2006 Toyota Avalon Complaint Log

I PURCHASED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON ON 24 DEC 2005. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHEN I COME TO A STOP, NO MATTER WHAT THE SPEED IS THE RPM WILL REV UP TO ABOUT 2000 RPM. I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME STOPPING THE CAR. IT IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION & DANGEROUS POSITION I AM IN. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOW. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER & THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? *NM

THE FIRST WEEK I OWNED THE CAR I NOTICED A HESITATION IN THE ACCELERATOR FOLLOWED BY A LURCHING FORWARD. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVE BY WIRE SYSTEM AND WOULD ADJUST TO MY DRIVING IN TIME. NO ADJUSTMENT OCCURRED. I CONTINUED TO MAKE COMPLAINTS TO NO AVAIL UNTIL I THREATENED WRITE TO NHTSA. THEY THEN SAID "WAIT, DON'T DO THAT. WE'LL TALK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER TO SEE IF HE HAS A FIX. WITHIN 30 MINUTES THEY HAD RECALIBRATED THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE/ECM (SAE TERM: POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE/PCM). WARRANTY INFORMATION WAS: OP CODE EG7023; DESCRIPTION RECALIBRATE EMC (PCM); TIME 0.9; OFP 89661-#####; T1 26; T2 99. THE RESULTS WERE GOOD ALTHOUGH I SOMETIMES STILL FEEL ALMOST UNDETECTABLE SMALL SURGES WHEN I AM DRIVING AS IF I AM NOT REALLY CONTROLLING THE SPEED WITH THE ACCELERATOR. BY THE WAY, I HAD REPORTED THIS TWICE BEFORE AND WHEN I READ THROUGH ALL OF THE 2006 AVALON REPORTS MINE WAS NOT THERE. ARE THE REPORTS DELETED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME? *TR

I'M AN OWNER OF A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON AND I'M CURIOUS IF THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AS A CAUSE OF THE ACCELERATOR ISSUE? I PURCHASED THIS CAR AS A NEW CAR AND WITHIN 2 WEEKS I RETURNED O THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED. AT THIS POINT IT LAGGED WHEN DOWNSHIFTING OR SEEMED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY SEARCHING FOR THE APPROPRIATE GEAR. I WAS TOLD THAT HE COMPUTER HAD TO LEARN OUR DRIVING STYLE AND THE ISSUE WOULD GO AWAY. IT HAS NEVER GONE AWAY, AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME. I HAVE 60,000 MILES ON THIS CAR. *TR

RE: TOYOTA 2006 AVALON I RECENTLY BOUGHT A TOYOTA AVALON. IT NOW HAS 3800 MILES ON IT. IN THE SECOND WEEK AFTER THE PURCHASE, I WAS DRIVING ON A RAMP TO ENTER A LIMITED ACCESS HIGH WAY. SPEED WAS ABOUT 50 MPH AS I BLENDED IN WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE LANE I WAS IN STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE LANE TO MY LEFT HAD AN OPEN SPACE. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GAIN SPEED AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARD THE LEFT LANE. THE CAR, INSTEAD OF ACCELERATING, APPEARED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL, THE TACHOMETER REACHED ALMOST 7000 RPM, THEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO THE PASSING GEAR AND LEAPED FORWARD. I ALMOST HIT THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, BUT SINCE MY CAR HAD SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE I WAS ABLE TO STEER AROUND AND GET INTO THE LEFT LANE. I HAVE GONE INTO THIS DETAILED EXPLANATION TO DEMONSTRATE THE DANGER, AND POTENTIAL TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT 50MPH THAT THE ??BUILT IN?? HESITATION OF THE 2006 TOYOTA AVALON COULD HAVE CAUSED. AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, GOT THE EXPLANATION THAT THE HESITATION WAS NORMAL FOR 2006 TOYOTA AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I TOLD THE DEALER I DID NOT WANT THE CAR AND WANTED MY MONEY BACK. OF COURSE THAT WAS REFUSED. SO I??M STILL DRIVING A CAR I THINK IS DANGEROUS. I THINKTOYOTA SHOULD MAKE A RETRO FIT TO CORRECT THE HESITATION PROBLEM. *NM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ADJUSTABLE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT LOCK SECURELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

LTR FM (FL) RE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IN HER 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER OVER FIVE TIMES WITHIN IN A SIX WEEK PERIOD. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND THEN SURGE FORWARD WHEN GENTLY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. THE REAR SEAT BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR DIDN'T COME ON AT THE PROPER WEIGHT AS DESCRIBED BY THE SALESMAN. *JB

2006 TOYOTA AVALON SURGED FORWARD AFTER RESETTING CRUISE CONTROL. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE TACHOMETER WENT INTO THE RED BEFORE SHE COULD REACT AND HIT THE BRAKE. AFTER THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO HIT THE BRAKE EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. *JB

2006 TOYOTA AVALON. CONSUMER WRITES TO OBTAIN A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL MAINTENANCE WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED ON HIS VEHICLE. *TGW

2006 TOYOTA AVALON. CONSUMER WRITES TO EXPRESS VIEWS REGARDING TOYOTA INCIDENTS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS SOLD A DEFECTIVE DEMO VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE TIRES DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD PROPERLY AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED RIGHT AFTER THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR. *JB