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Sooooo, the fun of buying a a car with 217k miles on the odometer begins 3 days ago I bought a 2007 Toyota Avalon Limited with 217k mi. Drove it thus far for about 250 miles without any issues.
This evening I get in it to go pick up my son from pre-school, and upon start up, am immediately greeted with "VSC", "ABS", and "BRAKE" lights. I restart it, VSC disappears but ABS and BRAKE are on. As soon as I'm moving Check Engine comes on. Further consequent restarts have no affect on what lights are on.
Only speedometer portion of the cluster stopped working. Mileage traveled stopped counting too. Transmission shifts slightly clunkier, but I understand it's because it doesn't know my speed
I've already ordered a code reader named "Blue Driver" (free overnight shipping Amazon), so I'll extract the codes tomorrow. But just googling about the issue, I'm a little shocked of the apparent lacking of Toyota online DIY presence. Not one post for the 3rd gen Avalon with 5-speed auto with a similar issue . The Camry and Lexus ES350 (which are twins to my car?) of the same vintage, with the same engine came with a 6-speed auto, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference...
Anyways, I'll get the codes tomorrow and will post them up, but is there anyone on this board who's familiar with 3rd gen Avalons and has experienced a similar issue?
Thanks
This evening I get in it to go pick up my son from pre-school, and upon start up, am immediately greeted with "VSC", "ABS", and "BRAKE" lights. I restart it, VSC disappears but ABS and BRAKE are on. As soon as I'm moving Check Engine comes on. Further consequent restarts have no affect on what lights are on.
Only speedometer portion of the cluster stopped working. Mileage traveled stopped counting too. Transmission shifts slightly clunkier, but I understand it's because it doesn't know my speed
I've already ordered a code reader named "Blue Driver" (free overnight shipping Amazon), so I'll extract the codes tomorrow. But just googling about the issue, I'm a little shocked of the apparent lacking of Toyota online DIY presence. Not one post for the 3rd gen Avalon with 5-speed auto with a similar issue . The Camry and Lexus ES350 (which are twins to my car?) of the same vintage, with the same engine came with a 6-speed auto, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference...
Anyways, I'll get the codes tomorrow and will post them up, but is there anyone on this board who's familiar with 3rd gen Avalons and has experienced a similar issue?
Thanks