NHTSA Complaint #10625698 — 2014 TOYOTA CAMRY

UPON ACCELERATION AFTER A START INTO A TRAFFIC LANE THE ENGINE STALLED. THE ENGINE DID NOT STOP, IT JUST STALLED UNTIL THE SPEED DROPPED TO ABOUT 5 MPH THEN STARTED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED ALMOST EVERY TIME I OPERATE THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT BE PREDICTED. SOMETIMES AFTER SLOWING FROM ABOUT 45 MPH TO ABOUT 20 MPH AND RE-ACCELERATE, IT STALLS FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING NOW SINCE PURCHASE JUNE 11, 2014. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIME DUE TO THIS STALLING WHEN ENTERING TRAFFIC AND OTHER CARS ARE EFFECTED. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT PROBLEM NEVER APPEARED BEFORE. THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH TOYOTA DEALER FOR INSPECTION. LICENSED TOYOTA DEALER IN WASHINGTON, NC KEPT THIS VEHICLE TWO DAYS AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE THREE TIME AND AM TOLD EACH TIME THEY NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE AND JUST KEEP TAKING IT IN FOR INSPECTION. SELLING DEALER, TOYOTA OF NEW BERN, NEW BERN, NC DID NOT WANT TO EVEN DISCUSS WHAT I COULD DO. THEIR CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER WILL NOT NOW RETURN MY CALLS. AGAIN TODAY, IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT TAKE THE GAS UNTIL IT ALMOST STOPPED IN TRAFFIC FROM 30 MPH DOWN TO 5 MPH. I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC, IT THEN TOOK THE GAS AGAIN. IT IS LIKE, WHAT I CALL "VAPOR LOCK". TOYOTA HAS ASSIGNED CASE # 1406180890 TO MY COMPLAINT. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT COULD CAUSE ME INJURY AFTER BEING HIT BY AN APPROACHING VEHICLE AS I ATTEMPT TO ENTER TRAFFIC AS THE VEHICLE STALL. THIS STALLING HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIME SINCE PURCHASE AND THE CURRENT MILES IS 2,524.