Avalon News Archive

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...