2003 Toyota Avalon air bags problems
184 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2003 Toyota Avalon, which is 52% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 184 52% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 99,000 miles 62 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 62 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 99,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 16 crashes, 8 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
My mother-in-law who always wore her seat belt was driving home at night and somehow ran off the road hit a little cherry tree and was thrown from her car & killed her. The side nor the front air bags went off. And apparently the seat belts failed too. The highway partrol can't figure out what happened.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota avalon. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle lost power intermittently. The contact stated that warning lights illuminated on the instrumental panel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The contact was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v147000 (air bags) but the dealer determined another failure. The failure mileage was 10,000 and the current mileage was 21,000.
Other problems reported for the 2003 Toyota Avalon
- Cruise control 51 complaints
- Steering 19 complaints
- Electrical system 18 complaints
- Brakes 15 complaints