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2008 Toyota AVALON Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	891306
Internal NHTSA #	10434956
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	AVALON
Model Year	2008
File date	11/11/10
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Failure: high beam/drl bulbs hir1 9011. In november 2010, the right front hid low beam bulb was flickering and failed. As part of the right front hid low beam bulb replacement, i decided to replace both oe toshiba high beam/drl bulbs with philips replacements. Toshiba no longer manufactures the hir1 9011 bulbs. This move was strictly a precautionary action. Kept the toshiba bulbs as spares. Within 6 months one philips hir1 bulb failed in the drl mode and the other bulb failed in the high beam mode. Reused the toshiba bulbs.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	49000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DOUGLASSVILLE, PA
VIN pattern	4T1BK36B18UXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	26/01/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2008 Toyota AVALON Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Toyota AVALON Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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