2008 Toyota Avalon

PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS SPONTANEOUSLY SHUTTING OFF. INITIALLY JUST THE LEFT HEADLIGHT, THEN THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT, AND NOW ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BOTH HEADLIGHTS SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BRIGHT LIGHTS STOP WORKING ALL TOGETHER, LEAVING ME WITH NO LIGHTS OR BRIGHTS. IT HAPPENS MOST OF TIME WHEN THE LIGHT SWITCH IS IN THE AUTO SWITCH POSITION. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER (BYERS TOYOTA DELAWARE, OH) AND THEY AT FIRST WANTED ME TO PAY TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE REST OF THE ENCLOSURES FOR OVER $2000.00. I HAVE A 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE LIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE THEY NEED TO REPLACE THIS FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH MY 2008 TOYOTA AVALON'S ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING HARD TO DEPRESS AND SEEMED STUCK IN SOME PARTIALLY DEPRESSED POSITION. UNTIL THE NATIONAL PRESS ON THIS ISSUE, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM. I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT HAD LEAD TO THE DEATH OF PEOPLE AND THAT TOYOTA KNEW THIS PROBLEM EXISTED. WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT, I WAS TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY MY FLOOR MAT CAUSING THE PROBLEM SO I REMOVED THE MAT; HOWEVER, I STILL EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM A FEW TIMES LATER. I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK IT WAS SOME MALFUNCTION IN MY PARTICULAR CAR AND DID NOT KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS. AT THIS POINT, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I AM AWAITING A RETURN PHONE CALL FROM MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. *TR

THE MASTER CYLINDER WENT OUT ON MY 2008 AVALON WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP THE CAR ONLY HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT. I OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER PREVIOUSLY AND HAD TROUBLE WITH ACCELERATION BUT MINE WAS DECELERATION IT WOULD JUST STOP GOING AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER RESTART CAR AND TAKE OFF AGAIN IT DID IT REPEATEDLY I TOOK IT IN AND THEY HAD A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT IT WAS I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH A HIGHLANDER OR NOT. *TR

LASER CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT APPARENT REASON, MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IT HAS ARE UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION AND SUDDEN DECELERATION, WHICH HAS NEARLY CAUSED MY RAMMING INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND A CAR BEHIND ME CRASHING INTO ME. THESE, ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE SYSTEM, OCCUR EVERY TIME IT IS ENGAGED. WHEN FIRST PRESENTED TO THE DEALER IN PHONE CONVERSATION WAS TOLD IT WAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTION TO NEWS REPORTS AND GIVEN AN 800 NUMBER TO A RECORDED MESSAGE TELLING ME IF I HAVE A PROBLEM STOP MY CAR AND REPORT IT TO MY DEALER. I THEN WENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS THEN TREATED WITH DISBELIEF. THEIR INITIAL SOLUTION WAS DENIAL THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. AFTER DEMANDING A MECHANIC TEST DRIVE THE CAR, THE TECHNICIAN CONCEDED THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY AS I DESCRIBED. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THEIR IN SHOP DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE LASER CRUISE. AND WHEN I QUESTIONED THIS WAS INCREDIBLY ASKED IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY WHEN THEIR OWN MECHANIC VERIFIED THAT IN REALITY THE SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING DURING THE ROAD TEST.THEN THEY DECIDED TO TAKE ANOTHER TACTIC. THERE IS A 1/2 INCH DING IN THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY CAR THAT IS THE RESULT OF MY CAR ROLLING 5 FEET WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND TAPPING A POLE. THEY DECIDED TO BLAME THE MALFUNCTION ON THIS MINUTE DING EVEN THOUGH I INFORMED THEM THAT THE MALFUNCTION DID NOT CORRELATE WITH THE TIME OF THE BLEMISH TO THE CAR. NOW THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT, OVER $3000, TO FIX THIS DING, HOPING IT WILL DETER ME FROM PURSUING THE ISSUE OF THE INNATE FLAWS IN TOYOTA'S LASER MECHANISM. I KNOW THIS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT AM INSTRUCTING THEM TO REPAIR THE BUMPER AS A MEANS OF GUARANTEEING THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO MY LASER CRUISE PROBLEM. I WILL PAY TO FIX MY DLCC, NOT CORRECT A BLEMISH IN MY BUMPER. I AM LETTING YOU KNOW BECAUSE OTHERS ARE PROBABLY BEING MET WITH THE SAME RESISTANCE AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. MY CAR IS 2008 AVALON LIMITED. DEALER: TOYO OF WATERTOWN. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN MAIN STREET APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITHOUT WARNING MY CAR VERY SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG INFLATED, BLOCKING MY VISION WHILE MY CAR CONTINUED TO RACE FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY JAMMED ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR SWERVED FORWARD TO THE LEFT, CROSSED MAIN STREET, AND CAME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF A UTILITY POLE. FRONT AXEL BROKE, ON IMPACT WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO STOP. SEAT BELT AND AIRBAG PULLED ME BACK AGAINST THE DRIVERS SEAT RESULTED IN CHEST BRUISING AND PAIN. I WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND CAME TO JUST AS AIRBAG WAS BEGINNING TO DEFLATE. THE DASHBOARD SLAMMED INTO MY LEGS BADLY BRUISING BOTH OF THEM. POLICE AND EMT WERE ON THE SCENE, AND I WALKED OUT OF THE CAR ON MY OWN. MY VEHICLE AND THE ONE IT CRASHED INTO WERE BOTH TOTAL LOSSES. AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH MY CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN ROUGHLY 3,000 MILES. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, TREATED AND RELEASED THAT SAME DAY. VEHICLE SPEED BEFORE IMPACT WAS 20, SPEED ON IMPACT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AS CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN SO QUICKLY AND CRASHED SO HARD. *TW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. SHE STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED EXCESSIVELY WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS INCLUDING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED THE BY DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 305 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,400.

PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS SPONTANEOUSLY SHUTTING OFF. INITIALLY JUST THE LEFT LIGHT, THEN THE RIGHT LIGHT, AND NOW ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BOTH HEADLIGHTS SIMULTANEOUSLY, LEAVING ME WITH NO ILLUMINATION TO DRIVE BY. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER (TOYOTA OF NEWNAN, NEWNAN GA) AND THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2008 TOYOTA AVALON WILL SUDDENLY GO OUT WHILE IN OPERATION. THIS WILL OCCUR IN EITHER AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL MODE. YOU WILL NEED TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS THEN TURN THEM BACK TO THE ON POSITION TO GET THEM TO COME BACK ON SOMETIMES. I FEEL THIS IS A HAZARD FOR ME AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AS WELL AS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW, DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. *TR