Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - FAN | |||||
| TTT-0119-11 | 08/01/2011 | 10041648 | Toyota: certain vehicles have inoperative cooling fan. *pe | 10/14/2011 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| T-SB-0012-11 | 02/01/2011 | 10037961 | Toyota: the malfunction light is on and there is a rattle noise from the engine. *rm | 06/08/2011 | |
| T-SB-0012-11 | 02/01/2011 | 10037961 | Ready | 06/08/2011 | |
| TSB-0146-10 | 06/09/2010 | 10034924 | Toyota: brief engine knock/rattle noise cold startup. immediately following a cold soak startup, some model vehicles equipped with the 1ar-fe and 2ar-fe engines may exhibit a brief knock/rattle noise from the engine compartment for approx | 02/01/2011 | |
| TSB-0111-10 | 04/19/2010 | 10034265 | Toyota: 2az-fe & 2az-fxe throttle body. engine control. provide updated throttle body part number information for certain vehicles. the drain pipe has been eliminated on throttle body service parts. *pe | 11/01/2010 | |
| TSB-0064-10 | 02/04/2010 | 10034284 | Toyota: techstream ecu flash reprogramming procedure. flash reprogramming allows the ecu software to be updated without replacing the ecu. flash calibration updates for specific vehicle models/ecus are released as field-fix procedures de | 11/01/2010 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE - BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | |||||
| T-SB-0055-12 | 03/13/2012 | 10044156 | Toyota: charging system inoperative. some engines may exhibit insufficient charging performance from the alternator. an updated pulley assembly is available to address this condition. *js | 05/16/2012 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM | |||||
| SB-0002-11 | 01/04/2011 | 10037888 | Toyota: there may be a rattle noise coming from under the vehicle while driving. this may be caused by the fuel tank contacting the exhaust pipe. *rm | 06/07/2011 | |
| SB-0002-11 | 01/04/2011 | 10037888 | Ready | 06/07/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 01/08/2013 | 18930 | 1 | |
| Every morning when the vehicle is first started up and both the engine and transmission are cold, vehicle exhibits a transmission flare between the first and second gear during normal driving behavior whilst the accelerator pedal is depressed - even if only slightly. during the incident, which lasts no more than five seconds, the engine revs significantly (up to 2500-3000 rpm from 1000) and the transmission appears to be in a neutral state, e.g. slipping between gears. the vehicle also jerks and shifts violently while downshifting when coasting occurs mainly at highway speeds, but does occur sometimes at neighborhood speeds. the former said issue only appears during the morning after the vehicle has been sitting for an extended period of time (i.e. come home from work and leave next morning), and is unable to be duplicated at any other time. on the other hand, the latter said issue occurs nearly every time the vehicle is used. the vehicle has been brought to the local toyota dealership where repair attempts have already been made, but have been unsuccessful. the vehicle will be brought back for service once again. it is important to note that these problems are very similar to earlier problems the 2007 camry experienced (which is the same generation as the 2011 camry) -- to which several tsbs were issued to correct those problems. *tr | |||
| 01/08/2013 | 18930 | ||
| Every morning when the vehicle is first started up and both the engine and transmission are cold, vehicle exhibits a transmission flare between the first and second gear during normal driving behavior whilst the accelerator pedal is depressed - even if only slightly. during the incident, which lasts no more than five seconds, the engine revs significantly (up to 2500-3000 rpm from 1000) and the transmission appears to be in a neutral state, e.g. slipping between gears. the vehicle also jerks and shifts violently while downshifting when coasting occurs mainly at highway speeds, but does occur sometimes at neighborhood speeds. the former said issue only appears during the morning after the vehicle has been sitting for an extended period of time (i.e. come home from work and leave next morning), and is unable to be duplicated at any other time. on the other hand, the latter said issue occurs nearly every time the vehicle is used. the vehicle has been brought to the local toyota dealership where repair attempts have already been made, but have been unsuccessful. the vehicle will be brought back for service once again. it is important to note that these problems are very similar to earlier problems the 2007 camry experienced (which is the same generation as the 2011 camry) -- to which several tsbs were issued to correct those problems. | |||
| 06/14/2012 | 1 | ||
| There was a loud engine running all of sudden and the car took off by itself. it was very quick spurt of acceleration and slamming on brake did not slow down the car. the car was totally uncontrollable. the car ran over side walk and rammed into the school fence. my car was totaled. it was toyota's sudden acceleration defect happened to me. *tr | |||
| 06/14/2012 | |||
| There was a loud engine running all of sudden and the car took off by itself. it was very quick spurt of acceleration and slamming on brake did not slow down the car. the car was totally uncontrollable. the car ran over side walk and rammed into the school fence. my car was totalled. it was toyota's sudden acceleration defect happened to me. | |||
| 08/17/2011 | 11465 | 1 | |
| Every time i release or push acceleration more than 50 miles car gets pulse.(example : generator move forward and backward every time piston goes up and down) i fell like engine will drop. reproduce steps : drive car at about 60 miles/hr on good road so you can feel pulse. now we want keep speed 60 miles so we will press pedal to maintain speed now as soon as you will remove pedal you will feel pulse. now, you removed pedal so speed going down so as soon as you trying to maintain speed you will fell pulse again. reproduce rate about 85%. i am having this problem since august 2011. i had put my car at toyota dealer more than 5 times and they admit that they are not feeling this pulse. than i put case to ncds for review. but toyota reset my computer right before inspection so ncds person didn't test drive and refuse my case. at time of case, one technician from chicago admit this problem in some different direction like this pulse is normal(which is very scary). its depend on where you driving (its easy to reproduce in hwy, i also feel in city to but they told me that its changing gear so it's normal) its depend on driver( i told him to drive and fix this issue if i am not good driver). now this is very simple answer for toyota to give you customer and reject case. once they reset computer of my car they told me to wait till car computer learn driver pattern. i wait 2month , 1500 miles. i also ask them that how long ? how many miles ? but they told me that it's depend on driver. they also told me that if anything wring we will happy to help if anything wrong in engine/transmission. i also decide to go court but if they are going to inspect my car again then they will admit that nothing happened. so, please help me for this problem i spend 24000 dollar. i deserver better answer than this above crazy answer. *tr | |||
| 08/17/2011 | 11465 | ||
| Every time i release or push acceleration more than 50 miles car gets pulse.(example : generator move forward and backward every time piston goes up and down) i fell like engine will drop. reproduce steps : drive car at about 60 miles/hr on good road so you can feel pulse. now we want keep speed 60 miles so we will press pedal to maintain speed now as soon as you will remove pedal you will feel pulse. now, you removed pedal so speed going down so as soon as you trying to maintain speed you will fell pulse again. reproduce rate about 85%. i am having this problem since august 2011. i had put my car at toyota dealer more than 5 times and they admit that they are not feeling this pulse. than i put case to ncds for review. but toyota reset my computer right before inspection so ncds person didn't test drive and refuse my case. at time of case, one technician from chicago admit this problem in some different direction like this pulse is normal(which is very scary). its depend on where you driving (its easy to reproduce in hwy, i also feel in city to but they told me that its changing gear so it's normal) its depend on driver( i told him to drive and fix this issue if i am not good driver). now this is very simple answer for toyota to give you customer and reject case. once they reset computer of my car they told me to wait till car computer learn driver pattern. i wait 2month , 1500 miles. i also ask them that how long ? how many miles ? but they told me that it's depend on driver. they also told me that if anything wring we will happy to help if anything wrong in engine/transmission. i also decide to go court but if they are going to inspect my car again then they will admit that nothing happened. so, please help me for this problem i spend 24000 dollar. i deserver better answer than this above crazy answer. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 12/04/2012 | 1 | ||
| Catalytic converter problem with 2011 toyota camry with 31088 miles. *tr | |||
| 03/28/2012 | 16723 | ||
| Drove down road keeping a constant 40-45mph. vehicle suddenly revs engine wildly to redline. car speed increases drastically to 65mph from 40-45mph. took foot off gas pedal and engine still accelerated. moments later engine went back to normal operating condition. | |||
| 04/15/2011 | |||
| My vehicle at below 40 mph, mostly city driving, the car jerks with abrupt shifting, and sometimes harsh shifting. also it feels like the car pauses a little when shifting at low speeds. the car takes off like it rushes rather than a smooth acceleration, though i press the gas pedal gently. this really bothers me during the rush hour because my both kids are in the back seat at that time. i have been to the toyota dealer but they said they couldn't reproduce the problem. some one please, please please help me with this. it really bothers me after spending lot on money on this car, i can't even drive it safe and its really dangerous driving around the city with my family thinking about what will happen at the next stop light. | |||
| 09/12/2010 | 3000 | ||
| 2011 camry with 3000 miles. going uphill, car seemed to stall-as if running out of gas. i let go of gas and car appeared to be ok. half a second later, i pressed the gas pedal and car stalled. dash lights came on, power steering no longer worked. i put car in neutral and tried to start it, would not start. came to a stop, removed key from ignition and then tried to start care. car started but sputtered at idle. car had 3/4 tank and check engine light never came on-other than when dash was lit up from stalling. took to dealer. ran diagnostics on it and said everything was ok. they were not able to duplicate issue. | |||