NHTSA Complaint #10279121 — 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

I BOUGHT A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY LE IN SEPTEMBER 2008. I WAS STILL DRIVING MY OLD CAR UNTIL I SOLD IT IN MARCH 2009. WHEN I STARTED DRIVING THE NEW CAR MORE, I NOTICED THAT OCCASIONALLY THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS WHEN I LET GO OF THE ACCELERATOR AND STEP ON IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS MAYBE SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH. SINCE I GOT STUCK IN THE INTERSECTION FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THAT REALLY SCARED ME. PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR ME TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION, BUT MY CAR WOULDN'T GO. I CAN SEE SOMEONE REAR-ENDING MY CAR IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR ALSO GETS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND THEN STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. USE THE WORDS "2009 CAMRY" AND "TRANSMISSION PROBLEM" IF YOU WANT TO GOOGLE IT. PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT MY CAR IS DOING. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIX THE PROBLEM YESTERDAY. THEY HAD MY CAR ALL DAY FOR THAT AND A 5,000-MILE SERVICE. I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK AND THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NORMAL. THEY TEST DROVE IT AND DIDN'T GET THAT PROBLEM. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY AND I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER SAID THAT IT IS NORMAL. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT! I THINK THAT IS A DANGEROUS CAR AND THE DEALER IS DENYING THAT THE CAR HAS THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL LIKE THEY DO NOT HONOR THEIR WARRANTY. THE CONSUMERS ARE BEING RIPPED OFF. I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT MY VENT BUTTON RELEASING EVERY THREE MINUTES ON COLD, RAINY DAYS. THEY ALSO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SO, I AM STILL STUCK WITH THAT PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND HAVE TOYOTA RECALL THE CARS WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NEW CARS SHOULD NOT BE LIKE THAT. *TR