10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
13 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
5 / 1
Average Mileage:
36,031 miles

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2003 Toyota Avalon seat belts / air bags problems

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2003 Toyota Avalon Owner Comments (Page 1 of 9)

problem #179

Dec 282018

Avalon

  • 230,807 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. While driving on several occasions, the SRS warning indicator illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to beechmont Toyota (8667 beechmont ave, cincinnati, oh 45255, (513) 388-3800) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 230,807.

- Milford, OH, USA

problem #178

Aug 082018

Avalon

  • 244,000 miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. While driving at an unknown speed, the front driver's side air bag deployed without warning or impact. The contact sustained injuries to the face, but medical attention was not required. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to rice Toyota (2630 battleground ave, nc greensboro, nc 27408, (336) 387-6004), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and opened case number: 1808082730. The approximate failure mileage was 244,000.

- Summerfield, NC, USA

problem #177

Feb 232018

Avalon

  • 174,457 miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that the air bag indicator illuminated. The contact called a local dealer (pueblo Toyota, 2220 U S 50 w, pueblo, co 81008) where it was diagnosed that the driver's seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and did not assist. The failure mileage was 174,457.

- Pueblo West, CO, USA

problem #176

Sep 072017

Avalon

  • 150,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Air bag indicator and seat belt not on indicators keep coming on intermittently. Dealer can't do anything about it unless these indicator comes on when they do the test drive. So it's not always reproducible by the dealership.

- Arlington, TX, USA

problem #175

May 012016

Avalon

  • miles
I have been waiting over a year for this to be remedied. This is unacceptable

- Hemet, CA, USA

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problem #174

Jan 172017

Avalon

  • 136,000 miles
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. While driving approximately 20 mph, the air bag warning indicator illuminated and the front driver and passenger side air bags deployed and caused the vehicle to run over a curb. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was later towed to the dealer, but was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and their legal department wrote to the contact, stating that the failure was not recall related. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags). The failure mileage was 136,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Bollingbrook, IL, USA

problem #173

Jan 022017

Avalon 6-cyl

  • 116,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. While driving approximately 25 mph, the air bag deployed without warning and obscured the driver's vision. The vehicle crashed into a concrete divider. A police report was filed. The driver was not injured. The vehicle was extensively damaged and was towed to a tow yard. The failure mileage was approximately 116,000.

- Bolingbrook, IL, USA

problem #172

Apr 222016

Avalon

  • miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Salisbury, NC, USA

problem #171

Sep 212016

Avalon

  • 185,000 miles
The recall remedy for NHTSA campaign 15V043000 is a failure. An identical symptom to the original problem has recurred on two occasions (intermittent illumination of the SRS system warning light). Prior to the recall, we attempted to have the error code diagnosed by the dealership following illumination of this warning lamp. However, no error codes were stored. Now, the dealership (lou fusz, St. Louis) claims that they must charge us to attempt to read any stored codes. Obviously, Toyota engineers do not know what the problem is after having a first recall that failed followed by a second recall and now recurrence of identical symptoms.

- Webster Groves, MO, USA

problem #170

Jun 052015

Avalon

  • miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Caldwell, ID, USA

problem #169

Jun 012015

Avalon

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The SRS side airbag system light flashes while driving, states that they fixed it but still airbag system light flashes while drive, it was a recall.

- East St. Louis, IL, USA

problem #168

Jan 272015

Avalon

  • miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

- Torrance, CA, USA

problem #167

May 022016

Avalon

  • miles
Takata recall I received a safety recall notice about the passenger front airbag on May 2 2016. I went to walker jones service department in waycross, ga on May 3. I was told they do not have the part and have only received one replacement part. I was told they would call me when Toyota sent them the part. I called again on May 16 and they said the same thing. I want my vehicle repaired so I can safely use it. Why are the parts not available"?? this is unacceptable. When these notices are sent out why do we have to get the runaround about the parts"

- Blackshear, GA, USA

problem #166

Mar 012016

Avalon 6-cyl

  • 93,000 miles
Takata airbags: Having received takata recall notices, I took my car to the dealer for action. He said my vehicle does not have takata airbags. According to NHTSA site, it does. Please let me know if there were any 2003 Toyota Avalon models sold with some other airbags than takata. If I do indeed have takata airbags, please let me know. Thank you.

- Portland, OR, USA

problem #165

Mar 102014

Avalon

  • miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The VIN was invalid. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Hendersonville, NC, USA

problem #164

Apr 072014

Avalon

  • miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags); however, the part for the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

problem #163

Nov 242014

Avalon

  • miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V043000 (air bags); however, the part needed to perform the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

- Spring, TX, USA

problem #162

Feb 022015

Avalon

  • miles
I had gone to walker auto group located at 8457 springboro pike, miamisburg, oh 45342-4503 both on 2/2/2015 and again on 4/7/2015 to perform the E0G recall repair on the sir sub harness. Both times they advised they did not have to part and would contact me when it was in. It is now 3/12/2016 and no call or contact in regards to this recall repair. My air bag light continues to flash and per the notification I had received to get this addressed it advised to file a complaint if I thought this matter had not been addressed in a timely fashion. It has been almost a year and this issue is still a problem.

- Centerville, OH, USA

problem #161

Jan 272015

Avalon

  • 90,500 miles
Over one (1) year ago I received a safety recall notice on this vehicle stating that the electronic control unit (ECU) would need to be replaced. Over a year later and "remedy not available" is the response from Toyota. It appears that the remedy is to delay, delay, delay so as many of these cars as possible are retired and do not require repair. Please let me know how this recall problem is going to be resolved in a timely manner.

- Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

problem #160

Jan 012016

Avalon

  • 118,000 miles
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Avalon. While operating the vehicle, the air bag sensor light began to flicker off and on. After turning the engine off and back on, the vehicle operated normally. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 118,000.

- Redondo Beach, CA, USA

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