So I just got my Avalon 3 days ago friday with 156k miles on it but in BEAUTIFUL shape. On my way to work at a stop light right after a 65mph zone i came to stop and the whole car was vibrating. In neutral, it does not vibrate and the rpm's lift back up to 1k-850 or so, then back to drive, it drops to maybe 600-650 with foot on the brake and the whole car vibrates, does not continue to behave strange after i take back off, but it is certainly alarming as i drive 100 miles a day, i simply want to nip anything in the bud that i can find early on so i can avoid break downs in the middle of nowhere lol i appreciate any help and advice in advance.
Hayden Nelson
Go to Toyota.com and select "owners". You'll have to register. Setup the car at this site providing year/vin/etc. You can get dealer service records for the car if it was serviced at a dealer.
If you do find some dealer service history it does not mean the work was done right or done at all, but it's good to have this information.
Check this out and report back with what you find.
The car may look good, but that does not mean it was maintained.
If you do find some dealer service history it does not mean the work was done right or done at all, but it's good to have this information.
Check this out and report back with what you find.
The car may look good, but that does not mean it was maintained.
There does not seem to be any dealer service history after 61k miles and the car is now at 157k, that would be around the time the second owner got the car. Hard telling if they had a mom and pop shop do all their work, or they did their own maybe? the thing is that my dad is an absolute blood hound when looking at used cars, (he does not buy used cars anymore, but me and his 2 grand babies were going in this one) and literally caught the manager to be escorted to the lift the car was on while having new tires put on before we purchased it so that he could take a flashlight all around the underside of the car looking for anything and everything, and drove the car to feel and listen to it. The DAY after i got it is when this rough idle started happening.
Also a small update, the rough idle is in ALL gears now, reverse and drive are much rougher but it DOES do it in park and neutral, park and neutral idle at higher RPM's, it feels to me that while in reverse and drive, that 600-650 rpm's is just too low. Could this be the possible culprit? the car pulls great, accelerates great, and does no kind of surging or even misfiring. Just that super low idle in reverse or drive, when i put it in neutral or park however, the rpm's raise by at least 150 rpm and the vibration is significantly less at that point, however while its in drive, and i apply gas while still on the brake, just enough to raise it around 900-1000 rpm, the vibration is non existent, this is leading me to believe that the vibration has a direct correlation with the low rpm's.
At this point, i do not know my car and all of its components well enough to determine what could be causing this. Is there any kind of typical malfunction like maybe throttle body or something that would be causing a low idle?
Also a small update, the rough idle is in ALL gears now, reverse and drive are much rougher but it DOES do it in park and neutral, park and neutral idle at higher RPM's, it feels to me that while in reverse and drive, that 600-650 rpm's is just too low. Could this be the possible culprit? the car pulls great, accelerates great, and does no kind of surging or even misfiring. Just that super low idle in reverse or drive, when i put it in neutral or park however, the rpm's raise by at least 150 rpm and the vibration is significantly less at that point, however while its in drive, and i apply gas while still on the brake, just enough to raise it around 900-1000 rpm, the vibration is non existent, this is leading me to believe that the vibration has a direct correlation with the low rpm's.
At this point, i do not know my car and all of its components well enough to determine what could be causing this. Is there any kind of typical malfunction like maybe throttle body or something that would be causing a low idle?
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