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It's not about being a loyalist to any brand. And Toyota's hold their value in the US as well - at least some of them anyway. Avalon's are cheap because no one looks at them. Camry's and 4-Runner's are expensive. Like I said though - do you research. Every make has problem children. Every model has problem years. Don't buy the first generation of anything. Stick with older stuff that has been proven. GD

They generally just left them out unless it was a premium model, like the LL Bean. Thankfully there is still a spot for them.

@Btcox- that’s the module I’m talking about! I like @azdave’s idea with trying to cool that part down to bring it back into its heat range where it works as intended. Worth a shot and will pin point the issue of the trick works. Cheers Bennie

This issue had been resolved. I be had the system evacuated, I replaced the compressor, expansion valve, all associates o-rings, cleaned off the evaporator (the previous owner apparently did not have a cabin air filter in so it was covered in crap), put the system under vacuum for 90 minutes, recharged, and it's good to go.

I put premium in and it didn’t go away I Took off the gasket and found it it was exploded I’m going to make my own gasket and hopefully it will fix it here’s an image of the blown up gasket i’m also gonna grind down the y pipe with a wire brush to make it as flat as possible https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oX6pjdbuj2hrfZfkyQg6y5xw176ECNt2

Do you have a can of Dust Off? The contents are R152a which is a great refrigerant. If you think it might be the ignition module (which could fail in the heat as you describe) then invert the can and spray several short spurts to cool off the part and then see if you can drive much further before the failure returns. Even cooling it with a handful of ice might prove or disprove this theory. My 87 Mazda B2000 had an ignition module fail in this same manner and an Icee slush drink from the convenience store got me home. Cherry flavor works best.

Thanks you again man!