Problems with 2012 Toyota Camry EQUIPMENT

2012 toyota camry. consumer writes in regards to recall appointment cancelled due to unavailability of parts. *smd

For the past several months my 2012 camry a/c unit releases a foul mildew order. in-cabin filter as well as ozone depletion spray was completed twice over the span of one week at crown toyota, however the foul smell shortly reappears when the car is turned on. *js

We received the recall notice in early december, 2013 regarding nhtsa campaign number: 13v442000 dealing with the air bag control module. at that time, we called our toyota dealer for the related service and were told the replacement parts were in limited supply and the earliest we could have this safety issue fixed was in february, 2014. we made the appointment. we received a phone call today, 1/20/2014, that the appointment was being cancelled as toyota could not meet the current demand for the replacement part. we were told to check back in a couple of weeks to see if the situation has changed. we asked what to do if a problem occurs in the meantime and we were told to then call the service department and they would fix the problem. when we asked how they would fix the problem since they are saying replacement parts aren't available, the question was left unanswered. *tr

Flat tire in home garage. oe pantograph (scissor) jack was used in attempt to raise car. excessive torque was necessary to begin lift, up to limit of flimsy jack handle. as vehicle neared top of necessary lift, jack flipped over sideways and was propelled out from under car with some force. car fell. no injury or damage because i observed all safety precautions while lifting. jack is flimsy, too small for the car, and has much too small a base. this occurred on level concrete floor. markings on jack include: 2j141, 2012, and made in canada. *tr

I had been having problems with the gps. i took it to dasyton toyota,dayton,nj twice today. each time i was told it was working properly. i had them select "home". as i left, it turned on nj522 & was told to turn right (wrong) last week i put an address in for white plains,ny (normally 1.5 hrs.) after 2.5 hours,our son had to find us to lead us to the address. often. it will take us off a hwy, them put us back on the same highway.auto is leased & under the nj lemon law, if the car doesn't meet uniform conformity it must be considered a lemon, and can be returned to the dealer with no loss to leasee. i want a total refund ofr the 12 month payments & my deposit thank you *tr

i want to bring to your attention a concern that is primarily one of safety but which also involves poor and misleading information by toyota related to the blu-logic cell-phone connection system included as a feature on my new 2012 camry hybrid. my concern stems from the fact that the blu-logic system, obviously coined to sound like bluetooth, and even listed on some dealer websites as a bluetooth connection, is misleadingly described as handsfree communication and a handsfree solution in the separate brochure provided by toyota. in actuality, the system as such is at best only 50% ?handsfree. only incoming calls may be engaged in without cell phone in hand. outgoing calls may be initiated handsfree only if ones cell phone itself is equipped with voice-activated dialing, a 4g-type feature i would estimate only a fairly small minority currently possess. so the de-facto reality of the blu-logic system is that it forces most drivers into the unsafe practice of manually initiating outgoing calls by manually dialing with cell phones in hand. but in a deceptive omission, the toyota guides do not even mention the possibility of making calls in this manner. indeed, the phone-bank rep i spoke to told me, presumably with a straight face, that it was not possible to do so, even though i have accomplished it on several occasions. it is hard not to see this omission of both service and information as a cynical evasion by toyota, part of a cost-cutting effort to appear to offer handsfree in-car cell-phone service, a la bluetooth, while actually providing an unsafe system which forces a driver to use hands to make calls. and part of this evasion appears to include a cover-up when a customer raises the issue. *tr