NHTSA Complaint #10312318 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

MY 2007 CAMRY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF OPERATION IN APRIL AND MAY 2007 SURGED OR LUNGED WITHOUT CAUSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO REPAIR, NO INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. ONE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN STARTING UP FROM A STOP SIGN BESIDE SCHOOL CHILDREN WAITING AT A BUS STOP. ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I SLOWLY MANEUVERED TO PARK IN A TIGHT SPACE BETWEEN TWO CARS. BOTH DRIVING INSTANCES REQUIRED FINE CONTROL AND VERY LITTLE GAS. BOTH INSTANCES OCCURRED ON COLD MORNINGS, A SHORT DISTANCE AND A SHORT TIME AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE IN THE MORNING. THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY REVVED LOUDLY AND LUNGED FORWARD, I BRAKED HARD, THEN IT SORT OF STALLED AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND LAGGED BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL CONTROL. THESE INCIDENTS WERE SCARY, COULD HAVE CAUSED PERSONAL OR PROPERTY INJURY AND OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY KNOWN CAUSE. THE CAR SEEMED CONFUSED. THE OTHER PREDOMINANT DRIVER OF THE CAR HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. MY CAR IS SUBJECT TO RECALLS. I HAVE REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT BUT NOT TAKEN IT FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPAIR. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS A COMPUTER GLITCH AND NOT THE FLOOR MAT OR THE GAS PEDAL. I RECEIVED A FLOOR MAT RECALL NOTICE EARLY IN OWNERSHIP, ON MY FIRST MAINTENANCE VISIT TO TOYOTA I WAS TOLD THAT MY FLOOR MAT WAS NOT THE DEFECTIVE ONE. SUBSEQUENT LETTERS HAVE SAID TO REMOVE THE MAT AND STATED THAT NO REPAIR IS READY, THEY WILL CONTACT ME. I TRIED TO CALL THE DEALER TWO WEEKS AGO TO ASK ABOUT A REPAIR AFTER NEWS REPORTS AND FURTHER RECALLS. MY CALL WAS PLACED ON HOLD FOR SO LONG, I HUNG UP AND HAVEN'T CALLED BACK. I THINK MY CAR HAS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS PROBLEM BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TOYOTA IS CABLE OR WILL ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT INDICATE MY CAR IS ELIMINATED FROM THE RECALL. *TR THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT ERRATIC PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL; THE ABS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE TACHOMETER, THERMOSTAT AND OTHER GAUGES BOUNCED UP AND DOWN. ALSO, THE AC STOPPED WORKING. THE DEA