Used 1998 Toyota Avalon Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Most Reliable! Fantastic! Safe Car Ever
jayvon97, 05/27/2015
1998 Toyota Avalon XLS 4dr Sedan
13 of 15 people found this review helpful
I purchased my 98 Avalon in July of 2014 for $400 at the dealership I worked at. When I bought it, it had 178,000 miles exactly. It had some minor problems such as it needed tires, brakes, a tie rod, and a fog light bulb. I did a oil change the day I bought it, got tires 2 months later. Eventually the brakes started to grind so I replaced those to. I am a teenager and I have a heavy foot, and this car was very responsive. I would race my friends who had newer cars and this car never failed to let me down. It was my baby honestly and I even named it Snow White LOL! I sadly got into a accident with it in January and it was totaled with 191,348 miles. I cant wait till I can get another Avalon.
Great car, Great price.
Dylon, 08/08/2010
1998 Toyota Avalon XLS 4dr Sedan
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Picked up the 98' Avalon only a few months ago, came with 150,000 km on it, I put on about 10,000 km. Still works perfectly. Absolutely no problems. Only complaint is that my old car was a '92 Camry, it was a cute little car, but it was fun to drive. This one seems a little stiff. Pretty good on gas I guess, I am getting about 23 Mpg city. And the car doesn't have that outdated look to it. The rear looks really modern, love the sunroof, and the headlight cleaners is the cherry on top. Never selling.
Smokin' engine... literally
tallchris01, 03/25/2014
1998 Toyota Avalon XL 4dr Sedan
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought this Avalon having owned another 1st generation Avalon. Didn't figure I'd need to have a PPI, but I should have gotten one. Turns out the engine was a smoker. Despite replacing the valve seals and spark plugs, it continued to smoke. Quickly re-sold it.
Great car bad seats
Steve Smialkowski, 02/20/2002
1998 Toyota Avalon XL 4dr Sedan
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I have enjoyed my Toyota Avalon 98 for a couple months, and then I discovered that the seats are getting progressively less comfortable. Finaly, I was in pain. I opened the seat to find a steel seat pan underneeth the foam. My bottom was hitting the edge of the steel.
spacious ride
petras, 12/03/2004
1998 Toyota Avalon XLS 4dr Sedan
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
The xls has a nicely appointed, spacious interior yet exterior dimensions are fairly modest. mileage is around 21/30 city/hwy. Overall reliablily is very good although watch for noisy front suspension due to bad strut support mounts, $400 to fix, also my car has some occasional squeaks/rattles from glovebox area, I definitely would buy an avalon again.
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