Used 2018 Toyota Camry Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Don't bother. Buy a 2017 instead
J. White, 02/18/2018
2018 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
12 of 16 people found this review helpful
The technology (PCS, LDA) is not ready for prime time. I've experienced LDA and had to shut it off permanently when an ambulance tried to get by - I went into another lane, and the car was pulling me back. PCS doesn't work when you want it to (eg. snowstorms) and more importantly, PCS can activate when you DON'T want it to. The manual lists three pages of when PCS doesn't work properly - 23 points alone as to when it will activate and it shouldn't. That's DANGEROUS. Secondly, the flashes on the dashboard to brake in a tight situation are very distracting when YOU are trying to control the vehicle to prevent a collision. Car is for teenagers/driver's ed newbies. Icy roads sign comes on at 37 degrees - not freezing. In the north, this flashing/beeping sign is on 5 months of the year. PCS can be temporarily disabled - but comes back on everytime you turn on the car. This is irritating if you do errands or have frequent stops in the car in a day. Dealer can't permanently disable PCS properly without dashboard telling you something is wrong with the computer. Driver beware.
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XLE Black Leather dry dusty look, poor Lumbar adju
Doug W, 05/28/2018
2018 Toyota Camry XLE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
13 of 18 people found this review helpful
2018 XLE Camry Ruby Red, Black Leather. $28,077.13 out the door price. I rate the 2018 Camry engine noise/engine sound some where between a Flivver and a Chitty-Chitry-Bang-Bang. You can see the hood quivering at stop signs while at idle. I am satisfied with the power and acceleration of the car despite the noise. Transmission could be smoother, but is quiet and can not be heard, maybe because of engine and uncalled for road noise. The exterior metal is thin. Looking down the sides of the car you can see the metal change/ripples as it approaches the seems/joints. Shutting the Camry’s drivers side door you can see the panel vibrate/flex and I was worried about cracks forming in the paint, but the Toyota Service department told be it was thin for milage and the paint would be OK. And it does get good Milage in the central Florida area. driving in the Tampa Bay area I get about 33 mpg verified by calculations from the Optometer and the gas pump. And have gotten 42 mpg driving to St. Augustine including the drive through the Orlando area. If you like technology, you will NOT be very happy about the Entune system. I knew the Scout GPS was unreliable from all the reports I read before buying the car, so I bought a GPS with a bean bag that sits in the hole in front of the shifter and below the dash board. I haven’t even tried the Scout connected system, in fact I do not want to connect my iPhone usb to the Entune system. I do use the Blue tooth for Phone and Text using the Siri part of Entune. Phone seems to work all the time, text most of the time. I did find 3 apps that work marginally most the time with the Entune - They are Weather, Yelp, and Gas Prices. The Entune sound quality NOT impressive. The sound quality is somewhat better when you play Mp3s on a usb thumb drive, poor sound quality by blue tooth off the iPhone. (same music files on both) The Car will drop the grace note art when you put the Camry in gear, making you read text instead of briefly glancing at the Grace note icon. It may be an attempt to let you try out the collision Prevention system instead of looking at the road. Along with the numerous warning boxes that pop up on the screen, anything from ”you will be using your phone data plan” - to - “ when Safe and Legal to do so….” this Entune system is Toyotas attempt to maim and kill by distraction. Entune, controls do NOT function when the car is moving. Car parked: finding a folder, Album, Song no problem. Once the car is moving, pushing any of the screen buttons will take you to folder 1, track 1 on the usb thumb drive. The dealer upgraded the system but problem remains, finding a song, artist, or folder by voice is probably at best 50% effective. (even after doing the voice recognition) The automatic high beams works perfect. The “Auto” headlight setting and headlight controls are not up to the technology available. All sorts of alarms when headlights are on and engine off, other systems shut the lights off. Fortunately they let you turn the day running lights off on settings. The running lights, turn signals, and headlights are tacked on like they bought them at different times from e bay. The lighting scheme on the front of the car are disjointed and just plain ugly. Gigantic grey plastic grill with no option of fog lights, just a clump of unrelated lights stuck on each side above the grill. The Cruise controls works great with the exception it accelerates to fast when the only car in front leaves your lane -It makes you look like a jerk when there is someone signaling they want to enter your lane and and the Camry is nose up in acceleration, otherwise, when it has a preceding car radar locked onto it behaves well with cars entering/leaving your lane. On occasion the blind spot warning indicates ghost cars in the lane to the left. There are NO cars, but the light will come on, and sometimes stay on for miles. The dealer could not find any problems. Lane Keep Assist (LKA)- Florida lane makings are very thick layers of paint, sometimes with embedded rumble strips on them. The Lane Keep Assist will alarm at the same moment the tires are rumbling on the lane divider . This means the door panels, mirrors, etc. are well into the next lane, then the steering assist kicks in and oversteers putting the car on a quick trip across and into the opposite lane. I keep this off most of the time unless on wide interstate lanes - I don’t want to be surprised. The dealer could not find anything wrong with this or the settings either. LKA seems to be more of a cheap gimmick than a safety feature. I wonder how this is different that the advertised “keeps car centered in lane” as offered by other makers. fic. use it frequently, wish it would stay on after restarting the car. When I bought the car I put the car transmission button in the “Eco” mode, then wondered why the car A/C could not handle the Florida heat, noted that the system would not automatically turn on the A/C...
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Safty problem
Jack Jones, 06/29/2018
2018 Toyota Camry XLE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 8A)
9 of 12 people found this review helpful
This car has a trunk open button on the keys and opens when not wanted! Last night I took off my jeans and in the morning my trunk was opend and it rained all night on my computer equipment weting all my stuff in the trunk. It also happend while driving almost causing a crash. One other time went out to eat, when I got inside looked out through the window and my trunk was open someone could have stolen all my equipment in my trunk.
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I want to like it but...
MG, 11/21/2018
2018 Toyota Camry SE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
I am leasing a 2018 Toyota Camry SE w/2.5L 4-cyl. The sticker tag states fuel economy of 28 City & 39 Highway. The average is stated as 32. I am not a lead foot but this thing has not got any MPG above 28. In fact, it's more like 26-27 average. I am beyond disappointed with this vehicle. I will call the dealer up and try to change it. The main reason I got this was for the MPG. Not cool, Toyota.
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SLOW RESPONSE-HORRIBLE BRAKINGS
Joe, 12/20/2017
2018 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
I have the new 2018 Camry LE, 1200 miles in and the throttle response is horrible. You have to really press down on it to even get it going. The shifts are horrible and jerks a lot. Cruise control at 80mph and will jerk like crazy after 10 minutes, the 8 speed transmission might be to blame. The entertainment system is trash, Bluetooth will disconnect every 10 seconds, I was told this is due to Toyota pushing out the new 2018 too fast and not updating the intune system. The brake dust is crazy on this thing, 1 day of simple driving will create a huge brake dust mess. Brakes are ehhh ok but nothing like my 2017 Corolla. Wish I woul have waited for the 2019 Camry. Now I am stuck with this POS.
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