Toyota Avalon Change Vehicle

"The screen freezes at random intervals, sometimes separated by weeks, sometimes by hours, and the system then resets and works fine until the next episode. Annoying if using the system for directions at the time. Asked technician about it once, but he said he saw no defect at that time and asked us to film it when it freezes. Haven’t done so."

"After being on and playing radio and using the navigation the screen will freeze up. The radio won't even turn off. After several minutes of pushing icons it freed up only to do it again minutes later"

"Navigation system freezes up frequently on trips, sometimes three times a day. Toyota dealer suggests we take photos or videos to document the problem"

"the display/system reboots"

"The screen was stuck on the "select display options" screen for several months. The problem went away a month or so ago."

"Once a week, but sometimes multiple times in a travel day, the display screen seizes up and resets itself. Has done this for years, but inconsistently. Dealership told us to film it so they could analyze the problem."

"twice the screen has just gone off; the first time it seemed to affect engine operations (i was parked and the car turned off); the second time the car continued running but the screen was useless.)"

"While on a trip the screen froze stopping the radio and navigation system. Turning the radio off and on a few times it restarted the display only to have it freeze again a few moments later. It was still covered under warranty and the dealer fixed it by reloading the computer (so they say), but only after through inspection for rodent damage."

"Occasionally the screen will go blank but return on it's own"

"The screen would reboot as though it was powered off and on again. Fixed by Toyota. Turned out it needed a software update"

"GPS system failed. Dealer replaced under warranty"

"When display seizes up and resets, the screen goes blank while resetting."

"The device interface continually has issues with my IPOD so that it stops working and I have to reset it. A very annoying feature of the system"

"It froze along with all controls for radio. If I restarted the car everything worked again for a short period."

"in accurate routing to desired locations."

"The navigation system volume and display brightness cannot be adjusted while driving without multiple distracting touch entries on the display."

"Not up to date; I haven't read how to update the maps, but it doesn't have all the streets in my town... at least a couple years out of date."

"The system is difficult to use regarding information input and getting timely reliable directions. There is no apparent means of ending a navigation before actually arriving at one's destination."

"Don't use it now. Rely on a smartphone. Poor directions."

"It would shut down then reboot without adjustments"

"At random times all dash controls freeze. Navigation does not work, radio controls do not work. If I turn the engine off and restart, things work again"

"Inability to turn off unit or get accurate directions"

"disappears"

"The GPS software doesn't always provide the best routing and sometimes gives a terrible route. It sometimes takes me a completely out of the way longer route."

"Piece of crap. On occasion it just gets us "NEAR". It's very confusing compared to our Garmin GPS.. We complained to the Toyota service manager - He said " That our old Garmin is 100 times better!!!! Toyota Sales was mum. CR warned us"

"pre-determined GPS addresses will not allow new entries, nor will it allow cancellation of a destination until engine is off and restarted"

"INdicates that there is no phone to pair when there is."

"Sometimes does not recognize phone and sometimes does not understand voice commands"

"There is some kind of a short in the equipment that causes the radio to turn off on its own."

"not connecting to xm"

"software out of date when purchased, address of dealer was their old place, the refused to provide current update without exhorbident fee."

"It doesn't recognize my voice, even when completing the voice training. The entire suite of entertainment electronics is poorly designed, overly complicated, and is a potentially deadly distraction while driving."

"Does not understand voice commands, specifically for calling phone names"

"Mostly with phone"

"We have had trouble using voice commands since purchasing the car. We do not try to use at all"

"Very rigid in what the system can accept. Mistakes commands and is very frustrating to use. I use a Garmin instead which is much more user friendly"

"No matter how we talk - the system does not get what we say half the time. URG! We just quit using it"

"In the winter, cold air comes in around the door handles"

"There was a noise everytime i went into my driveway, slight up hill. Took to dealer and they couldn't replicate. I then went home and turned cell on and video taped the noise They thought they knew what it was, the sunroof. Was not the problem , wouldn't go away. Finally took me with one od the mechanics and we tried to duplicate it by driving up a driveway, no sound. Way back to dealer as we went in the driveway he heard the noise and knew exactly what it was. They fixed it but it took many trips ( I live 45 minutes from dealer) but they stuck with it until they found the problem."

"Heat shield over the muffler loose(probably due to Scar-carrier Transportation;1200 miles from California"

"Suspension rear, clunking noises, engine mounts were loose, caused rattling of exhaust at engine startup. Buzzing sounds, resonance, from center console in vicinity of the storage cubby below the heating controls when driving over coarse roadway surfaces. The car is so quiet that noises normally below detectable levels in a noisier vehicle, are apparentin the Avalon"

"groaning and squeaks"

"Terrible noise in left front of car. Not a constant noise as it sound like wind hitting a loose plastic part. Also changes frequency and noise level based on wind direction and speed of car."

"wind and road noise seem excessive, at times interfering with normal conversation or requiring increasing radio volume excessively"

"When highway driving wind noise is terrible..I need to turn up the up the sound to hear the radio !"

"road and wind noise are more than a upscale vehicle should have"

"wind noise sound I do knot know where"

"The blower motor fan has gone out twice on my 2015 Avalon. Both times, it would work sporadically before it went out totally. I took the car in to tell them it's going out. Until it went out totally, very inconvenient, they wouldn't fix it or see if there was a problem. In fact, it went out the first time on a trip. Not happy with Toyota On this issue."

"Insufficient heat for feet"

"Either there was a gradual leak in the refrigerant or it was never topped off at the factory. The dealer replenished the refrigerant and then leak checked it a month or so later and found that it was holding fine"

"AC did not function at all. Dealer did a fan repair, but car had to be returned since there was a coolant leak and a line had to be replaced"

"It was under warranty and it required overnight repair, but they finally located and fixed the leak. I think the car was delivered with the leak."