NHTSA Complaint #10211750 — 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY

HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM EITHER WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN HE START TO ACCELERATE SOMETIMES, USUALLY IN LOW SPEED, 20% TO 40% OF THE TIME, THERE IS A FEW SECONDS THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND, AND SUDDENLY HE FEEL A JOLT AND THE CAR JUMPS VIOLENTLY. HE HAS TO LOOK BACK WHENEVER IT HAPPENS TO SEE IF SOMEONE HAS CRASH IN TO HIS CAR. IF THERE IS A CAR INFRONT OF HIM WHILE IN TRAFFIC, THIS COULD LEAD POTENTIAL CAR ACCIDENT OF HITTING THE CAR INFRONT OF HIM. HE ALSO HAS TO MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT PARK TOO CLOSE TO OTHER CARS OR THE WALL. I HAVE HELP HIM REPORTED THE ISSUE TO DEALER 2 TIMES MANY MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IF THEY CAN'T FEEL THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO TOLD THE HEADQUARTER I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME HESITATION/ACCELERATION PROBLEM MY FATHER EXPERIENCING AND I NOTICED TOYOTA HAVE BEEN TELLING OTHER PEOPLE SAME RESPONSE THAT DEALER CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IF DEALER CAN NOT FEEL THE PROBLEM, AND DEALER HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR THOSE WHO REVISITED MANY TIMES. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE IF YOU GO SEARCH ON GOOGLE (USING KEYWARD TOYOTA CAMERY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM). ONE OF THE WEBSITE IS I FOUND FROM GOOGLE RESULT FOR EXAMPLE WAS HTTP://WWW.AUTOBYTEL.COM/CONTENT/RESEARCH/FORUMS/INDEX.CFM/ACTION/POSTS/FID/2852. IT HAS 27 PAGES OF SUCH COMPLAINTS . I HAVE ALSO NOTICE SUCH COMPLAINTS DOES NOT APPLY TO JUST 2005 YEAR CAMERY BUT AGAINST 2002 AND 2007 CAMERY AS WELL. WITH SO MANY CARS THEY SOLD OVER 5 YEARS AND SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THEIR TRANSMISSION THAT CAN LEAD ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLY ALREADY DID, TOYOTA ARE MAKING INDIVIDUALS FEEL AS IF THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE IMAGINING THINGS. A FEW PEOPLE SAID CERTAIN STORES ALLOW THEM TO DO A COMPUTER CHIP "FIX," AND THE FIX WAS NOT HELPFUL. ON TOP OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HE NOTICED PAINT PEELING, RUST PAINT UNDER 15X MAGNIFYING GLASSES, A BUBBLE ON DASH BOARD. *TR