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The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving at speeds exceeding 20 MPH, the vehicle would not properly accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. Occasionally, the vehicle would lose motive power. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 52,000.
Torque converter shudder. Toyota claims my VIN has no recall, but I have been experiencing a strong shudder under light acceleration at around 30-40 mph. We were never informed of a recall on our vehicle.
Toyota diagnosed torque converter needs to be replaced. There's a recall on torque converter for 2012, 2013, & 2014 of my make & model however they do not include my VIN in this recall. I'm requesting it should be included in the recall because it falls under my year, make & model.
- Wittmann, AZ, USA
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I been having problems with the transmission torque converter for about 2 years with a check engine light on while driving between 25 mi and 55 mi ph, the wheels shake and hesitate to get control, any recalls on that?
When im doing a light acceleration from 20 to 50 mph there is a shuddering vibration from the transmission that vibrates the car. I have to come off of the accelerator pedal and press harder just to stop the shudder and vibration. My airbag light is on and stays on constantly.
When accelerating at around 25 mph, the vehicle "shudders" (feels like it is going over rumble strips) and lasts about 3 seconds. Happens anywhere between 25 - 40 mph. Mechanic said its a faulty torque convertor. Mechanic informed me that there was an "enhanced warranty" that was extended for Camry's 2012-2014 and I should visit the dealership. I sent car to Toyota of turnersville, NJ dealership for fix, and they informed me that the warranty enhancement does not involve my VIN #. even though its the year and the issue is happening. I opened a case with Toyota headquarters and they closed the case, stating there is nothing they can assist with further. I feel as though this problem originated in 2012, and Toyota was still putting bad torque converters into them in 2014, 2 years later and then stating because my vehicle is not affected by the VIN, there is nothing they can do for me? I bought this car in 2016, now knowing that it came with an issue identified years earlier by the maker. If this problem was potentially serious enough to a widespread issue that they extended the coverage for 8 years, 150,000 miles, they should be willing to cover anyone with a Camry for those 2 years, not just dependent upon a VIN #. it should be dependent upon the issue happening with the car, instead of trying to charge innocent folks $3000 for a fix that they caused!
The vehicle loses power at 20 mph and shudders between 40 and 50 mph under light and normal acceleration. During fast acceleration, this does not happen. The vehicle has 131,186 miles driven.
Car experiencing shuddering @ sppeds of 25 to 50 mph. Toyota states recall was not for this specific model. Problem use to be intermittent now is continuous and the shuddering is harder than before. After having Toyota check it multiple times they state it is the torque converter but they refuse to honor the warranty that applied to the car at the time.
The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the turning signals would malfunctioning periodically. In addition, there was black smoke entering the vehicle from the air vents periodically. The vehicle was taken to family Toyota of arlington (1661 wet N wild way, arlington, tx 76011) where they informed the contact that the failures could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact mentioned that the headlamps failed to operate. The contact stated that the light bulbs in the headlamps were replaced and the headlamps failed to operate. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.
The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal which failed to engage correctly. The contact stated that the vehicle shifted into 1st gear with the ABS warning light illuminated. The contact managed to veer to the shoulder of the road, turn the vehicle off and back on and the which resumed to driving as designed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (Toyota of riverside 7870 Indiana ave, riverside, ca 92504 (951) 687-1622) where it was diagnosed however, the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.
Between 40-55mph at light acceleration the vehicle begins shaking and shuttering while in automatic if switched into manual mode I have not been able to get the problem to occur. 128,000miles on the vehicle. If hard acceleration is applied issue does not seem to occur.
During acceleration between 30 - 50 mph, the vehicles transmission appears to slip and not engage the gear. After a second or two the vehicle engages the gear and continues on as if nothing occurred.
During acceleration from 0 mph between speeds of 10mph and 40mph the vehicle hesitates when changing from 1st to second gear. During this hesitation, the vehicle acts very similar to a manual transmission. After about 2-3 seconds the vehicles transmission engages the gear and acts continues on as if nothing is wrong.
When I step on the gas at low speed, normally between 30-50mph my car vibrates or shudders. It only does this when I'm trying to maintain those lower speeds, so the pedal is just barely being pressed down. Once I'm on the highway above 50mph I don't have any issues.
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- Toms River, NJ, USA