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2012 Toyota AVALON Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1421002
Internal NHTSA #	11042989
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	AVALON
Model Year	2012
File date	01/10/17
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Rear deck sunscreen activates and comes up without operator activating it. And it will not go back down without manual assistance. With assistance when it does go down there is a loud grinding noise and then it will come back up. To correct this situation requires replacement of complete assembly. (dealer quoted $1674. 86) or pull the fuse and deactivate the rear sunscreen. Safety issue is that sunscreen up at night or during inclement weather restricts rear vision and driver can't do anything about it unless he happens to know which fuse to pull and where it is located. When asked why toyota has not corrected this issue, dealer speculated that since this is an avalon only problem that the numbers of failures are likely small. My response was, that may be true but by researching this issue on the internet, it has been a problem since at least the mid 1990's until at least 2013 and probably beyond and toyota has not recalled or fixed the problem so far as i can tell. Regards our specific car a 2012 avalon, it is a feature almost never used and as of this date the car has less than 18000 miles on it. Mileage and age seems not to be a factor in the failures. It seems more likely a poor design of the feature itself. As far as when it happens and where, it can happen anytime the car is running, in the driveway or while driving..
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	17500
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	HAGERSTOWN, MD
VIN pattern	4T1BK3DB7CUXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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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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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Toyota AVALON Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Toyota AVALON Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

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