2014 Toyota Avalon Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“I have a rear sunshade on this 2014 Avalon limited version that was working fine until I decided to park my car outside in the hot summer in houston. The automatic rear sunshade stopped working and is now stuck in the up position. Now it is very difficult to drive this vehicle at night because the visibility is very poor at night as a result of the shade stuck in the up position. There is no other way to manually disengage the shade. I am unable to reverse at night. Very inconvenient. Please help.”

“While driving south on a city street midday, in sunny clear conditions, suddenly experienced the suns glare from at least 3 spots on shiny chrome covered dashboard all at same time, from different spots, blinding and distracting me and almost making me run a red light since I could barely see. It was like 3 suns in my face. Chrome is mirror like, quite thick, and at an angle that causes sun to reflect straight into your eyes when it's midday and the sun shines down through windshield from overhead. I had to break hard when I noticed light was red at the last minute. …”

“Few days after purchasing brand new 2014 Toyota Avalon, noticed a highly intense mirror like reflection of the sun coming off the very thick shiny polished chrome in the dashboard that surrounds the instrument cluster and the AC vents in the center. 3 spots in the dash where I get severe glare. It happens usually midday when it's sunny outside and sun is overhead. The blinding light is so bad I must put my hand in a position to obstruct the view from my eyes. I am scared this may distract me from driving and cause an accident, or even cause injury to my vision and permanently blind me. …”

“The rear window shade must stay in the up position or makes a very loud noise when vehicle is I placed in reverse. Therefore, the shade has to stay in the up position, which makes night driving hazardous due to lack of rear vision. Very expensive repair and many Toyota's have this problems for many years models according to internet. Needs a recall for safety.”

“Sunroof spontaneously exploded/shattered while driving at 70 MPH on freeway on nov. 25-2015. Loud noise (like gunshot or explosion), followed immediately by sound of wind entering car and shattered glass rolling in space above interior sunroof closure. Pulled off highway, stopped vehicle, found large hole in middle of sunroof with jagged edges and numerous shards of glass between remains of exterior sunroof and interior cover. Fortunately, interior cover was closed or we would have been sprayed with glass fragments. Temp outside in 60s, dry. …”