Major Problems with 2009 Toyota Avalon Derived from Complaints & Recalls

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Worst 3 complaints of 2009 Toyota Avalon

2009 Toyota Avalon AIR BAGS Victims: 2 Mileage: 237000 miles

2009 Toyota Avalon VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Victims: 1

2009 Toyota Avalon ACCELERATOR PEDAL Victims: 1

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Problems with EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL and STEERING are the most frequent issues recorded by the NHTSA from Toyota Avalon owners.

Problem Category	Number of Problems
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2009 toyota avalon xls [xxx] in service 10/31/2008 mileage at failure unknown but less than 42 000. both high beam...	23 ~ 63166 miles
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL after passing a car and speeding up from 90km per hour to 120 km i took my foot off the...	16 ~ 12431 miles
STEERING tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact stated that when he made a turn on an uphill surface...	14 ~ 41806 miles
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM accelleration of vehicle. *tr...	9 ~ 63613 miles
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC purchased 2009 avalon in feb. 2009. about 3 weeks after purchase i was pulling out of a parking lot into...	5 ~ 1048 miles
AIR BAGS after sitting in front passenger seat general air bag light came on and light for passenger airbag indicates "off". reference...	4 ~ 92900 miles
VISIBILITY/WIPER today 16 june 2014 i cannot drive at night no headlights functioning. i purchased a 2009 avalon new. had severe...	3 ~ 82333 miles
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. while driving 30 mph the driver applied light pressure to the brake pedal...	3 ~ 2004 miles
SERVICE BRAKES tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact stated that when the brakes were applied the vehicle wobbled...	2 ~ 53558 miles
ACCELERATOR PEDAL > VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact was driving approximately 35 mph on normal road conditions. the contact...	2 ~ 9600 miles
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY my 2009 toyota avalon has two recalls. floor mat interference & sticky accelerator pedal. i received a recall letter 4...	2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2009 toyota avalon recall*cw the consumer wanted to know why no one is doing anything to help the people who	2 ~ 35000 miles
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL the car for some reason has the air bag light come on and also the vsc and abs light s	1 ~ 68500 miles
HEADLIGHTS > EXTERIOR LIGHTING tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. while driving both the driver and passenger side headlights suddenly shut off....	1 ~ 54000 miles
ENGINE as i pulled into a parking space at my hairdresser's (part of a strip mall) and had almost reached the...	1 ~ 115000 miles
BODY > STRUCTURE the paint on the front bumper and the back bumper doesn't match the car. when looking at the car from	1 ~ 38000 miles
ROOF AND PILLARS > BODY > STRUCTURE tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 55-60 mph the roof...	1 ~ 81000 miles
ROTOR > DISC > FOUNDATION COMPONENTS tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact stated that when the brakes were applied the vehicle wobbled...	1 ~ 38616 miles
COLUMN > STEERING lever dropped holding the collapsing steering column in place. has been doing so fairly regularly since. i consider this a...	1 ~ 56000 miles
HORN > ELECTRICAL SYSTEM tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact stated that the horn failed intermittently. the vehicle was taken...	1 ~ 18000 miles
SEATS after sitting in front passenger seat general air bag light came on and light for passenger airbag indicates "off". reference...	1 ~ 66100 miles
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER when slowing down to stop at a stop sign the car surged. *tr...	1 ~ 17900 miles
FRONTAL > AIR BAGS tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. during brake application the vehicle lurched forward. as a consequence she rear-ended...	1 ~ 18000 miles
POWER TRAIN we picked up our new 2009 avalon limited on 7/31/09. on 9/7/09 after returning from a drive the car accelerated...	1 ~ 1350 miles
MECHANICAL > EQUIPMENT going very slowly and heading into a curb in a parking lot i stepped on the brake and instead the...	1 ~ 3240 miles
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING my 2009 toyota avalon with 15000 air conditioner quit working. when i took it to the dealer fred anderson toyota...	1 ~ 15000 miles

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