2006 Toyota Camry Transmission Problems

CAR HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, HAS DONE IT SINCE NEW ONLY GOTTEN A BIT WORSE NOW THAT IT IS OLDER. APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS SO WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL AND WHY HASNT TOYOTA FIXED IT?

"TAKATA RECALL" AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION BELOW, I PURCHASED THIS USED VEHICLE FROM A BUY HERE PAY HERE LOT BELIEVING IT WOULD BE A SAFE VEHICLE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW AND NOTICE JERKING/SHIFTING ISSUES WHILE DRIVING IN MOTION ACCELERATION BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAYS WHILE TURNING ETC., COMPONENT PARTS OR SYSTEM UNKNOWN, I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE/PROBLEM FOR ME AS THE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, THANK YOU!

TAKATA RECALL. THIS CAR WAS NEVER RECALLED BY THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT. CAMRY WENT AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED. THE CAR HIT A CURB AND HIT A MID SIZE TREE. THE TREE WAS DESTROYED AND THE CAR TOTALED. THE CAR WAS ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE OWNER OF THE CAR HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION NOT CAUSED BY THE ACCELERATOR AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE 2 YEARS I OWNED THE CAR. THE FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR USED. AS I ENTERED MY GARAGE AT A CREEP, I FELT THE TRANSMISSION DROP INTO THE LOWEST GEAR THEN THE CAR LEAPED FORWARD. MY FOOT WAS OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND POISED OVER THE BRAKE PETAL AS I WAS ALMOST IN MY PARKING POSITION. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I TOOK CAR TO THE T. DEALER WHO REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION. SIMILAR SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN SEVERAL SCENARIOS OCCURRED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS AT LOW SPEEDS. EACH TIME THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED INSTANTLY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED FROM A HIGHER GEAR INTO A LOWER GEAR. I AM A BACK YARD MECHANIC AND HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 50 YEARS. I FEEL THAT ONE OF TWO THINGS COULD BE WRONG. 1. THE WRONG TRANSMISSION OIL WAS USED. OF THE 4 VEHICLES I HAVE HAD HERE, THE CAMRY WAS THE ONLY ONE WHICH WOULD CLIMB OVER A ONE INCH EDGE AT THE GARAGE ENTRANCE WITHOUT USING THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAMRY DID NOT HAVE MUCH TRANSMISSION SLIP WHICH COULD BE A DESIGN FAULT OR MORE PROBABLY AN OIL WITH THE WRONG SLIP CHARACTERISTICS. 2. THE TRANSMISSION LOCK-UP THAT COMES ON IN OVERDRIVE WAS MALFUNCTIONING. *TR

I WAS EASING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A BANK AND WAS NEARLY STOPPED WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. WITH A FULL PLATE GLASS WINDOW IN FRONT OF ME, I WRENCHED THE STEERING WHEEL AS FAST AND AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS POSSIBLE AND DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THE CONCRETE PILLAR I THEN SAW IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME. THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY I HAD JUST USED TO ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE BANK.I THEN PULLED BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE I HAD JUST LEFT AND GOT OUT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND TO SEE IF I HAD CAUSED ANY DAMAGE. THE ONLY REAL DAMAGE WAS A LIGHT ON THE LAWN I HAD EVIDENTLY KNOCKED LOOSE FROM ITS BASE AND TIRE TRACKS IN THE GRASS. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO MY CAR WAS UNDERNEATH WHERE A SCREW HOLDING SOME PLASTIC PARTS TOGETHER WAS LOST. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY; PEOPLE MAY GET KILLED AND PROPERTY MAY BE BADLY DAMAGED. *TR

I HAVE LATE TOYOTA CAMRY V6 WITH THE SIMILAR TO CASE #10348638 PROBLEMS - A SLUGGISH ACCELERATOR RESPONSE THOUGH NOT RELATED TO STOPS. I NOTICED IS ON THE SECOND DAY AFTER I BOUGHT A NEW CAR, BROUGHT IT TO A DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT, WAS TOLD THAT "A COMPUTER NEEDS TO ADJUST TO MY WAY OF DRIVING". BROUGHT IT AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, NO PROBLEM FOUND. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT ALMOST EVERY DAY. I FOUND IT VERY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR

I HAVE A LATE 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH A DELAYED ACCELERATOR RESPONSE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REQUIRES MORE PRESSURE INPUT FROM THE FOOT TO GET AN ACCELERATION RESPONSE FROM THE CAR. WHEN STARTING OUT OR MAKING A TURN FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HAS A NOTICEABLE LAG IN RESPONSE TO A SLOW THROW INPUT RESPONSE OFTEN TIMES REQUIRING MORE FORCE. *TR

2006 CAMRY XLE I-4 TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT 30K MILES CAME OUT BLACK!! THIS MEANS THE FLUID IS BEING BURNED. CAR NOT ABUSED. DRIVEN IN 3RD & 2ND ON TWO DAYS 25 DAYS APART DOWN ROAD TO YOSEMITE BRAKE USED TO KEEP SPEED DOWN. ONLY TIME I CAN THINK OF THAT ADDED STRESS TO TRANSMISSION. ANOTHER TIME I HAD TO STEP/FLOOR ACCELERATOR ON FREEWAY ON-RAMP UP GRADE TO KEEP FAST MOVING SEMI-TRUCK FROM RUNNING ME OVER. THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT THESE TIME COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *TW

4 CYLINDER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONSOLE SHIFTER MECHANISM IS SUPPOSED TO LOCK WHEN PLACED INTO PARK. SAFETY LOCK SHOULD NOT RELEASE SHIFTER FROM PARK UNLESS THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL AND RELEASE BUTTON ON SHIFTER ARE BOTH DEPRESSED. ON MY CAR, THE SHIFTER WILL COME OUT OF PARK JUST BY MOVING IT, WHETHER OR NOT THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND/OR THE RELEASE BUTTON ARE DEPRESSED. I PULLED OFF THE TRIM COVER OVER THE MECHANISM AND FOUND THAT THE WHITE PLASTIC PART THAT ROTATES OVER THE LOCK PIN HAD OVER-ROTATED SO THAT THE LOCK PIN MISSED ITS ENTRY INTO THE SLOT. I RETURNED IT TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AND THE MECHANISM APPEARED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AGAIN. HOWEVER, ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM HAS RE-OCCURRED SO I THINK IT WILL REQUIRE NEW PARTS. OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE: TRANSMISSION CAN BE KNOCKED OUT OF PARK AT ANY TIME. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY WHICH DIED WHEN DRIVING TO WORK ON FRIDAY 6/26/09. I WAS IN A CURVE AT 45 MPH AND THE STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF AND THE ENGINE DIED AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS TRYING TO PASS A CYCLIST AND NEARLY HIT A GRAVEL TRUCK AND THE CYCLIST WHEN TRYING TO STEER THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND STOP IT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA SOLARA CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE I HAVE TO ACCELERATE, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN CHANGING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRYING TO INCREASE SPEED, THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THERE IS A DELAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN POWER. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN I WAS TURNING LEFT, I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL-THE VEHICLE HESITATED, THEN POWER WAS REINSTATED. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. I BELIEVE A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS IT COULD HAVE. *TR

2006 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS TAKEN TO (JACK TAYLOR ALEXANDRIA) DEALERSHIP TO FIND WHY CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS IN AUTOMATIC. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE REP THAT THE CAR NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED "TRANSMISSION OIL HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED AND WAS BLACK THUS IT HAD CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE BURNED AND IT WAS GOING TO COST $5336 TO REPLACE WITH NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS HAD ALL REGULAR SERVICE COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS OWNER HAS ALL THE RECORDS. CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (NADER BASTA) 800-331-4331 AND WAS TOLD I NEED TO CONTACT THE LIAISON AT THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO. SPOKE WITH SUSAN DANFORA (703 684-0700) SHE STATED THE BEST THEY COULD WAS TO OFFER 10% DISCOUNT OFF OF $5,336 =$500 (WHICH WAS A SERVICE COUPON DEAL TO ALL CUSTOMERS VIA MAIL BROCHURE) I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (NADER BASTA) 800-331-4331 HOWEVER ONCE AGAIN WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE ROBERT BELL (703 684-0700) THE SERVICE MANAGER AT JACK TAYLOR TOYOTA ALEXANDRIA TO NO AVAIL. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA CAMERY V6 AND IT HAS MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T PROPERLY CHANGE GEARS. THE CAR DRIVES SLOWER THAN A CAR WITH A V4 ENGINE. IT SEEMS TO STALL FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE GEARS. I'VE TAKEN IT THE DEALER 4 TIMES. CURRENTLY THIS CAR ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES AND THE DEALER CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION ONCE. WHEN I CAME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE CAR IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. I'VE GONE INTO ARBITRATION WITH TOYOTA AND THEY CLAIM THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA CONVERTIBLE. IT HAS A TENDENCY TO HESITATE WHEN I ACCELERATE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I DRIVE INTERSTATE 95 IN THE NORTHERN VA AREA AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHILE TRYING TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ITEM. *TR

ON THIS DAY I HAD DRIVEN 100 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY. I PROCEEDED TO EXIT A RAMP AND MY 2006 SOLARA CONVERTIBLE LOST DRIVE. I WAS UNABLE TO PARK AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN DRIVE. I TRIED REVERSE AND I WAS ABLE TO PARK BY BACKING UP. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES OF DRIVING WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO DRIVE I MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO AAA. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF NOT USING THE CAR IT STARTED UP AND DRIVE WAS WORKING. I PROCEEDED ON MY TRIP. AFTERTHE CAR SAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS I BEGAN THE TRIP HOME. I MADE IT AS FAR AS THE EXIT WHERE THE HOTEL WAS I WAS TO STAY AT THAT NIGHT. UPON EXITING THE RAMP I AGAIN HAD NO DRIVE. IT WAS DARK AND NO LIGHTS AT THE EXIT. I WAS FRIGHTENED I WOULD BE HIT FROM BEHIND SO I WAS ABLE TO BACKUP ONTO A GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE EXIT RAMP. AGAIN I HAD NO DRIVE. I WAITED FOR 20 MINUTES HOPING THIS WAS AGAIN A TEMPORARY PROBLEM. I TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE SLOWLY WITH THE ENGINE SOUNDING LIKE I WAS GOING VERY FAST. THE CAR WAS BARELY MOVING AND I NOW SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FALMOUTH TOYOTA. (100 MILES BUT CLOSE TO HOME.) THE CAR HAS BEEN THERE A WEEK AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I AM TOLD THEY HAVE TESTED ALL THAT THEY CAN. A MECHANIC HAS DRIVEN IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE DIAGNOSITC EQUIPMENT ON IT BUT NOTHING HAS GONE WRONG. I PLEADED WITH THEM TO DRIVE IT IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES TO TRY AND DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY STATE THEY CAN'T JUSTIFY THAT. I'M TOLD I MUST TAKE BACK THE CAR WITHOUT KNOWING IF THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IS THIS THE RELIABILITY I SHOULD EXPECT FROM TOYOTA? *TR

A COIN WAS EASILY LODGED BETWEEN THE PLASTIC COVERING OF THE SHIFTER AND THE CONSOLE. THE COIN EASILY WORKED ITS WAY DOWN INTO THE SHIFTER MECHANISM. THE PLASTIC COVERING CAME OUT OF ITS TRACK AND BEGAN TO BUCKLE. THE BUCKLING OF THE PLASTIC COVERING LED TO INABILITY TO SHIFT GEARS EASILY AND TIMELY. EVENTUALLY, THE BUCKLING BECAME SO INTENSE, THE PLASTIC COVERING INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED THE GEARS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL TWICE WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT CONSTANT UNDO PRESSURE FROM THE BUCKLING PLASTIC COVER, THE DRIVER WOULD NEED TO PULL THE PLASTIC COVERING OUT COMPLETELY, EXPOSING THE SHIFTING MECHANISM TO OTHER OBJECTS AND LIQUIDS---THE PLASTIC COVERING SITS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE DRINK HOLDERS. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO TOYOTA. AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, TOYOTA DOES NOT VIEW THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

MY 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY SE IS EXPERIENCING THROTTLE & SHIFT LAG. I'VE TRIED MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ONLY TO HAVE MY VEHICLE NOT RESPOND. THE CRAZY REVVING FROM THE VEHICLE NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY IS ALSO CAUSING A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN FUEL ECONOMY (FROM 24 MPG TO 18 MPG). TOYOTA HAS NO FIX AT THIS TIME. *NM

WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS, I'VE NOTICED A LAG BETWEEN THE TIME I DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGING. THIS MAINLY OCCURS AT LOW SPEEDS, HOWEVER, IT DOES OCCUR WHEN DECELERATING (WHEN APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR EXAMPLE) AND I HAVE TO ACCELERATE IF THE LIGHT CHANGES. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND TALKED TO A SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. THE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THE "SHIFT POINTS" WERE FAULTY AND THAT TOYOTA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT AVALON'S HAVE THE PROBLEM TOO. HE ADVISED ME TO WAIT A FEW MONTHS FOR DIRECTION FROM TOYOTA. I CONTACTED TOYOTA TO CONFIRM WHAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD CONVEYED. TOYOTA INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM OR THAT A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE EXISTED. *JB

06/07 CAMRY V6 AND 07 AVALON HAVE A 1 SECOND DELAY OR LONGER ON ACCELERATION. I FEEL THIS DELAY IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS OCCURS AT ANY SPEED AND IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU PRESS ON ACCELERATOR FARTHER DOWN THAN REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE DELAY AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD AFTER THE DELAY. MY DEALER SAYS ALL 5 SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION CARS FOR TOYOTA HAVE THIS DELAY AND THEY CANNOT FIX IT. MY DEALER IS NOT DISCLOSING THIS TO CUSTOMERS BUT WILL GLADLY ADDRESS THIS IF ASKED. MY DEALER HAS AGREED TO REPLACE MY 06 CAMRY WITH AN 07 BECAUSE I FEEL THE 80 HP MORE ON THE 07 AND MORE AIR BAGS ARE BETTER THAN THE 06. THE DELAY IS ALSO ON THE 07 CAMRY V6. *NM

2006 TOYOTA SOLARA DEVELOPED VARIOUS PROBLEMS.*MR THE CONSUMER RENTED THE VEHICLE WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD REST WHICH PROTRUDED FROM THE BACK SEAT RESTRICTING THE ALREADY TINY REAR WINDOW. WHEN BACKING FROM ANY PARKING SPACE, WITH THE TOP UP, T HE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS . THE VEHICLE HAD A 4-8 SECOND DELAY WHEN AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO A HIGHER GEAR. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BECAME STUCK. THE LCD GAUGES CAN'T BE SEEN WHEN DRIVING IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT.*JB