2008 Toyota Avalon

THE HIGH BEAM ON THE LEFT SIDE WEN OUT - WHEN SWITCH IS TURNED OFF THEN ON AGAIN IT COMES BACK ON - THEN BOTH LIGHTS WENT OFF AT SAME TIME AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK. THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED TO ME APPROX. 3 MONTHS AGO & CONTINUES DAILY. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BULB UNTIL I HAD IT CHECKED & IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE PROBLEM. RESEARCH INDICATES REPLACEMENT COST BETWEEN $2200 & $3000 IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT IT'S A MANUFACTURER'S ISSUE AND TOYOTA MUST DEVISE A PLAN TO RECTIFY BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE.

PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THEY GO OUT IT USUALLY ITS ONE AT A TIME, BUT THE OTHER DAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT AND WAS COMPLETELY DARK. SHE GOT STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS AND BACK ON USING THE SWITCH AND BOTH LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AS IT DID WHEN WE WOULD LOSE JUST ONE LIGHT. WE TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE BULBS WERE BAD AND REPLACED THEM FOR $589.00 AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF OTHERS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. TOYOTA NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM NOW AND NOT LOOK THE OTHER WAY.

HIGH BEAM LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY. INDICATOR ON THE DASH SHOWS THEY ARE ON BUT THE LIGHT BULBS DO NOT TURN ON. CHECKED EDMUNDS AND OTHER AUTO WEB SITES AND SEE THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY 2008 MODELS - VERY EXPENSIVE ($131 EACH)LIGHT BULBS BURN OUT WITHIN A YEAR AND DESIGN HAS BEEN MODIFIED ON 2009 MODEL. TOYOTA ADMITS IT HAS A PROBLEM BUT IS NOT REPLACING ANYTHING AFTER 36,000 MILES OR 3 YEARS. SEEMS THE ONES REPORTED ARE GOING OUT AT ABOUT OUR MILEAGE. TSA HAS REPORTED IT AS TSA ODI #TSB-0044-10. COST TO REPLACE HAS BEEN QUOTED AS HIGH AS $3,000. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ENTIRE LIGHTING SYSTEM COULD GO OUT WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT WITH LOW BEAMS IS DANGEROUS HERE WHERE THERE ARE DEER THAT GET ON THE ROAD. WHY DOES TOYOTA EXPECT CONSUMERS TO PAY FOR THEIR DESIGN MISTAKE THAT CREATES THE POTENTIAL DEATH FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS?

SEVERAL HEADLIGHT FAILURES. FIRST ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, AND COME BACK ON AGAIN. THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE HIGH BEAMS QUIT WORKING. THEN 2 NIGHTS AGO, ON A DARK 2 LANE ROAD, WITH HEAVY RAIN FALLING, THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT ALTOGETHER. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON THE FLASHERS AND CONTINUED DRIVING SLOWLY AS I WAS ALMOST HOME. WHEN I GOT HOME, I FOUND I COULD TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON, AND THE LOW BEAMS WORKED FINE. THE HIGH BEAMS STILL DO NOT WORK. HAVE NOT TAKEN CAR TO DEALER. IN MY 5 YEARS OF DRIVING VARIOUS MAKES OF CARS, I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. MAY BE MY LAST TOYOTA. I FOUND THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. PROBABLY FOR EACH PROBLEM REPORTED HERE, THERE ARE MAYBE 20-30 NOT REPORTED. SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE TO ME. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT FUSE HIMSELF BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED AND THE HEADLIGHTS CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

UPDATE TO NHTSA REPORT 10361610 CONCERNING TOYOTA AVALON HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY. HID BRIGHTS SHATTERED AND THEN HID LOW BEAMS WILL GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY EITHER SIDE. SYSTEM WILL RESET BY TURNING LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. KNOWN TSB BY TOYOTA. DEALT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RECEIVED A BENEFIT PACKAGE THROUGH TOYOTA CORPORATE AND WHERE CAR IS SERVICED. MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. BENEFIT PACKAGE WAS REPLACEMENT OF BOTH SIDES OF HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY. VALUE WAS STATE AT $2,300.00, MY COST WAS $500.00 WHICH IS PROBABLY THE ACTUAL COST OF THE UNITS AND THE LABOR TO REPLACE;I.E. TOYOTA WASN'T OUT A DIME. HAVE A DOCUMENT WHICH STATES THAT IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS ITEM THAT I WILL RECEIVE BACK THE $500.00. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE LIGHT BULB AND WHEN THE LIGHTS BECAME HOT, THEY WOULD CRACK THE HEAD LAMP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.