2005 Toyota Avalon

RE: 2005 TOYOTA AVALON. LUBRICATION OIL LEAK FROM THE VVTI OIL LINE. TOYOTA IS AWARE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS PART BUT ONLY WILL FIX IT IF THEY SEE IMMEDIATE LEAKING AND THE VEHICLE IS UNDER 60,000 MILES. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING MY CAR IN ON OCTOBER 1, 2010. BUT HAVE BEEN ADVISED IF THEY DO NOT SEE OIL SPURTING FROM THE LINE THERE WILL BE A 95.00 CHARGE FOR INSPECTION AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THE DEFECT. IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS I HAVE ADDED 2 QUARTS OFOIL TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 42,00 MILES ON IT. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THIS PROBLEM IS WITH THE 2005 MODELS ONLY. THE ANGLE OF THE OIL LINE IS TOO SEVERE CAUSING THE TUBE TO FAIL AND LEAK OIL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A STRONG "BURNING OIL" SMELL BEGAN TO FILL THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY SERVICE STATION WHERE THEY FOUND OIL COATING ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH A HIGHER CONCENTRATION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. AFTER PUTTING A COUPLE QUARTS OF OIL THEY STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY A STREAM OF OIL (ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PENCIL LEAD) WAS FOUND SPRAYING OUT FROM A RUBBER HOSE LOCATED TOWARD THE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, JUST ABOVE A METAL BRACKET. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO REPLACE THE LEAKING HOSE. *TR

2005 TOYOTA AVALON PREVIOUSLY HAD MASSIVE OIL LEAK, HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER AND REPAIR WAS COVERED BY TOYOTA AND PROVIDED WITH RENTAL (10/08) 6/09, STARTED VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD CLANKING NOISE - HAD VEHICLE TOWED AGAIN AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER TECH THAT IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT NOT SURE IF THEY WILL COVER REPAIRS. 67,000 MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 AVALON XLS WITH ABOUT 25,000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO HAVE A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE ON JANUARY 23, 2009. WHEN THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN GOT UNDER IT TO REMOVE THE FILTER AND DRAIN PLUG HE NOTICED OIL SPRAYED ON THE ENGINE AND FRAME AND ASKED ME IF I KNEW THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL LEAK. I TOLD HIM NO AND THAT I HADN'T NOTICED ANY OIL ON THE GROUND WHERE I PARK THE CAR. HE THEN LOOKED AT THE ENGINE FROM THE TOP AND NOTICED OIL POOLING ON TOP OF A SMALL HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO A METAL LINE. HE TOLD ME I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER RIGHT AWAY TO HAVE THE OIL LEAK FIXED. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE DEALER AND A MECHANIC THERE TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS THE OIL PIPE SUB-ASSEMBLY. THE TOYOTA SERVICE REP. SAID TOYOTA WILL GET AND PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR UNTIL MY CAR WAS FIXED. THAT WAS OVER 9 WEEKS AGO AND I STILL DON'T HAVE MY CAR BACK!!! THE SERVICE REP STATES THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO MANY, MANY AVALONS AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT TOYOTA KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE BACK IN 2005 BUT DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. ALSO, CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG TO GET THE PARTS? *TR

WE BOUGHT A TOYOTA AVALON IN 2005 FOR MY SON THINKING THAT WE HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH OUR FIRST TOYOTA. YESTERDAY, MY WORRIED SON CALLED TO TELL ME THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HIS CAR. NOT WANTING TO CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO HIS CAR, HE CALLED A TOWING SERVICE AND THEY TOOK HIS CAR TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP. THERE HE WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AS THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL AVALON OWNERS. WHEN THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, HE WAS TOLD THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE CAR IS IN BACK ORDER AND WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 3 WEEKS BEFORE IT ARRIVES. IN THE MEANTIME, HE WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS ANOTHER AVALON WAITING FOR THE SAME PART AND SINCE THAT CAR CAME IN FIRST, HIS CAR MAY NOT BE READY BY THEN. MY SON WAS NOT OFFERED A RENTAL WHICH I WILL TAKE UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. LOOKS LIKE WHATEVER WAS PLAGUING THE AVALON 2006 OWNERS IS ALSO BEING EXPERIENCED BY 2005 OWNERS. *TR

2005 TOYOTA AVALON WITH 70,000 + MILES AND JUST HAD 70,000 MILE SERVICE. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND HEARD ENGINE SOUNDING LOUDER THAN NORMAL. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OTHER WARNING WAS GIVEN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. ANALYSIS REVEALED BROKEN OIL PIPE AND OIL SOAKED TIMING BELT. PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL FEB 18 FROM JAPAN. I WAS FURTHER TOLD THAT MORE THAN A THOUSAND ON BACKORDER. IN REVIEWING COMPLAINTS ON 2006 AVALON, I NOTED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND APPARENTLY A SERVICE MEMORANDUM HAS BEEN ISSUED. APPEARS TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART. BECAUSE OF SAFETY RISK, SHOULDN'T THIS BE SUBJECT TO RECALL? *TR

DROVE TO WORK (17 MILES) 10/2/2008, AS TYPICAL AT 6:30AM STILL DARK. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 MILES KEPT GETTING WHIFS OF BURNING ENGINE OIL BUT KEPT THINKING IT WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. THIS WAS INTERMITTENT ENOUGH SO I DID NOT THINK IT WAS MY VEHICLE. ALSO THE NEWNESS OF THE VEHICLE DECEIVED ME. ARRIVED AT WORK AND DID SOME LOOKING. FOUND THE TRAIL OF OIL IN THE PARKING LOT AND RAISED THE HOOD TO SEE OIL SPEWED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CALLED FOR TOW TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC SAID THAT THERE IS A TSB ON THIS. WHY WAS THERE NOT A RECALL? THIS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC! THE OIL LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND THE TEMP WAS NORMAL THROUGHOUT....MY ONLY INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WAS SMELL AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE PERSONS WITHOUT THIS SENSE ARE MORE COMMON THAN I SUSPECTED. *TR

I WAS TRYING TO GET MY 2005 TOYOTA AVALON'S EMISSION TESTING DONE. I WENT TO TWO TESTING SITES AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO READ THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM ON MY CAR. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT IS A COMMON ISSUE AND THAT YOUR EMISSIONS WILL HAVE TO BE DONE OLD SCHOOL AND THAT TOYOTA CAN NOT KEEP UP WITH EMISSIONS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN GA THEY HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE OLD SCHOOL STYLE TESTING AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS THAT STILL DO IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY HAD 3 OTHER 2005 AVALONS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO DOT IT THE OLD SCHOOL WAY. *TR