| Issue ID | 643207 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10202063 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | AVALON |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 02/01/06 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Since purchasing in dec., 2005, transmission hesitates when proceeding from idle at slow speeds and sometimes between gears at highway speed when trying to accelerate. Have nearly been rear-ended innumerable times. Original several complaints to dealer resulted in info that "no tsb has been issued to fix that". This last time i complained, i was told that it was natural feature of drive-by-wire, that no tsb had been issued which fixed it, and that toyota was not going to do anything about this known problem. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 8500 |
| Number of Occurences | 100 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | DALLAS, OR |
| VIN pattern | 4T1BK36B45UXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 21/12/05 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | Y |
| Cruise control | Y |
| Number of cylinders | 6 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
| Transmission type | AUTO |
| Vehicle speed | 5 |
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