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8.9
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $650
- Average Mileage:
- 81,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 17 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (14 reports)
- replace headlight and bulb (3 reports)
lights problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
The issue is pretty serious. Imagine driving down a dark road at 50 or 60 mph and all the sudden your lights go out and you can't see anything in front of you. It's a death trap waiting to happen. And if anyone has died from it, it's such a unique situation, no one would know that that's why a random person crashed their Toyota Avalon in the middle of the night. If the person dies no one would ever know. Perhaps it's not worth Toyota fixing the problem unless it's discover that someone actually dies from driving at high speeds in the middle of the night.
First it started with one of the lower beams just randomly shutting off. Oddly enough, when you turn the switch off on the lights and then turn them all back on the light will come back on for a while . After a while it started to affect the other low beam. So we switched to high beams because every time we took it in to the shop or to Toyota of course it would not do it except when you're driving. And you won't notice it unless it's at night. Then eventually only one high beam worked. Then both stopped working.
It wasn't much of an issue since my wife drove to work in the daytime. It became a real pain in the ass though when she had to work nights for a couple weeks. She's afraid to drive it at night because the lights go out literally every one or two minutes. So she turns the switch off turns the light back on and they'll be lit for another 2 or 3 minutes.
I'm amazed with all the complaints around the internet that Toyota has not taken it upon themselves to fix what is obviously a design flaw that could actually kill someone. I guess it makes more actuarial sense to not replace it than just pay off someone if they're ever found out that the problem actually killed someone.
I have yet another appointment tomorrow for Toyota to look at it to tell me if there's anything that can be done to fix it. Or if they can even find the problem. But they've already informed me that I would be the one paying for Toyota's failure.
- Ed P., Avon lake, OH, US