Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||||
| T-SB-0055-12 | 03/13/2012 | 10044156 | Toyota: charging system inoperative. some engines may exhibit insufficient charging performance from the alternator. an updated pulley assembly is available to address this condition. *js | 05/16/2012 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/07/2013 | 16000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. the contact mentioned that the failure occurred intermittently and without warning. after several attempts, the vehicle was able to be started. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be replicated. the current and failure mileages were 16,000. mah | |||
| 02/07/2013 | 16000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota avalon. the contact stated that the vehicle had times were it would not start. the contact stated that there is not response from the vehicle when the failure occurred and nothing illuminated on the instrument panel. the contact had to try several times too get the vehicle to start. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and the vehicle had the failure, but then started. the starter, battery and alternator were not tested; the service department just kept trying to turn the vehicle over and it eventually started. the current mileage and failure mileages were 16,000.rl | |||
| 03/21/2012 | 18300 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. the contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the speedometer displayed speeds that were 5 mph above the actual speed. the contact discovered the failure by driving through a police street radar. the contact took the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. the dealer could not diagnose a failure. the failure mileage was 18,300. | |||
| 03/21/2012 | 18300 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. the contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the speedometer displayed speeds that were 5 mph above the actual speed. the contact discovered the failure by driving through a police street radar. the contact took the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. the dealer could not diagnose a failure. the failure mileage was 18,300. sm. | |||
| 03/21/2012 | 18300 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. the contact stated while driving 25 mph the speedometer will show the vehicle speed 5 mph above the actual speed. the contact discovered by going through a police street radar. the contact took the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. the dealer could not find a issue with the speedometer. the failure mileage was 18,300. jo | |||
| 03/01/2012 | 15000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. while parked, the contact noticed that the front passenger side door and both rear doors would not unlock when using the front driver | |||
| 03/01/2012 | 15000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry. while parked the contact noticed front passenger side door and the rear driver and passenger side doors would not unlock using the front driver side door lock switch. the contact attempted to unlock the doors using the key fob from the exterior of the vehicle but the doors would not unlock. the front drivers side door would unlock and did not experience the failure. the failure occurs intermittently. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic. the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 15,000. da | |||
| 03/28/2012 | 16723 | ||
| Drove down road keeping a constant 40-45mph. vehicle suddenly revs engine wildly to redline. car speed increases drastically to 65mph from 40-45mph. took foot off gas pedal and engine still accelerated. moments later engine went back to normal operating condition. | |||
| 01/03/2011 | 10 | ||
| I am reporting the same speedometer variances as originally noted in odi case number: 10444688. my speed reflects 35 mph on my speedometer, when in fact it is only 33 mph. also, if i am going 55 - per the speedometer, the car in fact is only going 52 - 53 mph. this difference is consistant with an actual speed being about 5% less than what it actually displays on the camey's speedometer. i have 'checked' the actual speed by 1) a police speed monitoring sign/display that is put into various locations to both check your speed and to notifiy you of that actual speed in the hopes that you will slow down; and 2) by checking my tomtom gps unit which provides a true readout of my actual speed measured by its 8 satelites in the sky. it likewise always shows a lower 'actual' reading than what my speedometer shows. it is better to have the 'inacurracy' of the read speed to be on the lower end of things - i.e., you are going slower than you think you are, than to have it reversed - which would be both more unsafe and cause you to get speeding tickets. however, in this day-and-age, with 'digitial' instructments/chips'; you would think that 'measuring speed' correctly would be very simple task! ...makes you wonder, if they can't do this correctly - what else, of a more serious nature, is not working correctly. | |||
| 12/03/2011 | 36382 | ||
| The speedometer is inaccurate by almost 10%, when driving by radars or with another vehicle at 35 mph the radar reads 32. driving next to another vehicle to check the speedometer, it reads 70 mph but the other vehicle's speedometer reads 64 mph. the dealership has verified the inaccuracy but claims the variance is within the spec of 10%. per the dealer and it's experts the speedometer cannot be calibrated or fixed since it is in spec. | |||
| 11/17/2011 | 22000 | ||
| While driving dashboard lights came on, lost engine power, pulled over, smoke from under hood-electrical fire, car totaled | |||
| 11/01/2010 | 1000 | ||
| Bluetooth does not work | |||
| 02/25/2011 | 3000 | ||
| At speeds between 40 and 75, when the engine is lightly loaded, the computer controlled throttle cannot decide if it ought to be slightly open or completely closed. the worst case is when trying to maintain speed down a gentle hill. the throttle cycles intermittently between off and on. when the throttle shuts, the tach will suddenly drop about 150 rpm and the car noticeably decelerates. often, after a few seconds, the computer seems to realize that the throttle shouldn't be all the way off, and commands the engine to speed up. engine speed then jumps about 200 rpm, with an annoying surge and drops back about 50 rpm a second or so later. occasionally the system would not | |||
| 10/18/2010 | 120 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2011 toyota camry hybrid. the contact stated that the battery did not function properly. the battery died within the first 150 miles. the battery was replaced and she still had issues with the cd player, bluetooth and other battery-operated components on the vehicle. the contact called the dealership but the dealer could not assist her at the time. the contact called the manufacturer who offered her no assistance. the current mileage was 591. the failure mileage was approximately 120-bk | |||