1995 Toyota Avalon problems
NHTSA has received 92 complaints about the 1995 Toyota Avalon, and 13% of them involve brakes. After that come electrical system (11%) and air bags (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 92 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Toyota Avalon with enough data (60 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was involved in an head-on collision and the air bags did not deploy. Both driver and passenger sustained severe injuries.
Driving vehicle on wet ground vehicle spun around facing oncoming traffic, semi struck l/front side spun 3/4 & was hit by 2nd semi r/r wheel, r/front side hit, driver's/passenger's air bags did not deploy.
Parked my avalon in my apartment parking lot for approximately an hour. When I returned the drivers side of the dashboard had melted completely around the fuse box and steering wheel. All of the dash and surrounding area was burned or melted. Also I might mention that I am aware of no changes of the fuses by myself or anyone else, and the car hasn't had any major repairs (outside of fluid changes, tire alignments) since I've owned it.
Consumer stated glue ran down all 4 doors. Glue was coming from door panels inside of car. Consumer concerned about safety of glue fumes. Ts
Oil sludge in engine valve covers resulted in oil being pulled into the air intake through the pcv valve. The baffle system on both covers were removed to reveal near total blockage of baked sludge. The camshaft valleys in the cylinder heads were coated with up to 1/2 of sludge. The throttle body, air chamber, air chamber control valve, and intake plenum were coated with oily sludge as well. Air intake and camshaft chambers required many hour of cleaning.