| Issue ID | 1139531 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10663827 |
| Manufacurer | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2012 |
| File date | 06/09/13 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Been have shifting and shuddering problems for over 15 months and 20k miles. Vehicle has been into dealership 2 dozen times for torque converter failure symptoms, however the dealership, southeast toyota and toyota corporate have all denied there's any problem at all. Well, tsb 008612 was issued on june 11, 2012 before i even purchased my vehicle and there is no record of the service being performed on the torque converter even though the vehicle was manufactured several months beforehand. On october 31, 2014 a lsc for a torque converter software update was issued. Hmmm, if no problem exists, then why keep issuing tsb's and lsc's? Easy answer is to avoid a safety recall. The dealership was supposed to have performed this for me weeks before toyota notified the public. Third party mechanical analysis shows that none of these corrections have ever been performed on my vehicle. Toyota is most certainly covering up another expensive safety issue from the dealership to the mechanics to the engineers.... All the way up through the corporate office. They've even ignored my attempts to mediate a buyback as per their warranty coverage even though i clearly have a very well documented lemon. I, like many others, will have to settle this in a court of law. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 12417 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CARY, NC |
| VIN pattern | 4T1BF1FK6CUXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
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