20V024000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.
2013 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID
3 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (1 open), 30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations41 open
Owner complaints30
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
15V728000
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
13V505000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
A short circuit could cause inoperative windshield wipers, reducing driver visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 5FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 3AIR BAGS
- 3SEATS
- 2ENGINE
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRIDs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.