2005 TOYOTA AVALON Complaints

NOTICED OIL PUDDLE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR WHEN VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS OLD AND STILL UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. TOYOTA DEALER REPLACED OIL LINE HOSE. VEHICLE HAD SAME LEAK APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER AND HOSE WAS REPLACED AGAIN. NOTICED OIL LEAK AGAIN WHEN VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. THIS TIME WAS TIMING COVER LEAK. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY AND REFERRED TO SOME TSB CONCERNING TIMING COVER LEAK. CONTINUED TO HAVE PERIODIC LEAKS ATTRIBUTED TO LOOSE CONNECTIONS. AT 95,000 MILES TIMING COVER LEAKING AGAIN. DEALER REPAIRED, BUT NO WARRANTY SERVICE. COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA WHY NO RECALL AND HAVING RECURRING PROBLEM WITH TIMING COVER. TOYOTA STATED THEY WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH $1,000 CHECK TO ASSIST IN COVERING THE $1853.53 DEALER REPAIR CHARGE UPON SUBMITTING PAID INVOICE TO THEM. NOTED THAT A MAJORITY OF 2005 AVALON OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, BUT NO RECALL FROM TOYOTA. WHY NOT? *TR

I HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENCES OF MY CAR SURGING IN MY TOYOTA AVALON. I WOULD PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP BUT WOULD SURGE FORWARD. AT FIRST THIS DIDN'T SCARE ME AND I GOT A LITTLE USED TO IT ACTUALLY SO THAT I THOUGHT I COULD HANDLE IT. BUT IT KEPT GETTING WORSE. I DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN IOWA CITY AND CEDAR RAPIDS A LOT. I WOULD ALWAYS USE CRUISE CONTROL. I WOULD SAY IT HAPPENED TO ME 10-15 TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY. I REMEMBER COMING VERY CLOSE TO REAR ENDING SOMEONE WHEN I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO EXIT BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE EXPERIENCED AN EXCESSIVE PULSATION IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) IN JUNE OF 2010. THE FAILURE RECURRED RECENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THERE WAS ALSO A DEFAULT WITH THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ...UPDATED 05/22/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REBUILT. UPDATED 06/14/2013 *JS

THE STEERING WHEEL FRICTION LEVER SUDDENLY DROPPED AND THE STEERING WHEEL COLLAPSED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION (NORMAL SPEED). PLUS, THERE IS A POPPING, CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL THAT YOU CAN HEAR AND FEEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR

FRONT AXLE OF THE CAR BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENTIRE WHEEL CAME OFF WITH THE AXLE CONNECTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA AVALON EQUIPPED WITH YOKOHAMA ASCEND TIRES, SIZE P205/60/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT VIBRATE PRIOR TO THE TIRES BEING CHANGED. THE CONTACT HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AGAIN AFTER THE CHANGE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,086. UPDATED 08/20/12 *BF UPDATED 08/20/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD CRACKED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE DASHBOARD CRACK INITIATED IN THE AIR BAG AREA AND SPREAD ACROSS THE DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A WARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,500. UPDATED 8/23/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE VIEW MIRROR WAS FOGGED INTERNALLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE FOG FROM THE MIRROR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THE FAILURE WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE MIRROR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 05/24/12 *BF

2005 TOYOTA AVALON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULTY WITH OXYGEN SENSOR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED WHEN NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE STEERING COLUMN HAS BEGUN MAKING A RATHER NOTICEABLE "CLACKING" NOISE WHEN TURNING. IT CAN BE BOTH HEARD AND FELT IN THE WHEEL. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS, AND TOYOTA HAS PUT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN (#00206, NHTSA # 10019669)FOR REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WANTS $930 TO REPAIR IT IF OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY'RE CLAIMING IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT A STEERING WHEEL THAT MAKES NOISES YOU CAN HEAR (AND FEEL) DOESN'T SEEM ALL THAT SAFE. *TR