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 37477.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY HV. THE MAT WHICH IS A PROTECTIVE MAT OVER THE STANDARD VEHICLE MAT CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GET STUCK UNDER THE MAT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HE HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND DISCONNECT THE MAT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. DURING SLIGHT APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE AGGRESSIVELY ACCELERATED FORWARDS. SHE WAS ABLE TO DECELERATE, BY REMOVING HER FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. SHE RECEIVED TOYOTA FLOOR MAT RECALL IN LATE NOVEMBER OF 2009. SHE WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT INTENTION FOUR TIMES. AFTER REPEATED BRAKE APPLICATION THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO THE INTENDED SPEED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE BRING THE VEHICLE IN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 11/20/09 *BF THE SERVICE MANAGER LOOKED AT THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CARPET AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, BUT PLACED TWO TIES AT THE EDGE OF THE CARPET. UPDATED 11/20/09

I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THANKFULLY, IT WAS AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AT FIRST WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN. I THEN THOUGHT TO MOVE THE FLOOR MAT OUT OF THE WAY AND THE GAS PEDAL BECAME DISENGAGED. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN, HOWEVER, AND I TOOK THE FLOOR MAT OUT OF MY CAR. I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE FLOOR MAT UNTIL I RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT THE REPORTS OF OTHER TOYOTA OWNERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROBLEM (ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY THAT WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THEIR GAS PEDAL STICKING). FURTHERMORE, I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM TOYOTA REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. A FRIEND OF MINE MADE ME AWARE OF IT. I FIND THIS APPALLING. I ALSO FIND IT APPALLING THAT TOYOTA IS EXCUSING ITSELF FROM BLAME AND IS SHIFTING IT TO THE VEHICLES' OWNERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SOLARA. WHILE RELEASING THE PARKING BRAKE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT INTENTION. AS A CONSEQUENCE HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM SURGING FORWARD HE HAD TO SHIFT INTO THE NEUTRAL GEAR, AND THEN REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 11900. UPDATED 12/07/09. *LJ UPDATED 12/08/09

MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING MY 2008 CAMRY IN AUGUST 2009. AS SHE WAS PARKING THE CAR SHE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHICH PROPELLED THE VEHICLE OVER A RAISED SIDEWALK AND INTO THE SIDE OF A RETAIL BUILDING. THE VEHICLE HAD 3000 MILES ON IT AND NO MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN MADE SINCE PURCHASED NEW. THERE WERE FLOORMATS IN THE VEHICLE WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT, BUT HAVE SINCE BEEN REMOVED. MY MOTHER SAYS THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND REFUSES TO DRIVE IT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED, BUT PROPERLY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS $1800 AND DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING WAS $6700. TOYOTA HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

DROVE IN TO A PARK PARKING LOT, PULLED IN TO A PARKING SPACE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, BRAKES WENT OUT, RAN IN TO A TREE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX FEET AWAY. IF THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE TREE THERE I COULD HAVE RUN IN TO THE SOCCER GROUP A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY AND INJURED OR KILLED THEM AND ME. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY V6. EARLY ONE MORNING I TOOK THE CAR TO A WASH AND ON THE WAY BACK HOME PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN THE GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR WITH THE ACCELERATOR WIDE OPEN. IT TOOK A GOOD HALF BLOCK OF STOMPING ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE TO CLEAR. LONGO TOYOTA TOLD ME THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SURGED TO 80 MPH. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY DECELERATE TO 60 MPH. SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH ALSO DID NOT HELP SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR, BUT THIS FAILED AS WELL. WHENEVER SHE RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE BACK TO 80 MPH. SHE PULLED OVER AND ACTIVATED THE HAZARD LIGHTS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER THROUGH OTHER GEARS. SHE PLACED BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO 40 MPH, BUT DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE AROUND THE CORNER TO ANOTHER HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTED SOME SHIFTING MANEUVERS, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. SHE CALLED 911 FOR ASSISTANCE AND THEY INSTRUCTED HER TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION, WHICH ABRUPTLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE. SMOKE THEN FLOWED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SMOKING. SHE WAITED FOR 911, WHO INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE HUBCAPS ON THE VEHICLE WERE HOT. SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT SHE MUST HAVE HAD THE FLOORMATS UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE MATS WERE NOT UNDER THE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHECKED THE MOTOR. THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND INSISTED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE MATS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 6,300. TOYOTA BLAMED THE FLOOR MATS FOR THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THE FLOOR MATS WERE NO WHERE NEAR THE GAS PEDAL.

PURCHASED 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY 2/5/08 FROM STOLTZ TOYOTA SCION OF DUBOIS PA 814-371-3333. AFTER DRIVING FOR 3 WKS I STARTED TO NOTE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION & DECELERATION AT 20-50 MPH ALSO ACCELERATION WHEN PUTTING ON THE BRAKE AT 25-35MPH AT THESE TIME THE TACH WOULD JUMPING BACK & FORTH I FELT VERY UNSAFE & CALLED THE DEALER SVC DEPT 2/22/08 THEY SET UP AN APPT FOR 2/25 DURING THE SVC TECH'S TEST DRIVE THE CAR DIDN'T DO ANY OF THE ABOVE. HE SAID THEY WOULD CALL TOYOTA TECH IN CALIFORNIA TO SEE HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM & WOULD GET BACK TO ME. I HAD NOT HEARD BACK BY 2/28 SO I CALLED FOR AN UPDATE BECAUSE THE CAR IS STILL DOING THE ABOVE & I AM FEELING MORE UNSAFE. AFTER TALKING WITH THE PERSON WHOM ANSWERED THE PHONE SHE SAID SHE WOULD TALK TO HER SVC MANAGER AS IT COULD TAKE UP TO A WEEK BEFORE CALIFORNIA WOULD GET BACK TO THEM. ON 3/3 THE ASST SVC MANAGER CALLED ME & WE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM & HE SET UP AN APPT TO BRING IN THE CAR ON 3/7. STILL FEELING VERY UNSAFE & THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT TAKE THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY I E-MAIL ON 3/5 THE SALESMAN I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM EXPRESSING HOW UNSAFE I FELT & DETAILED THE PROBLEM & ALSO THAT I WAS NOW NOTICING AT ABOUT 40MPH THAT THE CAR ACTED LIKE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT NEED TO SHIFT DOWN THE NEXT DAY 3/5 THE ASST MANAGER CALLED ME @ & THAT HE WAS SENDING SOMEONE TO PICK UP THE CAR RIGHT NOW. THE ASST MANAGER KEPT ME UPDATE WITH PHONE CALLS ON 3/6, 3/7 THEY WHERE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AS DURING TEST DRIVES THE CAR HAD NOT ACCELERATED. BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO TEST IT. I ALSO TOLD THE ASST MANAGER ABOUT THE REVIEWS ON EDMONDS.COM THAT'S WHERE THE SAME PROBLEMS ON 3/12 HE CALLED AGAIN THAT ONE OF THE TEST DRIVERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE ACCELERATION & HAD IDENTIFIED OTHER SHIFTING PROBLEMS. ON 3/14 THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED TELLING ME THAT TOYOTA. DIDN'T HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM & THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX MY CAMRY. THAT TOYOTA SAYS IT IS "OPERATING TO FACTORY SPECS, RIGHT NOW. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2008 CAMRY A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THE OTHER DAY MY CAR HESITATED TOO LONG WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND IT ALMOST GOT ME INTO AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SUCH HESITATION PROBLEMS WITH THE 2007/2008 CAMRY. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CAR IS AT THE CORRECT SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT IT SHOULD BE FINE. I'M SCARED TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND AM CONSIDERING TRADING IT IN FOR A DIFFERENT CAR. *TR