NHTSA Complaint #10201727 — 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA

ON THIS DAY I HAD DRIVEN 100 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY. I PROCEEDED TO EXIT A RAMP AND MY 2006 SOLARA CONVERTIBLE LOST DRIVE. I WAS UNABLE TO PARK AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN DRIVE. I TRIED REVERSE AND I WAS ABLE TO PARK BY BACKING UP. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES OF DRIVING WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO DRIVE I MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO AAA. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF NOT USING THE CAR IT STARTED UP AND DRIVE WAS WORKING. I PROCEEDED ON MY TRIP. AFTERTHE CAR SAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS I BEGAN THE TRIP HOME. I MADE IT AS FAR AS THE EXIT WHERE THE HOTEL WAS I WAS TO STAY AT THAT NIGHT. UPON EXITING THE RAMP I AGAIN HAD NO DRIVE. IT WAS DARK AND NO LIGHTS AT THE EXIT. I WAS FRIGHTENED I WOULD BE HIT FROM BEHIND SO I WAS ABLE TO BACKUP ONTO A GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE EXIT RAMP. AGAIN I HAD NO DRIVE. I WAITED FOR 20 MINUTES HOPING THIS WAS AGAIN A TEMPORARY PROBLEM. I TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE SLOWLY WITH THE ENGINE SOUNDING LIKE I WAS GOING VERY FAST. THE CAR WAS BARELY MOVING AND I NOW SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FALMOUTH TOYOTA. (100 MILES BUT CLOSE TO HOME.) THE CAR HAS BEEN THERE A WEEK AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I AM TOLD THEY HAVE TESTED ALL THAT THEY CAN. A MECHANIC HAS DRIVEN IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE DIAGNOSITC EQUIPMENT ON IT BUT NOTHING HAS GONE WRONG. I PLEADED WITH THEM TO DRIVE IT IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES TO TRY AND DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY STATE THEY CAN'T JUSTIFY THAT. I'M TOLD I MUST TAKE BACK THE CAR WITHOUT KNOWING IF THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IS THIS THE RELIABILITY I SHOULD EXPECT FROM TOYOTA? *TR