general problems of the 2016 Toyota Camry

I was on the highway during traffic hour going approximately 40 mph at 2 rpm and when I tried to accelerate to keep up with the flow of traffic, the car did not accelerate and actually slowed down and suddenly shifted down below 1 rpm which caused the oncoming cars behind me to hit their brakes hard. After it slowed down and did not accelerate, even though I pressed the gas pedal further, it suddenly shifted to 3. 5 rpm and bolted forward towards the vehicle slowing down in front of me causing me to slam the brakes. It felt as if there was a disconnect between the transmission and the engine. Nothing popped up on the dashboard. This continued twice more before I pulled over and restarted the car to see if would help and it sort of did for about 10 miles before occurring once more before I reached my destination, so I pulled over and checked it on my om126p and it showed no faults in the system. I then took it to the mechanic the next day and the car was fine the mechanic cleared the vehicle and said it was probably due to a clogged fuel filter and I have an appointment with them in hopes of fixing this problem. Now I’ve read into the problem and it seems to be a recurring problem and there’s been countless situations like mine in which the safety of both I and others on the road have been put at great risk. Please look into the problem on the off chance it isn’t a problem with filters. Please look after the safety of everybody on the road. Thank you.

I was stopped at a traffic light, on an uphill grade, for roughly thirty seconds when my 2016 Toyota Camry hybrid just started slowly accelerating. I looked down and my foot was still on the brake. The car then accelerated quickly. I turned into the left hand turn lane in order to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me. The car then jumped the center divider and slam in the curb on the other side of the street before it stopped. At no time did I take my foot off the brake. There was only minor damage to the front bumper, but I destroyed two plants in the center divide. (I do not know, as of yet, if there was any damage to underneath of car. ) as I was less than two miles from home, I drove the vehicle home. The next business day I had the vehicle towed to the Toyota dealership in san juan capistrano, CA. I told them of the problem and they immediately notified corporate. Corporate has taken possession of the car and said its investigation will take 30 days. I was not offered a loaner car.

Headlights keep going off and on, l don't drive at night mostly till recently, l took it to Toyota dealer. They gave me estimate about $600. 00 to fit it . Claiming, I needs replacing headlight stalk/switch(found headlight stock/switch open circut). The mileage on my car just 21,103. Also, this my 3rd Toyota, and used them more than ten years with this problem, this must be manufactural default, and find out that, some are re-call for some Camry 2016. Please. Something should be done about this.

While being driven down the road (with the driver's foot on the accelerator pedal) the vehicle intermittently loses acceleration (begins to decelerate) despite continued pressure on the accelerator pedal. The driver must release their foot from the pedal and then press it again. The car accelerates (sometimes with hesitancy) and sometimes the car will jerk as the engine revs. This has happened over 20 times. No warning lights have displayed. I changed the engine air filter (though it was not yet due for its next change) and I cleaned the mass air flow sensor with the the appropriate spray. However, the problem continued (with 3 separate drivers). It was taken to a Toyota dealership for a diagnostic workup. They couldn't find anything wrong with it. They suggested cleaning the throttle body and adding a bottle of heet to the gas tank. I added iso-heet to the gas tank and took it to a private mechanic who cleaned the throttle body with the appropriate cleaner and added a bottle of seafoam to the gas tank. None of these resolved the problem. I took it back to the Toyota dealership. They did a test drive and obd-ii scan. Again, no codes. They told me there were no other options to resolve the issue. I am at a loss for words. This is a safety hazard because this happens while on the expressway. When the car automatically decelerates (giving no warning to the driver behind me, e. G. Brake light), this is a rear end accident waiting to happen. Very scary.

I started my car and put it in reverse. I had my foot on the brake and put it in reverse. The car lurched very hard backwards. The car hit a pole that holds up the covered parking. I had my foot on the brake hard and it was still trying to move and I put it in neutral and it revved a lot. Then I turned it off. It has done this a couple of times but not to this extent.

The speedometer and odometer on the Camry are grossly inaccurate. During a recent road trip upon a odometer speedometer checkpoint used by interstate truck drivers of which I am one the vehicle revealed that it calibrates one mile at 4900 feet. Toyota was notified about this on three separate service occasions and they have failed to correct this deficiency. As it turns out the Toyota Camry is the most rented mid-sized car in north America which means that there is considerable overcharging of miles. This deficiency also causes significant overcharging of insurance rates and premature wear of privately owned vehicles. The speedometer has been cross checked against gps and tomtom navigation systems and revealed itself to be at least 16 miles per hour off at highway speed on five separate occasions. . The cars over reporting of speed, and milage indicates false epa milage estimates. Toyota has not discovered access in repairing this error.

The vehicle was on a public street in motion. Stalled while accelerating across the intersection to the point of almost being t-boned. This problem of hesitating to accelerate has occurred many times since I purchased the car only 1 month ago.

With right foot on the brake, the car was very slowly moving forward with a plan to park in front of a palm tree that is surrounded by concrete border approx. 8� high. The car unexpectedly and abruptly accelerated then hit the palm tree. Although, the concrete stopped further forward movement, the car had significant front end damage. I brought the car to autonation dealer for inspection on 04/23/18, who advised me to call Toyota claims dept. Toyota claims dept. Assigned an inspector to review the event electronic data recorder (edr). The inspector downloaded the data from the edr, gave me a copy and forwarded to Toyota corp. The inspector also test drove the car. On 04/04/18 I received a mail from Toyota indicating that there is no evidence of a defect with the throttle control system that caused the incident based on the edr readouts. The readouts cover the pre-crash data as follows: 1. The edr readouts indicated that there was a momentary accelerator input that brought the engine rpm from 700 to 1500. However, the edr readout also indicated the engine rpm increased from 1500 to 1900 without accelerator input. 2. The edr readouts also indicated at 0 sec, the engine is at 1500 rpm with accelerator and brake inputs at the time. On 04/08/18 I sent a letter to Toyota claims administrator requesting further review of above items 1 & 2. On 07/10/18, Toyota claims administrator responded maintaining that there is no evidence of defect. On 07/17/18 I sent a written request to Toyota for an explanation as to why the engine rpm increased from 1500 to 1900 without accelerator input. Also requested for an explanation of how could there be accelerator and brake inputs at the same as indicated in above item 2. I also followed up with a phone call. As of today, I have not received a response or return call from Toyota.

Update to NHTSA id - 10937419 my 2016 Toyota Camry se has since been back in and out of the shop with the same since the original complaint my car has been at the dealership 5 times. Each time was simply told "normal operation" or "could not duplicate". . . It is intermittent had received a call from my service advisor that they pulled codes showing the following; p1604 - startability malfunction p2610 - ecm/pcm internal engine off timer performance b1507 - vehicle speed control and idle control related he informed me it was likely a bad ecm and was waiting on Toyota to approve the repair. Shortly after I was informed Toyota denied the repair stating driver error. . . And the service invoice says no codes? I have report showing otherwise!!! in April, my car accelerated pulling into a driveway and ran into the back of truck at approximately 5 mph causing damage to the hood, grill and bumper of my vehicle. I reported this incident and Toyota took my vehicle in for 20 days for an investigation and brought in a "3rd party" to pull the edr box info. When the 3rd party sent me their readings. . . All codes including freeze codes were non-existent? however I demanded the diagnostic report from daytona Toyota and have that to prove they were indeed there to begin with. Where did they go? I spoke with wendy olsen the victim and witness coordinator of the us attorneys office southern district of new york regarding this matter. Honorable william h. Pauley iii us district judge for the southern district of new york arranged a deferred prosecution of fraud charges on Toyota for this same issue in 2014 and upon completion of monitoring for several years the case was to be nullified, however that was changed and was not. . . There must be a reason why!!! I have attached documents to show service records with obvious personal information blocked for privacy reasons!.

At stop signs or traffic lights, the engine would rev considerably & then stop. As we approached our driveway, the car lurched forward, then stopped. We got to our garage-entry control box & the car lurched forward on our parking deck, going less than 5 mph, & we hit a brick wall. We then put the car in reverse & it lurched backwards so we stopped the car, turned it off & called the police. My husband, who was driving, sustained chest injuries (black & blue, injured sternum, mark on his collarbone from the seat belt not restraining him sufficiently, difficulty breathing/standing/dressing/walking - general pain & suffering) which weren't visible to the emts at the time & he didn't need to go to the hospital although his regular doctor advised him to see another at an emergency care center. I refused him moving it elsewhere as I didn't want to do further damage to the car or another vehicle while we waited for the police. I, as the passenger, was not affected at all physically. The car was towed to our dealership's service center where it's been sitting since 3/21/17 awaiting a Toyota inspection on April 21st - why it should take so long is inconceivable as it's our only car!.

The contact owns a 2016 Toyota Camry. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle decelerated and stalled. The failure recurred each time the vehicle was driven. The vehicle was taken to the autonation Toyota dealer in hayward CA, where it was diagnosed, but the technician could not find a failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was adjusting since it was a new vehicle; however, the failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer where the same reason was given. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,330.

The contact owns a 2016 Toyota Camry. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle hesitated while accelerating. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 9,129.

With right foot on brake car was very slowly moving forward with plan to park car without hitting cement block. Car unexpectedly and abruptly accelerated to very fast but unknown speed. In seconds car went over cement block and was headed directly into brick wall of building that was 10-15 feet from parking spot. Breaks did not respond and fearing hitting the wall head on wheel was turned to the right. Car stopped acceleration event and responded to breaking. Event occurred in a matter of seconds. Vehicle has 3500 miles and has had no previous problems. Mats were not an issue. Footwear was full shoe.

I purchased a new 2016 Camry le from my local Toyota dealership on 02. 21. 2016. On 02. 29. 2016, I returned to the dealership with the problems I was facing while driving this car, primarily: slow-dragging acceleration along with transmission shifting instability. While driving to drop my wife to work on the morning of 02. 28. 2016 I began noticing inconsistencies in my vehicle's acceleration. As the traffic light (exiting my subdivision) turned green, I pressed the gas pedal and immediately felt hesitation in the acceleration along with stiffness in the steering wheel, giving the car a heavy/dragging feeling (even after attempting to apply extra pressure on the gas pedal). After driving in this sluggish condition for about a quarter-mile, I felt a boost in my car's acceleration, causing a sudden increase in speed forcing me to apply my brakes to regain control of my car's movement. Throughout the remainder of the day I kept experiencing this fluctuation in acceleration (boost/sluggish) with normal driving functions returning periodically. The following day I took my car in to the dealership to be checked. According to the service department, "vehicle is operating as designed"; whereas, the above mentioned complaint is still ongoing. Multiple failed attempts to reach a resolution thru management and customer relations at the dealership thus far have forced me to continue to drive my new car in this condition to be able to fulfill personal/family requirements (as this is the only car I have). This has been causing me a great deal of stress and mental anguish in regards to my number one concern: "safety". Not only do I feel unsafe putting my life at risk while driving this car, I also feel uncomfortable risking the safety of my family/passengers and other drivers on the road around me, as this mechanical defect remains persistent and is gradually worsening.