2006 TOYOTA AVALON Complaints

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON MY VEHICLE BUT WAS ABLE TO LOCK UP THE WHEELS IN GRAVEL TO KILL THE ENGINE. NO ACCIDENT RESULTED. I WANT TO INFORM THE INVESTIGATION GROUP THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT FLOOR MAT, ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR ANY OTHER EXCUSE THAT TOYOTA AND THE EX NHTSA EMPLOYEES THAT HIRED TO COVERUP THE REPORTS. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE ELECTRONIC CONTROLS. TOYOTA HAS A MULTITUDE OF ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS. *TR

2006 TOYOTA AVALON - DURING FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, VEHICLE ENGINE REVVED STRONGLY WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE WHILE GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE IT WANED TO GO 60 MPH OR MORE AND LEACHED, BUT I WAS ABLE TO STOP IT BY PRESSING HARDER ON THE BRAKE.THIS HAPPENED ON 2 OR 3 OCCASIONS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS JUST NOT USE TO THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL TOGETHER, BUT I HAD SERIOUS DOUBTS. I NOW REALIZE I WAS EXPERIENCING THE CURRENT PROBLEM. IT ONLY HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF DRIVING AND HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME SINCE. I DOUBT THIS WAS DUE TO A STUCK PEDAL, BUT SOME ELECTRONIC ISSUE IS AT FAULT (PERHAPS THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM). *TR

THE FIRST WEEK I OWNED THE CAR I NOTICED A HESITATION IN THE ACCELERATOR FOLLOWED BY A LURCHING FORWARD. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVE BY WIRE SYSTEM AND WOULD ADJUST TO MY DRIVING IN TIME. NO ADJUSTMENT OCCURRED. I CONTINUED TO MAKE COMPLAINTS TO NO AVAIL UNTIL I THREATENED WRITE TO NHTSA. THEY THEN SAID "WAIT, DON'T DO THAT. WE'LL TALK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER TO SEE IF HE HAS A FIX. WITHIN 30 MINUTES THEY HAD RECALIBRATED THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE/ECM (SAE TERM: POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE/PCM). WARRANTY INFORMATION WAS: OP CODE EG7023; DESCRIPTION RECALIBRATE EMC (PCM); TIME 0.9; OFP 89661-#####; T1 26; T2 99. THE RESULTS WERE GOOD ALTHOUGH I SOMETIMES STILL FEEL ALMOST UNDETECTABLE SMALL SURGES WHEN I AM DRIVING AS IF I AM NOT REALLY CONTROLLING THE SPEED WITH THE ACCELERATOR. BY THE WAY, I HAD REPORTED THIS TWICE BEFORE AND WHEN I READ THROUGH ALL OF THE 2006 AVALON REPORTS MINE WAS NOT THERE. ARE THE REPORTS DELETED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME? *TR

THIS EVENT OCCURRED TWICE DURING ROUTINE DRIVING. MY 2006 TOYOTA AVALON SEEMED TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY STRAIGHTENING THE STEERING WHEEL OUT AFTER A TURN. *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA AVALON THAT HAD A DEFECTED OIL PIPE. MY CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL DUE TO THIS DEFECT, WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND NEW OF THE DEFECT IN AVALONS AND CAMRYS AT THAT TIME THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER FOR 3 WEEKS. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO OWN A AVALON 2006 TO 2009 HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I REPORTED IT TO TOYOTA CORPORATE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON SAID THEY WER NOT AWARE OF AN ISSUE. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER PRIOR TO BRING THE CAR IN THEY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS WHEN I DESCRIBED WHAT THE CAR WAS DOING. AT THAT TIME I DID NOT KNOW WHO TO REPORT THIS DEFECT TO. *CN

WHEN SLOWING MY 2006 AVALON FOR TURN, SPEED BUMP, ETC. AND THEN ACCELERATING THERE IS OFTEN A LAG IN THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGING AND WHEN IT DOES THE CAR LURCHES. I HAVE COMPLAINED MANY TIMES TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS ABOUT THIS SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. AFTER A YEAR OR SO 1 DEALER SAID THAT TOYOTA HAD ISSUED AN ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE WHICH THEY PERFORMED. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A WHILE BUT HAS RETURNED. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT RECALLS AND STORIES ABOUT POSSIBLE ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS I WANTED TO ADD MY STORY TO THE LIST. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE LAG IN TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN, ESPECIALLY IF IT WORSENS. FURTHER, THE ONLY WAY I KNOW ABOUT THIS LATEST RECALL IS THROUGH THE NEWS - TOYOTA HAS NOT NOTIFIED ME DIRECTLY. THIS MAKES THE THIRD RECALL ON THIS CAR - FLOOR MATS, VVT-I OIL HOSE AND NOW ACCELERATOR! NEEDLES TO SAY - I AM NOT HAPPY WITH MY PURCHASE AND WILL SERIOUSLY TRY TO CONVINCE MY WIFE TO TAKE OUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE IN THE FUTURE! *CN *TR

THIS IS JUST TO PASS ALONG TO YOU THAT I TOO HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT ODD SENSATION OF MOMENTARY ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING, BUT WHILE LETTING OFF THE ACCEL PEDAL. ON THE HANDFUL OF OCCASSIONS WHEN IT HAS TAKEN PLACE, I BELIEVE I WAS ALWAYS DRIVING IN HEAVY STOP-AND-GO FREEWAY TRAFFIC. ALMOST FROM THE FIRST DAY I LEASED THE CAR, I HAVE COMPLAINED TO FRIENDS THAT I THOUGHT MY ELECTONICALLY-CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION WAS "TOO SMART"--THAT IT THOUGHT IT KNEW BETTER HOW TO DRIVE THE CAR THAN I DID. I HAVE A FEATHER TOUCH IN MY DRIVING STYLE, AND I HAVE NOT LIKED HOW THE TRANSMISSION IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WANTS TO BE SHIFTING UP OR DOWN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. NOW, WITH THE RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE, I AM WONDERING IF THE ISSUE IS BROADER AND COULD BE PART OF THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ISSUE? *CN

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. *CN

SEPT. 27, 2009, I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 TOYOTA AVALON INTO MY GARAGE AT A SLOW SPEED. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE, THE CAR ACCELERATED CAUSING ME TO DRIVE INTO THE WORKBENCH, BRAKING IT AND SOME WALLBOARD BEHIND IT AS WELL AS DAMAGING THE CAR BEFORE THE CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH OVER ROUGH SURFACES, BUMPS OR POTHOLES AND TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. HE STATED THAT IT FELT AS IF THE BRAKES WERE RUBBING METAL-TO-METAL; HOWEVER, THE BRAKES RESPONDED NORMALLY AFTER HE DROVE OVER THE ROUGH OR BUMPY SURFACE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 TIMES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.