extended steering colum

I have a 2009 limited and the extented steering column will not stay locked. Does any one else have this problem? The dealer says there is no problem with it. Thank you.

Reply 1 : extended steering colum

This is the first time I've heard of this issue.

Reply 2 : extended steering colum

That happened to me a few times in my '05. The locking lever seem to disengage easily, but I figure I must have moved it on accident.

Reply 3 : extended steering colum

Same problem here. It seems to come loose easily on its on. sometimes I might be bumping it when using the tilt wheel lever by mistake. not sure, but it really hurts your knee to bump it when its down and I am getting out of the car

Reply 4 : extended steering colum

Yes same problem on my 06 Avalon I keep finding the lever in the down position but it's not open enough for the column to move

Reply 5 : extended steering colum

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Originally Posted by glangfield I have a 2009 limited and the extented steering column will not stay locked. Does any one else have this problem? The dealer says there is no problem with it. Thank you.

I have a 2005 XLS with 25000 miles on it and started having same problem

every 100 miles about 1000 miles ago. Dealer says no problem....

Reply 6 : extended steering colum

I was having the same problem with my 2006. The dealer checked it out twice and said that they couldn't replicate the problem, never heard of it, etc. I just lived with it since it wasn't that big of a deal to remember to push the locking lever up every so often.



One day, I hit a nasty pothole when the lever must not have been all the way locked in. The resulting impact unlocked the steering column and caused the column to collapse. The wheel slipped out of my hands and I almost hit the car in the next lane by the time I was able to grab it and swerve back.



Enough was enough.



I took the car back to the dealer, along with printouts from the net where other people were complaining about the problem. I told them it was a serious safety issue and I was not messing around with it anymore.



Two days later, I drove away with a brand new steering column under the extended warranty. The new one locks TIGHT! It hasn't budged.



Hope this helps!