2008 Toyota Avalon

2008 TOYOTA AVALON PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT SHUTS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BULB FOR $385.00. PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS AND NOW STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED TO AUTO MODE. I TRAVEL WITH MY LIGHTS ON DURING THE DAY FOR SAFETY REASONS AND CHECK THEM OFTEN. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT FOUND THE LIGHT OFF NOT ONCE. I PLAN ON HAVING THE DEALERSHIP MOVE THE LEFT BULB TO THE RIGHT AND VICE-VERSA TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM FOLLOWS THE BULB OR STAYS CONSISTENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN ON THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. HE CONTINUED DRIVING MOMENTARILY BEFORE THE LOW BEAMS FAILED A SECOND TIME. THE FOG LIGHTS WERE THE ONLY EXTERIOR LIGHTS THAT WOULD FUNCTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE HEARD A NOISE AND PULLED OVER WHEN THE VEHICLE ENGINE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE BETWEEN THE FIREWALL AND THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE SERVICE MANAGER AND DISTRICT MANAGER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND HOLES IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V017000 (ACCELERATOR PEDAL) AND WAS REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA ITEM NUMBER (10032630) ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, OIL SUPPLY HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER AWAITING REPAIR AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,836. UPDATED 12/30/10 *BF UPADTED 01/07/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE THAT HE PURCHASED WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SAFETY FEATURE WHICH WAS THE LASER CRUISE CONTROL. THE LASER IN THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED AND IT DID NOT WARN HIM THAT HE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO DEACTIVATE THE LASER CRUISE CONTROL IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE LASER BEAM IN THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OVER A CURB AND ONTO SOMEONE'S PROPERTY. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A FENCE AND SOME SMALL TREES. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER RESIDENCE ALTHOUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOUR MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,767. UPDATED 10/13/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/19/10*JB

CKS OF THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. WE HAVE AND ARE GOING TO LOSE BIG BY DEVALUATION OF OUR VEHICLES UPON ATTEMPTS TO SELL OR TRADE. THE ATTENTION TO REMEDY THESE ISSUES ON A TIMELY MANNER HAS GONE BY THE WAYSIDE . THIS WE ARE EXPERIENCING WITH CARDENAS TOYOTA IN HARLINGEN, TEXAS WHERE WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE NEW. OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SHOULD BE PROTECTING THE CONSUMER, NOT ENCRICHING THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON IN OCTOBER OF 2009. A MONTH OR SO AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, I REALIZED THAT THE DRIVER?S SIDE DOOR WAS NOT ALIGNING WITH THE DOOR FRAME. WHEN THE DOOR OPENS, IT DROPS ABOUT A HALF AN INCH. WHEN THE DOOR CLOSES, IT HITS AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CAR AND THE FRAME PUSHES IT UP INTO THE POSITION WHERE THE DOOR WILL LATCH CLOSED. IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE HINGES OF THE DOOR WERE NO LONGER WELDED TO THE CAR. THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE DOOR ON THE CAR IS THE SCREWS. I RECENTLY TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE REPAIRED ONLY TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP INFORM ME THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT AT THEIR LOCATION, AND THAT THE HINGES HAD COME UNWELDED FROM THE CAR AND HAD BEEN BENT BY ?AN OUTSIDE FORCE? AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY TIGHTENED THE SCREWS ON THE HINGES AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT IN THIS CAR NOR HAVE I DONE ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE ENOUGH ?OUTSIDE FORCE? TO BREAK THE WELDING AND BEND THE HINGES, WHICH MEANS THAT TOYOTA SOLD ME A CAR THAT WAS DAMAGED, AND COULD BE UNSAFE. EITHER THE HINGES ARE DEFECTED OR THE CAR WAS INVOLVED AN ACCIDENT EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN. EITHER THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T INSPECT IT TO SEE IF THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE CAR, OR THEY KNEW THAT THE HINGES HAD BEEN BENT, THEY TIGHTENED THE SCREWS AND SOLD THE CAR TO ME ANYWAY. THEN AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR, THE SCREWS BEGAN TO LOOSEN SINCE THE HINGES WERE ALREADY BENT AND DETACHED FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR. WHETHER THIS ISSUE WAS OVERLOOKED, OR PURPOSELY KEPT FROM ME, EITHER WAY, THEY SOLD ME A CAR THAT HAD DAMAGES THAT COULD PRESENT A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. IF THE SCREWS, THE ONLY THING CURRENTLY HOLDING THE DOOR TO THE CAR, WERE TO GIVE WAY UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR, THE WHOLE DOOR COULD THEORETICALLY COME OFF AT ANY TIME. *TR