Used 2015 Toyota Camry XLE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A) Consumer Reviews
You get what you pay for!
I purchased the 2015 XLE V6 fully loaded with the technology package. Lots of features to discuss. Performance: Acceleration is strong - this car has LOTS of get up and go! The V6 will not let you down. Just be sure to realize that when you're in the higher gears and drop the pedal, there will be a hesitation as the RPM increase in the engine is translated to the drive train. Speaking of the drivetrain, shifting from gear to gear is very much a non-event - barely noticeable. Dropping it into "manual" shift mode gives you some control over performance, but the car will still shift for you if you're exceeding limits. Steering is softer than I'm used to (previous car was '02 Honda Accord). The electric steering is very lightweight and allows some slop in handling, as a result road handling is lessened a bit. Body sway is noticeable on highway entrance ramps. Braking requires more pressure than the Accord. Comfort: All aspects are deemed "OK." Front seats are stiff - not sure yet how they'll be on long road trips. Back seat has plenty of legroom and supportive seating makes the ride comfortable. Exterior noise is minimal, and for the first 1500 miles there have not been any noticeable vibrations (knock on wood). Entering and exiting the car is easy as the doors swing wide open. Careful review of the backseat entrance should be made by anyone with limited mobility. Longer legs will need to be picked up before swinging them out in order to egress the vehicle. Interior: Instrumentation, controls, and design of the interior all get top marks. The car looks like a luxury car! That having been said, the weak spot on this car is the storage. Trunk size is sufficient, but interior storage is limited at best. Coming from an Accord where there was literally storage everywhere you turn, the Camry is sorely lacking in this realm. You get a panel console that doubles as a charging bay, the glove box is pretty much worthless for anything but the owners manuals, and the door storage bins will hold nothing bigger than a small umbrella. The armrest console in the middle is nothing but one big bin. In essence, if you have small cables (phone charging cables), small objects (I carry pens, chewing gum, and my daughter's hair accessories), or other items know that they'll end up in the big console without any sort of organization. To find them while driving down the road is nearly impossible, so you either have to plan ahead or just wait until you hit a stop light. As for the quality of materials, the leather used in the seating is fine, but the materials used for the ceiling panel is cheap. The doors are part leather and part hard plastic. Previous Toyota ownership shows that extreme care must be taken with the hard plastic as it scratches easily. Those scratches are permanent and will not come out no matter what you do. For a $30k+ car, I would think that Toyota could afford to finish the doors in leather and provide a better ceiling. Safety: Luckily, I haven't had to test out the safety features yet, but from what I can see they will perform as expected. The LED headlights are OUTSTANDING! Vision at night, even rainy nights, is perfect. The LED daytime running lights are bright enough to be seen in the sunniest of days, and on rainy nights help ward off the road glare of oncoming traffic. As mentioned above, I have the technology package on my car which includes the blind spot monitor, lane departure warning, pre-collision alarm system, and adaptive cruise control. The blind spot monitor and lane departure warning work perfectly, the later beeping softly when you get close to leaving the lane without a signal. I have noticed that it will occasionally warn of lane departure when the road markings suddenly end. The pre-collision does work. If you're accelerating when the person ahead of you is braking, the car starts braking and the beeping starts. Obviously, this is useful but it could be a real pain in the rear if you accelerate to change lanes when the car in front of you is slowing down. I have only tried the ACC once and it seems to work well. Technology: The head unit is relatively intuitive to use. Touch screens dominate the interaction between driver and unit. Aside from AM/FM/CD Player options, the unit allows for satellite radio, Bluetooth input from cellphone/music player, USB flash memory, and "Aux" in options. The Entune apps allow for use of cell phone data to play Pandora, IHeartRadio, Slacker Radio, as well as Facebook Places, OpenTable, and MovieTickets. You can also check weather maps and forecasts, review sports scores, check your stocks, and locate the nearest or lowest price gas station. Be aware that use of all of the Entune apps requires use of cell phone data so either have a large data package with your cell phone provider or limit your use of the Entune apps. I was able to change the greeting picture to something more meaningful to me than the Toyota logo,
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Awesome Car-----JUNK TIRES
I have had my car three weeks. Love everything about it-----EXCEPT THE JUNK TIRES. Noticed a bounce at low speeds almost out the door of the dealer. Was in the shop at 375 miles on the odometer for 4 hrs to balance the tires. Car returned to me and the balance was worse than when I took it in. Back in the shop again at 560 miles for balancing. This time, two tires are replaced. The ride is a little smoother but still has a very noticeable tire balance problem--especially at city driving speeds. Speeds of 60 plus is still noticeable. These tires are the Turanza Bridgestone and have no business being on the market as a high value tire when it realistically is a cheap tire that has no business on a Luxury type Vehicle. Can't understand what Toyota was thinking when deciding to use these junk tires on their finest automobiles. It is almost a certainty I will be at the dealership weekly for balancing until they decide enough is enough and put some decent tires on the vehicle. If not for the tires, I would truly have a vehicle with a Luxury feel to it. Instead, I have a Luxury looking vehicle with a bounce in it's get along. Aug. 2016: After several trips to the dealership trying to rectify the problem, they recognized the fact the tires were defective, even after replacing two of them with new Bridgestones. This did not work and a thousand miles on the car, the dealership finally worked with me to put new Michelins on the car. The car rides like it should now and i am happy with the end results. Toyota should still get rid of using Bridgestone Tires. Aug 2017: 35,000 plus miles and still love the car with Michelin Tires. My opinion of the Bridgestone Tires have not changed as other family members have vehicles with Bridgestone and are experiencing the same rough ride I did---regardless of vehicle type.
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Big step up!
I just bought a 2015 Camry XLE v6. I absolutely love this car. I traded my 2009 LE which was great but I was feeling the urge for a new car. I wanted to try the v6 and it is awesome. A huge step up from my old 4cyl. Going from the LE to the XLE is like moving into a Lexus. Totally different feel. They did a great job with the new model. While there is a big cost difference you get what you pay for and I am happy with my decision. Everybody talks about sporty this and that but what I wanted was ride comfort and luxury features. This is why I bypassed the "sporty" xse and se and went with the XLE. The extra oomph of the V6 is very noticeable. The seats and ride are super comfortable.
Purchased CPO 2015 V6 XLE
Solid car, great acceleration, comfortable. Back seat room not as much as you would expect. Starts well in cold weather, traction good with Yokohama tires. Tight steering makes car feel more luxurious. Started out with some squeaks and rattles on front dash, but I think I solved those. I like this car. It better last me forever because I plan to drive it forever. Stereo sound isn't full unless you turn of surround option and use Iheart media to play radio or connect and play music via phone. Shame to have to pay $160 map updates, but oh well. So far, I like the car and would recommend.
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Recent Purchase
It was time to replace my 2001 Toyota Camry XLE that I had bought brand new. After researching the current car models for best in safety & reliability, the Toyota Camry XLE was still in the top 10. The crash test rating were very good! I have loved my 2001 and never had a car for 16.5 years before, so I test drove the 2015 Toyota Camry XLE one month ago and immediately bought the car. I love it and it drives great! Handles great on a very windy day and in the rain. It’s a sharp looking car! The 2015 Camry’s trunk is bigger! I like the V6 engine! Blizzard Pearl exterior with light Ash gray leather interior is beautiful! This is my first car with all the dashboard electronics. I thought is was easy to follow the manual instructions to go through all the features and set up. I recommend this car!
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