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Well what do you know, I started watching my tachometer when I leave the house in the afternoon, and i've been noticing a slight flare up.
Once it starts, does it get worse, or does it just stay like that for a while? It's only a few hundred RPM's, so I can live with that since it only happens once, but if it's going to get worse i'll have to start paying more attention to it and may visit the dealer.
Heres a video I made, the flare you see is from 3>4.
dude that's nothing... my 03 flares more than that all the time... you should consider yourself lucky, the one you got looks flawless.... honestly all the people who complain about shift flares and hesitation on the 07's are just being way finicky... if anything, toyota improved the drive-by-wire immensly with the 07's, they're so smooth compared to the gen 5's... like seriously the hesitation on the gen 5's is like 10 times worse, and shift flares constantly, the throttle is jerky, and the car always lunges... when you take it into toyota the just tell you the car's running the way it was designed to, which is BS... since they were able to improve it for the 07's, now they should address the issue for the gen 5's....
__________________ 2003 Toyota Camry XLE V6, 18x7.5" ASA rims +40mm offset, Bridgestone Potenza Tires 225/45/18, H&R Sport Springs, TRD Exhaust/Strut Tower Brace/Rear Sway Bar, Wood Steering Wheel, 20% LLumar Tint
My Camry does the exact same thing, usually just in the morning after the car has been parked all night. It only does it once and drives and shifts flawlessly after that. Car has 5K miles on it and a build date of 3/07.
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2007 Camry SE V-6, silver titanium with black cloth, my transmission flares and I bet yours does too.
It typically does this 3rd-4th slip (flare) once after each engine start, then seems to operate normally.
My main concern is that this is going to get worse.
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2007 Camry SE V6 Titanium Metallic, Produced 08/06 Kentucky, VIN# 4T1BK46K37U5189xx
Borla V6 High Performance Exhaust Toyota PN# 00016-32102
5/29/2007 TSB TC007-07 done - Didn't Fix Flare Problem
7/18/2007 Transaxle and Torque Converter replaced
It typically does this 3rd-4th slip (flare) once after each engine start, then seems to operate normally.
My main concern is that this is going to get worse.
Works for me...try doing a right click on the link and select "Save Target As"...this way you'll just download the file to your computer and should be able to launch it without a problem.
I'll have to check on the build date, but I bought it about 3 weeks ago.
And do the RPM's flare up higher when theres more load on the engine? Because I was going down a hill when I made that video, so I was barely pressing on the gas. If I went up the hill, would that makea difference?
Works for me...try doing a right click on the link and select "Save Target As"...this way you'll just download the file to your computer and should be able to launch it without a problem.
That worked, thanks. Thats exactly what mine looks like too.
Answering my own question here, but it doesnt seem like engine load makes a difference on the size of the flare-up. I just drove up our hill and it seemed to be about the same.
Heres a sort video of me just going from 3rd to 4th gear:
The flare is noticable, but doesnt seem as bad as others around here. I'm fine with this for now, as long as it doesnt get much worse.
Answering my own question here, but it doesnt seem like engine load makes a difference on the size of the flare-up. I just drove up our hill and it seemed to be about the same.
The flare is noticable, but doesnt seem as bad as others around here. I'm fine with this for now, as long as it doesnt get much worse.
So far your flare doesn't seem that bad, but.....doesn't it seem odd that it didn't have the flare and no it does? That's the part that gets me, I didn't see any flare until 900 miles - what changed?
Same, probably when I had under 1000 miles, I didnt notice the flare. Now I seem to.
So im really wondering if the flare will stay like this, or if it will become worse with time. Perhaps it will actually cure itself and go away, who knows.
Not only V6's have this problem. My 07 I4 LE is doing it also. Mine is 2-3 though I believe. It is about like the one posted above. The colder the car and the colder the weather the worse it is for me.
So far your flare doesn't seem that bad, but.....doesn't it seem odd that it didn't have the flare and no it does? That's the part that gets me, I didn't see any flare until 900 miles - what changed?
Bob
My flare didn't start until about 1200 miles.
Pulled out of my driveway one day, and it suddenly appeared.
I haven't got a clue why it took that long to happen.
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2007 Camry SE V6 Titanium Metallic, Produced 08/06 Kentucky, VIN# 4T1BK46K37U5189xx
Borla V6 High Performance Exhaust Toyota PN# 00016-32102
5/29/2007 TSB TC007-07 done - Didn't Fix Flare Problem
7/18/2007 Transaxle and Torque Converter replaced
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