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Toyota AVALON brakes problems

609 complaint narratives mention brakes terms.

Key facts

3,204 owner complaints analyzed

34 distinct recall campaigns

50,000 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1995 to 2022 model years. Data snapshot: . 2,031 complaints include usable failure mileage.

Braking behavior evidence

609 of 3,204 complaints match this topic (19.0%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.

Owner report 10105670 · 2005-01-03 (January 3, 2005)

WHILE TRAVELING IN STOP AND GO FREEWAY TRAFFIC, I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES (BOTH I AND MY WIFE THOUGHT THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP) BUT RATHER THAN STOPPING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED AND WE SLID INTO A STOPPED CAR. THE AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO OPEN.*AK

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Owner report 10563918 · 2014-02-11 (February 11, 2014)

MY DAD'S OLD TOYOTA AVALON USED TO UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES BETWEEN THE END OF 2005 AND 2007. I WOULD SAY THAT BY THE END OF 2007 IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DROVE ON THE INTERSTATE!! WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED I WOULD HIT THE BRAKES AND USUALLY AFTER A FEW MOMENTS THE CAR WOULD DECELERATE (OBVIOUSLY CROSSING MY FINGERS AND PRAYING AT THIS MOMENT) HOWEVER THIS GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS TIME WENT ON. I AM EXTREMELY LUCKY I NEVER HIT ANYONE OR CRASHED. I BECAME SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND IT EVENTUAL…

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Owner report 501363 · 1996-02-06 (February 6, 1996)

BRAKES MAKE LOUD NOISE. *SD

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Owner report 600496 · 1995-08-22 (August 22, 1995)

BRAKE CALIPER PROBLEMS, CAUSING NOISE. *SKD

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Owner report 601488 · 1996-07-11 (July 11, 1996)

BRAKES FAILED. *DH

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