2002 Toyota Avalon

IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE INSTALLED ON MY 2002 TOYOTA AVALON AND 2003 TOYOTA SIENNA. IF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ARE PRESENT, ARE THEY DEFECTIVE? CAN NHTSA DECLARE THAT IF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROLS ARE PRESENT, THAT THEY ARE SAFE TO OPERATE? MY 2002 TOYOTA AVALON ALSO HAS A KNOWN DEFECT (ENGINE OIL GEL ISSUES) WHICH TOYOTA MANAGED TO AVOID A RECALL. WILL TOYOTA REPLACE MY ENGINE IF THE ENGINE FAILS DUE TO THIS KNOWN DEFECT? DID THE NHTSA EVER ISSUE A RECALL DUE TO THIS DEFECT? *TR

OIL GELLING OR SLUDGE CAUSING ENGINE SEIZURE. CONFIRMED BY IDENTIFIX, KELLY BLUEBOOK, AND EDMUNDS.COM. TOYOTA EXTENDING WARRANTY FOR 2YRS AND ADVISING MORE FREQUENT OIL CHANGES. AVALON BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP 8 TIMES AND CHARGED APPROX 800.00 FOR PROBLEM. ADVISED LETTER NOT RESOLVED. ADVISED TO GO TO CLASS ACTION SUITE DESTREHAN, LA. GIVEN RUN AROUND. HAVE LEXUS WITH SAME PROBLEM, COMPUTER WAS CHANGED AND NO FURTHER PROBLEM. SUGGEST TOYOTA AVOIDING EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND REQUEST RETURN OF MY MONEY. *TR

GAS PEDAL STUCK. WHILE PULLING INTO WORK SPACE TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR I ANTICIPATED THE GRADUAL SLOWDOWN OF MY 2002 AVALON. THE CAR DID NOT, AND ACTUALLY SEEMED TO ACCELERATE OVER THE CEMENT STOPPER, AND DID NOT SLOW OR STOP UNTIL I JAMMED ON THE BREAK. THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AGO. AT THE TIME HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR IT. AFTER HEARING ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE 2005-2010 MODELS I BEGAN TO FEEL THERE MAY BE A CONNECTION. TOYOTA BEGAN USING THIS "ACCELERATOR MECHANISM" IN THE 2002 AVALON. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY ACCELERATOR CORRECTED BY TOYOTA. UPON CALLING THE LOCAL DEALER (VERO BEACH FL) I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT A RECALLED VEHICLE, THEREFORE UNLESS THE "UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION" OR "STUCK GAS PEDAL INCIDENT" CAN BE "REPRODUCED, THEY CAN DO NOTHING. *TR

(02/19/2008) WAS DRIVING MY 2002 TOYOTA AVALON JUST BEFORE 9 AM SE IN THE L LANE ON RTE.2 (CT) AT 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. THERE WAS AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE L LANE SO I PUT ON MY SIGNAL, PUSHED ON MY BRAKES AND PROCEEDED INTO THE R LANE. INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN, MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SPEED UP. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DEPITS HAVING BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES AND BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS SWERVING FROM LANE TO LANE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLES. AFTER ABOUT A MILE, I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE INTO THE R GUARDRAIL, ENABLING ME TO KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT (AND OUT OF TRAFFIC) SO I COULD USE ONE HAND TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE WAS RIPPED OFF AND STREWN ALONG THE R SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 1/4 MILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO NOT HIT ANOTHER CAR NOR SUFFER ANY SERIOUS INJURY. OBVIOUSLY, THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY ONCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH. SUDDENLY, THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED INCREASE OF ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2002 TOYOTA AVALON GAS PEDAL ACCELERATED AT A FAST SPEED ON ITS OWN MOTION WHILE I WAS EXITING FROM THE 405 FREEWAY ON TO HARBOR BOULEVARD LOCATED IN COSTA MESA, CA, IN 2007 ON MY WAY TO MY HOME . THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD STOP THE CAR WITH THE BRAKES OR THE GAS PEDAL. ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD WAS I ABLE TO SOMEHOW SWERVE OFF THE EXIT AND INTO AND ICEPLANT FIELD THAT SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN WHEN I PUT THE IGNITION IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR STOPPED WHEN IT PLOWED IN TO A MOUND OF PLANTING SOIL AND THE ENGINE DIED. I TOOK THE CAR TO ORANGE COAST AUTO REPAIR WHO WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THIS DEFECT AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTS. TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE 2002 HAS THE SAME GAS PEDAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AS THE 2005-2010 AVALONS BUT HAS NOT TODATE RECALLED ANY EARLIER AVALONS THAN THE 2005S. IF NOT FOR THE ICEPLANT FIELD, BOTH ME AND THE OCCUPANTS OF ONE OF THE OTHER CARS STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF ME WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIED. I WANT TOYOTA TO RECALL MY 2002 AVALON AND MAKE RECTIFYING EQUIPMENT CHANGES SO I CAN DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT FEAR OF INJURING OR KILLING MYSELF AND OTHERS. IN FACT, TOYOTA FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON (PROBABLY ECONOMICAL ) IS NOT RECALLING ALL AVALONS WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. *TR

WAS DRIVING MY 2002 AVALON TO WORK THIS MORNING AND IT STARTED HAVING THE ACCELERATION ISSUES. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO STEP ON THE GAS AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN AND GOT TO 40 MPH NO PROBLEM. WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO WORK AND PUT IT IN PARK THE ENGINE REVVED THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT STUCK UNDER THE FLOOR MAT. DEFINITELY SEEMS ELECTRONIC TO ME. NOW TOYOTA IS CHARGING $95 JUST TO DIAGNOSE ISSUE AS IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE YEARS RECALLED. I CAME ACROSS A REPORT THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING AS FAR BACK AS MY YEAR NOW THOUGH. HTTP://WWW.COMCAST.NET/VIDEO/UPROAR-OVER-CAR-PEDALS/1404058099 HOPING THEY EXPAND THIS THING AND GET IT FIXED! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA AVALON. WHEN SHE APPROACHED A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR INTERSECTION AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. SHE HAD TO ENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPEATEDLY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE FORWARD. A LOCAL MECHANIC SPRAYED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH SOME DW40 SPRAY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. SHE CONTACTED THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL; THEREFORE, SHE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 80,000. UPDATED 03/10/10 *BF UPDATED 05/06/10*JB

CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN GARAGE FOR 2 DAYS. DROVE VEHICLE ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND STOPPED FOR STOP LIGHT. WHEN ENTERING INTERSECTION, HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. CAR WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND NOTICED SMOKE THROUGH REAR WINDOW. STOPPED AND FOUND BRAKES LOCKED AND ABS/VSC INDICATORS ON DASH LIT. HAD CAR TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALER WHO FOUND "MASTER CYLINDER SEIZED CODE C1246 PRESSURE SENSOR MALFUNCTION". THEY REPLACED MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. TOLD THEM I WANTED PART BACK BUT THEY SAID TOYOTA HAD PRIORITY OVER PART AND KEPT IT. VEHICLE HAD 65,614 MILES ON IT AT TIME OF INCIDENT. ALSO, BRAKE SYSTEM FLUSH HAD BEEN PERFORMED BY TOYOTA DEALER 4000 MILES AND 4 MONTHS PREVIOUS. *TR