2006 Toyota Avalon

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPINNING AROUND. WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, IT ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE FENCE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE DEALER TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX THE VEHICLE A SECOND TIME WHEN THE FAILURE RECURRED SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TRADE THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE BY PAYING $1,600 ON THE LEASE OF THE FAILED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS EXPECTING TOYOTA TO REFUND THEM THE $1600. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. WHILE DRIVING 1 BLOCK FROM AN OFFICE TO AN INTERSECTION AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR I HAD TO PLACE BOTH FEET ON BRAKE PEDAL AND MASH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT A STOP LIGHT. MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE IS 23,000 AND I HAVE TOLD TOYOTA THIS WAS OCCURRING SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CONSISTENTLY HAD TOYOTA CHECK FOR PROBLEMS AND NONE ARE FOUND. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS. THE CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC AND THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. IF YOU WERE DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE AND WERE ON A HILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN YOUR POSITION YOU WOULD BE ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND THE GAS PEDALS, ONE WOULD BE FIGHTING THE OTHER. THAT IS WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE, THE BRAKE FIGHTS THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. BEFORE THE RECALLS THERE WAS ONLY TWO OCCASIONS WHERE MY VEHICLE ACCELERATION MALFUNCTIONED SLIGHTLY. ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2010 I HAD THE RECALL REPAIRS COMPLETED, AND NOW MY VEHICLE ACCELERATION MALFUNCTIONS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR MOVING UP AT A STOP SIGN BECAUSE MY VEHICLE TOOK OFF WHEN I PRESSED SLIGHTLY ON THE PEDAL. THE BRAKES ARE NOW MALFUNCTIONING, WHERE IT DOESN'T STOP UPON PRESSING THE BRAKES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON . SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT A WARNING. SHE HAD TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO BE ABLE TO DECREASE IN SPEED. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY TOLD HER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THEY STILL CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT HAD THE REPAIR DONE ON FEB 17TH FOR THE RECALL ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM UNTIL THE REPAIR WAS DONE, WHICH WAS THE PLACEMENT OF A METAL SHIM THAT WAS PUT UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ON FEBRUARY 28 THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE AND WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, HE THEN SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND IT WENT FORWARD AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONTACT THEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE IT OFF AND IT STOPPED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP REVVING UP UNTIL IT WAS TURNED OFF. NO ONE WAS INJURED, THERE WAS ONLY BUMPER DAMAGE. A POLICE OFFICER WAS THERE AND HE TOOK A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT WAS TOLD TO FILE A CLAIM,#1003101250. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,859.

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF 2006 TOYOTA AVALON AND HEADLIGHT WENT OFF DURING THE EMERGENCY STOP (NOTE: THE TOYOTA AVALON HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE RECALL REPAIR BUT RECALL REPAIR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED) I WAS DRIVING ON 101S NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW DURING EVENING COMMUTE HOUR. I WAS TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL AS 101S WAS IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC CONDITION. I FELT THE AVALON WENT FASTER THAN I WAS EXPECTING AND I DID NOT DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL MORE THAN LIGHT TAPPING. THE AVALON WAS AT 40MPH. I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR IMMEDIATELY. I MANAGED TO STOP MY CAR IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A FULLY STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I NOTICED MY AUTO HEADLIGHT WAS OFF WHEN I WAS IN COMPLETE STOP. I QUICKLY TURNED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH FROM AUTO POSITION TO ON AND THE HEADLIGHT DID NOT GO ON. I TURNED THE SWITCH TO OFF POSITION AND ON POSITION. THEN, THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). WAS DRIVING ON NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE,AT AROUND EXIT 7 TRIED TO AVOID A CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR TOTALLY WAS UNCONTROLLABLE , THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP SLOW IT DOWN, ENDED UP CRASHING AGAINST THE JERSEY WALL, BACKED UP BY ITSELF AND TURNED TO FACE THE TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE LANE W/ THE UTMOST EFFORT FINALLY STOPPED. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL, WHEN I COMPLAINED TO MY INSURANCE CO. THAT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WAS BEYOND NORMAL THEY SUGGESTED WE SHOULD COMPLAIN TO TOYOTA, WE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND COMPLAINED ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS OCCURRENCE AND WERE ASSURED THAT THEY WILL CHECK THE WRECKED CAR. STATE FARM INSURANCE RECEIVED MY PERMISSION TO RELEASE THE CAR ,AND DOCUMENTED THE DATE OF COMMUNICATION AND THE PERSON AT TOYOTA IN CHARGE OF THIS INVESTIGATION BUT TOYOTA IS PLAYING GAMES OR WOULD NOT RETURN OUR CALLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ALL THE NEWS REPORTS ABOUT CARPETS AND RECALLS. THE IRONY IS WE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT A 2009 TOYOTA AVALON THAT IS HOW MUCH WE TRUSTED THIS COMPANY. WE BOTH ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE INJURIES OF THIS CRASH OF THE CAR THAT SEEMED TO BE ( POSSESSED ) AS I TOLD MY INSURANCE ADJUSTOR. WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO TO PROVE OUR CASE AND AT THIS STAGE I AM RETRACTING MY CONSENT FOR TOYOTA TO INSPECT MY CAR. I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU [XXX]. *TR

AFTER HAVING MY 2006 TOYOTA AVALON RECALL SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED A WEEK LATER I WAS PULLING UP TO MY MAILBOX AND APPLIED MY BRAKES, HOWEVER I REALIZED THE CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING. IN ORDER TO STOP I PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM THEY TOLD ME I HADN'T HAD THE COMPLETE RECALL DONE AND I NEEDED TO BRING IT BACK IN. THEY SAID I NEEDED TO HAVE THE FLOOR MAT AS WELL AS THE BRAKE OVERRIDE RECALL DONE. I TRIED TO TELL THEM THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN I WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE THE FLOOR MAT PORTION OF THE RECALL DONE BUT THEY TOLD ME MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ON THE LIST AS NEEDING IT DONE. IT WAS NOT THE FLOOR MAT THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM THOUGH BECAUSE MY FLOOR MAT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE HOOK AND IN PLACE. MY COMPLAINT IS MAINLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THE COMPLETE RECALL WHEN I HAD IT IN THE FIRST TIME. I HAD MY 9 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME, IF WE HAD BEEN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BECAUSE MY CAR WENT AT LEAST A HALF OF CAR LENGTH BEYOND MY MAIL BOX BY THE TIME I GOT IT STOPPED. *TR

MY CAR HAS HAD THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR THE REPAIR BUT MY CAR IS STILL ACCELERATING. WHILE DRIVING CAR SPED UP BUT SLOWED ITSELF BACK DOWN TO NORMAL SPEED. THIS IS HOW ITS BEEN SINCE PURCHASE. I NOTICE THIS LAST TIME THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT REFLECT THE CHANGE IN SPEED SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MPH THE CAR SPED OVER MY NORMAL SPEED OF 45MPH. I HAVE CONTACTED MAKER BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE AS OF TODAY. I AM THINKING THIS COULD BE THE PRELUDE TO MY CAR SPEEDING UP AND NOT STOPPING. *TR

THE ENGINE SURGED IN MY 2006 TOYOTA AVALON BEGINNING JUST AFTER PURCHASE (WHEN I THOUGHT I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING THE FIRST FEW TIMES). THIS HAS CONTINUED SPORADICALLY --THE LAST TIME WAS IN EARLY DECEMBER, 2009--ABOUT TEN TIMES. I HAVE REACTED COUNTER-INTUITIVELY, TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY, AND THE ENGINE SETTLES DOWN. BECAUSE I HAVE PUT 89,000 MILES ON THE CAR DRIVING FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO LA EACH WEEK, I HAVE PRACTICED PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS A FIRST RESPONSE IF MY LIGHTLY TAPPING THE PEDAL DOES NOT WORK. THE SURGE HAS FELT AS IF THERE IS A GREMLIN IN THE WORKS OF THE CAR PUSHING THE ENGINE. I DOUBT IF THIS IS CONNECTED, BUT MY EMERGENCY BRAKE SETS ITSELF PERIODICALLY--AND I NOW KNOW IF THE CAR IS RUNNING A BIT ODDLY THAT I NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF THE BRAKE HAS SET ITSELF AGAIN. (ABOUT 30-40 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR) BUT THE DEALERS HAVE REACTED QUIZZICALLY. ONE OF MY SONS HAS BEEN ADAMANT THAT I GET RID OF THE CAR, BUT I AM CONVINCED THAT IF IT BEGAN TO GO OUT OF CONTROL, BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN TURNING OFF THE CAR IF NEED BE SHOULD THINGS SHOULD REMAIN CONTROLLED. I AM NOT NEAR THE CAR OR THE VIN INFORMATION BUT WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS AT A LATER DATE. *TR