2014 Toyota CAMRY HV - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. the contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the rpm increased, but the vehicle failed to respond properly. no warning lights were illuminated. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the transmission. the vehicle was not repaired due to the parts being discontinued. the manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the nhtsa hotline for assistance. the failure mileage was 89,000."

"the torque converter in the transmission fails to catch the clutch when i am driving at high or low speeds both in residential and on highway lanes. i can be driving 10 mph or 65 mph and the car will vibrate causing the car to slow, shake and shutter. in serious cases, the torque converter will slip out of gear or wont allow you to shift into a certain gear leaving you stuck and stranded on the road or highway if you don't make it to the side of the road/highway fast enough. this is a serious safety issue. the toyota dealership has recognized this issue and said that i will have to come out of pocket myself since i have missed the campaign warranty period. (someone previously owned the car) we have had the car for year and just noticed the shuttering and shaking last year. we just paid the car off last year. we are heartbroken and frustrated."

"certain toyota models between 2012-2014 had a defective software and torque converter which if left alone, will end up ruining your transmission. toyota decided to extend the warranty to 150k miles or 8 years, whichever comes first to fix this issue instead of actually recalling every affected car and performing the software update + torque converter replacement. dealers were instructed to only perform the fix to cars that were already exhibiting symptoms. this is problematic in my case because even though my car is only at 110k miles, the 8 hear period expired last year and i just started having issues with the powertrain. i would have been able to notice these issues earlier if we didn't have covid for the past 3 years, which changed my daily routine from being a constant commuter to working from home so less miles were put on my car. now i'm stuck, as well as many others, with a 7k bill to fix a torque converter and transmission all because toyota did not care about their customers. this is also a safety issue as your transmission would just continue to get worse and possibly break entirely while driving"

"the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. the contact stated while driving 35-45 mph, the front end of the vehicle was shuddering significantly. there was no warning light illuminated. the contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring more frequently while driving. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the torque converter had failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the contact related the failure to toyota campaign number: ze5. the manufacturer was notified of the failure, and a case was opened. the failure mileage was approximately 52,000."

"transmission torque is failing - there was a recall on these year and model cars but my car was not included... im reaching out now and i can't get any help!!!"

"the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. the contact stated while driving 50 mph, the vehicle started to shake abnormally. the contact stated that he depressed the brake pedal and slowed down. the contact stated that when he depressed the accelerator pedal the shaking reoccurred. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the vehicle was diagnosed with a failed torque converter. the contact was informed that the torque converter needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 149,000."

"the car start showing signs of "brief shudder intermittently while driving under light loads between approximately 25 and 50 mph", as indicated on toyota service bulletin t-sb-0034-14 (https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/mc-10131827-9999.pdf) and t-sb-0312-17 (https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/mc-10146516-9999.pdf), with toyota's solution "the torque converter and engine control module/ecm (sae term: powertrain control module/pcm) logic has been modified to reduce the possibility of this condition occurring. follow the repair procedure below to address this condition." today 5/1/23, i have taken the car (91,079 miles) to toyota dealership, and the mechanic recommended "transmission replacement (automatic): complete transmission with torque converter & reset values to relearn new transmission and drivers driving habits: $6,888.17". i have called toyota (800)-331-4331 explaining to toyota representative the issue and referring to toyota's service bulletin on this issue, with the hope the cost of the repair will be covered by toyota, since this is a know issue for them. however, i was told that toyota covered the warranty for this issue "until 10/21/2022 or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first". therefore, since the date 10/21/2022 already passed, but the car having less than 150,00- miles (91,079 miles), toyota representative told me toyota will not cover the repair of this issue. consequently, i am addressing this issue to nhtsa, with the hope that nhtsa can ask toyota to cover the repair of this issue, by either making an exception or revise the warranty conditions (i.e., up to 150,000 miles, without date limit). thank you."

"the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle was shaking and hesitating while depressing the accelerator pedal. there was no warning light illuminated. the manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 92,000."

"problem with vehicle has shutter from toques converter. toyota put out an extended warranty period which i was not aware of. found out online when i noticed my car was having problems"

"the contact owns a 2014 toyota camry. the contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle began to jerk, and the vehicle began to lose power causing the vehicle to decelerate. the brake pedal was depressed, and vehicle was veered to the side of the road. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the torque converter needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure but stated the warranty enhancement extension for recall expired last year. the failure mileage was 114,000."