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Replying to: hgallie (Feb 01, 2007 7:53 am) Bob
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Replying to: bobwiley (Feb 01, 2007 9:38 am) Roland |
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Replying to: rpfingsten (Feb 02, 2007 3:00 am)
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| New here and own a 06 black XL. Other than a little problem with the steering pulling to the right, which seemed to quit when I replaced the rims with some custom chromes and a set of Michelins and is it just me or dose the paint seem a little thin? My biggest problem right now is how to turn off the maint requr light. Love the car... | |
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Replying to: tjc78 (Feb 02, 2007 6:16 am) I drove a new Buick Lucerne, also with the EL400's and interestingly it was much quieter than the Avalon. With less than 30 miles on them, I asked the dealer to switch me to the Michelins but they refused. I called Toyota Customer Service and they blew me off too. I went to a Bridgestone/Firestone dealer who were very helpful and they gave me a full credit on the EL400s towards a set of Bridgestone Turanza LS-V's. The LS-V is a VERY quiet riding tire but is only available in 17" sizes of 225/55R17 or 225/50R17, no 215's. I installed the 225/55R17 and the Avalon was much quieter but the larger tire diameter does not fit in the spare wheel well so you would have to keep one EL400 as the spare. My Avalon always rode very hard and had non-tire related quivers, and the LS-V's did not improve that. I am convinced that my particular car had a problem with the suspension or shocks. Anyway, my point is that you could switch out your EL400's for Turanza LS-V's for a fairly low cost. Bridgestone are very accommodating. I recently put GoodYear Assurance ComforTreds on my Altima 3.5SL. Discount Tire traded the OEM Crapinentals which were impossible to balance. I cannot say enough good things about the ComforTreds. They are extremely quiet and smooth running. My Altima now runs as quietly and smoothly as my sadly missed old 2002 Avalon - and that is a compliment. (Why oh why did I trade the '02 for the '05  ) The Comfortred is also available in a 225/55R17 so this may be an option for you if you are willing to go down to an H rated tire. Discount Tires were very helpful, and trading the old tires considerably reduced the cost of getting into the ComforTreds. Tires really can make a big difference.
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Has anyone else noticed a scraping sound when accelerating. It happens most when coasting at 35-50 mph, and then accelerating sharply. It is a short (1sec) scraping sound from up front. Toyota dealer has had the car for a week. They replaced the front exhaust pipe, dut to it seperating, but this did not solve the problem. Now I am being told that "after test driving a few other new Avalon’s, the shop foreman says it’s normal to like models." Thanks, |
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Replying to: tjc78 (Feb 02, 2007 6:16 am) Bob |
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Replying to: blutoy (Feb 02, 2007 7:12 am) My avalon has Michelin tires and the road noise is real bad and annoying on certain pavements. On groved concrete. I gret my teeth and wait for diferent roadway. I think the road noise is built in and deeper tire thread might help, but this is one more small annoying item. With GM and FORD trying to get better cars with better gas mileage we can expect Toyota to listen or else. Because of my same car problems that everyone is commenting about, I bought my wife a Nisson. I was close to buying a Camry and heard about transmission issues and I since we one avalon, I didn't need two transmission issues. This isn't much of a way telling toyota we am not happy but is one small start. ange3
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Replying to: ange (Feb 03, 2007 7:56 am) |
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Replying to: ange (Feb 03, 2007 7:56 am)
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