general problems of the 2009 Toyota Avalon

When driving my 2009 Toyota Avalon my headlights sporadically go out. Mostly on the drivers side. I have replaced the headlight on 3 separate occasions with in the last 3 years and each time it cost me $185. 00 for labor and the headlight. I also got stopped by the police for it! now in 2023 the right head light goes on and off sporadically since March 2023. Again, I got stopped by the police! now it's June of 2023 and both lights went out while driving home at night. We took it to a different repair shop and was finally told that this has been a problem for the 2009 Toyota Avalon for a while as it was a manufacturing defect. A head light ballast I think. Why should I pay to fix this as well as tickets from the police for a manufacturing error!!! now I have to pay for 2 ballasts and 2 headlights????.

The bright lights do not work due to manufacturer defect. Toyota will not honor recall because they added extended warranty but not all owners notified. It is cost progibitive yo repair, so many many people like myself drive without benefit of high beams, a significant safety issue eapecially driving in rural America.

High beam light bulb shattered, no high beam lights. Possible hazard for fire or accident at night.

Driving on an unlighted texas highway at night my hi-beam lights went out. When I checked them later , both sides the bulb had shattered. I was driving the speed limit of 70 at that time counting on those hi-beams to spot wildlife around the road area. After I lost the use of the high beams I had to lower my speed and the area which I could safely see had greatly decreased.

Just found out that my bright beam doesn't function and never has since I purchased the vehicle new in 2009. There were service bulletins but Toyota dealer never checked to determine if there was a problem, told me they don't check if customer doesn't complain. I didn't know I was responsible for reading service bulletins. I just paid nearly $200 for repairing the high beam lights. It has been dangerous during night driving but I assumed that was the way Avalon were because their front end sits low. I think reimbursement is in order.

My high beam and daytime running lights are both not working. The Toyota dealer acknowledged the problem and stated I need to replace the light assemblies along with a new type bulb. I see where this is a common problem with many Toyota cars and Toyota will not cover my car due to it being over their extended warranty period of 5 years by just over a month. I also have a Toyota platinum extended warranty but was told it does not cover my problem. I believe this is a safety issue which should be repaired by Toyota as they know of the problem but restrict the time for repairs for which they extended to 5 years but not for us who are just over by less than two months or even longer. I believe after researching this problem that my vehicle may have more lighting problems which are not present at this time. This is a safety issue and Toyota should be required to repair it at their expense as this is not a cheap repair of more than $1000 per light assembly.

The high beams on our 2009 Toyota Avalon suddenly ceased to function last weekend. I took the car in to the dealership this morning and was told that this is a known defect in the housings requiring the replacement thereof but that this replacement is only covered for 5 years or 72,000 miles under the "enhanced" warranty. We bought the car new 5 1/2 years ago. The cost for fixing this defect was quoted at $2,626 and neither the dealer nor Toyota corp. Were willing to absorb any of this cost to make it even reasonably affordable. Non-working high beams could be potentially dangerous. This malfunction is not due to normal wear and tear but rather is a known defect. It should not be covered under a limited warranty but should be a required recall so that people unable to afford the exorbitant repair cost are not put in jeopardy.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Avalon. While driving at approximately 30 mph, the low beam headlamps shut off without warning. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with the cause unknown. The high intensity bulbs were replaced, but the remedy failed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 88,000.

High beam bulbs failed. These are daytime running lights as well. These may have failed much earlier and not been noticed.

March 2011 notice high beam light out on my 2009 Toyota Avalon. Went to replace it & found no bulb just electrical connection. After review of bulb area I noticed the bulb had disappeared within its confinement area. Bulb must have melt away.