07 Camry Loss of Power after 800 Miles

[kevtsai]

I now have approx. 800 miles on my 07 Camry LE 4 Cylinder. I tried driving it as smooth as possible (slow accelerations, soft braking...etc) and taking it easy on the engine. Ocassionally there would be times that require me revving up the engine to make a quick turn, or lane pass.

I'm not sure if those revving of the engines and working the engine hard have done anything to my engine/transmission? Yesterday I picked up a loaner car (07 Camry XLE 4 Cylinder 300 miles) from the dealership cause my car was in the shop for a little dinge, and it felt like it accelerated a whole lot faster (tiny taps on the acceleration sent the car shooting).

Is the acceleration pedal for the 07 camry supposed to be softer after break-in???

[Mistabullet]

There could be a number of reasons.

1. The pedal could have become softer
2. The Drive by wire does away with the direct cable connection between gas pedal and engine, so maybe the drive by wire has made your pedal softer due to "learning". You can try to disconnect the battery for a few hours so the drive by wire will reset and then reteach it by driving hard, but I really don't know if the whole learning thing is true or just BS.
3. If power is what your trying to compare then you should try full throttle tests and compare it that way. Even better try 0-60 times.

4. Another issue could be your break-in process. It's very possible that because you broke it in so gently you have lost power. Read this thread for more info on break-in: Engine Break-In Techniques

[scottiejinla]

have you had the TSB applied that re-flashes the ECM?

do a search for the 4cyl 5A tranny TSB. its pasted in the thread and a link is provided for downloaded.

this took care of the problem in my car.