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
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 187 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints187
Complaints citing a crash21
Complaints citing a fire3
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
15V728000
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
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.
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
- 22VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 22UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 21VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 14ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 14AIR BAGS
- 13STRUCTURE
- 12STRUCTURE:BODY
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 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.