general problems of the 2013 Toyota Camry - part 2

Within two or three days after the 10,000 mile check-up(July 3,2014) my wife and I noticed a stagnant odor coming from the a/c vents on first start up in the morning. A/c had been set on recycle air. We set the a/c to run with air flow on vent and odor is still there. A/c ran for awhile and odor would go away. Odor just got worse on every start up. Carried to Toyota service department where we purchased Camry and let the service manager smell the odor coming from the a/c vents at 8 am July 20, 2014. He said he could smell it. The service dept. Kept the Camry July 20 and 21. I talked with the service manager around 3:20 pm on the 21. He said Toyota tech. Dept. Had sent them a bulletin stating to change the cabin air filter with a charcoal lined cabin air filter and to run the a/c on vent for awhile before shutting engine down so a/c system could drain. July 24th. , service dept. Installing charcoal lined cabin air filter. Service dept. Said a/c system would have to dry out when asked about mold and bacteria build up. This problem has not really been addressed by service dept. Except for turning on car heater to dry a/c system out. Odor did not go away. My wife drove Camry on a trip July 12-14, 2014 where she drove for seven and a half hours each way. Six days later she developed a severe sore throat. She went to our local doctor on July 23rd. He gave her a steroid shot and said it could be related to the above problem but was not strep throat. We are worried about the build up of mold and bacteria.

Mice crawling up your legs while going freeway speeds almost caused me to crash with my family trying to get away from them. Toyota needs to deal with the mouse problems in their Camry's and figure out a way of keeping them out. I know lives will be lost because of this manufacturing problem that could be prevented. They are nesting and dying in the ventilation system and that is very unhealthy breathing mouse droppings and rotting mice.

I was driving around the chicagoland suburb of wheaton with my mother one Saturday morning a few weeks ago. I began applying the brakes as you normally would as we approached a red light. As we drew closer to the stopped car in front of us, I applied the brakes more to come to a complete stop. The car was rolling at about 15 mph, but it was not slowing as I approached the stopped car ahead. I put my foot all the way to the ground attemping to apply the brakes entirely to come to a complete stop. The car would not stop! my mom began yelling for me to stop, and I screamed back that I was trying! I had my foot all the way down, and I was frantically pumping the brake, but it kept rolling, completely unresponsive to the brake pedal. The pedal felt "mushy" and was going all the way to the ground all too easily. I bumped the car in front of me, which is what finally brought me to a stop. The bump was light enough that the driver didn't notice, and there was not any damage. He let it go, and a report was not filed. I slammed the car into park at the light and got out so I could look around the pedals to see if something was jammed in there that would have caused this. There was not anything around the brake pedal that should have stopped it from working. It was not a floor mat problem. I put the car back in drive, and it continued on normally, brakes now working fine. I took it straight to Toyota and explained the incident (my mom served as a witness), and they ran diagnostics on my car. They seemed disturbingly unfazed by the story as if they get this kind of complaint a lot. Of course, they found nothing wrong. They said the 2013 Camry se was fine, and they didn't know what to tell me. Although the car has been fine since, I am terrified at what might happen when I am moving at higher speeds on the highway!! I loved that car, but now I am somewhat afraid of it!.

I heard this persistent moderately loud knocking noise, which sounded liked it was actually coming from the front left(?) wheel area. As soon as you start driving, the knocking sound occurs, stops, and stops again. It is most persistent while driving over uneven street pavement.

Your only allow 1900 characters. That wasn't enough for me to tell you that you need help. You didn't even allow me to enter what my recall is for. More gov't bs! typical.

While driving uphill on i80 in PA our engine suddenly lost power. Warning light flashed and buzzer sounded. We were able to move over a lane and then off road. We were lucky. After shutting off power switch, we were able to start and accelerate normally. We noticed that our hybrid 3013 Camry was then no longer in eco mode. We then figured out what happened. Reaching into the storage compartment, I accidentally touched the ev button which turned off the gas engine. The electric motor was not strong enough alone to keep up a safe speed. We suddenly decelerated and luckily were able to avoid a serious accident.

The car engine and rpm go up when the car go down hill or you slow down in traffic at speed 45/35/25 mph. Reasonlly it happen more often at speed of 25/35 mph with full tank or 3/4 of gas tank. When I'm down hill at speed 30 or more then come to the point you need to slow down to make a turn at 25 mph the rpm when up to at some point the rpm up to 2. 5 x 1000. I have notice this issue at my Toyota dealer when my service 10,000 mile and they test the car and said nothing happen to the car. I'm concerning I might end up out of control the car if this issue continues happen and I'll be in the car accident.

***sunroof*** constantly knocking. After taking it in the first time I was told the bolts were incorrectly bolted out of the plant. After picking up the vehicle I noticed the knocking was still there. Told that they needed someone from corporate office to assist. Installed chims and fixed. November 13th knocking noise back again. Again someone from corporate had to come in to assist, again chims installed and told it was fixed. I asked to speak with a manager to inquire if this was a safety issue and if I should be affraid that my sunroof would come lose and also to ask how many times must I return to have this issue looked at with the thought that is was actually fixed. Sales manager said they don't believe its a safety issue and that I should not worry about this repair being an issue in the future as they have a documented history of this problem and that I would not be responsible for paying for it in the future. It is now January of 2014 and the noise is back again. I have researched this problem on the internet and find that this is a common issue with Toyota sunroofs and that they are aware of the problem since 2008 but have yet to determine what the issue is. The installation of chims is only a band aid .