Issue ID | 771377 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10315116 |
Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
Brand | TOYOTA |
Model | CAMRY |
Model Year | 2009 |
File date | 18/05/09 |
Component | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | Camry accelerates when it should be decelerating. Perhaps more of a gear-head than most women, i recognized a slight acceleration in my camry as i let it slow down when approaching a stop. Here in the prairies of illinois, a car will normally, decelerate gradually once you've removed your foot from the gas pedal and before applying a brake. However, shortly after buying my 2007 camry with 22k miles, i noticed it would slightly accelerate as it changed from a higher gear to a lower gear. I reported this problem to my toyota service dept and they "reprogrammed" the computer. This did seem to fix this problem, though it had to be done twice, and it is beginning to show signs again. Other problems associated with this was the overly long sound of a higher rpm. It seems it should change gears (if it was a manual transmission, i would have changed gears) one hears the rpm and engine droning at a high level for an excessive period of time without shifting. I can just tell by hearing that there is an unnatural problem with the acceleration. I define natural as the former experience of knowing that the gas pedal controls the mechanical nature of the carburetor. It just seems that now there is something that supersedes or overrides that natural connection between human control and carburetor. One can tell that the system has a mind of its own, and that system is susceptible to error or environment (temperature or humidity) or driving conditions. I wrote toyota a note at least a month ago that i doubted that the acceleration problem was b/c of pedal sticking and shared my story. Oddly, my car does not need the pedal repaired even though it is in the same year and plant where the problem existed. However, my car still has something oddly wrong with it. I can't help but think they are connected. Thank you for listening. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 30000 |
Number of Occurences | 1 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | NORMAL, IL |
VIN pattern | 4T1BK46K67UXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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Date of purchase | 29/06/24 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
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Vehicle speed | 38 |
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