2000 Toyota Avalon problems
NHTSA has received 220 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Avalon, and 15% of them involve steering. After that come air bags (12%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 220 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 52 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 37 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 89,000 miles 103 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 13 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 18 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 13 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 103 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 88,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 109,000 miles (22 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 52 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 37 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Toyota Avalon with enough data (86 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
I was following my wife out of the subdivision to work at approximately 06:40. I went through 3 stop signs with no apparent problems breaking. When my wife stopped at the 4th sign, my break peddle went to the floor and I hit her rear end at approximately 5 MPH. There scratches and dents in both bumpers. I crept back home at 5 MPH and attempted to stop at all three stop signs. The car stopped slowly, but the break peddle went to the floor each time. I had the car towed back to the dealer for inspection.
Car was struck on driver's side (mainly driver's door) by another vehicle that went through a red light, and air bags did not deploy.
2000 toyota avalon driven by my wife quote "suddenly took off" resulting in a wreck. Car was totaled with no airbag deployment. Early morning with heavy rains, approx. 35 miles per hour speed, breaking, when car took off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 toyota avalon. While driving 2 MPH in a parking lot, the accelerator pedal spontaneously depressed to the floorboard. As a result, the contact crashed into a subaru forester. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to an independent lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: [xxx].
The first thing that happened was that the air bag light on the dash came on. Looked this up in the manual and it said to take the car in to the dealer - which I did. The local toyota deal said that they ran a check and found nothing wrong with the car. Their explanation was that a LED light in the dash was malfunctioning. My horn was not working either - so they wiggled the wires under the hood and said that it would be fine. The horn lasted until I was out of their driveway.