Engine Problems of Toyota Avalon

My 2006 Toyota Avalon had a sudden loss of all my oil from a ruptured oil line while I was driving home from the store 2 miles away. Apparently Toyota knew about this problem based on other numerous similar incidents based on web comments. The oil warning light never went on and I never received a recall notice about this problem which was sent to other Avalon owners.

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1. I was at a stoplight, foot firmly on the brake, doing nothing but waiting for the light to change. Suddenly I realized my car was moving forward, so I pushed the brakes harder. The pedal went down further but the car kept moving forward. All of this took only a few seconds. Then I heard and felt the engine accelerating very loudly. Just at that moment the light changed, and traffic sped ahead. Without thinking, I put my foot on the accelerator and the engine stopped roaring, the car accelerated normally and the brakes were responsive. 2. This was the only incident. 3. I was actually on my way to the Toyota dealer for routine maintenance when the incident occurred, so I continued on my way. When I got to the dealer, I had the person who met me at my car check the floor mat before I walked away. He said it was fine. Toyota performed all recall actions, asked if I wanted the computer re-programmed to allow the brakes to override everything else (I said yes), and filled out the forms and performed actions in accordance with an sua incident. They gave me a loaner and the next day told me that my car would be released. I asked for, and received a copy of the form for an sua incident, but it only has instructions for the technician and no written results, so I don't know what was found and what was done, other than normal recall work. I am filling this out because I no longer trust Toyota, and now I am afraid. It only happened once, so I don't know if they fixed the problem, and I want to be part of the record of incidents.

In July 2009 our 2006 Toyota Avalonxl had a vvt-I oil hose explode causing oil damage and personal repair expense of $277. 67. I was notified by Toyota of a recall to replace this hose. It stated if already replaced then to send in the repair order, proof of payment and proof of ownership for reimbursement. This was submitted to Toyota on January 11, 2010. No response was received until I contacted them after 71 days. After a lengthy delay, I was denied reimbursement because repairs were not completed by an authorized Toyota dealer. My complaint is I am responsible for damages and repairs due to Toyota's defective parts without reimbursement after Toyota admitted their parts were defective.

Defective hose in the engine/oil system failed causing all of the oil in the cars engine to drain immediately. The vehicle was towed to my Toyota dealer where they explained that some Avalons have had this happen. Toyota acknowledges this but has not issued a recall. My car was under warranty and was fixed for free as it was covered. However, my driveway is loaded with all of the oil from my engine. If this happened on the road I would have lost the engine.

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My wife was driving down the freeway and notices a cloud of smoke trailing from the rear of our 2006 Toyota Avalon. When she arrives at work she sees oil pouring onto the parking lot surface. There was no warning light or dashboard notice signaling oil pressure loss. We had the vehicle towed to a repair shop where they noted that a rubber hose that presumably circulates engine oil had ruptured. The repair was done that day with parts readily available from the local dealer. When the repair man was conversing with the Toyota service manager (a friend), the service manager had never heard of the problem then later changed his story. Rather suspicious.

Vvt oil line failure-as I was driving, I heard a ?whirring? noise for 1-2 minutes. Then it stopped, and the oil light flashed on and off. I immediately pulled over and checked under the hood, and oil was sprayed all over the engine compartment and there was no oil level indicated on the dipstick. While waiting for a tow truck, a significant amount of the remaining oil drained out under the car. The Toyota dealer indicated they had 3 other Avalons with the same problem, and parts were backordered. No repair date was promised. From on-line message boards, this is a widespread problem with the 05-06 Avalon. Toyota is apparently well aware of this potentially dangerous problem, but has done nothing to proactive repair/replace the line. There is no warning of the problem until it happens, and it may leave the driver and occupants of the car in a potentially dangerous situation.

Car completely ran out of oil with no warning lights ever illuminating. The car was not drivable and had to be towed. Found out vvti line had TSB (although I had been in the dealership service dept for oil change the month before) the part was being redesigned by Toyota and was backordered. Six weeks later ( I still do not have my car), Toyota replaced the part and refuses to test the engine for damage caused as a result of car running completely out of oil. Their customer service department assigned us a case number but then no one ever called us back, meanwhile I do not want to accept my car as I feel it is potentially unsafe due the obvious engine damage that had to have occurred since the engine was banging and knocking before I realized what was going on. Toyota refuses to issue recall and has failed at warning consumers and the dealers have failed at doing due diligence in checking the TSB issues when people are in their shops. If I had known this was a potential issue, the engine damage could have been prevented.

I found a huge amount of oil in the driveway after traveling approximately 60 miles to take my 5 year old daughter to school. The oil stick read empty. I immediately added oil so I could take it to the dealership. I made several calls before taking it to the dealership because I had recently had my car serviced at another Toyota dealership. When describing the problem the maintenance assistant instantly diagnosed the problem without looking at the Avalon. I called two other dealerships and they had the same response. When I got to the dealership they confirmed the problem and at that time told me that the "pipe assembly" part is on national backorder and that they weren't expecting the part until February 16, the date the vehicle was taken in was January 15th. Toyota is taking little to no responsibility for their defective part that is causing undo hardship on Toyotas owners. After talking to various Avalon dealers, I found that some owners had to have their engines replaced because of the defective part that Toyota is aware of that have not informed the public of. Apparently, Toyota has been quietly fixing the problem while the vehicles are under warranty and has failed to let the consumers aware of this ongoing deficiency. Now that the part is on national backorder the severity of this problem is being address daily. I am hoping other measures will be taken to fix this problem now that the public is aware of the backorder. I am just glad that I identified the problem before it got worse. This problem could have lead to my daughter and I stranded on hwy 495 in washington DC traffic, on the cold highway waiting for the tow truck to pick us up because the engine locked up. The reason why im submitting this complaint is because I spoke, to three dealership, in three different states and each identified this as a problem. Each dealership knew of this defective part and problem.

Our 2003 Toyota Avalon has experienced several occurrences of sudden acceleration. My wife took the car to our Toyota dealer and both times they said that it was due to the floormat sticking under the gas pedal. The mat was removed and it still has the problem. While I was driving it down the highway, I let off the gas to slow down and it started to speed up. I put the car into neutral and the engine started to rev up and down from 1000 rpm to 2500 rpm. This continued for a couple of minutes until I was forced to pull over to the side of the road and turn the engine off and restart it. (this is always the fix. . . Turn off the engine and restart it. It seems to reset the computer). This problem started over a year ago and continues to occur almost monthly. This vehicle is not included in the recall and even if it was, I don't feel that the problem has a fix, yet. We have to continue to drive the car because we can't afford another one and the resale value has plummeted. Just last week my wife was stopped by a dps officer for speeding from a stop light. She did not even have her foot on the gas pedal. She explained what had happened and was not ticketed.

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Oil gushed from engine, leaving a trail from my house to my neighbor's where he noticed the oil on the highway (enough to remain there for two weeks). This was a bulletin, not a recall via Toyota. Needless to say I had never heard of the possibility of losing all of the oil. The service department had my car for approximately 4 days and fixed the problem. If I had been speeding down the interstate, the engine could have locked up at a high rate of speed and caused other problems. I'm uncertain as to which bulletin it was, I just lost all of my oil in a matter of seconds!!!!!.

The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Avalon. In the mornings, especially in cold weather, the contact makes several attempts to start the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated on the instrument control panel. She called the dealer and is currently in the process of having the vehicle inspected to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer stated that because she exceeded her warranty, they would not provide any assistance. The failure and current mileages were 63,000.

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When entering traffic from the on ramp and with plenty of time under normal conditions my Toyota Avalon, upon acceleration the engine actually cut out I mean with a serious hesitation that I could not respond to in time. The auto quickly approaching my rear veered into the next lane causing the third car to run off on the shoulder of the road. This is indeed a highly safety problem. I escaped without a scratch to myself or car. This has happened many times before but not to this extent. I took my car back to thompsons Toyota in placerville CA 3 times for the same problem and each time they tell me they can't find anything wrong with the acceleration. I have about 10,000 miles on the car now but the problem surfaced less than a week after I bought it. What are my options I need the car and I must drive this safety affected product. The car is ok after you get to 60 mph. On acceleration from a stop position a 4 cyl. Corolla and Honda can perform better, in fact I have a tacoma Toyota 4 cyl 1999 with 100,000 mile that also accelerates better than my Avalon.

- the contact stated that while driving the 1998 Toyota Avalon at 45 mph, the oil light turned on, and the engine lost power. The vehicle coasted to the side of the road. The contact restarted, and the vehicle was driven home. The mechanic advised him not to drive the vehicle due to the sludge build up in the engine.

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On three different occasions, while driving my 2006 Toyota Avalon xls, I pressed down on the gas pedal to pass another vehicle and the gas pedal continued to depress on its own after I took my foot off of it. I stood on the gas pedal and it took about 5 seconds for the pedal to disengage after accelerating very rapidly. The third time, I had to shut off the ignition. I am afraid to press hard on the gas pedal at this point as it is a very frightening situation. A less experienced driver would get injured. I will not let anybody else drive my car because of this. The dealer had no explanation which I find very disturbing. Help!!.

I have a 2006 Toyota Avalon with ~15,000 miles on it. Intermittently, the car will hesitate on acceleration. This is extremely dangerous as I have almost been rear-ended several times and have had to slam on the brakes, at times, to avoid a side-swipe collision. The delay in input to the accelerator pedal to actual acceleration is 2-4 seconds at times. This is a problem known to Toyota. The service department is aware of the problem but describes it as a "characteristic" of the drive by wire throttle system. This is a very dangerous "characteristic" and I'm certain will result in accidents. There are many examples on the "forum" on edmunds. Com where owners have expressed the same problem/concern.

Struts and strut plates, engine smoking at 40,000 miles.

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While driving in stop and go traffic the vehicle's engine revved up and the vehicle accelerated forward into another vehicle. The rpm reached 7000. The consumer stated that this marks the fourth time this vehicle has had this issue. The consumer referenced 10099310. Heavy smoke came from the front of the vehicle after the crash. The consumer had to turn the key to the off position to stop the engine from racing.

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I took my Avalon in because there was smoke coming from the tailpipe upon engine start. They told me that there was sludge buildup caused by the improper maintainance and that they would clean out the engine and that should help. But the fact is the car now pings so loud you can not hear the radio. No it is not the gas. They blamed the sludge problem on my maintenance. I have always kept the car up to date on the oil changes. The miles at that time were approximately 30,000. I have heard many Toyota's have the same problem. The miles I have now are 50,000.

Engine oil gelling. My 2001 Avalon xls has 42,000 miles and is in the shop for extensive repairs due to oil gelling. I changed the oil regularly and there is no reason for this to happen absent a defect in the design. I have been a loyal Toyota customer and this is my 4th Toyota car. Dependability is the no. 1 priority for me. To add insult to injury, because I must depend on my vehicle while it was in the shop I decided to trade it in for a 2004 Lexus. Imagine my disgust when the dealer discounted the value of the trade-in because of oil gelling. A lot of people are having this problem.

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There was a noise coming from the engine compartment.

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The engine would cut off twice while driving 40 to 65 mph. Dealer test drove vehicle for 125 miles however was not able to find anything wrong the vehicle.

I am the owner of a 1996 Toyota Avalon and need a new engine due to oil sludge problems. My car is not covered under Toyota's csp program although it has the same problems as the engines covered under this program. This has caused my family emotional and financial stress.

Impact on right front, severe enough to knock engine out of mount.