While accelerating merging onto the highway, car's accelerator stuck "to the floor", car continued to accelerate to 80mph until the driver was able to physically lift the pedal with the side of her foot. Brought car to repair center where no cause was found. Problem has not occurred since initial incident.
1998 Toyota Avalon transmission problems
11 complaints (6% of all complaints for this car).
- owner complaints
- 11
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Automatic transmission4
- Automatic transmission: gear position indication (PRNDL)2
- Manual transmission1
- Automatic transmission: torque converter1
- Automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift1
- Automatic transmission: control module (TCM/PCM/tecm)1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Toyota Avalon transmission problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1998 Toyota Avalon owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Automatic transmission failed at 69,500 mark. Ook car into dealer and thought it was noisy brakes. Rove about 100 more miles and something broke. The transmission almost seized, could of caused an accident.
Transmission slipped into and out of gear while travelling creating an unsafe condition.
While driving consumer heard noise coming from underneath the hood. Took vehicle to the dealer for analysis, and mechanic noticed that transmission needed to be replaced due to oil and coolant mixed in together.
While my usual mechanic was performing preventive maintenance on the automatic transmission at 64,500 miles, he discovered a large, bent bolt in the transmission fluid pan which was not there when the transmission was last serviced at 39,000 miles. He did not note any metal shavings, etc. And the car runs fine. He was not able to determine where the bolt came from. However, this is an obvious concern and I would like to know what toyota has to say about it and whether it is likely to cause a transmission problem or failure.
While sitting in the vehicle it suddenly began to roll backwards, as a result the vehicle dropped over an embankment rolled over once and came to rest up right, possible transmission failure(kentucky uniform police traffic collision report). Nlm
Vehicle has continually experienced sudden acceleration, with minor damage to body due to incidents of loss of control. Mjs
Traction control system performing poorly causing the "skid" light to come on and the vehicle to stall.
Computer failure caused the check engine light to comes on and goes off repeatedly. Yh
Brakes squeaking. Yh
Questions about the 1998 Toyota Avalon transmission
Does the 1998 Toyota Avalon have transmission problems?
Owners have filed 11 complaints about the transmission of the 1998 Toyota Avalon, 6% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1998 Toyota Avalon transmission problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1998 Toyota Avalon transmission?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Toyota Avalon have bad transmission?
The Toyota Avalon model years with the most transmission complaints are 2006 (52 complaints), 2005 (33 complaints) and 2007 (23 complaints).
Other 1998 Toyota Avalon problems
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