2013 TOYOTA AVALON Complaints

DRIVING FROM PA TO NC.ON RT13 IN SEAFORD, DE, DRIVING SPEED LIMIT HEARD LOUD BANG. SUNROOF EXPLODED & CRACKED FROM INSIDE.DROVE TO 1ST AUTO GARAGE, THEY SAID WE WERE 2ND TOYOTA THIS WEEK WITH CRACKED SUNROOF. THEY GAVE US A ROLL OF DUCT TAPE, TO GET US THROUGH THE MONSOON. TOYOTA CORP RECOMMENDED GOING TO DEALER FOR EVALUATION AS TO HOW THIS HAPPENED. HAVE TO WAIT 2 DAYS FOR APPOINTMENT. MY OLD AVALON HAS MADE MANY LONG TRIPS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. THIS NEW CAR HAS DEFINITELY NOT BEEN MADE WELL. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN, THE FLOORMAT BECAME STUCK UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PREVENTED IT FROM BEING DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE IN 2014 AND THE REMEDY WAS TO ADD TWO CLIPS TO THE FLOORMAT. ONE OF THE CLIPS WAS FRACTURED DURING THE RECENT FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND THE CARPET SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE CARPET. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,454.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V728000 (FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE). THE RECALL REPAIR REMEDY WAS UNAVAILABLE BEYOND A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE CONTACT WAITED LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V728000 (FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE) AND STATED THAT THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PART DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V728000 (FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V728000 (FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND PERFORMED THE TEMPORARY REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

IN NOV 2015 TOYOTA ISSUED SAFETY RECALL FOR PRE-COLLISON SYTEM ON 2013-2015 AVALONS. SIX MONTHS LATER TOYOTA STILL HAS NO SOLUTION. TOYOTA HAS PCS SYSTEMS IN OTHER CARS SO SOLUTION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.

LETTER FROM SENATOR NELSON ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE THE PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM FOR 2013 TOYOTA AVALON RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SYSTEM NEVER WORKED PROPERLY AND HE NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN 2014. IN LATE 2015, A RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN A VEHICLE TURNED IN THE LEFT LANE AS HE APPROACHED IT, THE PCS INITIATED FIVE OR SIX TIMES, AND TWICE STOPPED THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. *JB

TOYOTA HAS FAILED TO REMEDY NHTSA RECALL: 15V728 WITH A REASONABLE TIME .INTERIM SAFETY RECALL NOTICE WAS IN NOV 2015.

HEADLINER AT SUNROOF COMING DOWN. APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL WHILE DOING ONLINE RESEARCH. JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR USED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND NOTICED THIS PROBLEM TWO WEEKS LATER.