Toyota Avalon Change Vehicle

"Front right break was overheating and dragging. Sloane Toyota replaced caliper and rotor."

"Calipers and disks locked up."

"Front caliper "frozen", rear sway bar " bushings torn." Sway bar bushings needed replacement"

"worn out - had to be replaced"

"Front right brakes were frozen. MAde the car feel like the wheel was coming off"

"broken, out of alignment caliper led to early uneven brake wear and $2000 to replace"

"Caliper on left front wheel locked and prematurely damaged the brake pads on two separate occasions"

"There is a brake fluid leak down by the wheels. It is a slow leak."

"Normal wear identified during routine service."

"While getting my car checked out at my tire store, I was told my brakes were wearing out and would probably need replacing in the next 2000 miles so I had them done."

"Required full front and rear brake replacement."

"Front brakes replaced."

"Brake pads fell off"

"Have replaced various brake components over the life of the car. Most recently, replaced RR caliper, brake pads, & resurfaced rotor at 259,801 miles"

"Replacement was routine. Completed at Toyota dealership"

"The breaks were replaced 3 years ago and started having problems with them again. They weren't acting right and causing a grinding noise when I stopped. Took it in and the calipers, rotors and brake pads all needed replaced."

"Brakes did not flash wear warning causing premature rotor wear with grinding/squeaking and damage"

"The premature brake wear was on the second set of brake pads installed on the vehicle, and I believe the premature wear problem was due to the fact the installation shop (non-Toyota) did NOT clean the rotor mating surfaces before installing the rotors thus creating a rotor misalignment wearing both the rotors AND the brake pads prematurely !!"

"I'vew owned the car for 11 years and from 38,000 to 180,000 miles and I have had difficulty with wheels vibrating or wobbling nearly all of the time. Today it seems to be coming from the right rear tire but mostly it has been related to not being properly balanced, (I think). It has always been a problem especially at highway speed, 60-70 mph. Makes me crazy."

"Replacing the front brakes solved this problem."

"Calipers locked up."

"Worn out - had to be replaced"

"rotors required replacement due to someone not following proper torque requirement"

"rotors do not lkast as long as previous cars I have owned"

"first brake job at 160000 miles cost $800 including rotors up front. Who's complaining. But four months later got rotor shudder. Still not complaining"

"On the second set of brake pads and rotors installed on this vehicle two of the rotors wore far more quickly than they should have. The shop (non- Toyota) turned the rotors to "true them up" but I feel the shop should have cleaned the mounting mating surfaces before installing the rotors. Otherwise, the 2003 Toyota Avalon is THEE most reliable vehicle I have ever owned in 55 years !!"

"Squeaking brakes, with several brake repair jobs, and squeak persists"

"The brake caliper got stuck and made a terrible squeaking/grinding noise"

"Check engine light was on. I replaced the gas cap, then the dealer replaced the new gas cap and charged me $40, and the light did not go off. Dealer estimated > $1000 to fix it. Good mechanic fixed it for $250. This is an area for dealer over-selling"

"Check engine light came on. After market gas cap not sealing. Didn't know I had an after market gas cap. Never had it replaced. $108 for Diagnostic check plus $33.24 for new cap. Total $141.24. Toyota Dealer"

"needed new one"

"The car started idling at 2-3000 RPM on startup and would not slow down. It could be braked to a stop but continued to pull against the brakes and smelled of overheating. It was towed to the dealer and they replaced a "control motor" at a cost of a"

"Engine light came on. Did diagnostics that pointed me to Oxygen sensor failure. Replaced it with no noticeable problem thought the entire process. Toyota provided adequate On board diagnostics."

"Apparently it was a faulty switch"

"One of the oxygen sensor failed causing the engine light to turn on. No noticeable change in engine performance."

"The check engine light came on and the diagnosis was the o2 sensor. It was replaced"

"The check engine light came on in the dash. I brought it into a Toyota dealer to have checked. They changed a sensor total $447. I feel that this was an outrageous cost for what they did"

"check engine light on, was difficult to diagnose the individual problem"

"Three of them had to be replaced at different times. Each time it was about $800 to do. The biggest expense that I have had in the 13 years I have owned the car"

"Sensors required replacement. (When they "went out" the engine light plus other dashboard lights turned on.)"

"O2 sensor was replaced last month; mechanic advised that I stop using unleaded regular (87) and use premium unleaded gas instead to prevent damage to O2 sensors"

"This is the second time for this problem. The first occurred around 60,000 miles"

"One of them needed replacing"

"Needs to be replaced"

"Replace two O2 sensors"

"check engine light, replaced O2 sensor this year and 2 other in previous years"

"Took car to be serviced because the check engine light was on and they said the O2 sensor needs replacing"

"Both of the AF sensors and the O2 sensor have failed within two months"

"Service light indicator went on. Mechanic replaced the Heater O2 Sensor, Bank 1, Side 1 for $325"

"Up line sensor was replaced due OB computer code. Same code still spears with new code. Engine light still on after OB computer being cleared twice"

"'check engine' light came on; it cost me $500 to replace a sensor or solenoid that caused it"

"Rear O2 sensor failed"

"Oxygen sensor malfunction and car failed the emissions test and this resulted in very expensive repair!"

"Original OEM Rear shocks needed replacement. First issue and they were replaced within the week of being diagnosed."

"The ride/handling became more "mushy" than I was comfortable with. Since I plan to let my grandson use the car, I decided to have the struts replaced."

"rear shocks need replacing"

"Leaking shock"

"clunking suspension has been an issue for years. Poor design ."

"Will not buy another Toyota due to poor strut design. Struts noise started at 40K miles and even after 1000.00 repairs started again. My 1997 Camry did same thing"

"Replaced after more than 100000 miles"

"Rattle in rear of car while driving, thought by mechanics to be due to rear struts; struts replaced, but rattle persists, and brake problem caused by damage done by replacing the struts, entailing a brake repair job"

"I have to replace them for the 4 wheels"

"Replaced rear sway bar bushings @ 240,000 miles"

"Could hear on back end that shocks were bad. had new ones installed"

"Found upon inspection ( annual)"

"Issues diagnosed before any major problems arose. Strut/Coil assemblies, camber bolts installed, four-wheel alignment completed 4/24/2018 at 76,282 miles. Mechanic stated that the coils' mileage expectancy should have been longer, but this failure is not entirely unusual."

"Worn torsion bar linkage"

"right bar rear needed replacing"

"Rack and pinion steering assembly was repaired to include replacing the power steering pump at about 102,000 miles"

"I have fought with the front end since I bought the car. The tires would go out of balance. It was straightened out with new tires a year ago, the I had difficulty with the rear tires going out of balance. It has been OK since I replaced the rear tires 6 months ago. I think all of the tires may pick up stones from my driveway causing them to go out of balance."

"Have had this problem with vibration in steering wheel for past several years and garage staff can not solve what is causing it. I will be trading or selling it out right in the year. I will be looking at a new Avalon as the problem only developed a"

"rt passenger tire control arm did not function to keep tire stable"

"Right rear wheel bearing; replaced"

"Replace both rear hub/wheel bearing assemblies due to noise caused by failure"