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Toyota Avalon

Every Toyota Avalon 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 years21132 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82015 to 2022
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,666Summed across model years
By model year

The 2019 model year drew the most complaints, 70, 33% of the model's total

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

0204060802015201620172018201970202020212022
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 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
34
Fuel system
33
Driver assistance
31
Electrical system
29
Brakes
25
Engine and cooling
24
Speed control
20
Powertrain
16
Structure
10
Visibility and wipers
8
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Toyota Avalon 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 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2022Sedan825.011400105
2021Sedan214.824720170
2020Sedan1010.011130192
2019Sedan705.751940220
2018Sedan2429.220021178
2017Sedan1450.08221221
2016Sedan2313.016431266
2015Sedan4117.125621314
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Toyota Avalon

  • 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-682 Nov 4, 2020
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 1.53M 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
  • 20V-012 Jan 13, 2020
    On March 4, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include certain 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser, 2018 Avalon, Corolla, 2014 FJ Cruiser,…
    Fuel system · 1.83M vehicles
  • 19V-244 Mar 27, 2019
    Text on the load capacity label may become illegible
    Equipment · 3,634 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-295 May 2, 2017
    Spare tire air pressure was not adjusted to the proper pressure as stated on the Tire Pressure Label
    Tires · 409 vehicles
  • 16V-906 Dec 16, 2016
    Front passenger knee air bag module may have been attached to the lower instrument panel with incorrect fasteners
    Airbags · 12 vehicles
  • 16V-215 Apr 14, 2016
    Occupant classification system (OCS) that activates or deactivates the front passenger seat air bag system may have been improperly calibrated
    Airbags · 59k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.