Toyota Avalon Change Vehicle

"The dealership said there was a power steering leak and I had to replace it and spent $1000"

"I had a leak in the tube that pushes the wheels left or right. It was leaking out of one seal at one end. It was determined this was caused by my pulling the steering wheel all the way to the stops and holding it there. Terrible pressure. Learned"

"slow leak on rack and pinion rubber boot. Dealer wants $1400 to fix but steering not affected yet. Problem has been evident for 2+ years"

"Power steering leak required rebuild, then hose problem was discovered weeks after"

"Dealer wants over $2500 to correct leak"

"rack and pinion leak it needed to be replaced"

"cv axles needed to be replaced along with hoses for leaking and the car had nno power steering"

"Had to replace the hose clamps"

"Power steering reservoir leaked. Easy remedy with power steering fluid sealer"

"Power steering system leaks occurred at hoses and reservoir following replacement of the steering box and linkage replacement. Not a lot of fluid leaked (maybe 3 to 4 drops a day but I can't stand a car the piddles."

"Persistent power steering fluid leak since delivery. Toyota dealer unable to effectively diagnose under warranty. Leak is small enough to ignore and avoid unnecessary aggravation w/dealer."

"Power steering pump was leaking and was replaced."

"very slight leak from PS pump"

"lost all power steering ability"

"Dripped fluids, replaced pump and hoses"

"Had to replace the pump"

"Pump and hose leaked"

"A lot of the parts for the power steering had to be replaced, including the pump."

"Left front strut replaced but needs replacing yet again"

"Winter 2015 was HORRIFIC, potholes resulted in coil spring damage"

"Need to replace rear schocks and struts. Road conditions cause 99% of Alignment and tire problems. Cannot get a good alignment. I give up!"

"Broken strut spring. After market parts not available so must use genuine Toyota parts. Replacement of front strut units are expensive"

"I had to change the struts due to the noise from the car when I drive on a bump"

"Due to driven miles plus additional towed millage behind a motorhome the shocks and struts probably served their design service time for reasonable hasservice and replacement. Excessive tire wear from soft support is the notable problem. Alignment has not been a problem."

"Strut caused a banging noise when front wheel hit a bump which was annoying to me. Strut replacement was required."

"Springs were replace due to normal wear and tear"

"RF Spring completely sheared."

"rack and pinion wear: $2000"

"Fluid leakage"

"Vibration seemed to be related to front end but did not seem to be caused by wheel balance. Felt like gear lash in transmission, but not quite. Regardless, rotated and balanced wheels with no improvement. Two Toyota dealers could not ID the cause"

"boot on rack and pinon failed causing leak. cost to repair is around $1000"

"Had to replace steering system tie rods etc"

"The Steering Column would often drop when driving. Also the front end was "vibrating" and the brakes squeaked"

"needed to be replaced"

"The telescoping mechanism would not lock the steering wheel in place. As such the steering wheel would collapse toward the dashboard from time to time"

"The boots or something like that were worn to almost nothing. I had to replace the struts, the axles and the rack & pinion"

"Replace Rack & Pinion"

"Took car in for alignment, found linkage problem. Shortly after we purchased car as is"

"LEAKS IN RACK AND PINION STEERING. REPLACED AT A COST OF $1,488"

"Dealer found excessive wear on joints"

"Steering rack boot decomposed/ripped and leaking PS fluid"

"The problem was discovered by a maintenance supervisor during routine oil change. I never experienced any driving problems with this car, Because I never experienced a problem with it, I sometimes think that the maintenance supervisor may have wanted a maintenance charge that was not necessary."

"Replaced P/S Rack at 108k, now steering is heavy when turning w/ 203k and roughy 5 years."

"Loose steering resulted from steering linkage needing to be re-fastened to car structure. Its replacement caused power steering leaks that required hose replacement. Neither posed a safety risk prior to replacement but certainly would ;have later."

"Rack and pinion required replacement due to leakage."

"rack & pinion steering assembly developed a leak. I had it replaced."

"had to replace steering system"

"The car always worked perfectly. On advise from my mechanic, after a regular check up, he advised to change the tie rods... advise that I still wonder about..."

"Uneven tire wear. New struts fixed the problem at 90000 plus miles"

"Loud drive noise at all speeds but especially at higher speeds"

"There's a leak coming from the engine and the mechanic won't know the source unless he pulls the engine. I'm not prepared to spend $2000 until the leak becomes heavier"

"My mechanic said the engine is held together with a seal (Like silicone) It has started dripping a little oil but doesn't use oil. He said it is a major repair to fix this leak so I'll live with the leak"

"power steering leak at resevor"

"not sure but had to change some engine coil several times. car engine unsteady as if misfire"

"gasket around timing cover has an oozing type oil leak"

"Minor engine oil seeping. Origin location undetermined so far"

"The timing chain housing is leaking oil"

"There is a significant, but slow, oil leak. It has been inspected by professionals, but they have informed me that they can't know what it is unless they take apart the engine, at the cost of a couple thousand dollars. So, I'm just watching it carefully"

"Oil leak at junction of timing cover, head and block. Requires complete engine removal per Toyota dealer. 17 hour job. Ridiculously expensive, probably won't repair. Leaves oil patch on driveway"

"Gaskets were old and had to be replaced"

"The oil leak was related to the housing for the timing chain, requiring replacement of the housing seals."

"The cost to fix the leak is replacing an engine housing seal for $2,900.00."

"Engine block gasket"

"Display intermittently goes out. Also, recently developed temperature control problems."

"Uniform control of preset temperature settings is not good. Low settings frequently but out warm, not hot or cold air. Problem has been noted during most of cars life and has never been submitted to repair shop or dealer because of expected excessive costs to repair."

"needed recharge refrigent."

"Repair service said evaporator was leaking and responsible for my having no cooler. Subsequent service felt, however, that evaporator was not a problem"

"leaked coolant out of system so had to be replaced"

"Evaporator was causing leaking. The A/C stopped cooling."

"This past winter the air from the heater blows cool until after driving at highway speeds for several minutes and returns cool once speed is slowed down."

"Service people found the leak during routine maintenance"

"Lost all refrigerant which resulted in complete rebuild of climate control system"

"Refrigerant leak disovered behind the dashboard. Too expensive to fix. Toyota dealer recharged system and added a stopleak component. So far it's working"

"Cooling and power steering leaks started. The coolant leak forced a radiator replacement that cost $800. I was quoted $1200 for the power steering fix. I delayed because I did not want to spend the money when I was planning to replace the car. I just add fluid all the time. We will use the CR car buying system sometime in the next 6 months. We will be moving into our newly built home this week. I would be glad to give you survey information"