Avalon News Archive
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2018
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October
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Poorly programmed control units have led to a Toyota airbag recall for 188,000 vehicles from the 2018-2019 model years.
The automaker says the airbag electronic control units weren’t pro...
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July
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Toyota has blamed a musty A/C smell on microbes [i.e., mold] growing o the evaporator surface and now a lawsuit wants them to do something about it.
The plaintiffs claim the vehicles hav...
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June
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Owners who have been hoping to see Toyota pay for damaged to the electrical system by rodents may want to look away.
A judge in California has ruled in favor of dismissing a soy-wiring l...
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2017
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December
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Damage from rodents plus the extra cost of renting a car while waiting for repairs, led to about $16,800 in costs assosciate with soy-based wiring. While an insurance company paid the bulk, a ne...
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2016
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December
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When Toyota switched away from using plastic or glass-based inulation in favor of soy, it invited in some very unwelcome Toyota loyalisits.
According to the plaintiff, she learned the ha...
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September
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It’s been a while since Toyota announced their extended warranty program for melting dashbord in 3.5 million vehicles. So, how are things going?
According to [a] lawsuit, when Toyota fir...
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June
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How hot do you like your seat heater in the winter? If you like it really toasty — as in, with an actual flame — you’ll probably love one of 7,700 Toyota vehicles with seat heaters that catch on...
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April
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The occupant classification system (OCS) in some 2016 Toyotas isn’t doing a very good job classifying occupants:
“(Toyota) says 41,630 model year 2016 Camry sedans and 16,880 model year ...
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2015
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November
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In what must seem like cruel irony to owners who have had issues with unintended acceleration, Toyota’s collision avoidance system is getting confused and randomly activating:
“The pre-c...
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May
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Toyota doesn’t exactly have a sterling reputation when it comes to unintended acceleration.
And so, when Corolla owner Robert Ruginis petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin...
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February
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Like something out of a bad music video, the subwoofers in the 2011-12 Toyota Avalons are catching on fire.
The problem doesn’t have anything to do with how loud you crank the volume or ...
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January
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It’s Friday, so in the immortal words of Loverboy I feel I can say that “everybody is working for the weekend.” That is, unless you’re one of the defective airbags in over 2.1 million vehicles. ...
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One of the automotive world’s worst science projects is coming to an end. Toyota dashboards have [long been known to melt and warp][19] under the heat of the sun. The deformed dashes have also b...
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2014
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November
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A manufacturing error could lead to total steering loss in 5,650 Toyota cars from the 2014 model year.
Toyota says a bolt hole in the left front lower suspension is much bigger than spec...
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September
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Toyota thought the scourge of unintended acceleration was finally behind them. They had, after all, recalled millions of cars, paid hefty fines to the government, entered talks to settle hundred...
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Pop quiz – name two things that don’t mix well because they’re highly combustable. Go ahead, I’ll wait … if you said flammable liquids and sparks you’re absolutely right! Bonus points to anyone ...
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