Toyota Avalon Complaints (1998)

178 consumer complaints on file.

#746186May 31, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
PURCHASED USED 1998 IN 1999-WHILE DRIVING CAR TURNS OFF AND STEERING WHEELS BECOME TOO HARD TO STEER. SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 WHEN THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY SYMPTONS. HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER MANY TIMES THEY SAY THEY FIXED IT YET IT KEEPS REOCCURING. COULD KILL OR HAVE MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD, I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED BECAUSE I'M A REALTOR AND I HAVE CLIENTS IN MY CAR ALL THE TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887830May 9, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL IT HAS HARD RESISTANCE UNTIL WARMED UP. DEALER HAS PARTS ON BACK ORDER, AND IT WILL TAKE 30 DAYS. A RUSH ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED. VEHICLE IS GOING TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885668April 11, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL IS INOPERABLE DUE TO A FAULTY STEERING YOKE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS ON BACKORDER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878816January 23, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
PREMATURE WEARING OF FRONT STRUTS EVENTUALLY CAUSED TIRES TO PREMATURELY WEAROUT. ALSO, VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT WHICH WAS ALSO A RESULT OF PROBLEM WITH FRONT STRUTS. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738718January 3, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT STRUT BRACKET FAILURE CAUSING FRONT SUSPENSION NOISE, POOR RIDE, AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. PREVIOUS TSB'S WERE NOTED BY OWNER. PROBLEM FIXED BY DEALER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURE AT RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE FOR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY OVER $500 IF NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. DO TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE IN TOYOTA CARS, WOULD THINK THIS IS LIKELY MANUFACTURING OR ENGINEERING DEFECT AND DUTY OF TOYOTA TO FIX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785129December 18, 2000
SUSPENSION
NOISE AND THUMP IS COMING FROM SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING OVER WASHBOARD TYPE BUMPS, DEALER REPLACED A LOOSE HEADLINER, HOWEVER THE THUMP AND NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557569November 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE THE ENGINE IS IDLING DURING A STOP AND PRESSURE IS INCREASED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL DECENDS TO THE FLOOR. *CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735678November 3, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WENT TO DEALER 3 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM. SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED 2 WEEKS PRIOR BY NYS INSPECTION. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734051October 11, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
MY CAR WAS STOPPED AND THEN HIT DIRECTLY IN THE BACK BY A VEHICLE GOING APPROX. 45 MILES PER HOUR. ON IMPACT, THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT FULLY RECLINED RESULTING IN INJURY TO OCCUPANT AND IF THERE WAS AN OCCUPANT ON THAT SIDE IN THE REAR SEAT, THAT OCCUPANT WOULD HAVE HAD CRUSHED LEGS. TOYOTA NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. OCCUPANT SUFFERS BACK MUSCLE INJURY FROM DEFECT. BIGGER INJURIES COULD HAVE RESULTED IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#732224September 22, 2000
TIRES
RIGHT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. WHILE REQUESTING REPAIR, DEALER INDICATED STEEL BELTS WERE BEGINNING TO PROTRUDE THROUGH CARCASS. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE UNDAMAGED LEFT REAR TIRE, OBSERVED THE SAME PHENOMENON. ALL TIRES HAD ONLY AN ESTIMATED 5 - 10 THOUSAND MILES TREAD REMAINING. THESE TIRES WERE ROTATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATION AND MAINTAINED AT 32 PSI PRESSURE. CAR IS IN EXCELLENT MECHANICAL CONDITION WITH NO FRONT END DAMAGE NOR ALIGNMENT ANOMALIES. AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTS NOTED ON BOTH REAR TIRES CHOSE TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/65R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555105September 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DUNLOP SPORT 4000 TIRE(P205 65 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ABS BRAKE SYSTEM AND MINOR BODY DAMAGE, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729860September 1, 2000
SEATS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES THAT DRIVER'S SEAT SEEMS TO GO FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER AS THOUGH IT WAS LOOSE. DEALER SAID SEAT NOT LOOSE. ALSO DASH AND HEADLIGHT WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING HOME ONE EVENING. COULD'T GET THEM TO GO BACK ON. AFTER CAR WAS IN DRIVEWAY DOE 5 MINUTES WENT OUT AND TRIED AND THEN THEY WENT ON. DEALER SAID NOTHING COULD BE FOUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726785August 6, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE CAR HAS BEEN RE-ALIGNED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IS CONSTANTLY GOING OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TIRES HAVE ALSO WORN EXCESSIVELY. INDEPENDENT ALIGNMENT (GOODYEAR) REPORTED THAT SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH OTHER AVALONS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726831August 6, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE FORM DOES NOT COVER WHAT I NEED TO TELL YOU. OUR 11 YEAR OLD SON DECIDED TO SIT IN THE CAR AND FINISH EATING HIS BREAKFAST WHILE WE WENT AHEAD AND ENTERED THE CHURCH ON SUNDAY. MY WIFE PRESSED THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE FOB. MY SON WAS TOTALLY UNABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPEN WHEN HE FINISHED HIS BISCUIT. THE ALARM WOULD SOUND WHEN HE TRIED TO OPEN THE LOCKED DOOR AND HE COULD NOT GET OUT. LUCKILY SOME OTHER PEOPLE NOTICED WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE PRIEST MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CHURCH AND WE WENT OUT AND UNLOCKED HIM. WE ALL GOT A GOOD LAUGH. I CAN EASILY SEE HOWEVER HOW THIS COULD HAVE TURNED INTO A DISASTER IF WE HAD LEFT HIM IN AN ABANDONED PARKING LOT AT NIGHT, ETC... NO ESCAPE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RELEASE FROM THE INSIDE AND TOYOTA PEOPLE NEED TO POINT OUT THIS POSSIBLITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724251June 20, 2000
TIRES
BELIEVE MANUFACTURER IS PUTTING INFERIOR TIRES ON ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AUTOS AND THEN REFERS CUSTOMER TO TIRE MANUFACTURER WHEN COMPLAINTS ARISE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/65R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722676May 14, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT SUSPENSION BANGS AND CLANKS GOING OVER ANY SIZE BUMP AT ANY SPEED. ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR DEVELOPING EVEN WITH ROTATION. DEALER STATES CONDITION IS "NORMAL" NO RESOLUTION AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860220April 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE PROBLEM STARTED AT 7000 MILES. BRAKES AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 14000 MILES AND 19000 MILES. ALSO, ABS BRAKE LIGHT WAS COMING ON/OFF, AND BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721235April 9, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAGS FRONT AND SIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY ON A FRONTAL COLLISION AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 10 MPH. THE SPEED IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE, BUT IT WAS GREAT ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE FIREWALL TO PARTIALLY BUCKLE. THANK HEAVEN THAT THE SEAT BELTS WORKED PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551116February 28, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
REAR SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT GIVING THE FEELING OF TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO INADEQUATE REAR STRUTS. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856868February 14, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35 MPH, HITTING HER ON RIGHT PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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