Two problems related to vehicle shudder have been reported for the 2009 Toyota Camry. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Toyota Camry based on all problems reported for the 2009 Camry.
The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. While the vehicle was idling or when the gear shifter was in reverse or drive, the vehicle would vibrate violently. The failure occurred numerous times. In addition, the air compression failed to function. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where an oil pressure consumption test was performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,852.
On December 31, 2008, I purchased a new 2009 Toyota Camry se from marietta Toyota. The car has a persistent hesitation problem which makes the car unsafe in many situations. I had an incident around February 20, 2010 where the hesitation problem almost caused an accident. I was pulling into traffic on south cobb drive from a grocery store parking lot. Traffic flow demanded that I merge into traffic briskly without delay - something I expect to be able to do with a $30,000 v6 Toyota Camry. I gave the car gas and it hesitated horribly. The engine died down then finally went with such force that the car vibrated violently as the front wheels spun out. The car would not go. As traffic approached I was scared and really appreciative of the drivers who slowed down. I have brought the car to the dealership and reported the problem three times. The first time I was told that this is the way the car works and that I would get used to it. After driving the car for over a year and just over 20,000 miles, I am absolutely not used to it. The second time I brought the car to the service department at marietta Toyota they did something to the computer software. This did nothing to improve the cars performance. On my third visit I spoke with a representative in the service department. He was very polite and honest. Representative told me that in his opinion (he stated many times making sure that I understood that this was his opinion) Toyota made a mistake in how they designed the transmission and computer software. Representative explained to me that Toyota tried to make the transmission stay in the highest gear possible at all times to save gas and that when the accelerator was pressed the computer took a few moments to determine which gear it should downshift to. He said that he had many people (40 to 50 per week) complain about the same thing I was complaining about. He said he thought it was a definite problem with the car and that there was nothing that could be done.