10V345000
STEERING
SHOULD THE STEERING LOCK BAR BREAK, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK AND THE DRIVER WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
2002 TOYOTA AVALON
1 safety recall campaign, 148 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints148
Complaints citing a crash44
Complaints citing a fire2
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 28AIR BAGS
- 20VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 18STEERING
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5TIRES
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 4AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2002 TOYOTA AVALONs 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.