Toyota Avalon

Price Paid:  $37500.00 from Caldwell Toyota

Year / Model Reviewed:
2007 Avalon Limited

Summary:
Watch out for the transmission.Toyota is stone walling the fact they have serious shifting problems with the Avalon transmission. I am working with the dealer who is trying to get it right but without Toyota they are dead

Weaknesses:
Transmission

Price Paid:  $36000.00 from Billion Auto, Sioux

Year / Model Reviewed:
2007 Toyota Avalon LTD

Summary:
I totally agree with a reviewer that stated. “Good car, but the transmission and other negatives make me not wanting to buy again. And I have the top of the line.”
If Toyota really stands behind their cars they can pick this one up anytime!
I have never, driven a car with such a bad package between the engine and the wheels. The car does have some very nice features, but they are all compromised by the jerky sensation every two seconds when you maintain a constant speed, on the level, between 30 – 45 miles per hour. There is also uncomfortable lag and lunge in the transmission/torque converter linkage.
I laid down over $36,000 for the top of the line 2007 Toyota Avalon LTD and I would walk away from it this very moment if it were feasible.
Two different dealers say all the new Avalons act this way. The dealer I purchased it from (Billion Toyota in Sioux Falls, SD) installed a transmission software upgrade. Save your time, that was a real joke. Now when I take my foot off the accelerator it feels like I have applied the brakes. The tech said to drive it for a while and let the car “learn how you drive.” Well, that was over 13,000 miles ago and it has not learned anything yet.
I took it to another dealer, Art Silva in Sioux City, IA, they confirmed the software upgrade but said there was nothing else they could do. “They all drive like that.”
I talked to Toyota in California. They politely listened but told me that “The car drives within their specs.” In other words, “Buyer Beware.”
If this is within their specs you don’t want to own one. If the president of Toyota drove this, heads would roll.
Toyota, if you are listening. Come and get it. It is not a positive driving experience.

Strengths:
Great headlights.

Weaknesses:
Transmission

Price Paid:  $35500.00 from Harrelson Toyota Roc

Year / Model Reviewed:
2007 Toyota Avalon Limited

Summary:
This is a roomy and comfortable car.

Strengths:
Handling and saftey features

Weaknesses:
Transmission does not shift smoothly and jerks into gear at low speeds.
Acceleration is poor.

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Price Paid:  $25500.00 from Fred Anderson Toyota

Year / Model Reviewed:
2007 toyota avalon xl

Summary:
I have owned more than 20 cars.I now have a 2007 Toyota Avalon.It ia as nice a car as I have ever owned.

Strengths:
All but 1 of its characteristics are good but one.

Weaknesses:
i purchased the Avalon XL with cloth upholstery. It appears to be of very poor quality. I don't think it will sustain long use. I should have taken the leather option Of the cars I have owned this cloth is the worst I have had. I hope I am wrong.