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LF 0.01 deg, RF -0.01 deg, Total toe 0.01 deg
LR 0.23 deg, RR 0.26 deg, Total toe 0.49 deg
The front is ok but the rear is too much toe out, I think, although the tech at the dealer insist it’s within spec.
Passenger seat vibrates/shakes. My dealer lowered the tire pressure today to 30PSI (which looks like the recommended PSI) from 38-40 PSI (as driven off the showroom floor in Jan. 2007) but now the steering column and driver seat vibrate. My dealer keeps tell me that without a TSR they can't do a thing.
I have been into my dealership now 3 times about this issue and am not getting valuable assistance.
do you have the problem with the brake problem. my bother have us made camry, and the rear break have problem, the dealer said there are the defect of the break, but they won't repair it until you prove it. my wheel shake when I apply the brake slighty at 60mph, and stop when it below 50. I beleive the front rotor get whope
i think you want someone with a hunter "road force" balance machine to give it a go:
http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/balancer/4159T/index.htm
I'd personally be dumping the dealer, and either take it to another dealer or independant. Three strikes and they are out.
Not sure a hunter is needed at this point, but certainly an option if the basics don't fix it.
so yeah, there are a number of basic things to check before going the hunter route.
agreed on dropping the dealership.
Any thoughts on trading to V6? Thanks
As far as the brakes, I do not have any problem with my brakes. They work great.
Get your car back to the dealer, to put on this TSB. It will fix the cruise control downshifting problem, as well as improve performance. Car runs a LOT better.
I4 Performance TSB
So even the very slightest movement of the gas pedal or roadbed slope will result in a gear shift.
Additionally the torque converter lockup clutches are now being made robust enough that they can be used in gear ratios below O/D. A modern day 6-speed will now have as many as 9 forward gearbox "ratios".
Couple all of this with the apparent need to always upshift, QUICKLY upshift, on a full lift-throttle coastdown event to lower the potential for loss of control on a FWD vehicle should the roadbed happen to be slippery and you get a car with a lot of shifting going on.
Match one of the 6(9) speed FWD transaxles with a low torque/HP I4 and you get a lot, a WHOLE lot, of shifting.
All the result of modern day electronics technology. Can you imagine designing an analog, fluid powered, computer to properly and adequately manage all this shifting.
NOT!
I sat in a brand new Camry last week when mine was in for service, mine only has 4600 miles on it. The one in the service room had none and was noticeably and significantly firmer.
Any ideas on how to complain about this totally uncomfortable seat?
P.S. {dont tell me to lose 50 pounds, aint gonna happen :P }
Politely point out the difference between your seat and a brand new one. Not likely, but maybe yours is defective. Otherwise, I doubt you'll get much satisfaction.
One common complaint about Camrys from especially tall people is that its seat bottom is short and thigh support inadequate. I like my wife's hybrid Camry for mileage, but not comfort on long trips. Comfort is the one reason I swallowed hard and bought an SUV.
I will politely BEG the service man to help me. I cant last 2-3 years like this.
Thanks
I am planning to purchase a 2007 Camry V6 this weekend that may have been assembled in the same plant and line as the one you bought and I also live in New York. The VIN # is 4T1BK46K97U045858. What has your experience with the new Camry been so far (e.g. parking damage, transmission flair, dashboard noise, etc)? Do you have the body side molding?
I've had my V6 LE a little less than two months and this past weekend I completed my first "long" trip from NYC to Leesburg, Virginia and back. I've accumulated a little more than a thousand miles on the odometer and while it is still too early to make the determination about the infamous 6-speed tranny 3rd gear to 4th gear "flare", the vehicle has performed pretty much as expected. While I have not parked on the ugly strrets of NYC I have driven the car into downtown Brooklyn but have parked at one of the park and lock open lots (Flatbush and Willoughby Streets). There are some creaks and squeeks coming from the front passenger seat I have eliminated this by putting the seat back in the extreme upright position which has completed eliminated any irritating noises.. I have purposesly not tracked city milesage but during the trip down to Leesburg I got over 30 miles per gallon and the trip back from Leesburg to NYC I got 31+mpg. The trick to getting the optimum milesage is to keep the vehicle going in 6th gear with a minimum of engine revs....for me this appears to be going a consistant 62 mph. The Toyota front brake pads produce horrible amounts of brake pad dust and it's a constant chore keeping the alloy wheels clean. On rainy days, the front drive wheels kick up a lot of sand and pebblestowards the rocker panels making it almost imperative you purchase mud flaps to protect the paint. The front clip has accumulated some paint chipping and it's apparent the front bumper and grill will be chipped quite a bit within a year or so. I've had the Camry up to 80mph on the NJ turnpike and it's apparent you will not even notice you are going this fast until you look down at the speedometer. So far my fears about this first year toyota 6-speed automatic transmission are unfounded.
Thanks again!
Go to this link on the Prices Paid and Experience site Message # 5343 to see the price I was quoted by Fitzmall in Maryland. I chose them because they could get a Camry LE V6 with the JBL radio upgrade and in NY/NJ it is not an option unless you upgrade to the SE or XLE. This deal may fall through because of some of their requirements, that I was unaware of and refuse to comply with, so I will go to a local dealer on Long Island Saturday if it does. The JBL radio is not that important.
What are 'some of Fitzmall's requirements that you were unaware of and refuse to comply with'.
I came very close to using them when I bought my last Toyota and didn't have any issues with the initial discussions.
The initial discussions went well and the three persons I spoke with were very pleasant. The price is right as well. The problem began late last night via email a few hours after the purchase order discussions done by phone where concluded. Let me be clear that I choose not to comply with some of their requirements.
Requirement 1) Must fill out the "Online Credit Application". I choose not to fill it out because I have financing through my credit union. They explained to me via email that my filling out the credit application will protect them because of the reported activities of straw buyers and the like who have been known to sell misappropriated vehicles on the Black Market. This explanation does not change my mind.
Requirement 2) Have the funds wired directly to their account from my credit union if I do not fill out the "Online Credit Application". As you can see, this is not going well anymore so I am getting off this ride while I can still get off. I have nothing against Fitzmall and their procedures. I was just unaware of a few things that I will not comply with is all.
I personally wouldn't have a problem with that. The dealers down here do that down here as well, even if paying cash, in case the check doesn't clear the bank.
Requirement #2 does seem fishy. I don't understand why the dealer will forego the Online Credit App if you wire the money from the credit union. Anyway, I agree and I wouldn't wire the money. I wouldn't think the CU would even do this either.
Could you just bring the cashier's check with you when you pick up the car?
If you fail to sign the credit application (which is their protection if you and/or your credit union doesn't deliver on the money), then you have the vehicle and they have no financial recourse but to sue you.
So if you don't sign the credit, then a way to alleviate the need for that credit application is for them to have a bank to bank transfer. If their bank confirms that they have received the money and "it has cleared" (as a bank transfer does immediately do), then you wouldn't have a need for the credit application anymore.
Everything seems perfectly up and up to me.
I bet you'll have a similar requirement from any dealership you decide to buy from. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Back to "Problems & Repairs" before we get booted to the "Prices Paid" forum.
I've always paid with a check on a checking account or money fund. I've never had to fill out a credit application.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Has anyone actually gotten this problem fixed?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Ken Lee
Yes, there is a way to lock the trunk release lever. However, when this is feature is enabled, the trunk key hole opening is in the horizontal position
(-). If your trunk key hole is in the vertical position but the lever won't work, it appears you may need to bring your car to the dealer...unless someone else can shed some light on this.
I was able to lock my trunk release lever by inserting my key in the vertical position (|) and moved it counter clockwise 90 degrees (-). I was able to disable it by inserting my master key (-) and rotating it clockwise 90 degrees back to the vertical position (|).
Sorry to hear about your problems though...sounds like you got a :lemon:. Hope it all works out for you with Toyota.
The Sandman
I am surprised to see that some 2007 Camry 4 cyl owners are still complaining about the hesitation problem because some people say Toyota has already fix the problem with new computer program download. Perhaps that's just another 'misinformation'.
The first shock I had when I owned the 2007 Camry was the acceleration hesitation when I tried to merge into the heavy freeway traffic. Then I was told on the internet that some dealerships told the customers the hesitation was working as designed.
The second shock was that the gearshift knob can be taken off from the shaft by a five year old by spinning it like a toy leaving a thin shaft with nothing to hold onto. When I complained, I was told by a Toyota salesperson that it was not a defect. It was designed like that.
The third shock had was that an alarm suddenly sounded when I was driving. It came on and off and I was worried sick if something was wrong that would jeopardize my life. I had to park the car and found out that it was the two heavy files that I put on the passenger seat that caused the alarm when the seatbelt was not in use. The car that I bought after trading in the Camry has advanced passenger airbag too but it never gives any false alarm and the alarm for warning that the seatbelt should be used would come on when the engine has started, not after I have been driving for a while. Guess I don't need to ask Toyota to get the answer that it was no defect and it worked as designed.
So I agree with you that Toyota should have designed the 2007 Camry better and thoroughly tested the car themselves instead of rushing it into the market and uses its former and new customers as guinea pigs.
Looks like your 2007 Carmy has even more problems than the one that I previously owned. If you go way back on the posts, you would find that one 2007 Camry owner actually won the Lemon case against Toyota. I think he won probably because he hired a good attorney instead of going through arbitration.
Just like you did. When my neighbors and friends asked me about the 2007 Camry since they were considering buying one, I told them about my bad experience and advised them not to buy it. But I told them not to take my words for it. Go on the internet and read the complaints from other 2007 Camry owners. Thanks for the internet. They didn't buy the 2007 Camry.
Other car companies can take advantage of this too, they can make a TV commercial of the camry's transmission flaws.
nmt001,
You traded your camry for what kind of car?
It is highly likely that all manufacturers of FWD or front toque biased AWD vehicles have been or will be required to adopt the new shift pattern/shedule which results in upshifting the transaxle upon any full lift-throttle event.
Good acceleration but not as smooth as the Camry.
I don't know if the roughness is caused by the Bridgestone tires or because the suspension is not good enough.
I am considering replacing the Bridgestone tires with other another brand. I used to have a Corolla with Firestone tires, the ride was very rough until I changed all tires to another brand. Altima could be a better choice than Sentra if smoothness is what people are after.
The seat still feels as soft as a bean bag and is sooo uncomfortable.
The car still has a shake in it on the highway.
While in traffic I tried to switch lanes, one car finally let me in and I gunned the engine to switch lanes and it literally took 3-4 seconds before the thing moved properly.
I mean it didnt just sit there but I accelerated to get out of her way and it took 3-4 seconds b4 I got moving up to speed.
Frustrating.