NHTSA Complaint #10312238 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

3-4 SECOND DELAY IN RESPONSE TIME WHEN MAKING A FAST LANE CHANGE - ENOUGH TIME TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED ONCE IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC AND ONCE IN THE EVENING WHEN THERE WAS LITTLE TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED AN ECM CALIBRATION ENHANCEMENT TO CORRECT ANOTHER PROBLEM OF HESITATION WITH THE ACCELERATION & THEN A QUICK SURGE FORWARD. THIS WAS PERFORMED AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT; HOWEVER, IT DID NOT CORRECT MY CURRENT PROBLEM AS THE HESITATION HAPPENED AGAIN (THE 2ND TIME) AFTER THE CALIBRATION. DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ECM CALIBRATION WAS THE ONLY "FIX" PROVIDED TO THEM AND THAT SINCE I STILL HAD THE PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO NOT PRESS THE ACCELERATOR QUICKLY TO MAKE A FAST GETAWAY AS THE COMPUTER IS NOT ABLE TO PICK UP THE SIGNAL THAT QUICKLY. THEY COULD ONLY SUGGEST THAT I NEVER PRESS THE ACCELERATOR QUICKLY - TRY THAT ONE WHEN YOU HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY FAST. I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING MORE OF THIS THAN IT IS. THERE ARE SOME MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS REPORTED ON THE INTERNET THAN THIS ONE. HOWEVER, IT IS SERIOUS. WHEN YOU CANNOT GET GAS WHEN YOU NEED IT, IT IS SERIOUS. THERE IS APPARENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THEIR ELECTRONICS. *TR