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Glove compartment door
by rpfingsten
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Mar 14, 2008 (1:15 am)
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I have a question for anyone who can help me out here. I took my wifes avy in 2 weeks ago for an oil change. While there, I told the service writer that on cold days, I noticed a slight " whine" coming from the blower motor, which I subsequently learned is behind the glove box. On the same visit they told me I needed to have the cabin air filter replaced. Point being that my wife now says that when she opens and closes her glove box, theres a catch in the action. In other words the glove box door worked fluidly before I took to the toyota dealership, but now when she goes to close it, there's a slight "bump" or catch in the movement. It still closes ok, dosn't rattle or anything. But I'm wondering if (a) they may have screwed the door track up when checking the blower motor or (b) if the cabin air filter is located anywhere near the glove box door, if maybe they did something to door then. Now my wife wants me to take the car back to the dealership, but this is such a minor thing, I'm almost embarassed to take it to the dealership to complain. On the other hand, it was fine before the oil and filter change> Any thoughts?
Roland
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Re: Glove compartment door [rpfingsten]
by tjc78
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Mar 14, 2008 (3:39 am)
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Replying to: rpfingsten (Mar 14, 2008 1:15 am)
The cabin filter is behind the glove box. The door is lowered by removing one screw on the right hand side that is attached to a "shock" Then squeeze the two sides of the box in slightly and pull down. The door will stay attached but swing out of the way. Maybe something got caught behind the door when they put whatever you had in there back in. There isn't much to go wrong. To put it back up just reverse the operation, the only thing you may have to do it grab the bottom of the "shock" and pull it down to meet the hole for the screw.
P.S. while your looking at the door, note where the filter is and try to change it yourself next time. The dealer charges way too much money for a 5 minute job. Any auto parts store will have the filter.
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Re: Glove compartment door [tjc78]
by rpfingsten
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Mar 15, 2008 (1:00 am)
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Replying to: tjc78 (Mar 14, 2008 3:39 am)
tjc78... thanks for the info. I'll take alook at it tomorrow. Do you know if there is supposed to be alittle "catch" in the door action on the glove box. It's noticeable just about 1 inch before the glove box door is completely closed, in other words you don't even notice it until you've almost completely closed the glove box door? It dosn't seem to hurt anything, and closes tight. Anyway, it was something we never noticed until the filter was replaced. and boy are you right about doing it yourself because of the cost.. I checked my bill from my last service and they hit me for 39.95 ( 29.95 for the cabin air filter, which seems ridiculously high in itself, plus another 10 bucks labor ) In fact, on that service I had the oil and filter changed ( provided my own synthetic oil ) had them rotate my tires and replace the cabin air filter and the engine air filter... total cost ( not including what I paid for the synthetic oil ) was 123.71 You would have thought they would have at least kissed me and offered a smoke when they were thru..
Roland
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Re: Glove compartment door [rpfingsten]
by tjc78
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Mar 15, 2008 (4:33 am)
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Replying to: rpfingsten (Mar 15, 2008 1:00 am)
Mine is smooth throughout th entire motion. Although, it does require a decent amount of pressure to close. I just saw a dealer ad the other day for replacement of the cabin filter "special" $49.99. Some favor, Autozone has the Avalon filter for $19.99 and once you learn how to do it, 5 mins and that includes cleaning out all the junk in the box before you do it!
How many miles on your Av? Mine just hit 20K and I looked at the filters (air/cabin) and they were surprisingly clean. I am going to replace them before the next service (25K) anyway. I don't drive in any dusty conditions, maybe that has something to do with it.
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Re: Glove compartment door [tjc78]
by rpfingsten
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Mar 15, 2008 (2:37 pm)
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Replying to: tjc78 (Mar 15, 2008 4:33 am)
tjc.. thanks again for the speedy reply. As it turns out, I had some business just down the street from the dealership where I bought our avy, so I stopped in and explained about the glove box door. The service writer went out there, and dropped the door but couldn't find any obstructions. I was standing there and noticed this "tube" or shock just hanging to the side and asked them if that needed to be connected to something.. sure nuf, they hooked that back up and Bam, door works fine. Heres' the strange thing about that, I believe that "shock" has never been connected. Up until 2 weeks ago when they first took the door down, whenever I would open the glove box, it would just " fall " open. Now that the shock has been connected, when I open the glove box, the door "eases" downward, almost like it was on hydraulics. So it appears to me that it was "never" hooked up til today.. which surprisingly enough is the same thing they told me about the drain lines from my sun roof last year.. pouring rain, rain water litterally coming thru the speakers on the A-pillars. Car was 3 months old with about 2K on it. Service writer says my "drain" lines from the sunroof are probably 'clogged "..well that didn't make sense, a car that new, with only 2k on it, and a car that sits in a garage all night. Not likely.. once again, turns out the drain lines were "never hooked up at the factory" according to the service rep... by the way, you asked about the mileage on our avy, as of today it has alittle less than 16K on it. Bought it new in Sept. of 06, so the mileage is pretty low, although there was a 3 month period there where I didn't drive it much because I broke my right leg.. My wife would drive it once a week or so just to put alittle drive time on it. Still love the car, can't get over the power this thing puts out for being a 6 banger. Please remember I grew up in the Muscle car era... shelbys, goats, etc.. if it wasnt' cranking out 350 ponies (minimum) you were driving grandma's car. Oh for the good ol days of affordable Hemi's and 39 cents a gallon gasoline... 
Roland ( the old hippy )
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Re: Glove compartment door [rpfingsten]
by tjc78
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Mar 16, 2008 (4:22 am)
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Replying to: rpfingsten (Mar 15, 2008 2:37 pm)
What really upsets me here is if the "shock" was never connected why the hell wouldn't the tech replacing the air filter just connect it. That is the height of laziness. I am sorry to hear about the sunroof drains, I guess someone at the factory was having a bad day.
I wish I grew up with the muscle cars! You are right about that V6 though. Powerful and pretty good at the pump too! I have a year left on my lease and even though the Avalon will be pretty much be unchanged for '09 I will most likely end up in another one. Unless the Hyundai Genesis is all its cracked up to be.... but that's another story!
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Ignition bell
by johnnyb5
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Mar 19, 2008 (3:33 pm)
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Does anyone know how to disable the bell on a 2007 Avalon that comes on when you open the door with the key in the ignition?
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Odometer accuracy?
by rpfingsten
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Mar 20, 2008 (1:29 am)
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Hey guys... sometime back, somewhere on one of these boards, I read a post from someone that said the odometers were not perfectly accurate on the avy's. As a result that has an impact on your actual mileage as well as your computer displayed FE. Could somebody direct me to the archived post on this subject so I can go back and get a better understanding of just how "off" the odo's are and how it effects FE. I ask because tonight my car was showing me at 28.2 mpg in mixed city / hiway driving. But when I actually checked the mpg myself on a calculater, the actual mileage I got was 26.74 mpg. I appreciate the help. Thanks
Roland
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Re: Odometer accuracy? [rpfingsten]
by fin
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Mar 20, 2008 (6:39 am)
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Replying to: rpfingsten (Mar 20, 2008 1:29 am)
The odometer is off by about 3% in most current generation Avalons. The speed is OK... just the distance (miles) is wrong. You will actually travel about 3% more miles than indicated.
An easy check is to travel an interstate and watch the mileage as you pass the mile marker signs. Within 5 miles you will see a stunning difference in the miles indicated and the mile marker signs. I have done this on at least 3 different interstates, same result each time. How the speed can be right and the mileage off, I have no clue... Speed checks fine on roadside construction warning radar. Others have posted similar results.
Hope this helps, try a search on "3%" without the "" marks.
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Re: Odometer accuracy? [fin]
by wwest
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Mar 20, 2008 (6:48 am)
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Replying to: fin (Mar 20, 2008 6:39 am)
Or if you have a more modern GPS/Nav system, such as the Garmin 680, you can compare the GPS distance travelled with the odometer to discover how accurate it may, or may not be.
You might even be able to adjust the operational temperature of the tire pressure to the correct level and bring the odometer into closer "tolerance".
And by-the-by my GPS indicates that those road markers are correctly placed on the average but not necessarily otherwise.
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