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Just Kidding! Thanks for your help.
Thank you!
>Re: Question about 05 Camry fuel economy [mr_05camryle] by alcan Canada Mar 08, 2005 (7:14 am)
>Mileage usually improves by around 5,000 miles, after everything's seated in.
Most of the cabin noise is generated by my 17", low-profile Bridestone Potenza tires. I can't wait for them to wear out, so I can buy a good set of Michilen tires... but I may not even keep the car that long.
By the way, I tried the "battery disconect plan" in a feeble attempt to reset the electronic control module and eliminate that annoying hesitation flaw.
No luck. Also ran a couple tanks of Premium fuel through the car. No difference.
My V6 SE still hesitates, jerks, pauses, and goes into limbo while trying to decide which gear to go into.
I knew I should have bought that new Tacoma truck!
This starter can possibly have a Catastrophic Failure, The 1998 V-6 Camery that my wife drives had such a failure a week ago. Before I could get the New Contacts in the Solenoid -
The Starter Motor decided to short-out, and both battery cables began to melt down, it was a real mess.
Luckily I was able to get away with only about $85.00 in parts, and I was able to do the work myself.
- New Rebuilt Starter $65.95 + Tax (Lifetime Warranty)
- New Battery Cables - $16.00 - @ Pep Boys
mrcool
what is overdrive ratio in my car..when to use it..
This morning when i tried to start my car..it just kept doing trrrrrr..trrrrr..trrrrr.. and nothing.. it just keep doing that when i turn the key into ignition. It was fine till yesterday. Anyone know what is going on..Is it the starter or the battery or something else.
it is 2001 SLE V6 Solara..I didnt have a single problem wiht the car till now..
Any help would be great.
Thanks in advance..
A
I tried higher tire pressure, higher octane, keeping the tac below 3000, "driving with an egg on the accelerator," but I haven't been able to achieve more than 28 MPG.
Suggestions?
Thanx,
-hank2
You realy need to take a look at the lemon law in your state. When you take your new vehicle into the dealership for a nonconformance issue, you must demand something in writing. That being said, go back to the dealership {ASAP} and tell your salesperson, or better yet the owner of the dealership, that you want an RO (repair order) on everything that the mechanic told you on the day of your test drive with him. Make sure there is something on the OR that states that the mechanic felt or noticed your problem, even though they did not attempt to repair the vehicle. You will need this down the road if they don't repair your vehicle. KEEP ALL YOUR OF REPAIR ORDERS!!
NIKI
Thanx,
-hank2
Steve-o
The adjustable pedals are not available with the manual transmission.
Any feedback would be appreciated
I re-started and same problem, I need to put my left foot on the brake while pressing gas on my right foot to keep it running. after about 1 minute, problem went away.
This is the 1st time I need to use the brake and gas to keep it running. I notice the start and die problem above a month ago but usually the 2nd time I start the car, the engine will run fine (not yesterday)
any help?
Over the years however, there is one thing I can always do to start the car whenever it gives the problem.
I put the car in neutral and start the ignition and that normally does the trick for me.
I got my camry about 1 month ago. I found a couple
of problems with the car. Overall, my feeling is that the car is not carefully built, and has visual
defects. Those defects are not something I expect
from Toyota.
1) my trunk, the two side is not aligned properly.
The left side gap along the taillight is much wider than the right side.
2) I feel the transmission jerk problem. when you first on the gas pedal, the car move forward unexpectedly.
3) What is the transmission hesitation problem?
won't shift gears as it supposed to be? I have not
experience this kind of problem and just interesting to know.
sde, "Engine Hesitation (All makes/models)" #457, 15 Mar 2005 5:26 pm
NOT all Camry are built in the US. I was told by the dealer that if your VIN starts with J, your car is from Japan. Also you can look at the information sticker from the door, it will tell you if it is made in Japan or US.
The dealer I go to (they are pretty good) also told me that most of the problem people seeing in their Camry are those build in here and he said I was lucky because Toyota usually will ship just the 1st load from Japan while waiting the US factory to build the rest.
Thanks.
does sound much louder than my co-worker's 96 model.
The sale person told me that current camry model
engine noise is much more than old model, and
4 cyl is much worse than 6 cyl.
who want too fast acceleration. However, I do feel
my 2002 sienna have slow acceleration and I tried
to step on the gas pedal floor a number of times
and nothing happens for a while, then a jerk,
and car moves forward. but usually if you don't
want too much acceleration, just normal driving,
that seems ok. Is there any TSB or some kind
of fix for this?
I already have enough trouble for my sienna.
I don't think you can tell if your Tercel's timing belt has been replaced or not unless you can dig up the record. One thing you might want to do is to exam the screws from the cover to see if there any sign, mark that indicated it had been opened.
How's the engine running so far? If everything seems find, and you are in a budget, you might just leave it as is. If you have a few hundreds to burn, @ 114K miles, I think it's about time to get that belt replaced.
Don't know anything about the 94 engine but I know if the timing belt breaks in a 97 model, the engine should still be ok
I guess people tried to see if their cars might have the same problem so everyone are paying too much attention about this so to the point everyone is NOT very happy about the delay.
As you mentioned, normal driving seems ok and after reading this forum, I don't think Toyota is planning to do anything about it.
I think people mention it's because of the drive-by-wire issue from Toyota.
BTW, just wonder what trouble you have in your sienna since I am actually thinking about getting a used sienna.
Can someone please point me to the right site, forum, link or even just comment here on how I can tighten the main engine belt myself? Thank you.
the first two weeks, when you first press the gas pedal, and jerk. Otherwise, it seemed ok. The acceleration looks much better than my sienna.
The usual thing about my 2002 sienna:
1) rear brake problem (squeak, drum replaced).
2) slide door problem. (cable got adjusted,
still sticks. dealer suggest me to clean
the rubber. I don't know if that will solve
the problem).
3) transmission leak from start, not that fast,
after they diagnosed it, it stopped. nothing
documented indicate they do something about
the probelm, transmission fluid get dirty?
other concerns:
1) engine has whining noise, quite bother me.
2) not a big issue, but I feel that my steering
wheel is not centered properly. alignment seemed
ok.
I got my car about a month ago, currently
some where 550 miles on it. The first tank
of gas has about 26mpg because I have some
highway and some local. Also I am not
sure what kind of gas the dealer puts in.
After that, I put some shell 87 in, according
to my current estimate, it is somewhere about
23mpg. Most of my driving is local (30-55mph).
The only thing I did is that when I drive car
home, I checked the tire pressure. The tire pressure is about 40psi. I deflated the tire
to 29psi (see manual). Since then, I believe
the gas mileage come down.
I need to continue to watch. I think a lot of things matters, like weather (cold weather), speed, tire pressure,
air conditioning (comsuming gas a lot).
normal weather, 20 is not a reasonable number accordng to your drive pattern.
to put the key in, turn it on to acc (where you can turn on the radio) but don't start the car. Wait for
10 seconds. Then start the car. The trick works on
my corolla. Not sure what exactly is the problem.
just get fuel system enough time, I guess.
I remembered last time when I have my timing belt done (105k), the dealer told me I should replace my belts and he only charged me $17.00 for all the drive belts, no additional labor since I have the timing belt done at the same time.
1) engine has whining noise, quite bother me.
2) not a big issue, but I feel that my steering
wheel is not centered properly. alignment seemed
ok. "
The whining noise you mentioned about it could be slipping of the belt (try spray can of belt dresser). Also, check the tension of the main belt, since the manual was very specific about it.
The your steering wheel is not centered, it is very easy to correct it. There is a TSB about to correct steering wheel not-centered.
for the two problems I mentioned and you referred,
they confirmed the problem and looks like doing
nothing about it.
The second problem, they said I need to cover
the alignment cost. I think my alignment is ok.
Otherwise, the tire worn out much earlier than today. My tires looks reasonable.
Do you have to do alignment in order to
correct the steering wheel center problem?
When I'm driving my '02 Camry LE V6, a sound like driving over a washboard comes from the front end. It's louder on the newer rubber-based pavements. Another symptom is that when I brake, especially from higher speeds, the steering wheel will go back and forth wildly for a few seconds. Not enough to cause me to lose control, but definitely disconcerting.
Any ideas on what is happening?
Thanks,
Jerry
correct the steering wheel center problem?"
If the car run straight without holding steering wheel, you do not require to do 4 wheel alignment. TSB ST003-01 has info how to correct off center steering wheel for all 2002 Toyota cars.