2001 TOYOTA AVALON Service Repair Manual

9 Tape Player CASSETTE TAPE CANNOT BE INSERTED
Ye s
No NG Is there a foreign object inside tape player?
Is auto search button radio operating normally?
Check if RADIO No.1 fuse is OK?
Radio assembly faulty.Radio assembly faulty. Remove foreign object.
Replace fuse.
+B wire harness faulty.
GND faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Power amplifier faulty. Ye s No
No
OK
Ye s
OK
Ye s
OKNG
No
NG
10 Tape Player CASSETTE TAPE INSERTED, BUT NO POWER
Is radio operating normal?
Check if RAD No.2 fuse is OK?
ACC wire harness faulty.
Check if RADIO No.1 fuse is OK?Radio assembly faulty.
Replace fuse.
Replace fuse.
+B wire harness faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Radio assembly faulty.No
No
No
No OK
OKYe s
Ye s
Ye sYe s
NG
NG Check if GND (wire harness side) of power amplifier
grounded normally? Is power supplied to +B terminal of power amplifier?
Check if GND (wire harness side) of radio assembly
grounded normally? Is power supplied to +B terminal of radio assembly?
Is power supplied to +B terminal of radio assembly? Is power supplied to ACC terminal of power amplifier?
Is power supplied to ACC terminal of radio assembly? BE-148
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11 Tape Player POWER COMING IN, BUT TAPE PLAYER NOT OPERATING
Ye s
NoRadio assembly faulty. Cassette tape faulty.
Speaker wire harness faulty.
Speaker faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Recheck system after repair. Ye s No
No
Ye s
Ye sNo No Function OK if different cassette tape inserted?
Is radio operating normally?
Does continuity exist in speaker wire harness?
Temporarily install another speaker.
Function OK?
Hiss noise from speaker?
Radio assembly faulty.
Recheck system after repair.Ye s
Radio assembly faulty.
Recheck system after repair. Radio assembly faulty.
No
No
No Ye sYe s
Ye s
Ye s No Is radio operating normally?
Speaker wire harness faulty.
Speaker faulty. Is hiss noise produced by non-functioning speaker.
Does continuity exist in speaker wire harness?
Temporarily install another speaker.
Function OK?
Radio assembly or power amplifier faulty.12 Tape Player ANY SPEAKER DOES NOT WORK
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BE-149
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13 Tape Player SOUND QUALITY POOR (VOLUME FAINT)
Ye s
NoRadio assembly faulty. Cassette tape faulty.
Install properly.
Speaker faulty. Head dirty.
Ye s No
No
Ye sYe s
No No Function OK if different cassette tape inserted?
Is radio operating normally?
Is speaker properly installed?
Temporarily install another speaker.
Function OK?
Radio assembly faulty. Operates normally after cleaning the heads?
Ye s
Function OK if different tape (less than 120 mins.) is inserted?
Operates normally after cleaning the heads?
Radio assembly faulty. Is there a foreign object inside tape player?Cassette tape faulty.
Remove foreign object.
Head dirty. 14 TAPE JAMMED MALFUNCTION WITH TAPE SPEED OR AUTO-REVERSE
No
No
NoYe s
Ye s
Ye s 14
Tape PlayerTAPE JAMMED MALFUNCTION WITH TAPE SPEED OR AUTO-REVERSE BE-150
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15 Tape Player CASSETTE TAPE WILL NOT BE EJECTED
Radio assembly faulty. Is tape player operating normally?
Is auto search button of radio operating normally?
Check if RADIO No.1 fuse is OK?Cassette tape jammed.
Replace fuse.
+B wire harness faulty.
Power amplifier faulty. Ye s
Ye s
Ye sYe s
NoNo
No
No NG
OK
Radio assembly faulty.
16 CD Auto Chenger CD MAGAZINE CANNOT BE INSERTED
Ye s
No Is CD magazine already inserted?
Eject CD magazine.
Radio assembly faulty.
CD auto chenger faulty.
Replace fuse.
+B wire harness faulty. Check if RADIO No.1 fuse is OK?
Radio assembly faulty.
Is auto search button of radio operating normally?
NoNo Ye s
Ye sYe s
No OK
NG
OKOK
NGNG
Check if GND (wire harness side) of radio assembly
grounded normally? Is power supplied to +B terminal of power amplifier?
Is power supplied to +B terminal of radio receiver?
Is power supplied to +B terminal of power amplifier?Is power supplied to +B terminal
of CD auto chenger?
Check if GND (wire harness
side) of CD player grounded
normally?
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BE-151
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2001 AVALON (RM808U)

17 CD Auto Chenger CD MAGAZINE INSERTED, BUT NO POWER
Radio assembly faulty.
Replace fuse. Check if RADIO No.2 fuse is OK? Is radio operating normally?
CD auto chenger faulty.
ACC wire harness faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Radio assembly faulty.No
No
NoNo Ye s
Ye s
Ye s
Ye s OKNG
18 CD Auto Chenger POWER COMING IN, BUT CD AUTO CHENGER NOT OPERATING
Is CD inserted with correct side up?
Is radio operating normally?Insert correctly.
CD magazine faulty.
Protective circuit in
operation. Function OK if different CD magazine inserted?
Has sudden temperature change
occurred inside cabin?
CD auto chenger faulty.Is temperature inside cabin hot?
Speaker wire harness faulty.
Speaker faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Recheck system after repair. Dose continuity exist in speaker wire harness?
Temporarily install another speaker.
Functions OK?
Hiss noise from speaker?
Radio assembly faulty.
Recheck system after repair.No
Ye s Ye s
Ye s
Ye s
Ye s
Ye s Ye s
Ye s No
No
NoNo
No
No
No
Formation of
condensation
due to temp. changes.
Is power supplied to ACC terminal of power amplifier?
Is power supplied to ACC terminal of radio assembly?Is power supplied to ACC
terminal of CD auto chenger? BE-152
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2001 AVALON (RM808U)

CD Auto Chenger SOUND JUMPS
19
CD auto chenger faulty. Does sound jump only during strong vibration?
Is CD auto chenger properly installed?
Functions OK if another CD is played?
Has sudden temperature change occurred inside cabin?Jumping caused by vibration.
Install properly.
CD faulty.
Formation of condensation due to
temp. changes. Ye sYe s
Ye s
Ye s No No
No
No
20 CD Auto Chenger SOUND QUALITY POOR (VOLUME FAINT)
Is radio operating normally?CD faulty. Function OK if another CD is played?
Speaker faulty. Temporarily install another speaker.
Functions OK?Ye s
No
Is speaker property installed?CD auto chenger faulty.
Install properly. Ye s
Ye s Ye s No
NoNo
Radio assembly or CD auto chenger or power amplifier faulty.
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BE-153
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2001 AVALON (RM808U)

CD auto chenger faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Recheck system after repair. Temporarily install another speaker.
Function OK?21 CD Auto Chenger ANY SPEAKER DOES NOT WORK
Speaker wire harness faulty.
Speaker faulty. Is hiss noise produced by non-functioning speaker?
Does continuity exist in speaker wire harness? Is radio operating normally?
Ye sYe s
Ye s
Ye s No
No
NoNoRadio assembly faulty.
Recheck system after repair.
CD auto chenger faulty. 22 CD Auto Chenger CD MAGAZINE WILL NOT BE EJECTED
Is auto search button of radio
operating normally?
NoRadio assembly
faulty.
Replace fuse.
+B wire harness faulty.
Power amplifier faulty.
Radio assembly faulty. Check if RADIO No.1 fuse is OK?No
No
No Ye s
NG
OK
Ye s
Ye sYe s
Is power supplied to +B terminal of power amplifier?
Is power supplied to +B terminal of radio receiver?Is power supplied to +B terminal
of CD auto chenger? BE-154
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2001 AVALON (RM808U)

23 Power Amplifier NO POWER COMING IN
+ B wire harness faulty.
GND faulty.
Power amplifier or wire harness faulty.
Power amplifier or wire harness faulty.
GND faulty. Is tape player operating normally?
Check if RAD-No.2 fuse is OK?Ye s
NG
No OK No
No
No
No OK
OK
OK Ye s
Ye s
Ye s
Ye sNG
NG
NG Check if RAD-No.1 fuse is OK?
Radio assembly faulty.Replace fuse.
ACC wire harness faulty. Radio assembly faulty.
Replace fuse.
Check if GND (wire harness side) of power amplifier
grounded normally?Is power supplied to ACC terminal of power amplifier?
Is power supplied to +B terminal of power amplifier?
Is power supplied to ACC terminal of radio assembly?
Is power supplied to +B terminal of radio assembly?
Check if GND (wire harness side) of radio assembly
grounded normally?
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BE-155
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2001 AVALON (RM808U)