15V043000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.
2003 TOYOTA AVALON
2 safety recall campaigns, 353 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints353
Complaints citing a crash68
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 2 of 2
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.
What owners report most
- 181AIR BAGS
- 45VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 18STEERING
- 18ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 7ENGINE
- 6SEAT BELTS
- 6SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 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.