Cruise Control problems of the 2018 Toyota Camry

Transmission: when accelerating hard, such as on an on ramp, my speed only increases slightly while the engine revs to 5000+ rpms. I let off the gas & then it shifts and speeds up. The 8 speed automatic transmission will not shift on hard acceleration until I let off the gas pedal. This is consistent and I believe, a safety hazard. Cruise control: this system has what Toyota calls a safety feature that automatically slows the car if it thinks the vehicle or object ahead is too close. In reality it slows the car dramatically without anything in front of me and a clean windshield. It has a windshield camera to detect such things, so I have to keep it clean. This is a recurring thing. I have notified Toyota. There should be a required fix for such safety problems.

This vehicle gave me problems from the beginning. To begin, it began breaking me in the middle of the road going about 45-50 mph. This continued to happen and my Toyota dealer told me that I was a liar. I continued to drive the car, unknowing when it would stop me in the middle of traffic again. It then had electrical problems because the dashboard and radio would go black while I was driving; my air conditioner would stop as well. Also, I was driving on an interstate alone with my cruise control on and it kept breaking me and telling me that there was another car in front of me. This continued for about 30 minutes of constant driving (picture below). The last thing that happened to me in this car was that the lane assist would pull me out of my lane and into another when trying to correct between lines. This happened a few times and Toyota would do nothing about it. My mother was driving my car one day about 75 mph on an interstate and it pulled her off the road to the left. This car gave me nothing but trouble since purchasing it brand new. My car started this trouble within 5 months of me owning the vehicle and Toyota provided no assistance. I was very upset and disappointed that I chose this car above others. I hope Toyota will do their job and fix these problems so another Camry driver may not experience what I, unfortunately, had to.

2018 Toyota Camry. Consumer writes to recommend a recall notice on vehicle model because of defective cruise control.

While driving, with or without cruise control on the freeway, the transmission is extremely jerky. Any sort of incline seems to highlight the issue even further! I have taken it to the dealer, only for them to tell me nothing is wrong. But what would I know, even though I drive it 110 miles a day. The problem has also occurred from takeoff from a stop sign or stop light. The rpm's want to jump and the pedal is very touchy. I really hate the transmission jerking this hard when I'm driving 75-80 on the interstate. I also didnt want to pay this much for the Camry, which I hold in high regard, only for this to continue happening on a daily basis. I had it looked at with around 6k miles and now I have 13k on the car, with zero improvement. Toyota, please acknowledge and fix this issue for all owners experiencing this problem!.

While traveling at highway speeds with the cruise control setup, the vehicle will slow down suddenly without warning. There are no vehicles in front of the vehicle when this happens.

When driving with the pre collusion system cruise control activated the car slams on it's brakes dropping up to 19 mph instantly and can come to a complete stop per Toyota. It almost got me run over by a semi. I filed via the Toyota lemon law website to no avail. In 2018 the pre-collusion sensor was tied into the pedestrian sensor. Hence at times when sensing periphery it slams on the brakes. Toyota has 71 disclaimers to protect themselves, but almost every Toyota since 1018 has this dangerous technology. Several dealerships are aware of this and my salesman told me to use the alternate cruise control since it happened to him also. I was advised of the same by two of their other employees. This system will result in horrific accidents. It typically activated when coming upon the quarter panel of another can and at times when it's oncoming traffic. Some of the disclaimers state: "snow coming off the car in front, signs, other cars, metal in the road" and so on. Toyota exudes indifference and insults me upon investigating the car is operating as designed. I emailed 114 newspapers nationwide, but don't know if anyone published. I've spoken with several dealerships that have had customer complaints. It happens both on streets and highways. It happened the first time around oct 1, 2018. To make things more frustrating twice stated the car is operating as designed. The problem has happened numerous times for no reason. I doubt that anyone cares, but I warn you: do not follow newer model Toyota vehicles closely as except for the rav4 they all have the same technology per Toyota. Twice Toyota informed me my car was operating as designed. That my friends is an ignorant statement. No car is designed to slam on the brakes with no obstructions ahead. Mine has done it at least 50 times, but there software doesn't reveal that so it also is deficient.

After taking delivery of the vehicle I noticed that the vehicle accelerates very poor and when the vehicle was set on cruise control it would drop speed for no reason.

Dynamic radar cruise control & pre-collision system failure during rain. On April 7th, 2018 while driving in light rain on i95-s in south carolina @ 65-70mph my cruise control and pre-collision systems stopped working, 2 lights came on on the left side driving console and an error message reading "clean sensor" dynamic cruise failure. I pulled into the next rest area and turned off car, "googled" where the sensor is, behind the Toyota emblem on from of car. Inspected it, it was clean on the outside other than being wet from rain. I "popped" the hood, I could not see any dirtiness either. I then started driving again and as soon as I was up to highway speed and it was still lightly raining the same thing happened. I had to drive over 250 miles with no cruise control nor pre-collision system. When it stopped raining several hours later and the next day there was no rain as well in hilton head island, SC the problem never reoccurred.

Hesitation/lagging issues at both high and low speeds- hesitates both while driving and while taking off from a stopped position - shifts are horrible the car jerks a lot- in cruise control going 70-75 mph jerks hard, with no cars in front of it. Acceleration is horrible so much so, that we almost get rear ended when trying to merge with traffic. This started a week after I purchased this in July- Jan 13 we were almost in an accident to car not accelerating and jerking.

Tl-the contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry se. The contact stated the pre collision system is disabling the cruise control travelling at 60 mph and the system indicators flash possibly causing the vehicle to malfunction and stop . The vehicle was taken to the dealer sunnyside Toyota 3212, 27000 lorain rd, north olmsted, OH 44070. The dealer attempted to reset the pre collision system but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer has not been notified. The failure mileage was 1000. Tf.