general problems of the 2008 Toyota Avalon

Takata recall March 9th 2016 9:30pm I was accelerating onto the highway from the onramp to about 70mph when the car kept accelerating after pressing the brake so I continued to press the brake but there was no release of acceleration so put the gear in neutral and I found room to pull to the right side and turn the engine off and put the vehicle in park. I gave it 15 seconds and re-started but it was still accelerating, I repeated this again with the same results. I left ithe engine off for a full minute and re-started to find it had reset. I then checked the floor mat and found it intacked and pinned to the floor pins.

The car accelerated on it's own, brakes were locked !!! I made a left turn after a stop sign and the car just took off on it's own - accelerating up to 50 miles per hour. I slammed on the brakes, but they were locked. I quickly put the car in neutral, it slowed the car down about 10-12 miles. To avoid cars in front of me - I then put the car in park. After an ugly noise and jerking of the car. . . It did stop! there were no injuries or property damage. It was a horrific experience. The car was in full throttle! had it towed to a mechanic. . . . . It was still at full throttle when he looked at it a couple days later. He advised me to call Toyota. Toyota said it was out of warranty. I just want my car fixed,.

I was coasting, barely moving when I heard the engine rev up and accelerate. My foot was not on the gas. Before I could apply brakes my car hit the house. I was about 2 feet from the house so there was not much time to react. This all took place in 1-2 seconds. I had turned into a driveway to park.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. While driving at 40 mph, the contact released the accelerator pedal, but the rpms increased and the vehicle independently accelerated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 10v017000 (vehicle speed control), but the remedy failed to repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. The contact was at a complete stop with the brakes applied when the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact crashed into a residence. The contact sustained a fractured right foot and injuries to the face, knees, back, and neck. The vehicle was towed to a local auto body shop. The contact stated that prior to the crash, the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign id number: 10v017000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal). The vehicle was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 33,000.

The driver owned a 2008 Toyota Avalon. While driving approximately 5 mph the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a building. The police arrived and a report was filed. The vehicle was towed; yet, the contact does not know what facility it was towed to. The driver was transported to the hospital. Someone inside the building was also injured. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000. Updated 05/13/11.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, he heard a noise and pulled over when the vehicle engine suddenly caught fire between the firewall and the rear of the engine. The contact extinguished the fire. The service manager and district manager inspected the vehicle and found holes in the engine block. The vehicle was included in recall 10v017000 (accelerator pedal) and was repaired at the dealer. The vehicle had also previously been repaired according to NHTSA item number (10032630) engine and engine cooling, oil supply hose. The vehicle was at the dealer awaiting repair at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was 29,836. Updated 12/30/10 upadted 01/07/11.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. While attempting to shift into park, the vehicle suddenly surged forward, accelerated over a curb, and crashed into a sign. The vehicle continued to accelerate and crashed into a tree and then another curb. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by shifting into neutral gear. A police report was filed. This failure occurred twice. The vehicle was towed to the authorized dealer to be repaired. The current and failure mileages were 39,606.

2008 Toyota Avalon brake override. I just had all my Avalon recall fixes placed on my car, and the brake override fix does not work. I check my brake override to see how it operated before the fix, and after going to the dealership to get the repairs it still does the same thing. When the gas pedal is pressed, and speed is around 45mph step on the brakes while continuing to press on the gas, and you can hear the engine still trying to accelerate. The service advisor told me on the phone before going there that the brakes would override the gas pedal when the brake pedal is pressed. I still will not allow my pregnant wife, and 2 year old daughter ride in the car until a better fix is put into place.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. He took the vehicle to the dealer to have the accelerator pedal repaired. When he applied the brakes, the vehicle surged forward and forced him to apply extreme pressure to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. The dealer was contacted and advised him to have the vehicle diagnosed again. The failure and current mileages were 47000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. He drove approximately 2 mph into his garage and the vehicle lunged forward. The vehicle stopped accelerating immediately after he applied pressure to the brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they test drove it and they could not duplicate the failure. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 49450 and the current mileage was 49476. Updated 4/13/10 updated 05/20/10.

2008 Toyota Avalon was recalled to replace a gas pedal. The car was taken in to the Toyota dealer for the said repair. It took 4 hours. A few days later the car was in reverse and was slowly backing out of a residential carport when it accelerated on its own and the car did about 3 loops around the garage area of the home causing damage to the car, benches, tree, bushes, lamp post, etc. This happened after the recalled defect was repaired. Owner of vehicle put in claim to her own insurance company, put in a call to the 800 Toyota number and had car towed to where she purchased the car. Everyone seems concerned, but only wants to repair the damage to the car rather than get to the root of the problem. We thought Toyota had the fix, but apparently not since accelerating and going out of control on an accelerated pace.

Toyota's handling of recall. I own one of the recalled vehicles but have received no communication from either Toyota or the dealer on the recalls.

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.

On several occasions, I have experienced a problem with my 2008 Toyota Avalon's accelerator pedal being hard to depress and seemed stuck in some partially depressed position. Until the national press on this issue, I thought it was just me experiencing the problem. I had no idea that this was a problem that had lead to the death of people and that Toyota knew this problem existed. When it was mentioned to my local Toyota dealership service department, I was told it was probably my floor mat causing the problem so I removed the mat; however, I still experienced the problem a few times later. I was beginning to think it was some malfunction in my particular car and did not know how dangerous it was. At this point, nothing has been done to correct this problem. I am awaiting a return phone call from my local Toyota dealership.

My 2008 Toyota Avalon xl had less than 3,000 miles when I had an accident on December 22, 2008. I was stopped in traffic for 5 to 7 minutes. When I released my foot off of the brake, the car lunged forward several feet and hit the car in front of me. The car has lunged several times before this upon starting in below freezing temperatures. On December 22 the temperature in cincinnati was 21 degrees f. I have had the car checked and the damage repaired. The mechanics said there was no problem detected. There is a problem with my car but they will not acknowledge it.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. While driving 10 mph and slowing down, the vehicle surged forward and accelerated on its own. She had to apply extreme pressure to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer 8 times where they stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle and that it was normal. The accelerator pedal was previously repaired; however, the failure continued to occur. The failure has occurred since the vehicle was purchased brand new. The failure mileage was 25 and the current mileage was 5500. Updated 04/01/10. Updated 05/13/10.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Avalon. While driving into the garage at speeds of approximately 10 mph, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and proceeded to crash into the garage door. The vehicle was repaired by the dealer; however, it persisted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 750 and the current mileage was 25,000.