Toyota Avalon: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 34 recall campaigns for the Toyota Avalon, model years 1995 to 2021. NHTSA has 1,588 complaints on file for this model line. 26 of the 27 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Toyota Avalon: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2021 Toyota Avalon	2	0	0%	1,000,062
2020 Toyota Avalon	3	0	0%	2,525,804
2019 Toyota Avalon	4	0	0%	3,528,315
2018 Toyota Avalon	2	0	0%	4,722,728
2017 Toyota Avalon	2	0	0%	2,892,385
2016 Toyota Avalon	3	0	0%	2,950,503
2015 Toyota Avalon	2	0	0%	2,922,788
2014 Toyota Avalon	4	0	0%	2,944,310
2013 Toyota Avalon	4	0	0%	3,735,352
2012 Toyota Avalon	4	0	0%	3,765,594
2011 Toyota Avalon NHTSA page	1	0	0%	51,495
2010 Toyota Avalon	7	19	32%	7,114,769
2009 Toyota Avalon	7	27	46%	7,114,769
2008 Toyota Avalon	6	79	134%	7,111,534
2007 Toyota Avalon	6	118	201%	7,111,534
2006 Toyota Avalon	7	222	377%	7,568,794
2005 Toyota Avalon	7	147	250%	7,570,416
2004 Toyota Avalon	3	48	82%	1,799,768
2003 Toyota Avalon	2	65	111%	1,379,442
2002 Toyota Avalon	1	72	122%	372,593
2001 Toyota Avalon	2	107	182%	373,138
2000 Toyota Avalon	2	135	230%	373,134
1999 Toyota Avalon	1	86	146%	1,960
1998 Toyota Avalon	1	167	284%	1,960
1997 Toyota Avalon	1	115	196%	18,746
1996 Toyota Avalon	0	102	173%
1995 Toyota Avalon	0	79	134%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,910 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Toyota Avalon: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Vehicle Speed Control	213.1	407
Steering	96.3	184
Engine and Engine Cooling	92.1	176
Power Train	82.7	158
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	69.6	133
Air Bags	69.1	132
Suspension	52.4	100
Electrical System	46.6	89
Visibility	42.9	82
Tires	33	63

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Toyota Avalon, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2010, with 5 campaigns.

Complaints about the Toyota Avalon, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 467 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Camry59 campaigns
Prius35 campaigns
Corolla59 campaigns
Sienna50 campaigns
Tacoma56 campaigns
Tundra74 campaigns
RAV450 campaigns
Sequoia26 campaigns
Highlander51 campaigns
4 Runner0 campaigns
4Runner45 campaigns
Matrix7 campaigns
Camry Solara5 campaigns
Celica9 campaigns
Pickup1 campaign
Tercel2 campaigns
FJ Cruiser17 campaigns
T1001 campaign
Previa3 campaigns
Highlander Hybrid26 campaigns
Land Cruiser19 campaigns
Echo5 campaigns
Yaris23 campaigns
Toyota0 campaigns
Camry Hybrid20 campaigns
Crown5 campaigns
Venza11 campaigns
Supra14 campaigns
Sequoia SR50 campaigns
Cressida4 campaigns
Van3 campaigns
Corolla Matrix17 campaigns
HI Lux3 campaigns
Tundra Hybrid15 campaigns
Corona12 campaigns
Avalon Hybrid10 campaigns
RAV4 Hybrid12 campaigns
Sienna Hybrid8 campaigns
Prius V5 campaigns
Sequoia Hybrid7 campaigns
Prius Prime6 campaigns
RAV4 Prime7 campaigns
Corolla Cross Hybrid6 campaigns
Grand Highlander7 campaigns
BZ4X4 campaigns
Grand Highlander Hybrid6 campaigns
Prius Plug-In Hybrid4 campaigns
RAV4 EV3 campaigns
Venza Hybrid5 campaigns
C-HR6 campaigns
Corolla Hybrid4 campaigns
Land Cruiser Hybrid4 campaigns
Mirai4 campaigns
Corolla Cross4 campaigns
Tacoma Hybrid5 campaigns
GR Corolla2 campaigns
Prius C4 campaigns
863 campaigns
Mark II2 campaigns
Corolla Hatchback3 campaigns

Toyota: all 64 model lines

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Toyota Avalon: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/avalon/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file: TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Toyota Avalon model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2010 with 7, 2009 with 7, 2006 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Toyota Avalon model year has the most complaints?: The 2006 model year, with 222 of the 1,588 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Toyota Avalon name?: Vehicle Speed Control: 213.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Steering: 96.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 92.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Toyota Avalon?: 4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.