2006 TOYOTA AVALON Complaints

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. I TOOK IT IN A FEW WEEKS AGO TO HAVE THE ACCELERATOR RECALL PROBLEM "FIXED". TODAY (3/14), I WAS TRAVELING THRU A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT AT 10 TO 12 MPH. AS I TOUCHED THE BRAKE, THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE, GRINDING THRU THE BRAKES. I PUSHED IT INTO NEUTRAL AND JAMMED THE BRAKE. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD "THUNK" AND THE CAR STOPPED AND CEASED TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *TR

THE DAY AFTER MY CAR HAD 3 RECALLS CORRECTED, I WAS DRIVING AROUND 20 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO TAKE OFF. I PUT THE BRAKE ON REAL HARD AND GOT IT STOPPED AT ABOUT 35 MPH. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY PASSENGER AND I WERE SCARED TO DEATH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE COMING IN THE ENGINE AREA. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN HESITATING AND WITHIN SECONDS, RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN THE RPMS. THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED WITH A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500. UPDATED 06/04/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE HAD A HIGH IDLE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE INTO GEAR AT 10-15 MPH AND THEN CATCH WOULD CATCH UP AND DISENGAGE AND THE DRIVERS DOOR WOULDN'T OPEN. UPDATED 10/14/10

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON LIMITED. ON 2 OCCASIONS, WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL, I ATTEMPTED TO UPTICK THE STALK TO INCREASE SPEED ONE MPH. THE CAR ACCELERATED RAPIDLY WELL OVER ONE MPH WHEREUPON I CANCELED CRUISE CONTROL AND EVERYTHING BECAME NORMAL. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2006 TOYOTA AVALON AND CAME UPON A FOUR WAY STOP . THERE WERE TWO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HER THAT WERE STOPPED AT THE FOUR WAY STOP STREET. SHE EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE CAR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK END OF A VAN IN FRONT OF HER THAT WAS STANDING STILL. IT CAUSED $9,000 DAMAGE TO HER CAR AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO MA HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES TO HER LEG AND KNEE. THE INJURY TO HER LEG CAUSED HER TO HAVE A OPERATION ON IT AND DAILY MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. NOW SHE HAS A KNEE PROBLEM THAT WILL REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT OPERATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE TRIED TO TRADE IN OUR AVALON INTO A TOYOTA DEALER FOR A NEW AVALON AND THE DEALER SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THE TRADE VALUE $8,000 DUE TO THE CAR BEING WRECKED. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR ALL OF THE RECALLS FIXES BUT THE WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE FEAR OF ANOTHER SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TR

THIS MORNING AS I WAS BACKING MY 2006 AVALON, IT BACKED OUT ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ME HITTING MY GAS PEDAL. WHEN I STOPPED AND PUT IT IN DRIVE IT THEN ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I HIT BRAKE AND TURNED OFF CAR. LAST WEDNESDAY (MARCH 3) I HAD THE RECALLED ACCELERATOR FIXED AT MY TOYOTA DEALER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPINNING AROUND. WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, IT ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE FENCE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE DEALER TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX THE VEHICLE A SECOND TIME WHEN THE FAILURE RECURRED SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TRADE THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE BY PAYING $1,600 ON THE LEASE OF THE FAILED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS EXPECTING TOYOTA TO REFUND THEM THE $1600. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. WHILE DRIVING 1 BLOCK FROM AN OFFICE TO AN INTERSECTION AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR I HAD TO PLACE BOTH FEET ON BRAKE PEDAL AND MASH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT A STOP LIGHT. MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE IS 23,000 AND I HAVE TOLD TOYOTA THIS WAS OCCURRING SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CONSISTENTLY HAD TOYOTA CHECK FOR PROBLEMS AND NONE ARE FOUND. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS. THE CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC AND THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. IF YOU WERE DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE AND WERE ON A HILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN YOUR POSITION YOU WOULD BE ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND THE GAS PEDALS, ONE WOULD BE FIGHTING THE OTHER. THAT IS WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE, THE BRAKE FIGHTS THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. BEFORE THE RECALLS THERE WAS ONLY TWO OCCASIONS WHERE MY VEHICLE ACCELERATION MALFUNCTIONED SLIGHTLY. ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2010 I HAD THE RECALL REPAIRS COMPLETED, AND NOW MY VEHICLE ACCELERATION MALFUNCTIONS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR MOVING UP AT A STOP SIGN BECAUSE MY VEHICLE TOOK OFF WHEN I PRESSED SLIGHTLY ON THE PEDAL. THE BRAKES ARE NOW MALFUNCTIONING, WHERE IT DOESN'T STOP UPON PRESSING THE BRAKES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON . SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT A WARNING. SHE HAD TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO BE ABLE TO DECREASE IN SPEED. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY TOLD HER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THEY STILL CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39600.