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Toyota Avalon · 2020

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V682000·2020-11-04

    Toyota and Lexus Recall Vehicles for Fuel Pump Failure Risk

    Toyota is recalling over 1.5 million vehicles because a fuel pump defect may cause the engine to stall while driving, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    LEXUS — LEXUS, TOYOTA RX350, LC500, LS500, LS HYBRID
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V865000·2023-12-20

    Toyota and Lexus vehicles recalled for air bag sensor short circuit defect

    Toyota and Lexus are recalling certain 2020-2022 vehicles with a faulty Occupant Classification System sensor that may prevent the front passenger air bag from deploying in a crash, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    LEXUS — LEXUS, TOYOTA ES, CAMRY HYBRID, AVALON, ES HYBRID
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V734000·2020-11-25

    Toyota RAV4 and Avalon Steering Column Airbag Failure Recall

    Certain 2020-2021 Toyota RAV4, RAV4 Hybrid, Avalon, and Avalon Hybrid vehicles may have damaged steering column breakaway pins that could reduce airbag performance in a crash. Toyota will replace the steering column at no cost.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA AVALON, RAV4, RAV4 HYBRID, AVALON HYBRID
    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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