2000 Toyota Avalon

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON. THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INCREASE EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER APPLIED BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH GREAT FORCE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A STUMP TO AVOID ENTERING INTO A RIVER. THE SPEED RATE INCREASED TO 35 MPH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE POLICE WAS NOT CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ONTO AN ENTRANCE RAMP, PROCEEDING TO A YIELD TRAFFIC SIGNAL. UNEXPECTEDLY, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO TRAVEL UNCONTROLLABLY ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. AN OPPOSING VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PANEL NEAR THE TIRE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A SEVERE INJURY TO HIS BACK. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AND REPAIRED FOR BODY DAMAGES. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON XLS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND TRYING TO ENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT WOULD NOT RESPOND AND FAILED TO ACTIVATE. FOLLOWING THAT FAILURE, ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHEN HE EXITED THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. HE WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF TO AVOID A POTENTIAL CRASH. A FEW DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD OVER THE CURB AND INTO A BUILDING. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN IT WAS RELEASED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT HIM. WHEN HE WAS CONTACTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE, HE WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT OFFER HIM ANY ASSISTANCE. THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WAS NOT ADDRESSED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,836. UPDATED 04/30/10

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAD A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON WHICH I PURCHASED NEW AND WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CAR HAD A POWER SURGE, WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO GO THROUGH A BRICK WALL AT A CAR WASH IN CLINTON, MS. INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR. SINCE MY CAR WAS IDLING AT THE TIME AND NO FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR I BELIEVE IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR WHAT SO EVER. I AM BEING PENALIZED FOR THIS. TOYOTA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. I FEEL FORTUNATE MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT KILLED OR INJURED. FORTUNATELY NO ONE AT THE CAR WASH WAS KILLED OR INJURED. PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT THE ACCELERATOR, IT IS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. YOUR PROMPT ACTION N THIS MATTER WITH TOYOTA WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

AFTER ABOUT 5 YEARS, MY 2000 TOYOTA AVALON BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE OCCASIONAL CONTINUED ACCELERATION ("STICKING OF GAS MECHANISM") WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL. BEING A 230 LB MALE, I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS OCCURRENCE AT SIGNAL LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS BY APPLYING EXTREME FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I'VE LIVED WITH IT, BUT KNOW FOR CERTAIN IT IS A DEFECT. THIS HAPPENS 3-4 TIMES A YEAR. THIS IS NOT A "ME TOO" COMPLAINT. I SUSPECT THIS "STICKING" ACCELERATION PROBLEM IS MUCH BIGGER THAN REPORTED AS MANY DRIVERS (LIKE ME) DON'T BOTHER. *JB

THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON. LOOKED THIS UP IN THE MANUAL AND IT SAID TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER - WHICH I DID. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEAL SAID THAT THEY RAN A CHECK AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THEIR EXPLANATION WAS THAT A LED LIGHT IN THE DASH WAS MALFUNCTIONING. MY HORN WAS NOT WORKING EITHER - SO THEY WIGGLED THE WIRES UNDER THE HOOD AND SAID THAT IT WOULD BE FINE. THE HORN LASTED UNTIL I WAS OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY. THIS FALL I DECIDED TO TAKE MY CAR TO A LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED. AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD CHECK ON MY HORN, SINCE IT DIDN'T WORK. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ODD FOR A HORN TO GO OUT - BUT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT IF NEEDED. BEFORE THEY DID ANYTHING TO THE HORN THEY CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DID I NOT HAVE A HORN BUT - I DIDN'T HAVE THE DRIVER AIR BAG OR CRUISE CONTROL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT A SPRING IN THE STEERING COLUMN IS BROKEN. IT IS CALLED THE CABLE HUB ASSEMBLY. PRESENTLY I CAN NOT GET A CLEAN INSPECTION ON MY CAR - BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ISSUE. USED PARTS ARE NOT SAFE TO USE AND NEW PARTS MUST BE ORDERED FROM TOYOTA - AND ARE COSTLY. THE LABOR FOR INSTALLATION IS COSTLY AS WELL. *CN

PROBLEMS WITH CONSUMER GETTING LOCKED IN VEHICLE AS WELL AS BRAKE PROBLEMS. *MR THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN PRESENT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN, NEITHER WOULD THE KEY TURN THE IGNITION. THE BRAKE PROBLEM REMAINED UNRESOLVED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE CONSUMER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE ONLY WAY THE VEHICLE WOLD STOP, WAS TO TURN THE KEY AND THE SHUT THE MOTOR OFF. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE IGNITION PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND THE BRAKE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. *SC *JB