2012 Toyota Camry Power Train Problems
- 63
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 63 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- torque converter · 13 records
- failure mileage · 10 records
- needed replaced · 5 records
- feels like · 5 records
- taken independent · 4 records
- independent mechanic · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 19 |
| 1–30k mi | 16 |
| 30–60k mi | 9 |
| 100–150k mi | 9 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota camry. The contact stated while driving at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle stalled without any warnings. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 23,000.
ODI 10608897
Power Train
Drive gear shifter is difficult to move between gears and tends to get stuck. Similar to this you tube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzusekn2eyg. *tr
ODI 10619102
Engine · Power Train · Unknown Or Other
Very bsd hesitation on acceleration very dangerous
ODI 10915382
Air Bags · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked on a slight incline with the engine turned on. Within 3 minutes, the vehicle suddenly began to roll forward and down a hill before crashing into a tree. The air bags did not deploy. The contact indicated that the driver was injured while attempting to enter the moving vehicle and sustained a bruised lung, injured leg and…
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 10588305
Power Train · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Structure
The gas and brake pedals are to close together. I have a size 13 eee shoe and i have to be very careful to not step on the gas and brake at the same time which has caused unintended acceleration "several times" which luckily did not involve another car. Toyota says they have software installed to prevent this but, it is not helping me. They claim the car is working as designed. I'm a 65 year old professional truck…
ODI 10575733
Power Train
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…
ODI 10663827
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
When a light turns green and i try and go forward my toyota camry will not accelerate for 2 to 7 seconds. There was a recall for software that was supposed to fix the issue, how ever it is still happening. The issue is intermittent occurring about every 1000 miles. In the last 4 months another issue has happened where i will be going along at about 30 miles per hour and suddenly the car will stall out for about 5…
ODI 10705756
Power Train
I have a 2012 toyota camry that i purchased new from the military car sales in ansbach, germany. I first experienced the problem in august 2012 when the car would shift it would shudder. At first i thought it to be a fuel problem but it was not. After a few months it got worse. I was in traffic driving off from a stop light and the car shuddered and did not gain speed and i was almost rear ended until i put the car…
ODI 10574026
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
The car is becoming undriveable. I took it to the dealership to get checked out, and they said there's nothing wrong with it. On their report they stated "the vehicle's operating as designed." since i bought this car it's been performing progressively worse. Every time i drive the car it seems to lose power. The ride is choppy, burdened, and labored. The entire car seems to be struggling with itself. I get into the…
ODI 10507414
Power Train
My car only has a year on the road; we bought it new january 2013 and started having issues since then. It hesitates and slipping, and its been more than couple of times that i almost hit other cars or they almost hit me on the rear because the cars stays in neutral. We've been at the dealership more than six times for the same problem and they said they cannot find the issue because the computer is not giving them…
ODI 10566069
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
This happens while driving at any speeds. I was driving at 20mph and needed to pick up speed to make a pass and the car just kept on revving and the speed did not increase at all and when it finally picked up speed, it was a hard jerk. It has been happening more often. Another incident at a yield sign heading into the highway. As i was entering the highway, i hit brake to slow down and had to gas up to get into the…
ODI 10621281
Power Train · Service Brakes
It sometimes will not shift into normal reverse. On these occasions, when you shift into reverse ,it will not move or creep slowly back as it normally does. It feels like a brake is on and you must push hard on the gas to get the car to back up at all. The car then lunges backward until you take your foot off the gas and it will jerk to a stop without you even touching the brakes. This is scary when you are in a…
ODI 10460923
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota camry. The contact stated the transmission became stuck between second and third gear. When the failure occurred the contact had to pull over and restart the vehicle in order for the transmission to respond. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated paddle shifting on the steering wheel was determined to have caused the failure. The contact did not agree because the paddle…
ODI 10437950