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Toyota Avalon Hybrid

Every Toyota Avalon Hybrid model year on file, 2015 to 2022. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years222 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82015 to 2022
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,064Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 12, 55% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0369122015122016201720182019202020212022
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Toyota Avalon Hybrid complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
7
Brakes
5
Electrical system
4
Engine and cooling
2
Speed control
2
Stability and traction control
2
Driver assistance
1
Powertrain
1
Steering
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Toyota Avalon Hybrid model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Toyota Avalon Hybrid by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2022Not decoded0NoneNone01105
2021Sedan616.77111129
2020Not decoded0NoneNone31134
2019Sedan10.0731147
2018Not decoded10.01001281
2017Not decoded0NoneNone12130
2016Sedan20.01422158
2015Sedan128.37524180
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Toyota Avalon Hybrid

  • 23V-865 Dec 20, 2023
    Short circuit may develop in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor, preventing the front passenger air bag from deploying
    Airbags · 1000k vehicles
  • 20V-734 Nov 25, 2020
    Breakaway pins within the steering column, designed to absorb energy and reduce injury during a crash, could have been damaged during production,…
    Airbags · 161 vehicles
  • 20V-064 Feb 6, 2020
    Porosity in the engine castings may result in cracks than can allow coolant to leak internally and/or externally
    Engine and cooling · 44k vehicles
  • 20V-024 Jan 17, 2020
    During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat…
    Airbags · 2.89M vehicles
  • 19V-244 Mar 27, 2019
    Text on the load capacity label may become illegible
    Equipment · 3,634 vehicles
  • 19V-097 Feb 14, 2019
    Fuel filler pipe may not have been properly reconnected to the fuel tank during an inspection after vehicle assembly
    Fuel system · 205 vehicles
  • 18V-685 Oct 4, 2018
    Air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may erroneously detect a fault during the vehicle start-up self check
    Airbags · 168k vehicles
  • 17V-462 Jul 20, 2017
    Front drive shaft may separate
    Powertrain · 671 vehicles
  • 15V-728 Nov 3, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment
    Driver assistance · 31k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.