{blackemo}:bruise: Hi, Scotty, I guess I'm just looking for some type of closure on my 2019 Camry SE's transmission going down after close to 65,000 miles. I didn't get the extended warranty since my Toyotas in the last 40 years of family history did great and went hundred of thousands of miles without any serious concerns. The Toyota dealership where they did the diagnostic check on it said it was very odd and that this certain transmission was on back order which led them to believe that perhaps since a lot of people are trying to order the same transmission that maybe there's a problem or perhaps a necessary recall (since there is none on this part). I came to find out that this transmission’s part number has changed 4 times already but there are no recalls according to Toyota. Anyone else have transmission problems with the 19 camry se?? I've called Toyota corporate and the Brand Engagement department just flat out told me no. I bought the car brand new at a Toyota dealership and am devastated since I still have almost $18,000 in payments left on it. Toyota wants to charge me $7,329,98 just for the transmission not including labor. The Toyota technician “FOUND VARIOUS TRANSMISSION SOLENOID CODES AND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. TECH RECOMMENDS REPLACING TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY.” Help, Scotty! I treated this car like my baby. No rough driving. I even did all my oil changes and servicing at my local Toyota dealership where I bought this lemon.
I believe there is a problem. My 2019 Toyota Camry SE died on me at just under 65,000 miles. I bought it brand new and am just outside my warranty. I took very good care of it and it literally died on me within a 4 day span of the rpm’s going 5-6k and hopping with speaks of 25mph. I found out that the transmission is on national backorder and the part has changed 4 times. I called toyota corporate’s brand engagement department to see if I could get some type of “goodwill assistance” and after a few weeks of phone tag they left me a voicemail telling me no. How did I purchase a brand new lemon that was serviced at my selling Toyota dealership?
Anyone else have transmission problems with the 19 camry se??
Doing an online search it appears there were problems with the 2018 Toyota automatic transmission that have carried over to at least some of the 2019 models. Metal shavings internally certainly do point to a manufacturing or design defect.
https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/camry-2019-transmissions.1649192/
https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=298519
@dan may have details on the issues with that transmission.
It turns out that @dan has a post under a similar topic that talks about the problems with that transmission:
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/is-there-a-transmission-problem-with-2019-toyota-camry-models/
It's not uncommon, as @ChuckTobias has linked to, these can and do fail at low mileages.
As I see it, the reason is how cheaply these are built - Camry's tranny has the UB80E transmission with a torque capacity of 280NM on a car that makes 250NM - so there's only 12% overhead. Other car makers that have successfully been installing these transmissions, like Peugeot and Citroen, have been using much smaller engines and the fully fledged version, not the ones Toyota has been using.
I'm not surprised Toyota hasn't taken responsibility, they had cars with a genuine design flaw (torque convector shudder), others with rotting high voltage cables, 2.4L engines that burn oil like mad, there are plenty of crap Toyota designs they have not taken the responsibility on and have not provided solutions or assisted owners with repair costs in a significant manner.
It's a very expensive (the previous poster on the forum has paid over 7 grand for a USED part, and obviously that's just them adding insult to injury, some cars with a better version of that transmissions were only twice that. Toyota lists the part at just a bit over $4,000 but it's unclear if it's "remanufactured" and it's going to cost more in taxes and installation), and genuinely useless, they don't shift as well, they aren't as refined and apparently don't even have a significant advantage over a 6 speed according to the EPA "the torque loss for gears three through seven for the UB80E and TRX21 are within ±2 Nm of each other"
Basically that pile of crap does not do anything good for you, but it pleases government officials since it promises a "potential CO2 emissions reduction due to transmission technology" so now you have to deal with it.
Sadly in this age where cars are built to please officials with emissions and economy ratings, and not to please you, the owner. These how these are (what really freaks me out is having 8 injectors, all of those electronics, and plastic engine parts)
That horrid estimate you got? is it for a USED or REMANEUFACTURED transmission?
The dealers are super expensive, I'd recommend getting estimates at other places too (private transmission shops!)
I have a suspicion that it has failed because of a dirty tranny cooler (or on some cars, lack there of) and that's just crap design on Toyotas part.
@ADMorales no transmission should die at just 65k miles regardless of how it was serviced and driven, on many good transmissions that's the first time that you change the oil.
