My 2018 camry 8 speed transmission intermittently shudders/ slips at around 30-40 mph or even when cruise is set at 70-75mph. it seems the cpu has difficulty trying to determine the right gear for the speed. when i press the gas, it sometimes hesitates for over a second.
Transmission stalls when accelerating and revs when accelerating to higher speeds.
Vehicle hesitate when accelerating and the engine shakes real bad, it feels like a mount is really loose. vehicle also hesitate to pick up speed after slowing down.
When driving the vehicle, the transmission does not appear to know what gear to be in and is always searching. so much so that it will lunge at times when all you are trying to do is accelerate. when slowing down and then slowly applying gas again, nothing happens for a good 10 seconds and then it surges and causes my head to slam into the back of the head rest. also while idling the vehicle is decently loud, more so when defroster is engaged. at freeway speeds it tends to do better, but most issues appear to be in city day to day driving from the transmission/ or fuel system.
When one starts the car by pushing the start bottom, the car will start to shake and soon a very load cracking and rattling noise will began coming from the engine. engine light will come on while driving in the city and then turns off causing the driver to be aware of some issue. once the concerning noise goes away the car continues to shake but eventually stops after a while. this could make the car to stall and causing a potential crash. the vehicle left blind side detector does not respond 100%, it only works about 60% of the time. this causes the driver to think he/she are clear to turn to the left lane in the city and highway and it can cause the driver to hit another car and potentially crashing. the screen panel glitches from time to time while driving in the highway causing the driver to not be able to see and locate radio stations or manipulate the panel.
Tl* the consumer owns a 2018 toyota camry. the consumer has stated that while driving, the vehicle shook. also, when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to move. additionally, an abnormal rattling noise was detected and the blind spot sensor failed to work. the vehicle was taken to jim ellis hyundai atlanta (5785 peachtree blvd, atlanta, ga 30341, (770) 454-6789), but was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to a local toyota dealer. the failure mileage was 28,500 . *bf *as
The transmission shift erratically, when cruising at a constant speed the transmission jerks. it feels like it down shift then up shifted, this happens a few of times a week toyota says this is normal in 4 cylinder, but this is not normal behavior i have 2013 camry with no such issue. the most annoying, both the driver side and passenger side doors sound hollow and make a loud banging sound when shutting the doors. they sound like metal banging or hollow tin cans. when i searched online i found that the adhesive on the door skin could be bad causing the metal thumping sound. i can make a video and send it to you guys if needed. thank you.
Today aug 31 2019, i test drove the above vehicle. 2 things i noticed during driving. 1). at start up there was a very audible ticking sound at the front end of the engine. it was much more audible when the hood was raised, and it stopped after approximately 30 seconds with only a familiar ticking sound of the 4 cylnder engine once it stopped 2). most important - during acceleration from a stop, the vehicle seemed to bogg down, and feel like the fuel was not feeding properly, or the transmission was slipping. once the vehicle reached 15 mph or so, it seemed to drive normal. i did not have a chance to drive on the freeway, only city streets. the acceleration should be of major concern.
2018 camry se, slow to take off when stepping on gas after a stop or slow down mostly noticeable on city streets. very hesitant & gas must be pumped in order for transmission to catch up. almost involved in accident when coming off exit ramp & onto highway. car wouldn't accelerate & other drivers were at speed limit behind me. gears shift almost like a manual transmission. gas pedal can be difficult to push at times as well.
Car gets very confused when shifting. doesn't seem to know what gear it's wants to be placed it. when i'm auto shifting setting no problem with shifting or transmission.
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.
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 dealer have replaced the vehicle transmission, but the problem persist, now they are going to replace the vehicle computer and if the problem persist they will replace the transmission again. it seems like they don"t know what the problem really is. 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.
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
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.
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.