Cruise Control Problems of Toyota Camry - part 2

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving downhill at 70 mph with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle accelerated up to 90 mph. The contact then applied the brakes and the vehicle decelerated to 70 mph. The dealer was notified and stated that the vehicle performed as normal. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the vehicle was out of warranty. They offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 29,138.

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Ever since I bought the car (4 cyl. , xle) a year ago: automatic transmission shifts sometimes slowly after a pause or unexpectedly and abruptly as it searches for gears, and it races intermittently, especially at start-up; it coasts a few inches after I put it into park, even on level ground. Power steering requires constant correction, even on level road surfaces. Cruise control is slow to respond to adjustments from lever on stem. Dealer's service dept. Claims, after 4 attempts to diagnose, that the car performs as designed, so my complaint will need to be with the design.

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On Jan 8, 2011 I made a 2-hour round trip on a federal highway. I used cruise control on my 2005 Toyota Camry at speeds between 65 & 70 miles per hour, depending on posted speeds. I thought I was safe using cruise control because 2005 models are not among vehicles recalled in recent years. As I approached my exit ramp at the end of my trip I stepped on the brakes, but the brakes did not work. Not only did the brakes not work, but my car lurched forward & accelerated toward the car in front of mine, as if I had hit the "resume" feature after having hit the "cancel" feature. But I had not touched those buttons. In fact, I do not use those buttons. I use the brakes or the "on/off" button to turn off set speeds because using those features allows me to keep my eyes on the road. I prefer to use the "set" feature to engage cruise control each time rather than the "resume" choice because the "set" feature provides smoother rides than the "resume" feature. I barely missed striking the car in front of mine as I downshifted to slow the 2005 Camry. I called the Toyota dealership from which I bought the car & spoke to a manager of the service department. He told me my experience could not have happened. I took my car to the dealership & explained the problem to a different person. The manager of the service department appeared and insisted I agree to pay $100 for Toyota to look at the car because the car was out of warranty. The same representative then suggested I was trying to get free service from Toyota. I refused to pay for an inspection, asked to speak to his supervisor & only then did the rep relent to inspect the car without payment. The local reps reported they could not duplicate the problem & concluded the systems were operating as designed. The dealer kept the car 2 more days so an inspector traveling from DC could examine the car. The expert reached the same conclusions as local folks. I do not know if Toyota has reported this incident.

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Prior to these incidents, the vehicle was checked by the dealer on their recall. I was traveling on a 2 lane highway at 60 mph with the cruise control on. I approached a slight incline in the road and the transmission downshifted as normal. Tachometer went from 2000 rpm to 3000 rpm. Then suddenly there was a sudden uncontrollable acceleration in which the engine revved up to 4500 rpm and the engine was screaming as though it was about to blow apart. My foot was not in contact with the accelerator pedal. The floor mat had been removed per the dealer instructions. I immediately put my foot on the brake pedal which stopped the sudden acceleration. If this had been on a wet highway or in traffic there would surely have been an accident. This same incident has occurred 4 times within the last 6 months. I took the vehicle back to the dealer and they reported that there was nothing wrong and they could not replicate the problem. After several conversations with Toyota, they said that they will make a record of my incidents but, Toyota will do nothing to fix the problem. This had to have been caused by the cruise control system or the computer/software controlling it.

2009 Toyota Camry - excessive acceleration and abrupt change in transmission when cruise control tries to catch up with the set speed limit after a dip in speed- Toyota tech saw the problem, accepts that its happening - Toyota's response "get used to it".

2010 Toyota Camry. Consumer writes to address concerns and observations with vehicle the consumer noticed when driving at highway speeds, when he removed his foot from the accelerator pedal he expected the vehicle to naturally slow down with no braking necessary. However, the vehicle did not respond immediately. The vehicle acted as though the cruise control was engaged. When the engine did respond, there was a 2 to 5 second search pattern engaged with a sweep low rpm to high rpm while it tried to find a performance solution and set point.

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Letter regarding jerking problems with their 2007 Toyota Camry le ; seeking help to resolve issue with Toyota the consumer stated ever since the vehicle was purchased, it would jerk in stop and go traffic when she attempted to accelerate. The consumer stated the vehicle would accelerate for no reason. The dealer told the consumer the pedals were sensitive and she needed to get used to them. The dealer then blamed the problem on the cruise control, which the consumer stated wasn't even on. The consumer stated she then received a recall letter in the mail regarding the accelerator pedal and that a bar would be installed as well as fixing the carpet. The consumer stated after the recall was performed, she continued to experience problems with the vehicle accelerating and jerking.

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The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 75 mph with the cruise control activated, he tapped the brake pedal and the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact shifted into neutral and used the cruise control to decelerate and set the emergency brake. When he tapped the brake pedal, the rpms increased to over 5,000. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was told they would have an investigator inspect the vehicle. The vehicle had previously been repaired for recalls 09v388000 and 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). The failure mileage was approximately 17,000.

2011 Toyota Camry le. Consumer states vehicle suddenly surged forward while driving the consumer stated when he used the cruise control feature, the vehicle suddenly surged to a speed just over 75 mph, even though the cruise control was set at 70 mph. After braking back to the desired 70 mph, he continued to drive. The consumer stated the incident happened a second time, and the vehicle accelerated to 80 mph.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. The contact stated he the accelerator pedal was replaced under NHTSA campaign id number: 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). After the pedal was replaced the contact was driving 65 mph with the cruise control engaged when the vehicle accelerated. The contact was able to stop the vehicle without incident. The dealer advised the contact to bring the vehicle in to be inspected. There were no additional repairs made to the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 15,000.

My 1996 Toyota Camry experienced unintended acceleration and became difficult to control on April 12, 2010. While driving home from work (a distance of 26 miles) I entered the freeway and gave my car gas to move into the second from the left hand lane. After getting into the proper lane, the car behaved in the same way as a car after pressing the resume button, after disabling cruise control. This happened at 4:30p during the start of rush hour traffic. The only way I could keep from hitting another vehicle was to floor the brake. At one point the car raced to speeds of 65-75 mph. I could tell that at the 75 mph range that I was very likely to hit the car in front of me. To prevent this I briefly placed the car in neutral, then switched it into reverse twice in quick succession. The Camry made a horrible noise, but did slow down after that. The brakes seemed to be unable to engage properly from that point, possibly due to excessive use. I was able to successfully drive to the dealership after that. The dealer examined the car, test drove it and stated that they could find no problem with the car. Statement from spouse: as a recently retired engineer from a large research laboratory, id like to add my comments: I spent 33 years designing laboratory experiments to run safely and reliably. Over those years, I formed the opinion that lab equipment should be designed so that malfunctions cause only minor problems, not major ones. Since Toyotas problems with unintended acceleration seem to affect vehicles of various ages and designs, I suspect the root cause is not a specific piece of hardware, but rather a failure to design their equipment so that malfunctions cause only minor problems, not major ones. Perhaps there are components of their vehicles that fail in a way that gives the vehicle full power, whereas a safer failure mode would be have no power.

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I was driving my 2003 Toyota Camry on highway with cruise control on interstate I-40. I was driving 55 mph along a construction zone when it suddenly speed up, became uncontrollable and crash into the wall. I was unable to stop the vehicle by pumping on the brake and it was finally stopped when the vehicle was deep in the sand on the side of the highway. The vehicle was a total loss due to its severe damages.

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The metropolitan police department investigated an automobile accident that involved a 2002 Toyota Camry w/ a v6 and cruise control. The operator claims the vehicle accelerated without pedal application causing the crash. He struck several trees and rolled over. If you have any questions or need more information, please call me at [xxx] . Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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On March 9, 2010 I took my 09 Toyota Camry in for the floormat recall and to have the cruise control looked at for an acceleration issue. When the cruise control slows down it will kick into about 5,000 rpm's for about 10 seconds and put me at least 10 mph over the speed I set it to. (which is usually when I turn it off!!!) when I picked my car up at the end of the day I noticed that my gas pedal has been shaved off at the bottom making it very short and difficult to drive with plus my floor mats had not been modified as I was told they should have been. I was also told that the problem with my cruise control could not be duplicated but to bring my car back if I have problems in the future. I was then told that it is 'normal' for Toyota cars to rapidly accelerate with the cruise control on (at 5,000 rpms??? really???)and that a 5-8 mph difference in the speed you set the cruise control at is also 'normal'. I just looked up the kbb on my car and think I might be able to get out of it without a loss. I am seriously considering it.

Before the Toyota recall, I noticed on several occasions sudden acceleration. On 2-17-10 I had the recall fixed on m 2009 Camry at beechmont Toyota. Today, 3-5-10, I had a sudden acceleration again . It feels like when you put your car in cruise control and the car jumps into cruise.

I own a 2007 Toyota Camry le. I reported this problem to the dealer in redding, CA about the cruise control system within a month of ownership; however, they said it is normal operation. I doubt it very much, how the cruise control resumes back to the set speed almost instantly by raising the rpm over 5000, which will make you feel the car is going out of control. I have been driving cars for over 30 years and own many makes and models but none of them behaved in this way. This was my first Toyota car, I strongly believe the car maker should look in to the cruise control systems that might give them clues about accidental acceleration problems that I am hearing regularly.

Driving on cruise control at 70mph. Engine shut down and lost all electrical power. Then after about 4 seconds car powered up again on its on & reset cruise. This has happened twice now in a span of 2 months. Brought car to dealer and they said they could not duplicate problem. Checked all connections and codes. Nothing showed on scans. I asked about the etc and they said that would not cause the problem I encountered? they said if it happens again and no codes show up or check engine light,there is nothing they can do?? these are the so called tech's words of wisdom.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving approximately between 30-35 mph on normal conditions. The "cruise control control" warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. There were several attempts of braking and the warning indicator remained illuminated until the engine was turned off. The failure occurred intermittent. In addition, there was an increase of acceleration unexpectedly. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 10v017000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal). The vehicle was repaired for the recall defect. The technician was unable to locate the electrical malfunction with the warning indicator. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 69,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving approximately 65 mph with the cruise control engaged. When the cruise control was disengaged the accelerator pedal stuck without warning. Suddenly, the brake pedal was applied and the vehicle was able to slow down. Whenever traveling up an incline with the cruise control engaged the speed decreased without assistance; however, traveling on a flat road surface with the cruise control engaged an unexpected increase in the speed occurred. In addition, the speedometer does not function properly. The gauge does not display a reading over 65 mph at any given speed being traveled. An authorized dealer was notified of the failures. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 10v017000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). The VIN was excluded from the recall. The vehicle has not been repaired at this time. The failure and current mileages were 14,000. Updated 05/20/10.

The cruise control on my 2010 Toyota Camry sometimes continues to accelerate the vehicle after I take my hand off the cruise control accelerate lever. The speed of the car continues to accelerate until I hit the brake.

I purchased a 2008 Toyota Camry for my employer. I use the car for work, and frequently use the cruise control. When I first bought the car, I had problems with the cruise control, primarily climbing or descending hills (I commute along the taconic parkway in NY). If you set the car at 60mph, for example, the car would slow down to about 50mph when it was climbing, then suddenly down shift and accelerate very quickly, literally pinning you back in your seat. This would then cause the car to speed up to about 75mph before coasting. But it would not slow down the car in any way until I either braked or the car started ascending another hill. When I had a chance, I took the car in to the local Toyota dealer and mentioned this to him. He admitted that Toyota had a "service bulliten" out to update the software as there were some flaws in the programming. When I questioned why it wasn't a fleet wide recall, he said "we only have to do it when people complain about it". Considering the wild extremes of the speeds that I was experiencing I found this comment to be extremely odd. However, after they did their fix, the car did improve as it doesn't accelerate wildly like it used to. But even today as I was driving the car back from baltimore, it still has a wide open range for it's cruise control that I think is not normal. I had the cruise set for 65mph today, and the car topped out at 80. + or - 15mph is way too far beyond an acceptable range. My civic controls the speed within a +-5mph range on the same route. The recent events in the news makes me wonder if there isn't a latent defect in either the sensors or the programming.

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I own a 2007 Toyota Camry. On many separate occasions, I have experienced not a sudden acceleration but a subtle increase in speed, while on level road. The impression I had was that the cruise control was operating when it was not even turned on. I was able to maintain control of the car. I have taken the car to the dealer and explained what it was doing but was told I must have had the cruise control activated. They did try to recreate the problem but could not. The vehicle has since had the "accelerator pedal fixed" as a result of Toyota's most recent recall. However, the car continues to randomly "accelerate". I do not believe the pedal was ever the problem and in light of the current number of reported incidents, I have lost all confidence in driving this vehicle. I feel it is important to report these incidents because I believe this is the same as the more critical reports and that the cause of the problem is still unknown and the nature of my incident is probably happening to alot of drivers but they either don't realize it or think it is not important enough to report.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. While driving at approximately 35 mph the vehicle seemed as if the cruise control activated. The vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 95 mph. In order to stop the vehicle the contact pulled the accelerator pedal up with her foot. The contact took the vehicle to the dealership where the computer was reprogrammed to override the accelerator if the brake pedal was depressed. The current mileage was approximately 45,140 and the failure mileage was approximately 44,000.

2007 Toyota Camry, from time we purchased car it would accelerate to high rate of speed when trying to speed up, ie; getting on freeway, passing and most especially when cruise control was in use, (same as steve wosnieck, apple computer is reporting). I addressed this with dealer almost every time I had car serviced, they said it was due to computer. Said computer takes 30 sec. Or so to catch up and that caused the "lurch" or increased speed. On recent trip, car went as fast as 85mph (from 60) when I finally applied brake and turned off cruise control. There was no floor mat in car, no problem with pedal. Also had problem with cruise control, would not hold speed on down-hill drive. Dealer said it was not designed to work on down hill. This happened on even minor down grades, would just take off! on 1/27/10 I went to dealer and purchased what they said was a "safe" no issue 2010 Camry. They said this one had the safe "pedal". Now I am hearing issues that it is with the computer! I feel skunked! I had my car almost paid off and now am back in debt for another 5 years! not happy. This problem was on-going from the time we bought the 2007, last incident was date below on way home from vegas. I do feel lucky and thankful that so far I am alive to report this!.

I am an engineer so not complaining in reaction to the news but I have a 2007 Camry le (4 cylinder) which I bought brand new and in the past 3 years, it has 'accelerated' considerably several times whenever I switch off my cruise control. I can count atleast 6 instances when this has happened and braking fixed the acceleration so luckily no accidents but only caused my increased heart rate. My personal experience really makes me feel that there is more going on with Toyota than just the brake pedal. That's why I have not even taken it in yet to get the 'fix'. This should be investigated thoroughly and I am sure there are deeper issues than we currently know of.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry. When she exited the highway at approximately 15 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated she lost control and went into a ditch. She experienced the sudden acceleration a total of three times. The two other failure incidents occurred when the vehicle cruise control was set at 60 and 70 mph the vehicle over accelerated the set speeds. The failure mileage was 15,000 and the current mileage was 16,896. She will contact the dealer.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Camry luxury edition. While driving at speeds of less than 55 mph, the vehicle accelerator pedal would not return to the idle throttle position. The contact tapped on the brakes since he thought that the cruise control was engaged. The vehicle was slowing down but continued to move forward. The contact was able to shut the vehicle off while it was still in motion. The dealer stated that the floor mat was probably stuck under the accelerator pedal. The failure occurred a second time without the floor mats in the vehicle. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The dealer could not duplicate failure. The failure and current mileages were under 80,000.

1) cruise control does not hold set speed when going down steep hills 2) instrument panel lights dim to the point of all most going out, regardless of were the dim control is set. Unable to predict when this will happen. Sometimes they go dark and come back on and other times they may stay off regardless of what I do. I wrote to Toyota on 12/11/2009 concerning these topics and have not received a reply. Another letter will be going out shortly. I am aware of what the manual says on these topics, but do not believe they should be happening. How long have they been building cars? no excuse for these problems.

I own a Toyota Camry 2008 and I notice my cruise control come on sometimes as I start the ignition to start driving. I know where the cruise control is located and I don't touch it. I am a little worried since I am hearing about electrical problems with the Toyota Camry and other models of Toyota. This keeps happening. Please help.

My complaint is that where my cruise control is at 5' o'clock steering wheel it reset is up and hit my leg causing the car to run up with out me knowing why. This has happen twice. This needs to be moved to another spot on the steering wheel. I have a 2010 Camry se. I report it to dealer they did think it was a problem.

I was driving to san antonio from houston and using my cruise control on my 2007 Toyota Camry le 4 cyl car made japan. I had the cruise control set at 70 mph and I had to slow down for a vehicle ahead of me so I pressed my brakes which stopped the cruise control. The car in front of me then turned and I was able to resume cruise control so I pressed resume and without also pressing the gas pedal and/or brake pedal. The car surged ahead gaining large amounts of speed and easily going over the speed limit that I had set at 70 mph. The speedometer hit 78 and keep going at that speed about 30 secs and then started to slow down to 70 mph. I have that happen almost everytime I use the cruise control in my car and use it according to the recommend standards set by Toyota.

While driving on I-5 cruise control on my 2007 Toyota Camry se would not disengage. I put on brakes repeatedly and had to manually shut off the cruise control. When I asked rodland Toyota in everett they stated it "should" disengage, only checked to ensure I had brake lights. I have not since then attempted to use cruise control.

The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. While driving down a hill at 15 mph, the vehicle starting accelerating without warning. The vehicle reached speeds of 60-80 mph while running two stop signs. He had to crash into a tree and another vehicle to stop the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. He suffered injuries to the right arm. He contacted the manufacturer in reference to recall # 96e001000 (rostra precision controls). He was advised that the recall only applied to six cylinder vehicles. The current and failure mileages were 200,500. Updated 01/12/10. The consumer stated 2 nights before the accident, the cruise control came on and then went off. Updated 01/13/10.

Our 2009 Toyota Camry hybrid has experienced three separate incidences of sudden unintended acceleration during the past nine months. The car was purchased in April of 2008. The first event occurred in February 2009. The second and third events occurred in July 2009 and October 2009, respectively. In all three events the accelerator grabbed and began to speed uncontrollably. During the first event, the car continued to accelerate even after I removed my foot from the accelerator. During the subsequent two events, the car accelerated without my foot even being on the gas pedal. In all instances, it felt as if the resume button of the cruise control (which was off at all times) was depressed. Speeds reached in excess of 60mph in each event. During the first two events, a combination of extreme-pressure braking and shifting the car into neutral worked to stop the car, thankfully, without incident. During the third event, after roughly five to ten seconds of acceleration, a "pop" was heard at which time the car's acceleration ceased and returned to normal. The car was taken to the dealer after each incident. All three times diagnostics were performed and all three times the same answer. . . . . "found no current or pending fault codes. ¿ the first time it was blamed on an after-market floor mat. While one was installed, it was the type with "grabber" spikes on the underside to prevent movement, similar to a chair mat. I knew that this was not the cause but, as a precaution, I removed the after-market floor mat. For the second event, again, the dealer found no faults and, again, suggested floor mats. The only floor mat in the vehicle was the factory-installed carpeted floor mat which was secured by the factory-installed retaining hooks. Floor mats were not the issue. As an extra precaution, however, I removed the carpeted mat. The third event occurred on October 22, 2009. Car was taken to dealer. Factory technician was brought in. No problem found.

I was driving on a highway along with my daughter in my 2004 Camry when the cruise control light went on by itself. The car started to accelerate on its own. I could not figure out why the car was doing this, and hit the cruise control button off. That took care of the issue, but it was very frightening.

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