2004 Toyota Avalon

I'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES I SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, ELECTRICAL, COOLANT OR SOMETHING. MY MECHANICS FINDS NO LEAKS, BUT I CHECKED ONCE AND THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY, FIND NO LEAKS. SOMEHOW, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR MUD FLAP CAME OFF AND THE TRUNK LID DOESN'T LINE UP. IT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE IT'S PARTIALLY OPENED. WHEN DRIVING I HEAR AND FEEL RATTLING SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION OR BODY PANELS. MORE LIKE THE SUSPENSION. THE PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM HAD IT SERVICED REGULARLY AND HAD TIMING CHAIN, O2 SENSOR, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CHECKED AND FIXED OR REPLACED. THEY ALSO HAD IT COMPLETELY CHECKED OUT AND ANYTHING WRONG WAS FIXED. IT ALSO GETS VERY POOR GAS MILEAGE. THE STEERING ALSO DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT, CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN THAT VERY WELL, OTHER THAN IT'S NO QUITE RIGHT. ALSO, FOR SOME REASON THE BATTERY WOULDN'T START THE CAR ONE DAY AND WE CHECKED THE BATTERY AND THE CELLS WERE DRY.

2004 TOYOTA AVALON. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR POWER STEERING AND WHEEL HUB REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE EXPERIENCED STEERING FAILURE, TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER WENT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, BECAUSE THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WAS TOO FAR TO DRIVE TO FOR THE REPAIR. UPON SUBMITTING ALL THE REQUIRED PROOF, TOYOTA REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT STATING THE REPAIR SHE PAID FOR WAS NOT THE REASON FOR THE RECALL. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE CORRECT REPAIR, WHICH SHE FELT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. LAST FALL, THE CONSUMER STARTED TO HEAR A WHIRRING NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM THEN, THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER AND AGAIN, SHE WENT BACK TO THE DEALER. AT THAT TIME, THE NOISE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A WHEEL HUB THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AT A COST OF $ 750 PER WHEEL PLUS TAX TOTALING OVER $3,000. THE LEAD MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING ONE REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT REAR HUB, NOT ALL FOUR. *JB