Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||||
| SB-0044-10 REV 1 | 03/16/2011 | 10037591 | Ready | 05/26/2011 | |
| SB-0044-10 REV 1 | 03/16/2011 | 10037591 | Toyota: on some 2008-2010 avalon vehicles, the high beam light bulbs may not work or shatter. *rm | 05/26/2011 | |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | |||||
| TSB-0044-10 | 01/27/2010 | 10033406 | Toyota: high beam/drl bulb inoperative. on some vehicles, the high beam/drl bulb may become inopertive or shatter. a newly designed high beam/drl housing assembly (including the applicable bulb) is available in the event this condition h | 08/16/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 03/08/2012 | 82568 | ||
| High beam headlight bulbs shattered because of faulty design which utilizes them as drl, build up on filament causes high heat to shatter bulbs prematurely. i called and spoke to toyota but they declined to stand behind their product saying they only cover for 5 years or 72,000 miles. this seems to me to be very disingenuous since how are miles related to this safety concern. i can understand a time cut off but i do not understand the mileage cutoff. this is a safety problem and it is their design that causes it so why aren't they standing behind their product? | |||
| 06/08/2011 | 58000 | ||
| High beam bulbs failed. these are daytime running lights as well. these may have failed much earlier and not been noticed. | |||
| 03/05/2011 | 35000 | ||
| March 2011 notice high beam light out on my 2009 toyota avalon. went to replace it & found no bulb just electrical connection. after review of bulb area i noticed the bulb had disappeared within its confinement area. bulb must have melt away. | |||
| 10/01/2010 | 42000 | ||
| 2009 toyota avalon xls vin 4t1bk36b39u333923 in service 10/31/2008; mileage at failure unknown, but less than 42,000. both high beam bulbs exploded on the vehicle. based on internet research, this seems to be a known problem. toyota issued a tsb 0044-10 on this failure 1/27/2010, yet they refuse to take ownership of the issue. the bulbs failed despite a cumulative use of less than 2 hours on the high beams in the life of the vehicle (i live in a metropolitan area). if the bulbs are replaced, they will fail again due to the design of the housing. is this purely a safety issue, likely not because the driver still has low beam headlights. however it further illustrates toyota's reluctance to address a known failure. | |||