Musty wet smell inside car when heater or air conditioner fan is turned on. Off and on smell of overheated electrical wires.
2008 Toyota Avalon electrical complaints
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I owned a 2008 avolan. It caught fire dec. 7 2009 and burned up. I thought I needed to report this to someone. I don't want this to happen to someone else, and the result could be death. I got hurt bad but I am better now.
My wife was turning off sunrise highway (westbound) onto the wellwood ave ramp. For some unknown reason the engine started to rev very high. She try to stop, using the brakes, but the vehicle would not stop. She then put it into park and the vehicle stopped. While stopped another vehicle hit her in the rear. The main problem here is why did the vehicle's engine start to rev up. When I got to the scene there was a police office there. Both he and I checked the car, I got in, he outside, and when we started the vehicle the tach show ~950rpm. I look at the floor mat and it was in place. The vehicle was towed to toyota. A rep from toyota called my home and spoke to my wife. His very first question to her was do you have other manufacturer's mats in the car. She answered no, the came from toyota. He then proceeded to explain how nothing could be wrong with the vehicle. When he went to toyota to inspect the vehicle he determine the corner of the mat must have been stuck under the gas pedal. I do not believe this is a fair inspection since he said this same thing before he ever saw the vehicle and when the police office and I checked the vehicle the mat was in place. I do not know if there is a problem with the vehicle but I do know that I do not believe toyota gave it a fair and impartial inspection. Also another toyota representative call my home and implied we were trying to get our deductible from toyota. It is remarks like this that make me questions their findings. I don't want anything except the knowledge that he vehicle is safe neither I nor anyone else will experience this problem again.
I own a 2008 toyota avalon which has the push button start in lieu of a key. When stopping on any incline I discovered that unlike the traditional key used for the ignition that it is possibile to stop the car without putting it into park. The key system forces you to put the car into park in order to get the key out of the ignition.. The new one does not. I was distracted by my wife and a new puppy which was about to vomit and wanted out of the car. When I stopped I failed to put the car into park and while we opened the doors the car started to roll and could have caused serious injury.I realize this could happen with the old key system . However, this would have been lot less likely in the "old" key system and I believe the new key less system is therefore a design defect and a seriuos accident waiting to happen. Thank you for listening.
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