2007 Toyota Avalon

SERVICE ENGINE AND MANY OTHER TROUBLE INDICATORS AT THE SAME TIME. TROUBLE FOUND FOR $80.00 LOOSE GAS CAP. DAY'S LATTER FOUND GAS CAP STRAP MISSING. RETURN TO DEALER WHO SAID THE STRAP IS WHAT CAUSE THE POOR SEAL SO THE TECH REMOVED IT (AS THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME). ASK TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT STRAP - NOT AVAILABLE. PURCHASED NEW GAS CAP WHICH COMES WITH STRAP (A 2 CENT ITEM) COST $25.00.TOTAL COST FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM $100. TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THE LITTLE PROBLEM FOR MOST OR ALL OF ITS VEHICLE AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. IT IS A MONEY MAKER FOR THE DEALERS WHO NEVER SUGGEST LOOKING AT YOU GAS CAP. THEY CONNECT IT TO ANALYZER FOR $80.00. REMOVE THE STRAP AND SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY. SHAME SHAME SHAME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO A BUILDING. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AND WAS BEING TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 63,138. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED THE KEYS TO BEND AND THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE KEYS TO BEND WHEN THEY WERE INSIDE THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT STATED THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE COULD FAIL TO START IF THE KEY CONTINUED TO BEND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,316.

IN MY OPINION AND BASED ON MY RECENT INTERACTION WITH TOYOTA, THEY ARE NOT BEING HONEST ABOUT THEIR SAFETY ISSUES WITH PUBLIC. TWO WEEKS AGO, I TOOK MY TOYOTA AVALON 2007 WITH ONLY 33452 MILES TO BOB SMITH TOYOTA BECAUSE BREAK FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT FROM BREAK MASTER CYLINDER. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND MASTER CYLINDER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I LEFT THE CAR TO BE REPAIRED. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE AND NOTICE THAT TOYOTA HAS A RECALL FOR 2005 AND 2006 AVALON FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUES HTTP://WWW.TOYOTA.COM/RECALL/AVALON-HIGHLANDER.HTML. FURTHER RESEARCH AND BASED ON DATA FROM DEALERSHIP, TOYOTA AVALON MADE PRIOR TO 7/2007, USE THE SAME BREAK MASTER CYLINDER AS THE ONES BEING RECALLED, PART #ID # 47028-0710. WHEN I ASKED TOYOTA DEALER ABOUT THIS, THEY TOLD ME THAT TOYOTA HAS ONLY RECALLED 2005 AND 2006 AND CAN NOT OFFER ANY EVIDENCE THAT PART USED IN 2007 WAS ANY DIFFERENT. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT TOYOTA WHICH I DID. IN RETURN, THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER MULTIPLE FOLLOW UP, WHICH I HAVE DOCUMENTED AND WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FORWARD TO YOU, NO ONE IS GIVING ME ANY EVIDENCE THAT MASTER CYLINDER IN AVALONS BUILD BEFORE 7/2007, ARE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES THEY RECALLED. THE CAR WAS IN THEIR SHOP FOR 12 DAYS, I JUST PAID FOR REPAIR AND ASKED FOR THE OLD PART. HOWEVER, IF IT IS THE CASE THAT TOYOTA HAS DECIDED TO DO IGNORE THIS ISSUES WITH 2007 AVALON, THEY ARE PUTTING A LOT OF LIVES AT RISK. I AM ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, NOT BECAUSE OF ME BUT ALL THE OTHER FAMILIES DRIVING A CAR WHICH HAS FAULTY BREAK SYSTEM. I AM HESITATING TO PASTE ALL MY CORRESPONDENTS WITH TOYOTA IN HERE BECAUSE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BUT WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FORWARD THEM TO YOU.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED HE THOUGHT THE NOISE WAS FROM THE TIRES AND ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE NOISE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE TIRE COMPANY AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE NOISE WAS FROM THE BRAKES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000. UPDATED 01/13/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ONCE THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED, THE NOISE STOPPED. UPDATED 01/25/11*JB

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN ROTHMAN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE POSSIBLE ACCELERATOR PROBLEM WITH HIS 2007 TOYOTA AVALON (RESPOND TO HACKENSACK NJ OFFICE). THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC FOR A DRAWN DRAWBRIDGE, WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE GEAR IN PARK, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCK AND SLOWLY MOVED TOWARDS A PANEL TRUCK THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO APPLY THE BRAKE, BUT TO NO AVAIL AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT THE PANEL TRUCK. THE DEALER INSTALLED A REINFORCEMENT BAR IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECALL. *JB

SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENT. MY 2007 TOYOTA AVALON HAD ALL RECALL WORK DONE IN MARCH 2010. THE CAR HAS AROUND 20,000 MILES ON IT. ON 9/5/2010 I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO THE CURB. I WAS PRESSING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I HIT THE CURB AND PUT THE GEAR IN PARK. IN THE PAST, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION "HANGING" WHEN TURNING INTO AN ALLEY OR UP A GARAGE RAMP, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST INSTANCE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION I'VE HAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION, AND MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD SHIFT INTO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. THE SHIFTING FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BRAKE SAFETY SWITCH WHICH WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR FOR A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AFTER THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,300. UPDATED 12/08/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/08/10