1997 TOYOTA AVALON Complaints

MCPHERSON STRUTS ARE LEAKING AND NO LONGER GIVES ANY SUSPENSION. WHEN A BUMP IS HIT FRONT SUSPENSION RATTLES AND SHAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE FRONT SUSPENSION BAR WAS BROKEN CAUSING THE VEHICLE VEERES TO THE LEFT WHILE ON HIGHWAY AND GOES OUT OF CONTROL RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. YH

ON THE AVALON THE TURN SINGLES ARE ON THE SAME CIRCUIT AND GO THROUGA A RESISTOR IN THE EMERGENCY BLINKER SWITCH. THIS RESISTOR FAILED AND LEFT THE CAR WITHOUT TURN SINGLES OR EMERGENCY BLINKER LIGHTS. THIS CIRCUIT SHOULD BE REDESIGNED SO BOTH SYSTEMS ARE NOT INOP AT THE SAME TIME. *AK

THE TAIL LIGHT BULBS BURNED OUT 5 TIMES, CAUSING THE TAIL LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PROBLEM MANIFESTS ITSELF BY RATTLES THAT APPARENTLY ARE ON RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE.

WIND WAS BLOWING WHEN THE TRUNK LID FELL ON TOP OF THE CONSUMER HITTING HER ON THE NECK. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT MOVES WHEN VEHICLE TURNS LEFT OR RIGHT. MOVEMENT IS DISRUPTIVE AND COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. I NOTIFIED TOYOTA OF THE SITUATION AT THE 5K SERVICE AND HAVE ESCALATED THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. REFER TO CASE# 199904211159. I HAVE HAD REPEATED CONVERSATIONS WITH TOYOTA BUT NONE HAVE LEAD TO RESOLVING THE MOVEMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. *AK

REAR SEAT BELT WILL GET TIGHT ON THE CONSUMER WITHOUT THE CONSUMER MOVING, AND ALL THE SEAT BELTS IN THE REAR WON'T WORK PROPERLY. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER, AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINIE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE ABS CONTROLLER FAILED. THIS PART CONTROLLS THE ABS BRAKING ACTION. ACCORDING TO OTHER REPAIR SOURCES IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR THIS PART TO FAIL. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONENT SINCE IT CONTROLS THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTUER OF THE COMPONENT IS BOSCHE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SAFETY BULLETINS THROUGH NHTSA ABOUT THESE PARTS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WHO WERE BOTH CONTACTED WON'T EVEN DISCUSS ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS UNIT. THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER WE PURCHASED IT . THE BRAKES APPEARED TO FAIL CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION.

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IS PUSHED INTO "DECELERATE" MODE, VEHICLE DOES NOT DECELERATE. MUST PUSH SWITCH VERY HARD IN ORDER FOR DECELERATION TO OCCUR. UNLESS A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE IS EXERTED ON THE SWITCH IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU WANT TO COAST, THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WILL ENGAGE INADVERTANTLY.