2010 Avalon sales suspended

[mbrem]

After the sticky accelerator recall last week, Toyota has now suspended sales of the 2010 Avalon among others. This will give the dealer less time to clear the Avalon out before introducing the 2011 or maybe they will delay them because of no solution for the sticky accelerator.

See official Toyota statement from Toyota below.

http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/t...ry-102572.aspx

[jmdiocares]

I can't believe this. Just bought my 08 Avalon 10 days ago. I guess I can just put the driver side floor mat in the trunk?!?

[blkavalon]

this issue going to hurt toyota alot. people value life over reliability, style, comfort........so customer rather buy something else.

[tfelton]

I've got an '08 Avalon Ltd.; the driver's mat is in with the hooks installed. There's no way it can go anywhere. If they come up with a fix I'm not interested. While all these problems are important I believe they're getting blown out of proportion. If I needed to, which I don't, I'd buy another Avalon right now.

[boosted-fc3s]

If you've been paying attention to some of the stories, including the jehovah's witnesses car that sped out of control into a lake, the floor mats were in the trunk and not in the car. There's more to it than floor mat entrapment.

[tfelton]

There's two issues: 1) floor mats and 2) some problem with the accelerator linkage, etc. I think that the mat problem is not a big issue if installed properly. One fix i heard about involved grinding off part of the accelerator pedal. That is not a good fix. The other issue regarding the actual accelerator linkage is important and should be fixed ASAP.

[boosted-fc3s]

There was another story that was linked from this board of a guy who's pedal wasn't stuck at all, yet the car was revving pointing to throttle body issues or a software glitch. He managed to make it to the dealer, and the car was still revving with no one in it. I'm assuming the first thing the dealer would have done would be to see if the pedal was stuck by tugging it back up, there was no mention of it being stuck at all. From the way the story was presented the pedal was in the idle position but the car revving on its own.

[boosted-fc3s]

My main concern would be a software glitch or issue they dont/cant/wont own up to because they dont know what the problem is yet. Slow to return linkage can always be solved by sticking your foot under the pedal and forcing it back to idle if the need arises. Won't do any good if the computer is still telling it to do something else since its drive by wire,

[hghflyrjd1]

So what do people do that recently bought an Avalon and dont feel comfortable at all driveing it...They should give us all loaner cars..lol A SAFE LOANER CAR.JoKEING Im fine with mine i dont see this being wide spread but i will look into any suggested fixes..

[mano]

Friends of ours have a newer Camry (don't recall the year) that's had the acceleration problem and brought to the dealership several times only to be told it was their fault for the accelerator catching on the carpet. It's not as they removed the carpet and the sudden acceleration became dangerous on a few occassions. No doubt they'll be glad Toyota is recalling their car.

My '07 Avalon has rubber mats but so far no sudden acceleration.

A quick google search found this:
In June 2008, Toyota decided the issue was a "driveability issue unrelated to safety."

It subsequently received similar complaints in Europe. By October 2009, Toyota had received reports in the United States of sticking accelerator pedals, which led to today's recall.

No fix or timetable has been announced.

The new recall includes:

• 2009-10 RAV4

• 2009-10 Corolla

• 2009-10 Matrix

• 2005-10 Avalon

• 2007-10 Camry

• 2010 Highlander

• 2007-10 Tundra

• 2008-10 Sequoia

The 2009-10 Pontiac Vibe -- which was assembled at the same factory as the Matrix -- is also going to be recalled.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100...#ixzz0dopcOtHJ

If "No fix or timetable has been announced." then what's the recall all about? Giving your car back to Toyota until they find out what needs to be fixed and how to fix it?

[hghflyrjd1]

Thats what i mean they recall but dont tell us a fix, so they say there is an issue but go ahead and still drive the car?????????????

[tfelton]

According to the newspaper this morning Toyota is freezing the sale of eight models including cars that have been sold but not yet delivered. This is only for cars made in North America, not Japan. I'm just guessing, but I think that because they're doing this means that they know what the problem is and how to fix it. My reasoning is that they can only afford to freeze sales for a short time otherwise the loss of revenue would be too great. I hope I'm right.

[hghflyrjd1]

But that doesnt help use NEW owners as to what we should do..We cant just stop driveing our cars.

[tfelton]

You're right, we can't stop driving our cars and I feel there isn't any reason to stop. I've got an '08 Avalon with 41K+ miles on it and I'm not concerned about driving it. If you look at the list you realize that the number of cars that have had the problem is minuscule when compared to the total.

[hghflyrjd1]

yes, im sure the number is low.But its when I or another person writes it off, is when it happens to you or a family member driveing your car