2001 Toyota Avalon Engine problems

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 toyota avalon. The contact stated that the check engine and catalytic converter warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 189,047.

I have a 2001 toyota avalon that I purchased used from kings toyota in july 2005. The car was toyota certified. My car's engine died on 8/14/2010 50 miles from my mechanic. I had the car towed on 8/14/2010 and he called me to say he could put a jasper motor in my car for $6700. I called toyota customer service and heard from them the following day that I was too late to get the engine repaired. I explained that I never received any letters from toyota about the voluntary recall and I was told too bad. The...

Engine sludge is creating excessive smoking and the car uses 2 quarts of oil every 2 fillups. The vehicle started smoking in july of 2009 at 120,000 miles and was still under an 8 year warranty on the engine. Took the vehicle to the dealership in redding and they refused to honor the 8 year warranty because I was unable to provide enough receipts that I had changed the oil on a regular basis. They say the engine is ruined. *Tr

Cant get rid of engine code po330. Tried changing to higher octane gas, change air filter, checked vacuum and air hoses all ok. Cleared error several times and light keeps coming back on. Does the code mean the sensor is bad or does it mean something wrong with the car? *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 toyota avalon. While driving at low speeds in reverse, the vehicle would sporadically stall. The contact must also make several attempts to start the vehicle. She is in the process of repairing the gr valve at the discounted price of $250. The failure and current mileages were 63,000.

My check engine light came on. I took it to the dealership and they "diagnosed" the car for 8 days. They said they couldn't locate the problem. They finally indicated it was because of build-up on the #1 fuel injector and it had to be replaced at a cost of over $600. They also indicated it was not covered under warranty. The car had 42,000 miles on it at the time. It seemed odd to me that the powertrain is covered until 60,000 miles but the fuel injectors are not considered part of the powertrain. Approximately 10 days after getting my car back the check engine light came on again and been illuminated since.*Ak

Check engine light stayed on. The dealer statd the indicator switch needed to be replaced. *Ak

Oil sludge build up in 3.0 Liter imz v6 engine. Was told the engine would have to be completely rebuilt new pistons, rings, bearings etc. Have not been told of any extended warranty, was told I would only have the remaining warranty on car. I was also told that they didn't know what caused the sludge build up. If this is true how can they repair the engine? If they don't know what caused it to fail in the first place. They can rebuild the engine but it will just build up with sludge again if they don't fix the...

I have an oil engine sludge problem that toyota is trying to place the cause on my shoulders. My husband performed oil changes at regular intervals at about 4500 miles between each change. Twice we have had other change the oil. Once the dealership and once a texaco express lube, both which we were able to obtain receipts for. The problem began when we did not save the receipts from our oil and filter purchases. Any and all work done on the car was entered into our maintanance manual. A few years back we received...

The oil light continues to be illuminated despite frequent oil & filter changes . The check engine light has also been illuminated. The engine is requiring oil approximately every 500 miles.

Engine warning light and vsc and vsc off light went on while driving!. Dealer indicated that a valve in the charcoal canister assy. Was shorting out. The component is part of the emissions system and the vsc is part of the same circuit hence both sets of warning lights went on. Dealer indicated that if you top off the tank the extra gas spills over into the cannister and can overwhelm the valve causing excessive usage and possible shorting. I indicated that I have never top'd off the tank in this car, dealer had no...

Engine oil gelling. My 2001 avalon xls has 42,000 miles and is in the shop for extensive repairs due to oil gelling. I changed the oil regularly and there is no reason for this to happen absent a defect in the design. I have been a loyal toyota customer and this is my 4th toyota car. Dependability is the no. 1 Priority for me. To add insult to injury, because I must depend on my vehicle while it was in the shop I decided to trade it in for a 2004 lexus. Imagine my disgust when the dealer discounted the value of the trade-in because of oil gelling. A lot of people are having this problem. *La

Check engine light is on and two toyota dealers (rockland toyota and paul miller toyota) are not able to fix this proble. According to toyota manual, I should not be driving this car. *Ph

The engine in this car, the toyota v6 1mz 3.0L has been proven to be defective. *Ak

When fill ing up with fuel indicator lights come up on dashboard. There was a problem with fuel. *Ak consumer took the vehicle to dealer three times because the engine light kept coming on gas, then they discovered the flexhose had come off the charcoal canister. *Yh

Within one week of ownership, the vehicle started to bog down when making a turn from a dead stop. A day later the engine light came on. The problem was brought to the dealers attention and the reply was that; "we don't know what's wrong, when we find out we'll let you know...Until then, be careful" that was over a month ago and I haven't heard anything from them. I called to find out what was going on and was told that they still didn't have a clue what was wrong. The vehicle is unpredictable when taking off and...