ALERT: Toyota admits they have a new VVTi oil line rubber hose problem and have issued a LSC (Limited Service Campaign) bulletin for 05 & 06 Avalons and 06 Rav 4s.
Owners will get a letter if they qualify. Toyota will replace the hose with another new hose free of charge, not a new metal line that 09 Avalons have. I guess they are tired of paying for new engines if you were lucky enough to fail under warranty. UGH
Another bandage for a growing issue that will get bigger as this 2GR-FE engine gets older.
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2008 Toyota Highlander Basic. 2WD, Salsa Red, Gray Pin Stripe, Scangage II, Gentech Mirror, Fog Lites, Vent Visors, XM Roady
2005 Toyota Avalon Limited, No Nav, XM Roady
1974 Chevy Corvette Sting Ray, 350 High Performance
'07 Honda Ruckus Big Bore TOTALED: '03 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 4x4 5.4L, '96 Camry LE 5S May '10: '11 Sienna V6 XLE FWD 8-pass. July '10: '06 Matrix XR Auto FWD Oct. '09: '05 RAV-4 L 4WD
GOOD. I gotta take my aunt's 2005 Avalon in for the intermediate steering shaft anyway. Hopefully the letters get sent out soon and I can get both issues taken care of at the same time.
My aunt got a 7yr/100K mile/$0 deductible extended warranty when she bought the Avalon, and I thought it was silly. Now I'm thinking it was a very good idea..
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'05 2AZ-FE @ 47K miles | '95 1MZ-FE @ 92K miles moving forward
I have a 2008 Touring. Has this oil line problem been an issue with '08's ? I'm at 31,000 and need to check everything really good before my warranty runs out. I have been having tire pressure light issues for weeks now. Today I finally got the dealer to see if I had a bad sensor, and they determined I did, but had to order thre sensor. It is under warranty for that.
Thanks,
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Bill in Mississippi
2008 Avalon Touring
72,000 miles and counting.
It's kinda ridiculous that Toyota won't replace the part with a all-steel line.
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'07 Honda Ruckus Big Bore TOTALED: '03 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 4x4 5.4L, '96 Camry LE 5S May '10: '11 Sienna V6 XLE FWD 8-pass. July '10: '06 Matrix XR Auto FWD Oct. '09: '05 RAV-4 L 4WD
billberry12: This hose falls under the 5yr/60K power train warranty. You can google: "avalon oil leak" and read the stories from many different forums on this hose failure. Most have said it happens between 45K and 65K miles on this engine which is on Camry, Avalon, Highlander and RAV4. Most had no warning. Some had damaged engines from little or no oil left. The fact that Toyota has finally admitted a problem exists as these hoses age is huge but the cheap bandage approach is disappointing.
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2008 Toyota Highlander Basic. 2WD, Salsa Red, Gray Pin Stripe, Scangage II, Gentech Mirror, Fog Lites, Vent Visors, XM Roady
2005 Toyota Avalon Limited, No Nav, XM Roady
1974 Chevy Corvette Sting Ray, 350 High Performance
I had the vvti line replaced a couple years ago at around 19K miles because the line leaked. It is not leaking now, but I made an appointment to go in for this campaign on Monday. It is supposed to take about an hour. With 58K miles on my 2005 I hope this new rubber hose fixes the problem, but I'll probably install an all steel line in the future.
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2005 avalon xl 51,000 miles
sulfur smell tsb EG039-05, timing cover and gasket tsb EG019-07, vvti oil line leak tsb EG064-05, suspension thump tsb SU005-06, transmission smoothness tsb EG033-07, ps pump and lines replaced due to leak, 18 mo clunk was loose mtr mount.
ALERT: Toyota admits they have a new VVTi oil line rubber hose problem and have issued a LSC (Limited Service Campaign) bulletin for 05 & 06 Avalons and 06 Rav 4s.
Owners will get a letter if they qualify. Toyota will replace the hose with another new hose free of charge, not a new metal line that 09 Avalons have. I guess they are tired of paying for new engines if you were lucky enough to fail under warranty. UGH
Another bandage for a growing issue that will get bigger as this 2GR-FE engine gets older.
Thank you soo much!!!!
I contacted Toyota regarding this and they said if my engine failed due to a faulty VVTI line (which it did) then they will reimburse me for any costs I had so long as I have a detailed list and receipts. It looks like I am not in the hole anymore. I just hope Toyota doesn't try to screw me over something.
It's kinda ridiculous that Toyota won't replace the part with a all-steel line.
I saw this thread and took my car in and they replaced it without question. Thing is they replaced it with an updated metal pipe and bracket but it still has the rubber section as well. Not sure why they don't just use all metal.
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