general problems of the 2001 Toyota Avalon

The contact owned a 2001 Toyota Avalon. While driving 5 mph, the vehicle accelerated without warning. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a store window. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained chest injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Avalon. While decelerating approximately 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly surged forward which resulted in a crash; the vehicle did not stop accelerating until the contact took the key out of the ignition. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were unknown.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Avalon. While pulling into a parking space at 5 mph with her foot applying the brakes, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into a brick wall. The air bags deployed upon impact but there were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company and the manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 98,000.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) on oct. 7, 2009, at about 3:00 pm edt on a sunny day in bradenton, FL, I was driving alone while sober, alert, and healthy at about 35 mph on a paved side road [xxx] approaching a red stoplight at u. S. 41 so. With 2 or 3 cars stopped ahead of me for the light. About 100 yards before the stoplight, I applied my footbrake,[xxx] (ok when inspected &driven a week earlier as part of oil change &general checkup). The foot pedal went to the floor, with no braking effect. I swerved to the left of the cars ahead of me and made a sharp left turn when I reached u. S. 41, to avoid hitting/being hit by oncoming traffic. My car rolled over and crashed. I hit my head on the car's roof[xxx] . I never lost consciousness, but the pain was terrible. I bled, upside down, for about 10-15 minutes, fearing another crash from oncoming cars, hanging from my seatbelt. A bystander stanched the blood eventually. The paramedics showed up in an ambulance& took me to the emergency room at manatee memorial hospital in bradenton. The dr. Cleaned very painful glass shards from my multiple scalp wounds, then put in five staples& released me. Two sheriff's deputies interviewed me& said my car's tire-marks showed signs of acceleration. I denied accelerating; it made no sense to me until recent stories in the newspaper about Toyota brake problems and sudden unexplained acceleration in other cases. A friend picked me up. The next day I went to the garage of elmer's towing, which had towed my totally wrecked car. I asked for the foot brakes to be checked. They were normal. I found this very puzzling; it only made sense recently as I read and heard on tv about similar problems by other with Toyotas. Shelly devane of elmer's is a witness to the report of ok brakes. I strongly believe that an intermittent electronic problem with the brakes caused the wreck. I did not file this complaint earlier because the evidence is circumstantial & the car now gone.

Avalon xls v6 automatic transmission 46,000 miles I had just backed out of my garage and I stopped to lower the garage door. The car was in still reverse and I went to accelerate and the gas pedal went to the floor and the car went backward in reverse all the while I was trying to stop it with the brake pedal. I went in a full 20 foot circle and was about half way through a second circle when my husband reached over and turned the key 1 click to kill the engine. We tried to figure out if I had put my foot on both the brake and accelerator but it was almost impossible to do it with my small foot. We looked under the hood and found nothing out of order. Finally, we started the engine and carefully moved the car back into the drive way and continued on our errand. My 2001 Avalon now has 47,000 miles which is less than 500 miles per month. We damaged the front driver fender and wheel rim when we went up against our house and we had it repaired.

On 11/26/2005 I experienced an acceleration problem with my 2001 Toyota Avalon while backing my car into our garage. While slowly backing in, the car accelerated & I backed into our family room wall. I put the car in drive, the engine continued to rev up and the car shot out of the garage like a bullet (one neighbor witnessed it). I quickly turned to avoid a 2nd neighbor's brick house across the street, braking didn't seem to help. I hit a 3rd neighbor's car parked in his drive and ended up in a 4th neighbor's drive on my side of the street!. As I got out of the car, I remember saying to the 1st neighbor that I couldn't stop the car. It's a miracle I didn't hit neighbor #2 who is always out in his yard, any one of a number of kids or people who walk their dogs in the neighborhood or another vehicle coming down the street. I was also not injured. There was damage to our house, my car and my neighbor's car. I was told by someone at Toyota orland park, IL (where my 2008 camry is being serviced today) that the acceleration problem in the 2001 Avalon is of a different nature than the current problems.

Intermittently at a stop vehicle surged. Consumer had to press hard on the brake pedal and put vehicle into park to stop. The cosumer stated the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem.

Speedometer was not working properly, it provided wrong information. Dealer notified. Dealer stated sorry no warranty.

While traveling on the highway and without prior warning the engine and vehicle skid control light appeared on the dashboard. The dealer informed the consumer there was a problem with the fuel tank cap which caused the lights to illuminate. The lights illuminated at least five times, and the dealer was unable to resolve the problem. Also the vehicle lunged forward at times, however the dealer found no problem.

When at a stop or while parking engine revs and rpms go up to 7000. Consumer has to apply brakes hard and put vehicle in neutral to stop the revving, this happens 2-3 times a month. Vehicle has been taken to dealer 3 times, can not duplicate the problem.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Avalon. She noticed that the engine began surging whenever the brakes were engaged on 25 occasions since November 2000 intermittently. She would depress the brake pedal and the rpms would rapidly increase; however, she would shift the vehicle into park and turn it off. She took the vehicle to the dealer more than ten times but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. She provided detailed information to a Toyota representative. The dealer stated that they could not repair the vehicle since they could not duplicate the failure. The current mileage was approximately 41,390. The failure mileage was 441. Updated 03/04/10. Updated 09/16/10.