Toyota Avalon

"High beams burned out prematurely. They are rarely used, but have burned out several times in the last 5 years."

"Running light bulb has shattered twice"

"Third brake light was found inoperative during state inspection. Light is LED, and cost $319.00 to replace, which requires removing rear seat for access"

"daytime running lights burning out. Manual only tells me to take it to a dealer. $85"

"The tail lights went out"

"Toyota issued a notice of problem and offered to fix the high beams which explode. The offer was made o a previous owner. I bought the Avalon as a certified car and didn't know about the defect and wasn't notified by Toyota or the Dealer that it was defective. They refused to fix it because the time period of the notice had expired. I was not notified ever and they refused to fix it.offered"

"Had to replace bright light bulb because it was burned out"

"High beams wouldn't come on. Relay repaired quickly"

"Headlights had to be completely replaced. Covered under special warranty"

"go on and off intermittently"

"There was a service notice before I bought the car. It was for the high beams exploding and required a complete new headlight system."

"Balast in head lights fail causing head light or lights to go off. Turning the lights off and on again will work temporarily but not permanently."

"High beam lights do not come on"

"Moisture buildup in the passenger side headlight"

"The replacement bulb is expensive by itself, but to actually replace it the mechanic has to loosen and drop the bumper to gain access to the socket. Quite a bit of shop time to replace a headlight"

"One of the headlights wouldn't work on the second day after purchase. When we took it back to the dealer, it was working. This went back and forth several times until my husband finally said replace it . . . at the cost of $300+"

"headlight failure on one side and due to electrical issues had to replace both sides under warranty"

"Original installation was on recall list and covered by warranty"

"Cost $225 to replace burned out bulb"

"Cooled seats stopped working when the AC stopped. Heated smelled like something was burning, so we stopped using them."

"Rear interior back-up light replacement failed. Costs 350.00 to replace"

"Left rear door lock actuator failed"

"Electronic door locks fail to unlock doors other than driver door"

"Waste of money. Has very short range, usually does not work"

"low tire light stays on can't reset"

"the rear brake light in the window is out. You must take out the back seat completely to get to it. The light itself costs less than $20. The labor to replace the light is over $250.Nearly impossible for a senior citizen like myself to fix at home. This light must be working in order to pass state inspection. Both things are ridiculous. If I did not have the light in the back window my car would pass but since it is included in this model I must get it fixed, Why would you put a light in and cover it with the back seat and require it to be working for a state inspection even if not needed."

"Nearly all warning lights (except washer fluid level) suddenly came on last year. I am told this is some kind of computer sensor, which costs around $200, which we chose not to have replaced."

"Warning lights kept coming on after the car was checked. It was determined that the sensor was defective"

"I cannot reset the tire pressure indicator"

"Wiper blades were out of synch and the blades would cross and break."

"The multi-disk CD player ceased to function properly. It would not accept new disks or release disks previously installed. I finally was able to expel the previously installed disks and have not used the CD player since."

"The 2010 nav system requires using a clunky multifunction mechanical pushbutton to select entries. it has never worked easily, and after 8 years it often doesn't register when pushed. It is the one really poor design in an otherwise first rate vehicle."

"Lousy control panel design that can accumulate dirt causing erratic curser control. Replaced twice. Toyota does not want to pay for the third replacement. The overall use interface is clunky."

"System at times does not respond to input, or responds improperly"

"difficult to read from the beginning. after five years it stopped working. it wasn't worth the cost to have it replaced. I bought a Garmin"

"After they did a recall service to replace the dashboard, The GPS failed to operate correctly. A Toyota specialist finally diagnosed and found the problem (a loosened wire connector) but it took over 4 months to get it corrected. Still - they didn't charge me - a plus for them"

"Whenever the car is started there is a warning message not to use the gps while the vehicle is in motion. The rotary knob that is used to highlight information on the navigation screen and is then pressed to select it would randomly stop working. The problem is that the radio and air conditioning data are also displayed on the navigation screen. If the knob stops working then the air conditioning and radio cannot be used either. The car was bought certified pre-owned and the warranty covered the repair. Both the control unit and the screen were replaced; the estimated cost would have been $1200."

"The system is useless. It is not touch screen and very difficult to operate. I bought an aftermarket Garmin for $150 that was much better and more reliable"

"Has never been completely reliable. It can suddenly change your position to another city or even another state. You have to get to a know location and recalibrate. I now use my smartphone for GPS over the car. It is reliable and has voice instruction"

"The Navigation Control System (inverted mouse) has been replaced twice. Contacts wear out requiring many attempts to get the 'cursor' to move up/down/left/right. Expensive to replace"

"Very cumbersome. Does not work well, waste of money when you can get much better navigation on your cell phone"

"c Can not use ok button"

"This system is too complicated to use and way to expensive for what it does"

"The navigation input keypad needed to be replaced as it was faulty"

"Can not hear anything through the phone pairing"

"Complexity of connecting instructions resulting in incomplete installation"

"Had to replace the Antenna assy, and the sat radio antenna.."

"Mid reconizes som words"

"Leak was covered by extended warranty $1800"

"Leak"

"I didn't experience any problems. When I was at the dealership for an oil change, they said the power steering lines had some rust and the boot needed to be replaced."

"I have Michelin's all around but steering is a bit heavy. I don't recall it being that way before. I expect to take car in soon to have that looked at. May be due to replacement tire size having tread size larger than original as well"

"I'm not sure power steering linkage is the same as the lines and hoses. I explained the problem in the last description box."

"Rack had to be replaced at 60000 miles. Wouldn't pass state safety inspection."

"Dealer said the rack was leaking and needed to be replaced. So it was replaced and an alignment done"

"Damage due to hitting rock in road from construction project. Blew a tire as well..constr. co. replaced tire. Car itself, aside from a not user friendly GPS system is almost flawless"

"The rack and pinion assembly was leaking and had to be replaced. Expensive repair."

"I am not mechanical enough to sufficient subscribe. But no warrant and quite expensive"

"Right front bearing became very noisy, and had to be replaced, a fairly expensive repair"