2014 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

I ATTEMPTED TO STOP MY VEHICLE AT THE END OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN I SAW FAST APPROACHING CROSS TRAFFIC. MY ENGINE BEGAN RACING AND MY BRAKES FAILED, CARRYING MY VEHICLE ABOUT 20 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION AS I HELPLESSLY PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. FAST APPROACHING VEHICLES BARELY MISSED ME. I BARELY ESCAPED VIOLENT DEATH.

TOUCHSCREEN IS PARTIALLY INOPERATIVE DUE TO FAULTY CALIBRATION. CALIBRATION STARTED CHANGING ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. HASN'T BEEN A FACTOR BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME PHONE. RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW PHONE AND CANNOT PAIR WITH THE SYSTEM. I DO NOT HAVE THE ABILTY TO USE THE PHONE VIA HANDS-FREE OPERATION WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS DEFECT IS VERY COMMON. TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT (TSB 0172-16). TOYOTA TOLD ME THAT THE WHOLE RADIO TOUCHSCREEN ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND TOYOTA SHOULD FIX THIS AT NO COST. (SOME PORTIONS OF THIS COMPLAINT WERE COPIED FROM ANOTHER PERVIOUSLY SUBMITTED COMPLAINT)

CAR WAS PARKED ON A DRIVEWAY, AND, WHEN PUT IN REVERSE, THE CAR ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED FOR ROUGHLY 60 FEET UNTIL IT RAN INTO A HILL. THEN, WHEN PUT IN DRIVE, CAR ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED FOR ROUGHLY 90 FEET AND RAN THROUGH HEAVY VEGETATION AND THEN INTO AND PARTIALLY THROUGH A GARAGE WALL. BRAKES WERE APPLIED DURING THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WITH NO EFFECT. CAUSES OF FAILURE ARE UNKNOWN. COST TO REPAIR CAR IS ABOUT $9000. COST TO REPAIR GARAGE, LANDSCAPING, AND CONTENTS ARE NOT YET KNOW.

YOKAHMA AVID ASCENT TIRES, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED A BLOW OUT TIRES ONLY HAD A40000 MILES ON THEM FOR A 65000 MILE TIRE. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM, SARTED BEING BUMPY AT 40MPH. I PULLED OVER DID NOT SEE ANYTHING, TOOK OFF AND POW TIRE WAS SHREDDED, THE TREAD JUST POPPED OFFF AND WAS FLAPPING AROUND. IT WAS ON A PAVED CITY ROAD IN ZIP CODE 37072

ON THE HIGHWAY A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT FRONT INDICATING SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. TOOK TO A TIRE SHOP TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND AS THE FRONT TIRE WAS REMOVED I NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL BEARING ITS ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF FROM THE FRACTION OF THE VEHICLE.

THERE IS GREEN PAINT COMING THROUGH THE WHITE PAINT ON MY VEHICLE. THEY PAINTED THE INSIDE OF MY CAR THAT SHOWED THE GREEN PAINT BUT NOT THE OUTSIDE . I REPORTED THIS IN 2015. THEY RECALLED MY CAR FOR A PAINT RECALL ON MY WHITE TOYOTA AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP AND SHOWED THEM THE GREEN PAINT WAS STILL ON MY CAR THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED ON THE RECALL. ONLY THE INSIDE WAS COVERED. *TR

THE RADIO TOUCHSCREEN IS PARTIALLY INOPERATIVE. BECAUSE OF THIS, I CAN'T PAIR MY CELL PHONE TO MY CAR. THIS MEANS THAT I CAN'T USE MY CELL PHONE HANDS FREE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS DEFECT IS VERY COMMON. TOYOTA HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT (TSB 0172-16). TOYOTA TOLD ME THAT THE WHOLE RADIO TOUCHSCREEN ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COST QUOTED IS $1400. BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND TOYOTA SHOULD FIX THIS AT NO COST. *TR

WHEN IM DOING A LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM 20 TO 50 MPH THERE IS A SHUDDERING VIBRATION FROM THE TRANSMISSION THAT VIBRATES THE CAR. I HAVE TO COME OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND PRESS HARDER JUST TO STOP THE SHUDDER AND VIBRATION. MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. *TR

IPHONE 11 WILL NOT SYNC WITH BLUETOOTH IN CAMRY. APPLE AND TOYOTA BLAME EACH OTHER BUT IT HAS WORKED PERFECTLY ON MY PREVIOUS IPHONES. CREATES SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO NO HANDSFREE AVAILABILITY. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED A HESITATION ON MY 2014 TOYOTA CAMRY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS DOWN SHIFTING - IT ISN'T. MY CAR HESITATES FROM A COMPLETE STOP, OR WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING (MERGING ONTO A HWY OR TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE). THIS HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. VERY DANGEROUS!