Oil gushed from engine, leaving a trail from my house to my neighbor's where he noticed the oil on the highway (enough to remain there for two weeks). This was a bulletin, not a recall via toyota. Needless to say I had never heard of the possibility of losing all of the oil. The service department had my car for approximately 4 days and fixed the problem. If I had been speeding down the interstate, the engine could have locked up at a high rate of speed and caused other problems. I'm uncertain as to which bulletin it was, I just lost all of my oil in a matter of seconds!!!!!
2006 Toyota Avalon engine complaints
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On wednesday, april 8th noticed that my car was leaking oil so I went to the service station and filled it with two quarts of oil. I realized there was a serious problem so I put another two quarts in my car and contacted a toyota dealership in lancaster pennsylvania because I was out of town. They informed me that my oil cooling line also known as the vvti line had ruptured and toyota has a new replacement part that is on national back order. Lancaster toyota didn't have the new replacement part however they could put the same defective part that is a known problem back on my car at a cost of $307.09 which would allow me to get home. After getting my car from pa I drove it directly to toyota of bowie and asked them to check my engine for damage. They said he didn't see any damage to my engine. I picked my car up and drove it approximately 3 miles away from toyota of bowie put the car in park & smelled something burning and heard the engine knocking. I lifted the hood and saw oil spurting out and dripping everywhere'..the oil cooling line (vvti line part no. 1570731012) had ruptured again! I had the car towed back to toyota of bowie and as of today 4/28 it is still there. No one will claim responsibility for this defect. Not toyota headquarters, or lancaster toyota.
On wednesday, april 8th I was in the state of new jersey and noticed that my car was leaking oil so I went to the service station and filled it with two quarts of oil. I was on my way home to maryland and had to stop for gas in pennsylvania so I checked the oil level in my car and found that it was very low. At this point I realized there was a serious problem so I put another two quarts in my car and contacted lancaster toyota in lancaster pennsylvania (717‑569‑7373). I explained my situation to them and they told me to bring my car in for service. My service advisor's name at lancaster toyota was ms. Sharon eshelman. Ms. Eshelman informed me that my oil cooling line also known as the vvti line had ruptured and toyota has a new replacement part that is on national back order. Lancaster toyota didn't have the new replacement part however they could put the same defective part that is a known problem back on my car at a cost of $307.09 which would allow me to get home. I picked my car up from lancaster toyota thursday, april 9th and drove it to toyota of bowie to check my engine for damage. On friday they called and said he didn't see any damage to my engine and pick the car up. I drove it directly to my son's doctor's office in crofton, md approximately 3 miles away from toyota of bowie. Put the car in park and smelled something burning and heard the engine knocking. I lifted the hood and saw oil spurting out and dripping everywhere, the oil cooling line (vvti line part no. 1570731012) had ruptured again! I called toyota and informed them of the events and they told me to tow the car back to them. Toyota headquarters in california should recall this part because it is not safe. This part can rupture at any point and time and the oil light does not come on. Please see links http://www.carcomplaints.com/toyota/avalon/2006/engine/complete_loss_of_engine_oil_with_no_warning_light.shtml http://www.aboutautomobile.com/complaint/2006/toyota/avalon.
My wife was driving down the freeway and notices a cloud of smoke trailing from the rear of our 2006 toyota avalon. When she arrives at work she sees oil pouring onto the parking lot surface. There was no warning light or dashboard notice signaling oil pressure loss. We had the vehicle towed to a repair shop where they noted that a rubber hose that presumably circulates engine oil had ruptured. The repair was done that day with parts readily available from the local dealer. When the repair man was conversing with the toyota service manager (a friend), the service manager had never heard of the problem then later changed his story. Rather suspicious.
I had driven about 3 miles at 40 MPH in my '06 avalon with 40,000 mile. There was no warning. My car began smoking from the hood. Oil was leaking, large amount of oil. No oil light came on. No dashboard lights or notification of a problem was indicated. My dipstick show that I have no oil in the car. I just had an oil change recently. I am waiting for my toyota dealer to call me back. I have left 2 messages.
2006 avalon, 70k miles. A hose carrying oil from one part of the engine to another ruptured without warning. The result was a complete loss of engine oil and potentially the destruction of the engine.
A few months ago I brought my car in to toyota on nicholasville with an "oil problem". It had been slowly leaking oil. No oil lights had come on. Then while driving down the road I saw smoke and smelled oil. The vvti oil line was leaking and had sort of "blown up" all over my engine. Needless to say, I was very upset. I went directly to the dealer. It was repaired quickly and I paid almost $500.00 for the repair! I then researched on-line and became aware the vvti oil line leak was a problem faced my many avalon owners. Afterwards I remembered I had purchased "toyota extra care" and free scheduled maintenance. I suppose I should probably file a claim with toyota for reimbursement; but I guess that is another issue! I now remember to tell my service tech before each repair! Now, a few months later, I have the same issue all over again. This time I am extremely upset. I called toyota on nicholasville and was told to bring my car to the dealership right away and they would work me in that afternoon. I did. I knew the problem was the same issue with the vvti line, and realized it would not be repaired that same day. After waiting about two hours, the tech came and spoke with me. He told me it was, once again, a problem with the vvti oil line. Although toyota did have a repair part available, it was a back-ordered part. Dave indicated many people had been waiting for this part and it would probably take as long as 4-8 weeks to get my car repaired. I really thought he was kidding. Finally, he convinced me he was not! I did receive my car back in a week. So far so good. Seems to me this should be a "recall" from toyota. I wish I understood why it was not.
Car started leaking large amount of oil and had to be towed to dealer. No oil light came on. Oil line on engine leaking. Oil covered other parts that had to be replaced. Toyota had no manufacture replacement parts in USA and stated they would have to be manufactured. Manufacture of parts could take 60-90 days. Dealer replaced part with substitute oil line recommended by toyota in order to repair car in a timely manner. Car was covered in oil under car and was not cleaned. Motor could have been ruined had oil leak not been discovered when parking the car. Notice this has been a problem nationally and there has been no recall. Price of non toyota part and repairs was $683.00. This should have been covered in a recall, with all the problems this part is causing.
On a 300 mile road trip. Check engine & oil light came on near end of journey. Drove into dealership next morning & was told oil line ruptured depleting the engine of all oil and now need a new engine. The engine could have seized up while on the highway or caught fire due to oil in engine compartment & undercarriage.
2006 avalon. Dramatic loss of oil. No oil indicator light, no high temp. Some oil left in engine but did not register on dipstick. Oiltube replaced.
Car completely ran out of oil with no warning lights ever illuminating. The car was not drivable and had to be towed. Found out vvti line had tsb (although I had been in the dealership service dept for oil change the month before) the part was being redesigned by toyota and was backordered. Six weeks later ( I still do not have my car), toyota replaced the part and refuses to test the engine for damage caused as a result of car running completely out of oil. Their customer service department assigned us a case number but then no one ever called us back, meanwhile I do not want to accept my car as I feel it is potentially unsafe due the obvious engine damage that had to have occurred since the engine was banging and knocking before I realized what was going on. Toyota refuses to issue recall and has failed at warning consumers and the dealers have failed at doing due diligence in checking the tsb issues when people are in their shops. If I had known this was a potential issue, the engine damage could have been prevented.
1. Without warning, the engine started making whirring noises when in motion and the engine check light illuminated (unbeknownst to me, it was dropping oil. 2. After it was first repaired under warranty, it occurred again. 3. Dealer reported failure of the vvt-I pipe, replacing the pipe, timing chain cover, gaskets, camshaft gear assembly, cylinder head gasket, camshaft bearing, camshaft gear assembly, additional gaskets and bolts.
Vvt oil line failure-as I was driving, I heard a ?whirring? Noise for 1-2 minutes. Then it stopped, and the oil light flashed on and off. I immediately pulled over and checked under the hood, and oil was sprayed all over the engine compartment and there was no oil level indicated on the dipstick. While waiting for a tow truck, a significant amount of the remaining oil drained out under the car. The toyota dealer indicated they had 3 other avalons with the same problem, and parts were backordered. No repair date was promised. From on-line message boards, this is a widespread problem with the 05-06 avalon. Toyota is apparently well aware of this potentially dangerous problem, but has done nothing to proactive repair/replace the line. There is no warning of the problem until it happens, and it may leave the driver and occupants of the car in a potentially dangerous situation.
I went out this morning to warm my car. When I came out to take my son to school all of my oil had leaked out on the ground. I had just went in for a regular oil chg at the toyota dealer. I didn't know what was wrong. I drove the car to the dealer not knowing that my engine could have locked up on me. Luckily I made it to the dealer safely. After looking at my car the toyota rep. Came out and told me that my vvtl line has busted. I was like this is a brand new car. I only had it for 3 years. The rep said that the part is under warranty and it will probably take some weeks before the part comes in. She said that they already had cars there with the same problem that have been sitting for weeks. She said that the part was on back order. I really think that its crazy that toyota have had this many complaints on the vvtl line breaking and have not made they customers aware of it. I am very dissatisfied with toyota, and I think that they need to do a recall on all cars regarding this problem. At least send something out to there customers making them aware of it. The thing is now the part that they are sending out ..will that have a defect in it too? If they are just replacing the same old part what happens when your car isn't under warranty anymore? If it wasn't for my co-worker telling me about this website I would not have known that so many people have had the same problem. This is just so upsetting!
On 2/3/09 while driving to work my check engine light came on. Once I arrived at work I could see that there was oil all over the rear and under carriage of my car. I checked the oil in the engine and it was empty. I had the car towed to the dealership. They told me that the vvti line had broke and all the oil in the engine was gone. The part was on back order for 2 weeks. They could not tell me the extent of the damage to the engine until they take it apart and inspect it. They gave me an estimated bill of $1800 for parts only, not including labor charges. My warranty expired 2,000 miles ago. My car is taken in for regular service. When I called toyota they said they can not help me because the technical service bulletin put out about this part did not include my car, it was for the '05 model not the '06.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota avalon. While driving 70 MPH, the contact heard a strange noise coming from the passenger side of the vehicle. She arrived at her residence and noticed oil leaking from underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that an oil hose had burst. The failure was repaired under warranty. Although the part was available at that time, the contact discovered several complaints regarding this component not being repaired due to the part being on backorder. The failure and current mileages were 70,788. 4/01/09 *nj updated 04/09/09.
I found a huge amount of oil in the driveway after traveling approximately 60 miles to take my 5 year old daughter to school. The oil stick read empty. I immediately added oil so I could take it to the dealership. I made several calls before taking it to the dealership because I had recently had my car serviced at another toyota dealership. When describing the problem the maintenance assistant instantly diagnosed the problem without looking at the avalon. I called two other dealerships and they had the same response. When I got to the dealership they confirmed the problem and at that time told me that the "pipe assembly" part is on national backorder and that they weren't expecting the part until february 16, the date the vehicle was taken in was january 15th. Toyota is taking little to no responsibility for their defective part that is causing undo hardship on toyota's owners. After talking to various avalon dealers, I found that some owners had to have their engines replaced because of the defective part that toyota is aware of that have not informed the public of. Apparently, toyota has been quietly fixing the problem while the vehicles are under warranty and has failed to let the consumers aware of this ongoing deficiency. Now that the part is on national backorder the severity of this problem is being address daily. I am hoping other measures will be taken to fix this problem now that the public is aware of the backorder. I am just glad that I identified the problem before it got worse. This problem could have lead to my daughter and I stranded on hwy 495 in washington dc traffic, on the cold highway waiting for the tow truck to pick us up because the engine locked up. The reason why I'm submitting this complaint is because I spoke, to three dealership, in three different states and each identified this as a problem. Each dealership knew of this defective part and problem.
Car has been fine up until this point. But when starting the car one morning, oil began streaming onto the ground. I filled the car with oil, drove the 2 miles to the repair shop and just under 2 quarts leaked out after that short drive. After they removed the inspection plate, they found no evidence of chaffing but a simply small hole that had developed in the middle section of the vvti oil supply line. They replaced the oil supply line and now the car engine has a lot of clatter at low rpms. I have the old part available for inspection. Car has 63,000 miles on it.
Suddenly oil spurted out from under engine compartment. Took it to dealer who after determining it was a ruptured hi-pressure oil line informed me it was under a service bulletin. They provided a loaner and repaired it without cost after a second day in the shop.
On 12/7/2008 oil came out from bottom of the car. On monday 12/8 I had the car towed to a toyota dealer--after looking at the car I was told it was a failure of something called a vvti oil hose--this part is on national back order by toyota and wont be available until the end of december or mid january (according to toyota)--there is a technical service bulletin about this and I was also told 1748 cars have had the same problem-----why would it take so long to obtain these parts?
Driving car on highway engine starting knocking. Oil light was not on. Next day car ran 1/4 mile and all dash lights came on. Checked oil and there was none in the engine. This was one week after having an oil change and 70,000 mile full service. Towed to dealer. Was told the oil pipe had corroded and broken off. How this happens in a 2 year old car I will never understand. Either a manufacturing or design defect.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota avalon. While driving approximately 70 MPH, another driver warned the contact that something was wrong with his vehicle. He pulled over and discovered that there was no oil in the vehicle. The contact added oil and drove the vehicle to the dealer. The technician diagnosed the failure as being a vvti oil line rupture. The vehicle is currently at the dealer for repair. The failure and current mileages were 48,500.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota avalon. When depressing the accelerator pedal from a dead stop, the engine idles and the vehicle does not respond. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that the failure was possibly due to the emission control. When the contact took the vehicle to a different toyota dealer, they stated that the failure may be due to the transmission. The failure does not occur when traveling uphill. The current and failure mileages were 23,000. Updated 03-25-08 *bf the consumer stated at low speeds the engine revs and after informing the dealer he was informing the federal safety agency the dealer found a fix for the defect. The consumer stated still shifts unevenly. Updated 03/25/08
When entering traffic from the on ramp and with plenty of time under normal conditions my toyota avalon, upon acceleration the engine actually cut out I mean with a serious hesitation that I could not respond to in time. The auto quickly approaching my rear veered into the next lane causing the third car to run off on the shoulder of the road. This is indeed a highly safety problem. I escaped without a scratch to myself or car. This has happened many times before but not to this extent. I took my car back to thompsons toyota in placerville ca 3 times for the same problem and each time they tell me they can't find anything wrong with the acceleration. I have about 10,000 miles on the car now but the problem surfaced less than a week after I bought it. What are my options I need the car and I must drive this safety affected product. The car is ok after you get to 60 MPH. On acceleration from a stop position a 4 cyl. Corolla and honda can perform better, in fact I have a tacoma toyota 4 cyl 1999 with 100,000 mile that also accelerates better than my avalon.
When starting the engine, with the brake depressed and green light on,when the start button is pressed the steering wheel lock will buzz but the engine will not turn over. On other occasions the steering wheel lock will buzz and the engine will fire and then die. This happens at random times. The dealer checked for codes and there are none. Calls to the zone and district offices have offered no solution. The problem has persisted for several months. We do not use the car for trips in fear it will happen and we will be unable to start the car and be stranded a distance from a dealer.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota avalon. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle began accelerating without warning. The contact was unable to slow the vehicle down by engaging the brakes or neutral. The engine shut off on its own. The contact confirmed that the driving mat wasn't the cause of the vehicle accelerating. On three occasions he spoke with lexus, toyota and the dealer. The dealer attempted to diagnose the failure from august 11th to august 13th and could not duplicate the failure. The contact read an article re: lexus 350 es experiencing the same failure. The failure mileage was 6950 and the current mileage was 7295.
On three different occasions, while driving my 2006 toyota avalon xls, I pressed down on the gas pedal to pass another vehicle and the gas pedal continued to depress on its own after I took my foot off of it. I stood on the gas pedal and it took about 5 seconds for the pedal to disengage after accelerating very rapidly. The third time, I had to shut off the ignition. I am afraid to press hard on the gas pedal at this point as it is a very frightening situation. A less experienced driver would get injured. I will not let anybody else drive my car because of this. The dealer had no explanation which I find very disturbing. Help!!
I have a 2006 toyota avalon with ~15,000 miles on it. Intermittently, the car will hesitate on acceleration. This is extremely dangerous as I have almost been rear-ended several times and have had to slam on the brakes, at times, to avoid a side-swipe collision. The delay in input to the accelerator pedal to actual acceleration is 2-4 seconds at times. This is a problem known to toyota. The service department is aware of the problem but describes it as a "characteristic" of the drive by wire throttle system. This is a very dangerous "characteristic" and I'm certain will result in accidents. There are many examples on the "forum" on edmunds.com where owners have expressed the same problem/concern.
When stepping on the gas for a quick acceleration, there is almost a gagging sulfur smell inside the car. This happens when entering the freeway via an on-ramp or just passing another car.
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