Used 2004 Toyota Avalon for Sale

One of the top negative things I don't like about the vehicle was the fact that the check engine light was on. Of course no one knew why it was on, and I couldn't afford to pay the Toyota dealership to find out why it was on. Thank God the previous owner wanted the car to be like new when I purchased it, so they paid for everything; the check and the service to fix the problem. But, because the car is still in such great shape and never gave me or the previous owner any problems, slowly but surely things are starting to come up that need to be taken care of either now, or in the near future. There's a whistling sound that occurs when I get to 60 mph and gets louder the faster I drive. My back breaks are in the yellow. They will soon need to be replaced. I need tires but cant afford to get the brand that should be on this car because its a luxury car. Getting a cheaper brand will make the car shake and that does not give it a good ride. Plus, on top of everything else, the check engine light came on again about 3 months ago. Again, I can't afford to pay Toyota to find out why its on this time. When I have a full passenger load, whenever I go over a speed bump or a high entrance to a parking lot, my muffler bumps it. I'm thinking I need some shocks, struts, or maybe even both. The door that has to be open so I can pump gas into my car has started to not want to freely open. I have to hold the latch to unlock it while my son sticks something through it to open it. We had to play with it for a little while to get it to where it opens again.

I definitely have had some major issues with this car. It has a tendency to be temperamental when it comes to repairs, and whenever I get something fixed it seems to break again quickly or something else breaks in the process of the repair. It has been this way since I got the car. For instance, I got my suspension worked on at the Toyota dealership (if anyone knows how to fix a Toyota vehicle without issue, it should be them, right?) and they installed a strut that broke days later. When I brought it back, they originally said it my power steering going out and missed the issue completely (it turned out both were true). I get new tires, a spring falls off the bottom of my car driving home. I can't catch I break with this one, but it's a nice enough car that I love it anyway and I've never actually ended up stranded anywhere.