Welp, our 07 REPLACEMENT Camry Tranny died
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Welp, our 07 REPLACEMENT Camry Tranny died
Today, I get a call that the car's bucking and acting bad. She said it was the same symptons as before. I said okay, call Toyota, I will give you my car and take it to the dealer. No lights yet were on.
I pick the car up, less than 2 blocks from the house, it bucks, and jerks and boom, the lights come on and I lost 2nd gear completely. Same freaking issue.
This was a replacement Camry that was MADE for us that we waited 2 months for because the first one was part of the 160 batch that had these issues. Sorry there is more too it that Toyota is saying. Now another one.
She is done with the POS Camry. She wants something else. She is willing to give Toyota a chance again 3rd time and get a Avalon or a Lexus side, but no more Camry. Or she will go somewhere else.
Sad to see this, I recommended that car to her, and she got it and hasn't been happy since.
First one blew at 300 miles
second one at 1800 miles.
I will keep everyone informed.
I pick the car up, less than 2 blocks from the house, it bucks, and jerks and boom, the lights come on and I lost 2nd gear completely. Same freaking issue.
This was a replacement Camry that was MADE for us that we waited 2 months for because the first one was part of the 160 batch that had these issues. Sorry there is more too it that Toyota is saying. Now another one.
She is done with the POS Camry. She wants something else. She is willing to give Toyota a chance again 3rd time and get a Avalon or a Lexus side, but no more Camry. Or she will go somewhere else.
Sad to see this, I recommended that car to her, and she got it and hasn't been happy since.
First one blew at 300 miles
second one at 1800 miles.
I will keep everyone informed.
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Sorry to hear about your problem with Toyota. I would definately give the new VW Passat a try, I am absolutely sure that you and your wife will love it.
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G35 TX I urge you to go out on a lim and at least try out the Passat despite the nay-sayers (mostly Toyota and Honda fanboys). I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
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say what you want VW has been bottom feeding with Mercedes and Land Rover on reliability charts for the past decade and I doubt they just woke up this year and suddenly started cracking out bulletproof cars. Something like that doesnt happen overnight. The new VW models have been out for a cool year, hardly an indicator of its long term reliability
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say what you want VW has been bottom feeding with Mercedes and Land Rover on reliability charts for the past decade and I doubt they just woke up this year and suddenly started cracking out bulletproof cars. Something like that doesnt happen overnight. The new VW models have been out for a cool year, hardly an indicator of its long term reliability
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you hear 3-5 instances where a tranny goes out and you assume toyotas reliability sucks everywhere else, youre overreacting and toyota sells 40k+ of these a month. Domestic companies beat VW badly in reliability and sell many times more vehicles than VW does. Domestics have improved greatly, euro hasnt
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I'll have to say that Toyota has been getting a little bit worse but considering how many vehicles are produced the percentage is very slim. At least Toyota announces their recalls even if it is a very minute issue, not to say a dead tranny is minute.
I would honestly go for the Avalon or maybe the Accord. I would stay away from the ES350 which is essentially the Camry. But it could just be bad luck, I honestly love the looks of the Camry. Find what you feel is the most comfortable for you.
I would honestly go for the Avalon or maybe the Accord. I would stay away from the ES350 which is essentially the Camry. But it could just be bad luck, I honestly love the looks of the Camry. Find what you feel is the most comfortable for you.
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dam what are the odds...good luck w/ the next attempt. personally if this happened twice to me...i would run away.
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too bad Russ..my sisters 07' camry has not had any issues for its first 5k miles...with trips to vegas, yosemite, etc.
good luck with the lemon law!
good luck with the lemon law!