NHTSA Complaint #10327452 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY CONCERN *GR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A HIGH NOISE LEVEL WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE LEVEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE INCREASED OVER TIME AND THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER WITHOUT RAISING THE SOUND CONVERSATION. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED STALLING WHILE DRIVING. AT TIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED. ON OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND THEN HESITATE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, WHEN HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, HE WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, AND THE RE-START IT. IN NOVEMBER 2009 WHILE THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED ON THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND UPON INSPECTION, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER STATED HE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO JERK AND HESITATE UPON APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.