2008 Toyota Avalon

I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON XL, PURCHASED 01/24/08. RECENTLY, WHILE TURNING, I HIT A POTHOLE. THE ALARM SYSTEM STARTED AND THE CAR ACCELERATED. I COULD NOT GET THE ALARM OR THE CAR TO STOP, EVEN THOUGH I WAS BRAKING. I FINALLY PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE KEY. THE MOTOR MADE A SOUND AS THOUGH IT WAS DYING AND FINALLY STOPPED. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *TR

REGARDING TOYOTA AOA RECALL: I EXPERIENCED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITH MY AVALON ON OCT 1, 2008 AND DO NOT FEEL THE LATEST CORRECTIVE ACTION OF A REINFORCEMENT BAR WILL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO DARCARS 355 TOYOTA ON OCT 2, 2008 AND PROVIDED A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INCIDENT. TOYOTA DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH ME. WHEN TOYOTA INITIALLY ANNOUNCED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WAS DUE TO FLOORMATS, I AGAIN NOTIFIED MY DEALER SERVICE TEAM THAT MY FLOORMATS WERE ANCHORED AND THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM- TOYOTA AGAIN DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH ME. I WENT TO THE SILVER SPRING DARCARS SERVICE GROUP FOR THE AOA RECALL AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER REGARDING THE STEEL BAR REINFORCEMENT ACTION AND EXPLAINED WHY I DID NOT FEEL THIS WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA IS NOT LISTENING AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYONE ELSE DIE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HAVE THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOR THE TOYOTA ACCELERATION RECALL CALL ME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 TOYOTA AVALON IN TRAFFIC NORTH OF HOUSTON AND FLOORED IT TO GET ON AN EXIT RAMP IN FRONT OF ANOTHER CAR. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AT HIGH REVS AND I HAD TO PUSH HARD ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE WHILE GOING UP A STEEP RAMP. AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS THE REVS DROPPED AND EVERYTHING CONTINUED AS NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 17, 2009. THEN, IN DECEMBER OF 2009 I WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET WHEN A TRUCK RAN A STOP SIGN AND WAS GOING TO HIT ME. I FLOORED IT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND AGAIN THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. I REMEMBERED HEARING A REPORT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF FLOOR MATS CAUSING THE PEDAL TO STICK SO I HIT THE BRAKES, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND REACHED DOWN AND PULLED ON THE FLOOR MAT. THE OUT OF CONTROL ACCELERATION AGAIN LASTED ABOUT 3 TO 4 SECONDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE FLOOR MAT WAS CAUSING IT TO STICK OR NOT. I HAD A RUBBER MAT ON TOP OF THE MAT THAT I BOUGHT WITH THE CAR THAT HOOKS INTO THE FLOOR BOARD. I DON'T THINK THAT MAT EVER INTERFERED WITH THE PEDAL. I LOOKED AT IT CLOSELY AND IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE. BUT I TOOK IT OUT ANYWAY. I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW CAB AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO IT BUT I HAVE NEVER FLOORED THAT TRUCK EITHER. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AND ABOUT 24,000 THE SECOND TIME. *TR

ON 01-20-10, THIS CUSTOMER STATES AFTER USING CRUISE CONTROL AT APPROX 70 MPH AND COMING UP ON SOME OTHER VEHICLES, APPLYING THE BRAKE TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN. ONCE THE ROAD WAS CLEAR, I REUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL BY PRESSING THE RESUME SWITCH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE PAST 70 MPH AND CONTINUED TO ABOUT 85 MPH BEFORE I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND CANCELED THE RESUME FUNCTION. I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CONTINUED IF THE BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED. ON 02-05-10 FITZGERALD TOYOTA CK THE VEHICLE, NO PROBLEM FOUND. MY VEH IS A 08 TOYOTA AVALON. *TR

2008 TOYOTA AVALON TOURING HAD BOTH HIGH BEAMS GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. THE SERVICE WRITER COMMENTED THE BULBS APPEARED TO HAVE EXPLODED WITHIN THE UNIT PER THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN, HOWEVER, NO EXPLANATION. NOW THE LOW BEAM DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT AND THEN COMES BACK ON. I AM CONCERNED THAT BOTH LOW BEAMS WILL GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WILL STILL COME BACK ON LATER. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE CAR BACK IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS ONLY AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BUT SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE CAR AND TOYOTA NEEDS TO RESEARCH AND REPLACE AT THEIR COSTS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS WITH LOSING HEADLIGHTS WITHOUT WARNING DURING NIGHT DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLEAR THE PROBLEM BY RE-SETTING THE SWITCH ON STEERING COLUMN, BUT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENT NOW. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SHORT TIME FRAME FOR HAVING LIGHTING ISSUES OF THIS TYPE ON A 2008 VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN WILL RANDOMLY DEPRESS. THE LATCH THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE WILL RANDOMLY LOOSEN UP AND THE STEERING COLUMN WILL GO ALL THE WAY IN. I ASKED MY DEALER ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY. I ASKED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM. JUST THOUGHT I MIGHT MENTION IT WITH ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS TOYOTA HAS BEEN HAVING. *TR

MY HUSBAND GOT INTO THE CAR THE LATE AFTERNOON OF JAN. 17, 2010. TURNED THE AUTO ON AND I THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS EXPLODING. I WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE AND RAN OUTDOORS. SOMETHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS MAKING AN EXTREME LOUD RATTLE. IF YOU TOOK AN OLD COW BELL AND SHOOK IT FOR DEAR LIFE, YOU WOULD GET AN IDEAL OF WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT REGARDING THE SOUND. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE VSC LIGHT WAS ON. MY HUSBAND CUT THE ENGINE OFF, CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND NOTHING. I WAS GOING TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO TOW THE CAR IN. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP JUST TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND IT PURRED LIKE A BABY. NO LIGHTS ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT, TEST DROVE IT AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY SAID WHATEVER IT WAS MUST HAVE RESET ITSELF. NOW MY QUESTION IS WHAT CAUSED IT TO ACT LIKE THAT AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING. WAS IT IN THE COMPUTER OR WHAT. WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN? THESE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER. *CN

2008 TOYOTA AVALON - COMPUTER DEFECT - CRUISE CONTROL IS ERRATIC SOMETIMES WORKING OK OTHER TIMES ENGAGED & NOT WORKING - SUDDENLY SPEEDS UP, ERROR CODE E2. AUTO DOES NOT SLOW DOWN PROPERLY. REPORTED TO DEALER W/NO PROBLEM FOUND IN 2009. 12/14/09 CAR DEAD, DASH LIGHTS INDICATE CHECK ENGINE, CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE, BRAKE, BATTERY FAILURE , TOWED TO DEALER. PARTS 10 AMP ETCS FUSE/I7.5 AMP -DOME FUSE/7.5 AMP AND AM2 FUSE. (OP CODE-190011 COMBO A T1/71 T2/99. 1 #00544-24F60-575 TRUESTART BATTERY) LABOR $92. THANK YOU! *TR