I posted this in the Avalon forum but didn't get any helpful results. Could someone help me here?
I bought an 06 Avalon
Limited a few days ago, and it scared the crap out of us within the first 10 minutes of ownership. I was merging onto the interstate and set the cruise control. Suddenly, the system applied the brakes so forcefully that the ABS engaged. My foot was no where near the brake pedal. This was on the interstate, but luckily there was a construction lane. I looked at the manual at home and it said do not use the cruise control when merging onto a freeway. No where did it mention, however, that the system would slam on the brakes.
The next day, I was traveling on the interstate (not merging). I applied the cruise control and the system detected a
car in front and slowed down. I changed lanes into a lane where there was nothing in front of me. The system stopped the car again! This time we were on a bridge.
I looked at the manual again and it said to make sure the sensors in the front bumper were clean. I looked and there were some bugs on it. Again, though, no where in the manual did it say that a dirty sensor would cause the car to stop itself.
Anyone else have this problem? What can I do to resolve this? Thanks!
