Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, KENTUCKY, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1088
Model: Avalon
Model Year: 2008
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, inc
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Kentucky
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GSX30L
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING PREMATURELY STIFFENS, AND CONSUMER CAN FEEL GRABBING AT THE FRONT END FOR A SHORT TIME. STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE AT SPEEDS 50 AND OVER. DEALER SAYS ABS COULD BE THE CAUSE.*AK
2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN ON THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. HE CONTINUED DRIVING MOMENTARILY BEFORE THE LOW BEAMS FAILED A SECOND TIME. THE FOG LIGHTS WERE THE ONLY EXTERIOR LIGHTS THAT WOULD FUNCTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
