Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Oct 17, 1996WY
HEADLIGHTS ARE POORLY ADJUSTED, THEY COME ON TOO LATE. *AK
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1996 Toyota Avalon complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →
Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Oct 2, 1996FL
WHILE DRIVING ON SMOTTH, WELL TRAVELED, PAVED ROAD RIGHT REAR DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED WITH PIECES ACROSS BACK SEAT AND IN THE STREET. *AK
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Oct 1, 1996CO
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, DRIVER HEARD LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. *AK
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Sep 25, 1996IL
ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK DESIGN REQUIRES OPERATOR TO UNLOCK DOOR BEFORE PULLING HANDLE, WHICH COULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jun 18, 1996NJ
CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION. *DH
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed May 22, 1996CA
BRAKES FAILED. *SD
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed May 10, 1996CT
EXTENSIVE WIND NOISE INSIDE VEHICLE. *SD
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 10, 1996AL
DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION; REARENDED ANOTHER VAN AT STANDSTILL; SPEED UNKNOWN. *AK
Suspension › Front
Filed Jan 25, 1996CA
THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TT
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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