2018 Toyota Avalon problems
NHTSA has received 31 complaints about the 2018 Toyota Avalon, and 19% of them involve air bags. After that come steering (13%) and fuel system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 31 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 11,000 miles 18 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 | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 18 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 10,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% 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 2018 ranks 22nd most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Toyota Avalon with enough data (29 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota avalon. The contact stated that while waiting at a traffic light, a vehicle traveling at high speeds crashed into the vehicles front passenger side. None of the frontal air bags deployed. The police was present and a report was issued. The passenger was taken to the hospital by ambulance, treated and released the following day.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota avalon. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v024000 (air bags) however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH when another cut in front of them and in order to avoid hitting the other vehicle the contact veered to the left, the contact ended up crashing into a side barrier on the side of the…
I was traveling on I-294 south in the vicinity of, south highland, illinois traveling about 70 miles per hour. I was next to the median. There was a car next to me that was behind an 18 wheeler, pulling an extra trailer. The 18 wheeler swerved to miss a car and as a result of the 18 wheeler swerving, the car next to me swerved to miss the trailer; when that happened I swerved to my left because of the vehicle.
Toyota in their ads show the avalon to stop by itself in front of obstacles and people. My test shows this not to be the case with my car. Toyota advised to have the car checked and this was done. The local toyota dealer pronounced the car up to factory standards. . Please watch this youtube video : [link removed]