Whatever happened to sluggish V6? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

buick72 · 06-03-2010, 06:55 AM

Hi..

I have an 05 Camry XLE V6.

Back when I bought the car in 05, I found out there was a lot of chatter about the sluggish response downshifting and how the drive-by-wire computer may be overloaded, etc. And at least one person went to arbitration with Toyota over it..and lost.

And then Toyota came out with a TSB that had the dealer reprogram the transmission to shift more responsively. I had that done back then-didn't do much.

So, here I am 5 years later..and I am curious if there ever was any resolution or firm understanding of what was the issue?

I have heard, of course, that later years never had that problem!

Always the way, isn't it!!

Thanks

***wobbles25*** · 06-03-2010, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by buick72

So, here I am 5 years later..and I am curious if there ever was any resolution or firm understanding of what was the issue?

I have heard, of course, that later years never had that problem!

There was a resolution years later... the 2007 Camry V6.... I guess Toyota took your complaint seriously and upgraded the engine!

buick72 · 06-03-2010, 08:59 AM

I actually think it was a combination of everything..the engine, the computer, the transmission, etc. changed to make it a more responsive system.

2005 was their first year for drive-by-wire..so maybe they blew it a bit!

I have 87,000 mi now and at least 4 more years to go on this car..so that's why I am curious what happened.

Thanks.

BlackCamSe · 06-03-2010, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by buick72

I actually think it was a combination of everything..the engine, the computer, the transmission, etc. changed to make it a more responsive system.

2005 was their first year for drive-by-wire..so maybe they blew it a bit!

I have 87,000 mi now and at least 4 more years to go on this car..so that's why I am curious what happened.

Thanks.

2002 was their first year for DBW in the camrys...