Toyota Avalon Complaints (1997)

125 consumer complaints on file.

#882079March 5, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED DURNING A RAIN STORM, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881391February 26, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SEAT BELTS
AFTER NOTICING OIL SPOTS ON PAVEMENT HAD MECHANIC CHECK VEHICLE. FOUND RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED/ DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TENSIONER TIGHTENING UP WITH TOO MUCH FORCE/ TIRES WERE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY DUE TO BAD SUSPENSION/VEHICLE HAD ROUGH RIDE, AND STRUTS WERE LEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740998February 16, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
RACK AND PINION STARTED LEAKING FLUID AND WITHIN 2 WEEKS NO LONGER HELD ANY FLUID AND THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPLACED. CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY FILED THE COMPLAINT, BUT OFFERED NO REMEDY AND WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. FROM OTHER RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COSTLY PROBLEM ON MANY OF THE '97 AVALONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785274February 15, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
STEERING RACK FAILED RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740756February 11, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
DEALER REPORTS THAT THE PART FAILS SO OFTEN THAT THE PARTS ARE BACK-ORDERED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740612February 8, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
POWER STEERING RACK LEAKING AT 58,000 MILES. DEALER ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $1,370. CONTACTED TOYOTA - UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR AVALONS. CONFIRMED THIS WITH FORMER TOYOTA MECHANICS WHO SAID THEY SAW A LOT OF 1997 AVALONS AND CAMRYS WITH LEAKING STEERING RACKS. ALSO, NEED FRONT STRUT MOUNTS REPLACED, ANOTHER APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE PART IN 1997 AVALONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880186February 8, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING FRONT SUSPENSION WOULD MAKE CLICKING NOISES. HAD NOT HIT ANY BUMPS OR HOLES WHEN IT DID THIS. FRONT TIRES FELT REAL LOOSE LIKE BOLTS AND NUTS WERE COMING OFF. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND BEEN INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH SUSPENSION. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785256February 5, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
VEHICLE LEAKING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF POWER STEERING FLUID, PRIOR TO NOTICING THE LEAK THE CONSUMER WAS ACCELERATING FROM AN INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT ALMOST CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL AND GO INTO A CENTER MEDIAN, DEALER STATES THE STEERING RACK IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND NEEDS REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740137January 30, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
RACK AND PINION ASSEMBY BEGAN LEAKING FROM SEAL FAILURES ON THE INSIDE OF THE UNIT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879242January 29, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENTEMENT/REPAIRS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740094January 29, 2001
SUSPENSION
SUSPENSION OF MY CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS MOANING, GROANING, SQUEAZING, ETC. WHEN I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL, WHEN I DRIVE OVER A BUMP AND WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES. VERY SCARY SOUND, SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739308January 13, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT STRUTS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1995 AND THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST IN YEAR 2001. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739107January 10, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
EXCESSIVE WEAR ON TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 004550 TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738821January 5, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738846January 5, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
FAILURE OF FRONT STRUTS ASSEMBLY AS EVIDENCED BY BOUNCING OF FRONT WHEELS AND RATTTLING. INSPECTION BY TOYOTA SERVICE DEALER FOUND STRUTS TO BE LEAKING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY ON BASIS OF TIME (3 YEARS) EVEN IF NOT BY MILEAGE, THEY WERE NOT AT FAULT. FOLLOWING MY PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT A FRIEND HAD ASIMILAR PROBLEM ON THEIR RENTED 1998 MODEL OF THE SAME CAR AND TURNED THE CAR IN AT THE END OF THE RENTAL INSTEAD OF PURCHASING IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738638January 2, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738321December 27, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876948December 26, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VEHICLE IS LEAKING STEERING FLUID DUE TO A BROKEN RACK AND PINION. PLEASE PROVIDE VIN AND ADDITONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876830December 20, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SEATS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED/ LEAKING OIL, AND FRONT STRUT SUPPORT HAD TO BE REPAIRED. VEHICLE WAS RATTLING CONSTANTLY FROM TIME OF PURCHASE. ALSO, HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS SOUND. ONLY AFTER BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED A SECOND TIME KNOCKING SOUND STOPPED. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED WHEN MAKING TURNS. CONSUMER FELT UNSAFE IN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738016December 19, 2000
SUSPENSION
DEALER MECHANIC TOLD ME IN STRICT CONFIDENCE THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON. COST TO REPLACE TWO FRONT STRUTS IS $743.00. ACCORDING TO MECHANIC, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD RESULT IN TIRE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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