Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. After briefly tapping the accelerator pedal, the vehicle made a loud abnormal noise and experienced a brief period of unintended acceleration. As a result, the contact struck a palm tree at 5 MPH. There were no warning indicators illuminated prior to or after the failure. The vehicle had to be towed from the scene of the crash and taken to the dealer where it could not be diagnosed. An independent mechanic repaired the vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.
2011 Toyota Avalon electrical complaints
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The passenger and rear door locks do not open with the remote key nor with the door-lock switch on the driver's door. The passengers could not enter the car. Their door had to be unlocked manually from inside the vehicle. This is a safety issue if the passenger doors need to be opened quickly from the outside. The problem disappeared after about one week. The problem started again late last month. The toyota dealer diagnosed the problem as an open circuit in the junction block and replaced the block. They stated that the full cost of the repair was over $1000, but only charged me $120.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 15v047000 (electrical system) and stated that the part needed was not available within a reasonable timeframe to schedule the recall repair. The technician disconnected the subwoofer as a temporary remedy. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer was contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v047000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number:15v047000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not provided.
I brought my vehicle into a toyota garage on 4/13/15 for the safety recall on the rear sub-roofer. At that time, no replacement parts. Subsequently, I had the sub-roofer disconnected. I just called 7/9/15, almost 3 months later and still no replacement parts. Lousy customer service on the part of toyota motor sales.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v047000 (electrical system). The vehicle was taken to a dealer who disconnected the sub woofer as a temporary remedy due to the part not being available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v047000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceed a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. While at a stop light, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle accelerated and lost power. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to multiple dealers who were unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v047000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The failure mileage was 15,000.
On 3/25/15 the front passenger door locked and could not be unlocked with fob or switch on drivers door. After about 5-10 minutes it unlocked. Since then they same thing has happened to both rear doors at same time. When hitting the unlock button on fob the door beeps several times, but does not unlock. I gave up trying to unlock it and went to my next destination. After coming out, the rear door unlocked normally. I never know now when the doors will unlock, and am afraid I will get totally locked in or out at some point. I have an appt. On thursday at toyota to have it checked out. Hopefully they can find the cause. I have read online that it could be a fuse, bad relay or wiring issue. We shall see what they say.
Occasionally, the vehicle will not lock when I use the fob or use the drivers manual locking switch on the door. This is happening when I exit the vehicle. I hit the fob lock button and the car beeps once, but the front drivers door does not lock, and the door lock does not move to a locking position, it stays in the unlocked position. When I hit the lock button on the fob, the car beeps 8 times and still does not lock. In order to lock the car, I have to enter the front passenger door and manually lock the front drivers door. The problem occurs about once per week. It started about a year ago.
February 25, 2014, I arrived for my 2 p.m. Doctor's appt and drove very slowly into a parking space. I was constantly braking because the toyota avalon sport 2011 has lots of low trim in the front of the car and I did not want to scratch the car. I kept my foot on the brake, stopped the car, then opened the door to check the white line to see if I was in my parking space. Then, the motor began accelerating very rapidly. Before I could turn the engine off, the car lunged forward and I felt like I was airborne. Within seconds, the car hit the very tall heavy metal and glass doors of the doctor's office and stopped. The car was covered with glass. The metal doors of the office were damaged. Please note, the airbags did not deploy. The entire front of the car: grill, headlights, fenders and hood were damaged. Thankfully no one was injured.
The passenger and rear door locks do not open with the remote key nor with the door-lock switch on the driver's door. The passengers could not enter the car. Their door had to be unlocked manually from inside the vehicle. This is a serious personal safety issue if you have an emergency and need quick entry for any reason...storm, fire, explosion, personal attack. The toyota dealer could not find a cause.
I have checked my odometer reading and found it to be approximately 3% under actual. According to toyota, the odometer may vary from eight to 10 percent, which is within department of transportation (dot) tolerances. They also state that if the odometer is reading low then the speedometer will also be reading low at or about the same percentage. I have driven many other cars and have a habit of checking both my odometer and speedometer readings for accuracy. This is the first car that I ever owned where the readings are this inaccurate. Is toyota's comment regarding dot tolerances correct? Within this amount of inaccuracy, I find this to be a safety concern especially during highway driving. Is toyota allowed to adjust the electronics that drive the odometer and speedometer to improve the accuracy? They say that they are not allowed to make any corrections to the system. Has this problem been previously report?
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 lexus rx350 (na). The contact stated that when the rear door was opened, the chime did not indicate that door was open while the contact was reversing out of the garage; the vehicle door crashed into the garage door and was damaged. The dealer stated that the vehicle was not equipped with a warning chime. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that someone from the design department would contact him. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 1,300.
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