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.
2012 TOYOTA AVALON
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 35 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints35
Complaints citing a crash11
Complaints citing a fire1
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 4 of 4
18V569000
AIR BAGS
If the seat belt is falsely interpreted as being buckled, in the event of a crash, the air bags may not deploy appropriately, increasing the risk of injury.
15V047000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
A constant electrical current flow may cause the sub-woofer to overheat, increasing the risk of fire.
13V442000
AIR BAGS
A short circuit may cause the air bags to become disabled or inadvertently deploy. An inadvertent airbag deployment can increase the risk of injury or the possibility of a crash. An inoperative airbag can increase the risk of injury in a severe crash. The power steering assist could also become inoperable resulting in increased steering effort and can increase the risk of a crash at low speeds.
What owners report most
- 6AIR BAGS
- 5STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 4VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 3SERVICE BRAKES
- 3VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.