2000 Toyota Avalon Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“At night there is a green glow from the dash lights that reflects onto the front windshield, obscuring my view to the road ahead. It is impossible to get a clear view of the road and last night I almost hit a pedestrian because my view was obscured. The dealer tells me that there is no way to fix the problem and that I can turn the instrument lights off to solve the problem, but when I tried that it was impossible to read my speed, etc.”

“Glare on windshield from glass over instrument panel. Worse at night when dash lights are on, had to dim lights to see safely. Can also have glare daytime whether sunny or not. This is in my direct line of vision and can be a safety hazzard. Please advise if there has been a solution to this problem as I have consulted haley Toyota in roanoke va and they say they have never heard of the problem. I have seen several other complaints of this nature on your website.”

“The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Avalon. While the vehicle was parked, the contact heard an abnormal noise. Upon inspection, the contact noticed the rear window of the vehicle had shattered independently. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that the rear window had shattered and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 88,632.”

“On 4/25/2002, middle finger on right hand was broken by power window on right rear side of car. There is no safety device to stop window from rolling up when it meets with resistance from object in window. I am in hand therapy and this is august, it still may be another 6 mos before it is healed.”

“Severe glare into windshield from poor instrument panel design. Sun reflects off of instrument panel bazel into windshield at driver eye level blinding driver. At night lighted instrument gauges reflect into windshield creating a distracting heads up type display. Instrument panel lights must be almost completely dimmed to avoid reflection problem. This creates another problem of viewing gauges.”