2007 Toyota Avalon

WE OWN A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON LIMITED. WE HAVE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES ON THE FLOOR MATS,ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND AN OIL SUPPLY HOSE. ALL ARE TO BE CORRECTED NEXT WEEK. THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF LETTING YOU KNOW THAT NEITHER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NOR THE FLOOR MAP IS THE CAUSE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I SAY THIS BECAUSE MY WIFE DRIVES WITH HAND CONTROLS WITH A STEEL PLATE GUARDING AND PROTECTING THE ACCELERATOR FROM BEING USED BY HER. THEREFORE IT IS NOT THESE ITEMS CAUSING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WE HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN ON 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SO IT WAS NOT ISOLATED NOR WERE THESE RECALL ITEMS AT FAULT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFO IF NEEDED. THANKS. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE TOYOTA RECALL NOTICES, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN HER 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. *KB SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT MADE A LOUD NOISE. LURCHED FORWARD AND BUMPED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED TO REMOVE THE FLOOR MAT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MAT WAS RE-ATTACHED. *JB

WHEN PARKING MY 2007 TOYOTA AVALON IN A PARKING GARAGE, I ENTERED THE PARKING SPACE AND I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SO THE CAR WOULD COAST INTO THE SPACE. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE CAR, INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN. SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO THE BARRIER CABLES AT THE END OF THE PARKING SPACE, CAUSING $2392.86 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. UPDATED 03/30/10.

ARRIVED AT AN INTERSECTION'S LIGHT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CAR ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE CAR WHICH WAS IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AS WELL. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HIS WIFE ARRIVED AT AN INTERSECTION, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE THAT WAS CROSSING FROM WEST TO EAST. WHILE HIS WIFE WAS GOING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. UPDATED 03/29/10.*JB

1) WHILE DRIVING APPROX 30 MPH EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL AND STOP VEHICLE 2) UPON ENTERING HIGHWAY FELT LIKE CAR SHUT OFF, THEN ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. SERVICE ADVISOR TRIED TO TELL US IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS USING THE CAR. FINALLY A TECHNICIAN CAME IN AND TOLD THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN TO CORRECT SUCH PROBLEMS. THE CORRECTION WAS "PERFORMED ECM RECALIBRATION TO IMPROVE SHIFTING". I DIDN'T KNOW TO REPORT IT AT THE TIME, BUT I THINK OUR PROBLEM SHOULD BE COUNTED. THE DEALER DOWNPLAYED OUR COMPLAINT SAYING IT WAS HOW WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR, AND THAT THE CAR COULDN'T TELL WHICH OF US WAS DRIVING. THAT IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I HAVE HEARD. TO DATE, WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE GAS PEDAL. WE DID RECEIVE ONE ON THE MATS WHICH WE CHECKED AND WERE OKAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN AS IT SHOULD HAVE WHEN SENSING A VEHICLE IN THE NEAR FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A LASER CRUISE CONTROL THAT WAS CAPABLE OF SCANNING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND SLOWING DOWN AS TO NOT HIT THAT VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING A VEHICLE. HE NOTICED THE PROBLEM AT LEAST 12 TIMES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD HEARD NOTHING ABOUT SUCH A PROBLEM AND ARRANGED FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED 02/23/2010. HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,300. UPDATED 03/19/10. *LJ THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON FEB 23, 2008. UPDATED 09/21/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE SHIFTING GEARS FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND . THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SINCE A CRASH COULD OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

I PURCHASED A 007 TOYOTA AVALON LIMITED IN 11/2006 BEFORE A MONTH PASSED I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN VISALIA, CA. I TOLD THE SHOP MANAGER THE FOOTPEDAL HAD GOTTEN STUCK AND THE CAR WAS WIDE OPEN, I STOMPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WOULDN'T COME UP, THEN I REACHED DOWN AND GRABBED IT AND PULLED IT UP, I TOLD THE SHOP MANAGER IF I HAD BEEN IN TRAFFIC OR TOWN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURIES OR DEATH AND THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND TOLD ME I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THE CAR AND IT WAS OK. I WAS A MAD CUSTOMER, THEN I TOLD HIM THERE WAS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER, THE THING WOULDN'T IDLE DOWN COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN , AND IF YOU PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS YOU BRAKING COMING UP TO A STOP IT WOULD ALMOST PUT YOU THROUGH THE WINDOW, AND THEY NEEDED TO FIX THIS , I GOT THE SAME ANSWER THE CAR IS OK. WELL BY THEN I REALLY MAD, BUT I ALSO KNEW THEN THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF FIXING OR ACKNOWLEDGING THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THE CAR HAS 85K MILES ON IT NOW AND I'M ON THE 3RD SET OF TIRES, 2ND SET OF BRAKES, 2ND SET OF ROTORS, AND HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNED AND NEW BOLTS INSTALLED IN THE FRONT END SO THE CAMBER COULD BE ADJUSTED, WHAT A !@#$%, I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE DEALERSHIPS FOR RAISING !@#$% ABOUT THIS CAR, I'VE ALSO SAID THE PAINT ON THIS CAR IS JUNK TO AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE THREE YEARS OF DIESEL AND GASOLINE MECHANICS, WAS THE TOP OF MY CLASS AND SOUGHT AFTER BY MANY LARGE CORPORATIONS WHEN I GRADUATED IN 1978, AND I USED TO WORK AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AS A LINE MECHANIC WHEN I GRADUATED. I CAN ASSURE YOU TOYOTA KNEW THEY HAD PROBLEMS, AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR BACK AS 2006, IF I HAD THE EXTRA MONEY OR THE TIME I WOULD HAVE SUED THEM A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THEY ARE SO BIG AS A COMPANY I PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE UNTIL NOW. I WILL BET YOU IF YOU INTERVIEW WORKERS AT THE TOYOTA PLANTS WHERE THE CARS WERE BUILT YOU WILL FIND THEY HAVE HAD GAS PEDALS STICK AT THE FACTORY TOO. WANT TO BET ME? *TR