Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / AVALON / 1997

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002095103 Incident Date: Oct, 30 2002
Consumer's City: GREER Consumer's State: SC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: AVALON Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BF12B0VU Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 12 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 15 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dealer serviced transmission with a flush and fluid replacement at 120,406 miles. also, timing belt was replaced and coolant flush done. eight weeks later, transmission failed completely. was on 250 mile trip, felt bumping which thought may be rough road condition, then when close to destination, car would not move after stopping at stop light. diagnosis was complete transmission failure. dealer would not concede any responsibility to contributing to failure of transmission although dealer could not identify any other toyota avalon transmission failures. convinced action by dealer service resulted in transmission failure. *jb