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If you have a garage like I do, the temp seldom drops below 40 degrees in mine, so I just start right out without any warm up.
Before I had a garage, I tried to cover the glass with an old bedspread. Problem was when it was removed, the glass would start to fog up immediately on very cold days. Second problem was where to put the bedspread to dry out for the next night's use.
My concern is that there may be something faulty and taking a beating everytime I start the engine - and just after the warentee runs out, a definite and expensive problem will show up.
Rich
I am also a "BIG FAN" of factory extended warranties. I always purchase them, when I buy a vehicle. The Camry is covered by a Toyota 6 year / 100,000 mile / "0" deductible extended warranty. The 2003 Honda Accord, that I traded, was covered by a 7 year / 100,000 mile / "0" deductible extended warranty. The extended warranty paid out $3,300.00 dollars worth of repair over 88,000 miles. I made out big time on that warranty. My Camry is only four weeks old, and I have almost 2,800 miles on the vehicle. At this rate, I will be out of the new vehicle warranty very quickly! So, as you can see, an extended warranty works for me and my driving habits! Vehicles today are VERY complex, and VERY expensive to repair. One major component failure and the cost of the warranty will be returned. The least that I expect, is that I will break even with the cost of the warranty, but the reality of the situation is that over 100,000 miles I will most likely need an expensive repair, and that would make me a "winner"! I am betting that the vehicle will experience a major component failure over 100,000 miles. ----- Best regards. ----- Dwayne :shades:
keastth, "Toyota Camry Engine Related Questions" #181, 26 Feb 2007 8:12 am
I'd say give the one you intend to buy a good test drive before plunking down your money.
The Prius brings a lot of the new bleeding edge technologies to market - Hybrid technology, HSD, Bluetooth, Smart Key - and then when shown to work well these features and technologies are migrated to the mainstream vehicles.
only after many lawsuits etc. I have never heard of Toyota really helping anyone that they could figure out a way of getting out of it. :shades:
that would be really "moving forward". :shades:
that is NOT moving forward.
You're right it's not so cut and dried and finding a solution is not so cut and dried. All the discussion here and all the possible scenarios lead to a multitude of causes and remedies. What seems to be right for one is not for another. So which is the right solution?
now, let's say you've got a bad tranny; if you've got a bad tranny, they replace it and they give you a very sweet loaner while they get it, install it, and verify it to be conforming. let's say, 1K later it's nojoy.
they should come to you, pick up your car and provide you with a nice full refund plus extra for bothering you. that's being customer-centric.
ok, maybe my expectations need calibration, just like those ECU/TCMs, but, whatever you do, as a company, you don't make the loyal owners of your products feel like or allow them to be treated like idiots by leaving your dealers to claim everything is normal.
they deserve better.
Toyota has been riding the wave of success for many years along with Honda. I recently purchased a 2007 V6 Camry, (that was manufactured in Japan), and I DO NOT have any of the problems that I am reading about on these sites. Presently, my vehicle has 3000 + miles on it, and I am very happy with the MPG and the performance, but I can empathize with the oweners of the 2007 V6 Camry who have problems.
Toyota had an issue with sludge build up in their engines in the past, and now they have a transmission issue is some of their V6 2007 Camry vehicles.
Doing the right thing is the "key" to corporate success with regards to any product. Any vehicle manufacturer can design and build a product that has a "glitch in the operating characteristics." What happens after that "glitch" is discovered separates the professionals from the amateurs in terms of corporate leadership!
The first thing the company needs to do is admit that there is a problem! The customer must be reassured that the company will stand behind the product, and that they are working on a solution, and it will be available ASAP!
After this action has taken place, the company needs to put their engineers on the problem in order to come up with a solution. The time between discovering a problem, coming up with a solution and putting that solution into practice is a critical factor! The company that manages this situation professionally wins!
Even though I DO NOT have any of these issues on my 2007 Camry, I will follow these posting very carefully because in three years or sooner, I will be in the market for another vehicle. I could have easily purchased a 2007 V6 Camry that has the problems posted on these sites. It was only the "luck of the draw" that gave me a vehicle made in Japan.
Best regards to everyone. ----- Keep sharing this important information. Information is "key" when making purchasing decisions.
Have a great day! ----- Dwayne :shades:
this is really where the problem is - IT IS NORMAL and it is operating the way that it was designed. Note, however, I didn't say this is good. Toyota runs the risk of 1) this being perceived as a safety issue, and all hell breaks loose and/or 2) they develop a reputation for making cars that are not as driveable as Brand X. Number 2 is already happening, number 1 may be a stretch at this point. As Toyota/Lexus is seemingly leading the pack on all this misapplied high tech ostensibly to protect us from ourselves and/or squeeze an extra mpg or two, driveability will suffer. For my part, I sit with an 05 Avalon that can exhibit the same sort of behaviors reported in this forum in the 5 speed Camrys but is less bothersome (to me) than apparently what is happening with the 'new/improved' 6 speed. Isn't progress wonderful - and wouldn't we all be happier with a simpler non-electronic 4 speed from 10 or 15 years ago?
"learning" to avoid them, anticipate them, get used to them.
but, specifically w.r.t. hesitation - let's just assume the severity and duration is distributed in some manner (we don't know what that is), and let's assume the amount of hesitation you experience, and your reaction to it is going to be different for others (people tend to be quite variable in sensitivity, skill, reaction time, planning, prediction, situational awareness, distraction, tasking, etc).
so depending upon the situation, when they aren't expecting the behavior (and evidently the hesitation in particular for the I4 doesn't always occur) it can and will take someone by surprise at the worse possible moment, further making a troubling situation worse.
from a human factors standpoint, i have no problem being in the definite safety issue camp. i can read the reports of those with the problem and while some will say annoyance, select others will say they just want out of the ride. either way, a little or a lot, repeatable or not, the behaviors for me are too much.
will that mean i'll be a late adopter of DBW and the safety and feature infrastructure it enables? well, if it's missapplied or it's bleeding edge, or its unreliable or quirky, the answer is a definite yes...
i have two 5-spd AT vehicles without DBW that are less than 5 years old and i do not experience these behaviors and i feel safer in them than i bet others feel in their vehicles with these behaviors. i personally expect the same AT performance from a new vehicle that i have now when i am ready to purchase something new. if say honda/acura or toyota/lexus can't deliver that, then i'll be forced to look elsewhere.
I am VERY interested in your story about your vehicle. What were the symptoms of your transmission failure. When did the symptoms start, or did the unit just fail completely at 13,000 miles? What was the attitude of the dealership? Has the new transmission been installed in your vehicle? How long did the process take to be completed? Did the dealership provide you with a loaner vehicle? Was the repair performed in a professional manner? Did the repair solve the problem? What was wrong with the old unit? Please respond at your convenience. ---- Best regards. ---- Dwayne
If you are still on this board, what can you tell us about Toyota's resolution of the problems discussed on this board? Is the transmission being re-designed?
My wife just bought a new car, and Toyota lost another sale as a result of Toyota being unable to solve their transmission problems. My wife chose a 2007 Murano and is very happy with the way it drives.
So you all don't think we are anti-Toyota, we still have a 1994 Toyota pickup which runs just fine. This old truck may well appreciate if Toyota doesn't get their problems solved.
DBW is not likely going anywhere simply because it is necessary to facilitate those other federally mandated systems (eg VSC etc.)that everybody seems to want. Unless we all decide that driving older cars is preferable, don't know that we are going to have any choice in the matter.
Personally, as a new Toyota owner, I was very enlightened to find him/her on the board providing a direct unfiltered (by the dealer) conduit into Toyota to identify and resolve any new model year problems.
(S)he was around for the snapring, then dissolved. Too Bad......lost opportunities for Toyota to remove purchaser frustrations with getting the problems resolved.
My company spends tens of thousands of dollars for surveys, research, and purchaser feedback on our products and services to identify and resolve issues. Here is a free forum to them, and it's ignored. Oh well.
Thank you for this VERY important information. You state that the replacement transmission is noisy, (like you hear the gears turning). Are you describing a "GEAR WHINE" like your would hear is a "stick shift" transmission? Did you get a NEW transmission or did you get a remanufactured transmission from Toyota? You could be hearing a gear noise or a bearing noise in the unit. My 2003 4 cylinder Honda Accord had a "gear whine" in reverse.
If the NEW transmission has an operating noise that the original unit did not have, I would document that issue with the dealer who performed the service. This could be done with a "repair order," (an additional visit to the dealer), or a professionally written objective certified / return receipt letter that describes the service performed on the vehicle, and the results of that service. Creating a paper trail is very important when dealing with the original and extended warranties! You might want to consider sending a second copy of the letter to Toyota Customer Relations. Let them open a "file" on this vehicle. If something happens down the road with this transmission, you have documented an issue! This could save you a ton of money on repairs. QUESTION: ----- Have you considered purchasing an Extended Toyota Warranty? My 2007 V6 Camry is covered by a 6 year / 100,000 mile Toyota warranty. I think this is a good investment considering the trans issue with this vehicle. Even though I DO NOT have this issue at the present time with my Camry at 3200 + miles, I am NOT very happey with my purchase, when I see others going through this very annoying issue. If I had to make this purchase again, I would have purchase a loaded Chevrolet Impala. I think I made a BIG ERROR making this purchase. I have lost confidence in this vehicle! This is the first Toyota that I have owned, but based on this issue, and the performance of the company dealing with this issue, I think that it will be the last Toyota for me! When you consider the cost of this vehicle, this transmission problem is NOT acceptable. Toyota needs to focus on this problem, and come up with an acceptable fix ASAP in order to save its customer base!
Please keep us informed. Thank you for taking the time to share this VERY important information with the group on this site. The more information we have as consumers, the more power we have at the arbitration table!
Best regards. ----- Dwayne
Again this is a "problems" board, so generally only those with problems will be posting. The Edmunds hosts themselves have repeatedly said that these forums cannot be used as a statistical indicator of the extent of any car problems.
Enjoy your car!
I couldn't wait to get my '07 Camry back. My back actually started to hurt after driving the '07 Impala for about 15 minutes. Adjusting the seat didn't help. The interior looked and felt cheap (it was) and the ride was not as good as the Camry. It was a V6 and I couldn't tell any different from my I-4. The Impala only had 1,300 miles on it........My Camry is a much better car.
Does anyone have problems playing WMA files with the JBL 6-CD system?
I recently ripped many WMA audio files onto a CD.
The disk have 10 folders; each folder has 20 songs or so.
Total size of all files is 400MB.
The first 5 folders played perfectly fine.
The system frequently was not able to play many of the files in the next 3 folders. (E.g., the music would stop for one second, then continue. Sometimes, I got "Error-1".)
If I recalled correctly, the last two folders were OK as well.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
CC.
I have read many post in this forum regarding Camry 2007 transmission and other problems
Though, I haven't seen any post regarding gas mileage after apply the TSB EG056-06 and I'm not sure it does affect the gas mileage or not
Although, I haven't apply the TSB yet for the reason that the dealer Tech near my home doesn't work on weekend and also my VIN doesn't fall to the range show in the TSB. However, the hestitation did occur twice throughout my driving and I feel alot of down and up shift when use cruise control.
Anyway, my gas mileage is not so good. average about 24-26 mpg mix driving local and freeway. I'm not really happy with it since one of the reason I bought this car is the MPG
Please let me know if the TSB EG056-06 does improve the gas mileage.
Thanks
Though, I see many people post that they're getting very good mileage range between 27-30 even for V6.
I just afraid that the transmission problem does couse lower gas mileage. If that is the case then I'll pust my dealer harder to fix it or at least apply the TSB EG056-06
by the way, my model is LE V4 and I have 6000 miles on it
When he first brought it home he left it out on his driveway at night..... and myself and another neighbor would quitely slip a gallon of gas into his tank every couple of nights.
For the first couple of months he used to rave over the car and its fabulous MPG.
I've said it before -- if you're talking "city" mileage, there's going to be a big difference between Manhattan, NYC, and Manhattan, KS.
Those higher V6 mpg ratings could be highway-only values, and some people use the trip computer over short stretches, the latter not the most accurate way to do it.
As far as the gas mileage, before the TSB I was averaging 19-21mpg, but I drive with a heavy foot (some of the time). Now I am getting around 25-27mpg with a heavy foot. During a trip last week I got almost 300 miles on half a tank of gas......I guess my foot wasn't so heavy this time.
I also had a different TSB performed to replace a solenoid and that helped too.
I definitely gonna to push them to perform the TSB on my car.
I'll post the rusult on how it turn out
No questions asked, they just did it.
My update on my 07 camry V-6 SE.
I have had the trans. replaced after the failed valve body tsb. I am still getting a rpm flare most of the time 500- 700 rpm. I've also noticed since my new revised trans my gas mileage has been lousy. About 17.3 mpg local driving.
I was able to get a service guy at the dealer to witness a 500-700 rpm flare. Then after he talked to the Toyota Rep he said the flare was insignificant and they decided the car is running normal.
I feel that what ever they did to revise my trans to try to eliminate the flare has compromised my gas mileage.
They want to blame it on the cold weather but I don't buy it. The car doesn't shift smoothly all the time and seems to be sluggish on hills and taking off at times.
If anyone has any comments they are well appreciated. Thanks, Chuck