Rear Window Sunshade Fails and Makes Grinding Noise on Toyota Avalon
Problem overview
The motor for the rear window sunshade in the Toyota Avalon is known to fail. When this occurs, the sunshade will not extend down the window, and a grinding noise is heard until the motor fails as well.
Replacement of the sunshade assembly is necessary to correct this failure, however, removing the fuse for the sunshade will stop the motor from making the irritating grinding noise.
228 people reported this problem
71 commentsToyota Avalon vehicles with this problem
22 model years affected
Average mileage: 91,014 miles
(12,000 - 200,000)
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