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Sedans Toyota Camry 2007 Toyota Camry Transmission Questions
851 messages, Last post on Nov 01, 2009 at 2:21 PM
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Thanks kiawah. Yes, I think mine sounds different than the flare issue as pointed out by imidazol97 above. Again yesterday when the car is cold and has been sitting for a day or a couple of days it will not move forward but the engine is reving. It reminds me of my 1993 Camry which I traded in because the reverse gear went out and would slip. It started with a little slippage then got quickly worse until I had no reverse at all. I then traded it in for the 2007 v6 se. By the way it was built in April of 2007. I did see the flare video a while back. I have an appointment with the dealer next week and hope they can find a fix for it. Does the 3rd gear flare happen on a hard acceleration, a normal or gentle acceleration? |
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When it doesn't engage you are saying the ambient temperature is colder than typical for your area and the car has sat long enough to cool completely. Does the car move in reverse? Does it move forward in other settings on the lever? 1st? 2nd? or does it act the same? Does it engage if you quit trying the instant it doesn't engage right and you just let the motor idle and the motor and transmission warm up a few minutes? The rough and erratic engagements of the lower gears as you slow down sounds like something a few others mentioned in the past but hasn't been commented on lately. See if you can detect patterns in these symptoms. I recall some transmissions in another brand a couple decades ago that had nylon washers that were pressure seals along a shaft and those would wear and not quite seal. Then as they and the fluid warmed they changed enough they could seal against the pressure well enough to operate the transmission. Replacing them fixed the problems. And if I recall reverse worked. This sounds like another problem with the transmission than the flare. I'd have to look through the discussions about the downshifts that occur to see if they are related to the flare complaints or not. I'm thinking not. You need to push your dealer for help with your transmission. I would think in the other forum you mentioned if you said a specific tranny with an engine didn't engage when cold on an erratic basis and reverse did or that it would after idling rather than trying to shift to engage, etc., someone would post suggesting the problem causing the trouble.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Feb 17, 2008 7:31 am) I am in the Chicago area and we have had some cold temps in the single digits. It seems to also do it when it is a little warmer. It has also been in the garage and must be a little warmer and no wind cooling.
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Replying to: tagpats (Dec 27, 2006 10:36 am) |
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Replying to: ericlsailor (Feb 17, 2008 9:15 am) |
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Replying to: chuck28 (Feb 23, 2008 2:14 pm) |
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Went to Toyota Service today for that hesitating feeling like the car is going to cut off in major traffic. Got the story about the computer conveying message to transmission to shift and that in essence it is trying to "find the gear." The Service Writer mentioned that he had seen 3 people in the past 4 days for this exact problem and mainly to get used to it. One of the people who had reported this drives on I-35 and nearly got rear ended when it hesitated on him. I told him I had checked here and other places so I know it is a much bigger problem than a quirk and Toyota needs to address it. Finally, he agreed that they had software that could "recalibrate" it and that it is much bigger than an isolated incident. They reloaded the software and it seems to be running better now. |
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Interestingly, 08 Honda Accord CVM problem has more posts than this 07 Camry transmittion problem.
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Replying to: niceguy1234 (Feb 26, 2008 9:26 am) This is not to to defend the Accord, I just need to say that it bothers me a lot when people try to make any kind of point using the numbers of posts in any given discussion about any vehicle. You just can't do that. You can't know how many of those posts were by single individuals with an actual issue vs. multiple posts by the same individual vs. multiple defensive posts by people who do not believe that the car they own which has no problems is presenting problems for someone else. And you can't know how many posts in any given discussion were off-topic, just as you can't know how many posts were placed elsewhere that relate to the topic where you are post-counting. The numbers of posts signifies nothing at all about any given vehicle no matter what vehicle is under discussion. Just had to get that off my chest.  |
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Replying to: chuck28 (Feb 23, 2008 2:14 pm) Chuck28 which problems are you having and what have they and you done so far? Does your trans slip on first start when cold? Which model is yours SE, LE, XLE, I assume a V6? Is your dealer aware of the issues. One dealer on the south side I checked with had not had any reports, yet, about this issue.
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