2018 Toyota Camry Power Train Problems
- 75
- 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 75 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- miles hour · 8 records
- feels like · 7 records
- accelerator pedal · 6 records
- press pedal · 6 records
- slowing down · 5 records
- transmission jerks · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 55 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
Toyota camry xle v6 has transmission issues. First 5000 mi service has already been completed. Car currently has ~8k miles and has not improved. (1) first gear does not shift smoothly to second. Car jolts during this shift. Issue is worse when the car is cold, but can be reproduced even when it is warmed up. (2) transmission takes a long time to downshift after accelerator is pressed. Seems to be very confused in…
ODI 11101557
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Takata recall . I bought brand new toyota camry se 2018 from the toyota dealer for taxi in new york city. I drive in new york city and sometime go to out of town up to 150 miles. On my first 10000 miles maintenance , i told the dealer that when i drive, car jerking/breaking the speed or say hesitation after drive few miles. I feel suddenly the speed start is jerking/breaking the speed for few seconds and then come…
ODI 11131091
Power Train
2018 camry 8 speed automatic transmission has downshifting problems. This involves a delay in downshifting that i have found on 3 occasions could have been dangerous. Upon completing a turn and reapplying gas pedal the car appeared to be in neutral or stuck between gears. I had a dead gas pedal for 3 or 4 seconds. On 1 occasion i could have been involved in a rear end collision if the other driver hadn't realized…
ODI 11102223
Engine · Power Train
From the first week of driving, there became a terrible and annoying hesitation of 3-5 seconds when accelerating. Since this is a v6, it accelerates great, but i realized after deceleration and then accelerating again, there was a long delay before the engine would 'catch up' with the idea that we wanted to go again. Upon complaining to service, they said it takes several hundred miles for the computer to learn how…
ODI 11208755
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
The car has acceleration/speed problems. It takes too long to accelerate when changing lanes, passing other vehicle, or entering freeway. This issue is going on all and every time i drive it. I purchased the car one month ago. This is my 5th camry and i never had this problem. Car is unsafe and im scared to drive. Toyota, do something before someone dies!!!!!!!!!!. I almost got rear-ended couple of times
ODI 11104918
Power Train
This car only has 120 miles on it, but the problem has been present since i took delivery. Upon initial acceleration from a dead stop, there is a long dead zone in the accelerator leading to poor throttle response. It's hard to tell when the vehicle is going to begin moving. Once moving, the transmission jumps in and out of various gears, and the car can't decide which gear to use. It also slams in and out of some…
ODI 11098994
Power Train · Service Brakes
New 2018 camry se with 458 miles, 4 cylinder/8 speed automatic transmission. Car hesitates when accelerating and cannot seem to find the correct gear. Most noticeable between 1st and 3rd gears. Also, dynamic braking support put me in a dead stop as i was trying to depart the lane to avoid a front and rear end collision. I had already applied enough manual brake but wanted to quickly accelerate out of the lane to…
ODI 11100321
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota camry. While driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle started to shift gears very roughly and then came to a complete stop. The accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact stated that the failure occurred everyday since the vehicle was purchased three months ago. The vehicle was taken to daytona toyota (451 n nova road ,daytona beach, florida…
ODI 11099058
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Transmission is feeling very jerky after 5000 miles. Holding on to low gears way too long. I'm doing 40 mph and the rpm is over 3500. The transmission seems to keep missing gears. Constantly downshifting. Mileage has surprisingly gone down. Even on the highway when im doing 65+ its struggling to find gears and keeps downshifting.
ODI 11098076
Power Train · Unknown Or Other
I bought a 2018 toyoya camry se in april and i have been having problems ever since. The etune radio system does not work properly with my phone. I have to reconnect my phone to the car while i'm driving to get my music to play after a phone call. The air conditioning doesn't cool properly, at times i have to set it on "low" in order to get it to cool. Other times, i can have it set on 80 and it cools. When i park…
ODI 11110120
Power Train
The transmission in the 2018 xse v6 is junk. It is jerky on acceleration (like driving a manual transmission) and when shifting from 1st to 2nd the shifts are hard, and clunky. Even worse when cold. When coming to a stop, the shift from 2nd to 1st happens with a huge thud. Had dealer take a look and they told me nothing was wrong after hooking it up to their computers. Pretty disappointed in the way this brand new…
ODI 11083232
Engine · Power Train
Car is hesitating/sluggish when accelerating from a stop/rolling stop. Takes forever to get to highway speeds, which is extremely dangerous. When there is traffic on a highway, changing lanes into a lane in which traffic is going faster is extremely hard due to fear being rear-ended. Car struggles to get from 0-45 and will only do so when the accelerator is stepped down all the way. Transmission shifts are very…
ODI 11092567
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I purchased my toyota 2018 camry se with 4 miles on it. Almost immediately i noticed that the car has major problems accelerating. While resuming driving ,from a stop sign or red light and merging on to a highway, when i press the gas pedal the car has a major delay in acceleration. It makes a loud revving noise like a sports car when i put my foot on the gas, and the car does not take off when pressing the gas…
ODI 11209244
Power Train · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
The car has acceleration/speed problems. The car has only 200 miles, took it in te highway and takes too long to reach highway speed. It rarely reaches and stays at lower speed. Like others it seems this camry will have a lot rear-end accidents due to the lack of speed performance. I feel scare to drive this car, too difficult to change lanes, too difficult to keep up with traffic. If cars are approaching at highway…
ODI 11074305
Power Train
The transmission clunks when the lower forward transmission gear engages when accelerating on to the highway. This transmission defect can also be described as a thud that gives the driver the impression the camry transmission will fail should the driver continue to apply pressure on the accelerator pedal.
ODI 11065982
Power Train
I bought 2018 camry le the problem is jerkey shifts from the transmission, and sometimes is dosen't accelerate from a slow down if you are merging on the highway. This can be a big risk because it doesn't go when it the gas after a few seconds its kicks and goes really fast and you dont even know how fast it will go also the transmission is super jurkey in city traffic. Sometime if you put the acceleration it…
ODI 11118432
Power Train
2018 camry xse v6 - if the car is not fully warmed up and you accelerate from a stop, the shift from 1st to 2nd gear is very rough. It is more pronounced if you are accelerating up a hill. The only way to get rid of the rough 1st to 2nd gear shift before the car is fully warmed up is to apply excessive throttle.
ODI 11078969
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
When the car in the low speed around 20 miles/hour and the engine around 2000rpm, the transmission is wired trying to find specified gear, make the car speed increased and decreased, it like jerk the car. Another problem is when you trying to speed up catch up cars speed from lower speed on highway, press the gas pedal, the car just like thinking the life philosophy the rpm reach 4000 the car suddenly speed up.
ODI 11097879
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota camry. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration, even when the accelerator pedal was not depressed. There was also a lack of acceleration when attempting to merge, abnormal shifting, and the vehicle stalled. In addition, the odor of anti-freeze filled up the cabin. The failures occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to toyota grand rapids…
ODI 11127940
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train
I purchased my vehicle about i month a go the problem is when i slow down to around 5 mph and then hit the gas to go again the car picks up speed super slowly and it i hit the accelerator hard the transmission jerks really hard almost like someone is hitting me from the back , i took it to toyota they keep saying the car is just fine . Worst choice ever iam never buying toyota again i drove a 2015 camry much better…
ODI 11054478
Power Train
2018 toyota camry has bad transmission since the 1 st week of having this car it has been giving me problems it slams into gear sometimes, it hesitates when stepping on the gas like it doesn't know weather to go or not it jerks like it cant find which gear to go into the car is really bad and i cant seem to get any help from toyota they told me to keep driving maybe the car needs to get use to my driving. They told…
ODI 11096794
Power Train
I purchased brand new 2018 camry se november 2017 about a week after purchase i noticed the car shifts into gear roughly and jerks a lot when driving similar to driving a manual transmission car so i attempted to contact the salesman who sold me the car only to get the runaround about who to talk to finally when i took my car in they checked all 20 something computers on the car and said they saw no errors being…
ODI 11074996
Power Train
Everytime we step on the accelerator it delays take off response as of the transmission starts on 4th gear then rapidly drops it to 1st or 2nd which then creates a really jerky effect which is not comfortable, not safe and not reliable.
ODI 11192095
Power Train
The powertrain is very rough at low speed. When pedal is pumped slowly the gear changes with a thud and jerking. This feels worse than a manual gear car. The car drove around 7500miles. Complaint the dealership and they notified it may be due to car computer issue.
ODI 11082116
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
Lag and hesitation when going to full throttle on the gas pedal. It hesitates for a second and then finally grabs on to accelerate. It has done this since i purchased it but was hoping it would work itself out eventually, but this hasn't happened. Toyota did a tsb software update for the 4 cylinder but not the v6.
ODI 11185947