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Unknown Or Other
04/29/2018
THE PRE-COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM DOES NOT OPERATE. DEALERSHIP MIKE ERDMAN TOYOTA OR TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS IN TEXAS WILL PUT IN WRITING THAT THE SYSTEM WORKS NOR WILL THEY DO AN ACTUAL TEST TO PROVE THAT IT IS OPERATIONAL. ALL THEY WILL SAY IS THAT THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS SAYS IT SHOULD BE WORKING. IT DOES NOT WORK AND WILL NOT STOP THE CAR IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR WARN YOU OF A POTENTIAL DANGER!!!!!
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Unknown Or Other
03/09/2018
A. DAY DRIVING IMPAIRED VISIBILITY-REAR WINDSHIELD: A REAR WINDSHIELD VISIBILITY PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE 2018 TOYOTA AVALON ON SUNNY DAYS.. THE COMBINATION OF THE STEEP ANGLE OF THE REAR WINDSHIELD AND THE LIGHT INTERIOR ON THE BACK DECK BEHIND THE REAR SEATS CREATES A GLARE ONTO THE REAR WINDSHIELD. THE GLARE IS THE REFLECTION OF THE REAR DECK PANEL ONTO THE ENTIRE REAR WINDSHIELD. IT IS A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE CLEARLY CARS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. INSTEAD OF LOOKING THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW, THE DRIVER LOOKS AT THE REAR WINDOW WHICH CAUSES MORE DISTRACTION. THIS LACK OF CLEAR VISIBILITY CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TOYOTA HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2013 (NHTSA 10505067) AND SHOULD HAVE SOLVED IT. PHOTO IMAGE 5288 CLEARLY SHOWS THE REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY CAUSED BY THE GLARE WHICH APPEARS AS A HAZE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REAR WINDSHIELD. PHOTO IMAGE 5289, PROBLEM MITIGATED BY USING A DARKER INTERIOR (FOR CONTRAST,...
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Service Brakes
06/25/2018
TOYOTA IN THEIR ADS SHOW THE AVALON TO STOP BY ITSELF IN FRONT OF OBSTACLES AND PEOPLE. MY TEST SHOWS THIS NOT TO BE THE CASE WITH MY CAR. TOYOTA ADVISED TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED AND THIS WAS DONE. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER PRONOUNCED THE CAR UP TO FACTORY STANDARDS. . PLEASE WATCH THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO : HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/XETNKNYB17W
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Unknown Or Other
01/04/2018
THE LANE DEPARTURE BEEPING SIGNAL IS SO WEAK THAT I CAN HARDLY HEAR IT. NORMAL DRIVING NOISE SUCH AS TIRE NOISE, RADIO, CONVERSATION, ETC. USUALLY COMPLETELY DRIVES IT OUT. ON THE BUICK THAT I TRADED IN THE LDA SOUND WAS NORMAL AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS I DOZED OFF AND WAS SNAPPED OUT OF IT BY THE BEEPING FROM THE LDA. I AM DISMAYED THAT THIS VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE IS ALL BUT USELESS IN MY NEW TOYOTA. A FRIEND JUST BOUGHT A NEW PRIUS AND HIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME WEAK LDA VOLUME AS MINE. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND SAW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS APPARENTLY A PROBLEM ON ALL LATE MODEL TOYOTAS. I HAD THIS PROBLEM ON INTERSTATE, OTHER HIGHWAYS AND CITY DRIVING
