2008 Toyota Avalon

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE, BOTH OF THE AVALON'S HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT, LEAVING ME WITHOUT ANY HEADLIGHTS. TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF WOULD SOMETIMES REACTIVATE ONE OR BOTH OF THE HEADLIGHTS BUT THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL AGAIN. THE FAILURE HAS CONTINUED TO RECUR. TOYOTA DEALER STATES THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH HEADLIGHTS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY DEFECT IN THE 2008 AVALONS, THUS EXTENDED THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY, HOWEVER, MY AVALON WAS ALREADY BEYOND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO IT WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000 AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED MILEAGE UP TO 73,000. REPAIR COST IS ESTIMATED AT $2550.00. THE FAILURE IS DUE TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND NOT A WEAR AND TEAR/USAGE ISSUE. I THEN CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GIVEN SINCE THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED AND IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE HAPPENED BEYOND THE COVERED MILEAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HER VEHICLE, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE LIGHTS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH HEADLIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

MY 2008 TOYOTA AVALON HAS A LIGHT PROBLEM WHERE ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH HEADLIGHTS GO OUT RANDOMLY. WE HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE HAVE THE CAR SERVICED TO LOOK INTO IT AND ON EVERY OCCASION HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY CAN'T GET THE CAR TO RECREATE THE ISSUE. WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PULLED OVER NOT ONCE BUT TWICE FOR HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT BUT WHEN WE TURN THEM OFF AND BACK ON THEY WORK AGAIN. IT WAS BAD WHEN IT WAS JUST ONE OR THE OTHER BUT RECENTLY BOTH WILL GO OUT. WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.. *JS

THE HIGH BEAMS BOTH BLEW OUT IN DECEMBER OF 2011. ONE LOW BEAM ALSO GOES OUT OCCASIONALLY, EITHER THE RIGHT OR LEFT. I CAN USUALLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF AND GET THE LOW BEAMS WORKING. THE TOYOTA GARAGE SAID I NEEDED NEW HIGH BEAM BULBS. I REPLACED THE BULBS, BUT STILL HAD ISSUES WITH THE LOW BEAMS GOING ON AND OFF. ON JUNE 12, 2012 THE HIGH BEAMS BLEW AGAIN. THE TOYOTA GARAGE SAID I NEEDED NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2500.00. I HAVE A 5 YEAR 100,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE NOT COVERED. I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS DECISION TO ARBITRATION WITH TOYOTA. *JB

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I NOTICED THAT MY HEAD LIGHTS WEREN'T ON AFTER BEING ON WHEN I LEFT MY JOB, SO I TURN THEM BACK ON AND ABOUT ANOTHER 20 MILES THEY WERE OFF AGAIN I EXPERIENCE THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND WAS WOUNDING THIS CAR ISN'T THAT OLD SO SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BECAUSE THE CAR IS NOT THAT OLD FOR THE LIGHTS TO BE GOING OUT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OR ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH IT. WENT TO A ELECTRICAL SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT MOST AVALONS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM SO I'M WRITING THIS REPORT TO SEE WHAT I NEED TO DO NEXT SO THIS WON'T OCCUR FOR THE NEXT 5YRS OR SO. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AT NIGHT WHEN I DRIVE EVENTUALLY THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL IS THIS SUPPOSE TO BE HAPPENING I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU, *TR

THE DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHT/HIGHBEAMS BLEW OUT ON ONE SIDE. I HAD THE LIGHT REPLACED IN FLORIDA ON A TRIP. LATER IN THE SAME YEAR THE SAME LIGHT BLEW OUT AND I TOOK IT TO A DEALER IN WALDORF, MD THIS DEALER, WITH MUCH RESERVATION, REPLACED THE LIGHT. A WEEK LATER BOTH DAYTIME/HIGH BEAM LIGHTS BLEW OUT. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES OF BOTH LIGHT. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF TO 2 TEARS LATER BOTH LIGHTS HAVE EXPLODED AGAIN. AT THIS POINT THE CAR HAS 71009 MILES ON IT. TOYOTA SAYS THEY WILL FIX IT. HOWEVER, IF THEY FIX IT THE SAME WAY AGAIN I'M SURE THE SAME PROBLEM WILL RETURN IN DUE TIME. LIGHTING AT NIGHT IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS I FOUND OUT THIS WEEKEND AND THIS SAFETY PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED PROPERLY. *TR

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS (HID BULBS) GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. WE HAVE REPLACED THE HID BULBS AND THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER FOR EVALUATION. THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SAY DEFINITIVELY WHAT THE ISSUE IS. THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE BULBS (TOTAL COST OF $800) IN ORDER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BULBS OR NOT. SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED THE VEHICLE CAN'T BE SAFELY DRIVEN AT NIGHT FOR LONG DISTANCES FOR FEAR THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE NOR RESOLVE. *JS

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN GO OUT COMPLETELY. THIS IS A REPEATED ISSUE. HEADLIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON; OTHER TIMES WILL NOT. THIS IS APPLICABLE TO THE LOW BEAMS AS WELL AS THE HIGH BEAMS. HAVE NOTIFIED TOYOTA AND THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE PROPERLY. TOYOTA WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE EQUIPMENT IN THE 2008 AVALON. MANY OTHER AVALONS IN THIS MODEL YEAR ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

SEPT. 11, 2011, WHILE PARKED, AT NIGHT, AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS ON, BOTH HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHT LAMPS EXPLODED. THE VERY NEXT DAY, I TOOK MY AVALON TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS ABOVE 36,000 MILES, THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $2,700. I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH LAMPS AND ASSEMBLIES MUST BE REPLACED. I WAS PRESENTED A TOYOTO SERVICE BULLETING STATING THAT BOTH ASSEMBLIES MUST BE REPLACED. GOT NO OPTIONS FROM THE DEALERSHIP. NOV. 9, 2011, I RECEIVED A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTICE STATING THAT MY WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 75,00 MILES AND THE IT COVERED THE HEAD LAMPS AND ASSEMBLIES. IT TOOK UNTIL JAN. 10, 2012, TO SETTLE THIS ISSUE. THE LAMPS AND ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED BY THE COMPANY AND I RECEIVED A FULL REIMBURSEMENT. *TR