| Issue ID | 646322 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10204486 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 27/08/07 |
| Component | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I purchased my camry le 4 cylinder on 1/31/07, and i had no problems initially. However, when i used the cruise control, the car downshifts to third gear on a slight incline for no apparent reason. Three attempts have been made to diagnose/correct the problem with my car's cruise control; however, the service department nor toyota technical services does not know how to correct the problem. Information was sent the data to toyota for further analysis. When the car is in cruise control and going down the highway at 60 mph and entering an incline, the car will shift between fourth (2600 rpm surges to 2800 rpm) and third gear (3800 rpm to 4000 rpm). At 70 mph and the car was in cruise control and going down the interstate highway on flat surface, entering an incline, the car skipped fourth and down shifted to third gear. The tack registered 5000 rpm and then settled back to 4500 rpm. It appears that the cruise control is overcorrection when it should do nothing. The car is more than capable of going up small inclines without ever down shifting out of overdrive into third gear. The car performs well out of cruise control. This problem in typical to all 2007 and 2008 4 cylinder camry's. *jb |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 0 |
| Number of Occurences | 3 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | RICHFIELD, NC |
| VIN pattern | 4T1BE46K77UXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 31/01/07 |
| Was original owner? | Y |
| Anti-lock brakes | Y |
| Cruise control | Y |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
| Transmission type | AUTO |
| Vehicle speed | 70 |
| DoT tire identifier | |
| Tire size | |
| Location of tire code | |
| Type of tire failure code | |
| Was defective tire repaired? | |
| Date of manufacture | |
| Type of child seat code | |
| Type of restraint | |
| Dealer's name | VAN YORK TOYOTA |
| Dealer's telephone number | 336-885-9016 |
| Dealer's city | HIGH POINT |
| Dealer's state code | NC |
| Dealer's ZIP code | 27263 |