NHTSA Complaint #10435708 — 2005 TOYOTA AVALON

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ON A SECOND OCCASION WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED A SECOND TIME AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL RECURRING BRAKING FAILURES EXPERIENCED IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97.341.