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2008 Toyota AVALON Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	746110
Internal NHTSA #	10291101
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	AVALON
Model Year	2008
File date	01/11/09
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I purchased a used 2008 toyota avalon limited from hornburg jaguar dealer in santa monica on 10/29/2009. At home at 8 am, on the clear, cool day of 11/1/2009 i had the car parked in my driveway to install the garage door opener. Wanting to move the car to the street i started the car using the required proceedure for a pushbutton ignition (like on my 2007 toyota camry hybrid for 2 1/2 years). That is, i stepped on the brake and pushed the ignition button simultaeneously. The car started to move rapidly down my short sloping driveway (7 or 8 feet). As i pushed harder, the break pedal in effect went to the floor- no breaking at all. I hit the curb very hard on the other side of the narrow street, the rear end of the car bouncing into the air , and ended up, perhaps 10 feet beyond, hitting the front bedroom wall of my neighbor's home with considerable force and resulting in significant damage to the wall. I apparently did not sustain physical damage. I am inclined to believe there was an accelerator component problem also because i was moving so fast. The car is being repaired now physically, as is the house, and i have contacted toyota locally in torrance and i understand someone there will follow-up on this accident within the next 4 days. I tried to duplicate the brake failure problem with my camry hybrid and i was not able to duplicate it. When pressing on the start button and the brake at the same time i always have a firm brake on the camry. When i duplicated the proceedure on the avalon i found that the brake pedal went soft rapidly, the more i pushed it, to the floor. My repair shop will not drive the car until something is resolved, nor will i. I will be glad to furnish anything more you may wish to know about this incident.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	42600
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	TEMECULA, CA
VIN pattern	4T1BK36B78UXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
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Date of purchase	25/01/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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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 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Toyota AVALON Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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