Few months ago I began to hear this George Jetson hoovercraft sound from the Camry. It will only sound if it's accelerating or decelerating, and never when the wheel speed is "neutral" relative to the car speed.
I had it diagnosed at a local Toyota Stealer and they've diagnosed it as worn bearing in the auto trans. But get this -- to fix it, the whole auto trans needs to be replaced! About $3500 for the trans (no labor was calculated)!! Whoa! I thought it was odd that you can't replace the bearing independent of the transmission...
I'm the first owner of this Camry and it has around 90,000mi on it. I'm thinking of driving it until it breaks down.
Could someone tell me whether it's possible to replace the bearing instead of the whole trans?