Hy Scotty,

I have a Camry 2012 SE, I4, 132k miles. It recently start to shudder between 40 and 50 mph at light acceleration, it only shudders for 1,2 seconds. I took it to Toyota for diagnoses and it’s the torque converter and the repair will be 2800$, they had a program to change them under warranty but the car is older than 8 years(the service bulletin expired in june) It’s a common issue that not many people know about.

I went to a shop where the mechanic is a master technician from toyota and I asked him his honest opinion of what should I do? He said basically the TC is just a pump and if I can live with the shudder or avoid it not to spend 2k plus, also he said it won’t affect the transmission or anything else. If I accelerate above 2000 rpm or harder it doesn’t shudder. If I accelerate light it always comes between 40 and 50. Also I researched a lot and on some cars even after changing the TC under warranty the issue came back, apparently there is a glitch between software and the actual TC.

What should I do just sell the car? It will really fail or can still go? Any solutions or suggestions to this annoying issue, I bought the car to keep it till 200k and up and now this...