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Toyota Avalon · 2013

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V024000·2020-01-17

    Toyota Recalls Corolla, Matrix, Avalon Models for Air Bag Defect

    Toyota is recalling specific 2011-2019 Corolla, Matrix, Avalon, and Avalon Hybrid vehicles because the air bag control unit may malfunction, potentially preventing air bags and seat belt pretensioners from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA AVALON, AVALON HYBRID, MATRIX, COROLLA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V442000·2013-10-17

    Toyota Recalls 2012-2013 Avalon, Camry, Venza for Airbag Risk

    Toyota is recalling 2012-2013 Avalon, Camry, and Venza vehicles because a clogged air conditioning drain hose may cause water to leak onto the airbag control module, potentially disabling airbags or causing them to deploy unexpectedly.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA AVALON, CAMRY, VENZA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V728000·2015-11-03

    Toyota Recalls 2013-2015 Avalon and Lexus ES for Braking Defect

    Toyota is recalling 2013-2015 Avalon and Lexus ES vehicles because the Pre-Collision System may unexpectedly brake when detecting steel road objects.

    Product
    LEXUS — LEXUS, TOYOTA ES HYBRID, ES350, AVALON HYBRID, AVALON
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V505000·2013-10-17

    Toyota Recalls 2013-2014 Models for Windshield Wiper Switch Defect

    Toyota is recalling specific 2013-2014 Corolla, Camry, and Avalon vehicles because a short circuit in the wiper switch may cause the wipers to stop working, reducing visibility.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA COROLLA, CAMRY, CAMRY HYBRID, AVALON
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • DP23005 Defect Petition · open · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components
  • EA12006 Engineering Analysis · electrical system
  • PE12002 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system
  • PE10008 Preliminary Evaluation · steering
  • PE09054 Preliminary Evaluation · engine and engine cooling
  • DP06003 Defect Petition · vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2008 · lighting 179 complaints, median 59,000 mi
  • 2006 · engine 63 complaints, median 62,833 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2006 · powertrain 44 complaints, median 30,000 mi
  • 2008 · electrical 44 complaints, median 55,600 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2006 · steering 35 complaints, median 42,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,134 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2022: 4.5/5 · 8 complaints
  • 2021: 4.1/5 · 21 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2020: 4.1/5 · 10 complaints
  • 2019: 3.6/5 · 70 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2018: 4.0/5 · 24 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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