Toyota Avalon CVT No-Reverse Fault and Engine Stalling: Two 2019 Cases The Avalon, built in China by FAW Toyota and sold there as the Asian Dragon, launched in 2019 as the step-up mid-size sedan above the Camry. Within its first…
Toyota Corolla Electric Power Steering Failure: Intermittent Heavy Steering and the EPS Light The 2009 to 2013 Toyota Corolla moved steering assist from a hydraulic pump to electric power steering, shortened to EPS. An electric motor and an electronic control…
Toyota Backup Camera Recall: Panoramic View Monitor Freeze and the Parking Assist ECU In late October 2025 Toyota filed a safety recall in Canada covering roughly 99,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles whose reversing camera feed can drop out, or freeze…
Toyota and Lexus Combination Meter Recall: A Gauge Cluster That Fails to Boot On 18 June 2026 China’s State Administration for Market Regulation published two recall filings covering Toyota and Lexus vehicles whose combination meter can fail to boot when…
Toyota Corolla 1.6L Oxygen Sensor Failure: Rising Fuel Use and a Failed Emissions Test A Toyota Corolla 1.6L came back from the road with two symptoms that appeared together: a sharp, pungent smell from the exhaust, and fuel consumption that…
Toyota Corolla Hybrid Idle Surge: Replacing a Faulty Air Flow Meter A 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid arrived at a workshop with a tachometer that would not sit still. At idle the needle swung back and forth between 800 and 1,500…
Toyota Corolla GPF Clogging: Short Trips, Regeneration, and the Exhaust Parts Behind the Fix A Corolla owner stood at a service desk with an orange warning light on the cluster and a fuel figure that had climbed from 6 to…
Toyota Frontlander Brake Pedal Sinking: Diagnosing the Master Cylinder and Booster A Toyota Frontlander owner noticed a strange brake pedal feel about six months into ownership, around a year after the car was delivered. Pressing the pedal dropped it two…
Lexus NX350h Infotainment Black Screen: Software Resets, Two Head Units, and the Module That Fixed It A 2024 Lexus NX350h owner bought the car and, within the first month, found that connecting Apple CarPlay crashed the infotainment screen to black.…
Toyota Corolla Sealed LED Headlight: Water Ingress, the Assembly-Only Repair, and Its Cost On late-model Toyota Corollas the headlight is a sealed LED unit. There is no replaceable bulb behind the lens and no service hatch to reach one. When…