Power Train Problems of Toyota Avalon - part 2

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while braking to a complete stop, he was able to remove the key from the ignition switch while the vehicle was still in drive. As a result, the vehicle began to roll backward. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 30,000. Updated 01/09/lj.

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I was parking my car in reverse at a speed of less than 5 miles in a designated spot adjacent to my daughter's house in quebec, canada. The engine accelerated and hit a wooden fence behind my car. I applied the brake and put it into drive to go forward and to get out of the car to see what happened. Then, the car sped at about 100 miles an hour and crashed into a metal fence of a kindergarten school across the street and hit a tree inside the kindergarten. Then again, the vehicle crashed into the brick wall of my daughter's house in reverse. A 2x2 concrete block from the brick wall that my car encountered hit my rear windshield and landed inches away from my head inside my car. I called 911 and police showed up and they towed the car and I realized it was 9:41 pm as confirmed by the time on my cellphone and luckily no children were there to get killed.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle accelerated but lost power. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to multiple dealers who were unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v047000 (electrical system) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The failure mileage was 15,000. Oo.

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First contacted Toyota motor sales u. S. A. , inc. In torrance, CA. And advised them of my car troubles prior to going to dealership for service. I made them aware that I do not trust dealer service departments. They assigned me a case number and documented my issues with engine/powertrain malfunction that still exist today and both the dealer and Toyota motor sales have not addressed problem. Also, I stated to dealer that there was leakage surrounding the power steering pump. Dealer was quick to resolve problem by trying to induce me to have pump changed without performing true diagnostic procedures to include; failure to remove front r/h tire to look at power steering pump from the front side, failure to clean power steering pump and surrounding areas to investigate true area of leakage. Instead, dealer service department came to an immediate conclusion that the pump must be leaking from pump shaft bearing. Cost to replace; $750. 00 which I declined to have replaced. With the vehicle up on jack stands and with true diagnostic testing, I removed front r/h tire, thoroughly cleaned power steering pump and surrounding area and steered left to right and right to left many times and can not locate leak at this time. Could be even engine oil that dripped down or pump high pressure line that goes to steering cylinder gearbox/yoke area. As far as the power train/engine problem that has been going on for a very long time, the engine and transmission are always out of synchronization. To briefly state, the engine wonders (hi and low rpms) and the transmission will be in wrong gear. Furthermore, throttle response is many times non-existent. I depress pedal and no engine response is found. Need to further depress pedal for engine to accelerate. This is a serious safety factor as far as I am concerned. Have other issues not able to state because of your limited words allowed.

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Could not put car into park or neutral driver shaft clip totally failed on my Toyota 2000 Avalon xls new shaft assembly installed westbury Toyota would not repair unless I paid a $300 diagnostic fee will call to see if part is available.

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Vehicle was stopped, engine running, transmission in drive, driver's foot on brake. Suddenly the vehicle revved to about 2000 rpm. As foot remained on brake, the brakes held the car from moving forward. Driver put transmission in park and shut engine off. No movement, no damage, no injury. Vehicle was restarted and driven home without incident. Owner made appointment with Toyota dealer for inspection. Vehicle was a 2007 Toyota Avalon limited which was recalled for sua and was allegedly corrected by a Toyota dealer in March, 2010. Incident occurred on 7-27-10.

2008 Toyota Avalon _ sudden acceleration when attempting to move car up slightly from rest while turning into a parking lot. Car was going less than 10 mph when engine revved violently & car accelerated uncontrollably & crashed into barriers & head on into a brick wall. Car had to be towed to body shop & has heavy damage.

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Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6). We own a 2005 toyoto Avalon. After having the Toyota special service campaign/recall (ssc aoa - accelerator pedal reinforcement) done about 3 weeks ago my wife experienced a sudden acceleration while traveling about 5 miles per hour. She was able to stop the car by applying the brakes very hard. We reported the incident to Toyota. They gave us a case number, 1003190624, and said that someone would contact us yesterday to investigate. Toyota did not contact us on the date they gave. We were at home all day. Please investigate this incident and follow-up with Toyota. [xxx].

On the 2005 Toyota 3. 5 v-6 engine (2fzr engine), there is an oil hose that feeds the left bank (top head of the engine) this hose is bulging and cracking and my research shows that this hose has a technical service bulletin issued by Toyota, but will not be covered unless the hose ruptures during the 5 year or 60,000 miles warranty. This hose is defective and Toyota has replaced it. Since part of the lubrication hose to the left bank of the engine is metal, the portion that is rubber is the affected part only. Further research found that Lexus with similar displacement engine does not have this rubber portion of the lubrication hose. Instead, the line is all metal (as is the case in the right bank of the Avalon engine. I am requesting an investigation and requesting that Toyota issue a metal replacement hose. Numerous Avalon owners and now highlanders are being recalled to repair this defective rubber hose.

Toyota 2007 Avalon xls, 24k mi [xxx] accelerator repaired under recall on 2/16/2010 incident of unintended full throttle acceleration conditions: temp 61 degrees f, clear weather, relative humidity approx 50%, a/c not on, radio not on, cruise control on but not engaged, daytime running lights on. Situation: at 55 mph, throttle was depressed to approx 1/2 to accelerate to pass on a two-lane highway. Car accelerated normally to about 65 mph at which point the accelerator went to the floor, uncommanded. Once clear of the passed vehicle, I shifted into neutral and turned off the engine and coasted to a somewhat safe location to stop. The accelerator was still locked down. With the ignition off, I was able to reposition the accelerator to the normal position after shifting the car from 'park' to 'neutral' several times. Then I continued the trip. Wife in the right seat was petrified. Later, at a better location on a divided highway with a 70 mph speed limit, I set up the same conditions as previously described. After accelerating from 60 mph to about 68 mph with a half-throttle command, the unintended acceleration to full throttle happened again. This time I turned off the cruise control and then attempted, unsuccessfully, to pull the accelerator off the floor with the edge of my shoe which did not terminate the acceleration. At about 80 mph I went through the shut-down procedure again without further incident. My wife is the principle driver of the car, but I will always do all the driving on long trips and have put the car in a similar passing situations several times without previous acceleration problems. I am an combat tested ex-fighter pilot and test pilot with several thousand hours in high performance fighters and thoroughly understand physics. These incidents presented no danger to me or my white-knuckled wife but in less than ideal circumstances with less experienced drivers in control, the outcome could have been different.

In early Jan 2010 our 2000 Toyota Avalon lxs surged backwards across the street into our neighbor's yard. No damage or injuries but very scary indeed. One week later the vehicle's engine raced at maximum rate while in neutral. My wife is afraid to drive the vehicle.

2008 Toyota Avalon. Stopped in traffic, foot on brake. Without warning, car accelerated forward. Pushed harder on brake and car nose-dived and collided with pu truck stopped ahead. Avalon front bumper went under rear bumper of pu . Air bag did not deploy. Floor mat still in place. $5600 damage to Avalon, none to pu.

I purchased a used 2008 Toyota Avalon limited from hornburg Jaguar dealer in santa monica on 10/29/2009. At home at 8 am, on the clear, cool day of 11/1/2009 I had the car parked in my driveway to install the garage door opener. Wanting to move the car to the street I started the car using the required proceedure for a pushbutton ignition (like on my 2007 Toyota camry hybrid for 2 1/2 years). That is, I stepped on the brake and pushed the ignition button simultaeneously. The car started to move rapidly down my short sloping driveway (7 or 8 feet). As I pushed harder, the break pedal in effect went to the floor- no breaking at all. I hit the curb very hard on the other side of the narrow street, the rear end of the car bouncing into the air , and ended up, perhaps 10 feet beyond, hitting the front bedroom wall of my neighbor's home with considerable force and resulting in significant damage to the wall. I apparently did not sustain physical damage. I am inclined to believe there was an accelerator component problem also because I was moving so fast. The car is being repaired now physically, as is the house, and I have contacted Toyota locally in torrance and I understand someone there will follow-up on this accident within the next 4 days. I tried to duplicate the brake failure problem with my camry hybrid and I was not able to duplicate it. When pressing on the start button and the brake at the same time I always have a firm brake on the camry. When I duplicated the proceedure on the Avalon I found that the brake pedal went soft rapidly, the more I pushed it, to the floor. My repair shop will not drive the car until something is resolved, nor will I. I will be glad to furnish anything more you may wish to know about this incident.

I was traveling on the NY I-87 in my 2006 Toyota Avalon for approximately 30 minutes when the "check engine" light illuminated. Within a minute or so, the "check oil" light started blinking slowly at first, then after about 30 seconds it was on continuously. By this time I had pulled off into a gas station. As I was pulling into the station the engine was making a loud clicking noise. After it was parked, I checked the dipstick and there was no oil remaining in the engine. The underside of the car, including inside of wheels and brakes was completely coated with oil as well as the back of the trunk. Presumably from the spray underneath while traveling @ 65-70mph. I then purchased 3 quarts of oil, put it in the engine and it drained onto the ground. The mechanic stated there is a pin hole in the rubber section of the oil line. The use of a rubber hose for a pressurized flammable liquid system in this location is absolutely reckless. At a minimum, it should be some sort of armored or shielded hose. I'm amazed the car didn't start on fire from being doused with five quarts of oil leaking from the ruptured hose. The service person at the dealership indicated this is a common problem with 2006 Avalons and he couldn't understand why there hasn't been a recall issued. The engine repairs caused by this defect will cost me up to $5000. Today I found at least a 1000 complaints regarding this same issue on carcomplaints. Com and aboutautomobile. Com. I would hate to see a death result in this issue caused by fire due to hot oil.

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We picked up our new 2009 Avalon limited on 7/31/09. On 9/7/09, after returning from a drive, the car accelerated into the garage door as it was opening. We had stopped about 6 feet from the door to open it. As we released the brake pedal the car shot forward into the door. Damage to the car amounted to $1500, and another $1000 for the garage door. I did not file an insurance claim. Toyota later recalled the vehicle to put a spacer on the gas pedal and to "re-flash" the computer. I believe this is an electrical problem with the gas pedal control system and not a mechanical problem. The dealership said the spacer was the solution. I've also received notification of a problem with the floor mats; but have not received a recall notice to fix it. The dealer indicated that an override on the brake pedal (to cut out the gas pedal) was supposed to be part of that recall. That might help, but I'm still waiting. The problem occurred only once. Once was enough!.

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The car a/c stopped functioning and I soon lost most of my oil. I was left on a Sunday without much oil and had to get the car towed to the dealer. The replaced the oil line at no charge and luckily I had aaa towing insurance. I was out on the road without oil in the car!!!.

While driving a strong "burning oil" smell began to fill the passenger compartment. Immediately took the vehicle to a nearby service station where they found oil coating all over the engine compartment with a higher concentration on the passenger side. After putting a couple quarts of oil they started the vehicle and immediately a stream of oil (about the size of a pencil lead) was found spraying out from a rubber hose located toward the rear of the engine compartment on the passenger side of the car, just above a metal bracket. The car was towed to a dealer who replace the leaking hose.

Since owning a 2006 Toyota Avalon I have complained about this car surging & taking off. Floor matts are not a issue since the were removed on the drivers side last year. . Toyota tells me that they could not find a problem. This has happened several times, not just one time.

While accelerating merging onto the highway, car's accelerator stuck "to the floor", car continued to accelerate to 80mph until the driver was able to physically lift the pedal with the side of her foot. Brought car to repair center where no cause was found. Problem has not occurred since initial incident.

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I was parking my car at work. I pulled into the parking space and backed up slightly to straighten my car. When I put the car into drive to pull forward again , the car raced forward with engine revving strongly. I could not stop the car with the brake. The car crashed and pushed through a thick brick wall. The airbags did not deploy. The car would only stop after I pushed the engine shutoff button. The gearshift was hard to move after the incident.

2007 Toyota Avalon with a gear shifting problem. Consumer states that when the gear is changing it feels like it is getting stuck and then bumps real hard when it switches to the right gear. The consumer also stated when she slows down, the change in the gear is rough and loud.

2006 Toyota Avalon gas pedal does not provide power until depressed over 50 percent travel then it suddenly provides power representative of half throttle. The check engine light flashes on and off when it does deliver power under this condition. On rare occasions when moving from stopped position the car accelerator is overly sensitive and acts like I just stomped onthe gas pedal and not the slow movement I gave te gas pedal to make a slow movement of the car. I have gotten used to the way it drives and it has been this way for the past 10 months. Today the gas pedal has very little response to throttle response. I cannot drive it this way and having car towed to dealer for service. Some days after driving over 30 minutes the car acts normally with exception of check engine light illuminated.

Repetitive. . . Every time I drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toyota Avalon 2007. . . I complained to Toyota that when I remove my foot from the accelerator / gas pedal to coast to a stop, the car in fact accelerates at almost each shift point, thus forcing me to apply the brakes repetitively. This may cause premature brake wear. Toyota says this "acceleration at every shift point" is normal despite the fact that in hundreds of thousands of miles and in hundreds of cars owned and rented, I have never experienced this behavior in any vehicle. Yes, no doubt a software/programmer controlled micro-processor.

2006 Avalon engine surged. Sent e-mail to Toyota at that time. As I recall Toyota response by e-mail was "we are not aware of any similar incidents" I still have a copy of the e-mail I sent.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that she had problems with the transmission in her vehicle. The contact stated while driving 20 mph, the vehicle stalled when making turns and changing gears. The vehicle was repaired several times but the failure recurred. The contact stated when pressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle was slow to respond. She pull the vehicle into a parking lot an had it towed to the dealer. The dealer informed that the ignition coil was damaged and needed to be repaired, the power steering needed to be flushed. The failure mileage was 27000.

2005 Avalon makes a whistling noise that comes from the window, and there is a knocking sound when turning. Gears felt as though they were slipping. ***** the injectors made a loud tapping noise. The front end made a knocking noise when making a slow left turn. The dealer installed window seals to alleviate the wind noise. The consumer heard a rattling noise on the dash as if the dash board was coming apart.

We had have our 2005 Avalon limited for 2 months now. While this car is an absolute gem, we have experience the acceleration hesitation as did other owners. We took it in to the dealer, and luckily, he was able to replicate the problem. Unfortunately, he said that there is nothing mechanically wrong with the vehicle. The issue lies in the computer electronics. He could change out the "brains" of the car, but it would not alleviate the problem. He advised us to call Toyota's 800-number to file a report in hopes of raising Toyota's awareness.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle shifted to nuetral without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle jerked and the gears shifted without warning as well. The contact stated that there was a loss of power to the vehicle. Toyota of bowie - 16700 governor bridge rd, bowie, MD 20716 - (301-867-1600) was made aware of the failure but could not duplicate the failure. The contact cited the fuel system as a possible defect. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 20. Ad.

While driving any speed, the vehicle jerked forward. This caused the consumer to rear end another vehicle. The consumer managed to pull over and shut off/restart the vehicle. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. The cause was not determined. Please provide more information.

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The rear wheel froze while driving at 45 mph. This caused the vehicle to skid 8 feet up in the air on dry pavement. The consumer sustained bruises all over his body and received 20 stitches in his elbow .

Ltr fm (FL) re the defective transmission in her 2006 Toyota Avalon. The vehicle was taken to the dealer over five times within in a six week period. The consumer stated the vehicle would hesitate and then surge forward when gently depressing the accelerator. The rear seat belt was defective and the front passenger air bag sensor didn't come on at the proper weight as described by the salesman.

Speedometer is not reading speed accurately. Vehicle is actually going 8 miles faster than what the speedmeter is reading. As a result, consumer received a speeding ticket. Cruise control was set at 76 mph, but police radar indicated 84 mph.

Cruise control malfunction. Yh.

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Trip guage failed. Yh.

Odometer is giving a false reading. Also, vehicle was designed for a 15 inch wheel, and vehicle has a 16 inch wheel. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated speedometer was okay.

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