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2018 Toyota Avalon Safety Report

Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA

The 2018 Toyota Avalon has 2 recalls, 24 complaints, and a 5-star overall safety rating from NHTSA.

2

Recalls

24

Complaints

★★★★★

Safety Rating

Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 7, 2026

Recalls

20V024000

AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hy...

20V012000

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) recalled certain 2018-2019 4Runner, Highlander, Camry, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tun...

Safety Ratings

Overall

★★★★★

Front Crash

★★★★★

Side Crash

★★★★★

Rollover

★★★★★

Rating for: 2018 Toyota Avalon 4 DR FWD

Top Complaint Categories

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
AIR BAGS
4
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2
STEERING
2
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS
1
STRUCTURE
1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
1

Problems by Component

Other9Airbags5Steering4

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All Complaints

Date ↓ComponentSummary
Oct 26, 2025AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSInvolved in a 2 vehicle accident on October 26th. My car is totaled and so is the other car. No airb...
Jul 12, 2023VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLDate of safety issue: July 12, 2023 Location: Piper Glen Shopping Center, Rea Road, Charlotte NC (de...
Jan 19, 2023STRUCTUREHello, My name is [XXX]. I bought my car from Longo Toyota in El Monte about 15 months ago. The car...
Dec 12, 2022AIR BAGSAir Bag did not deploy during a major front end collision. Resulted in total loss of the vehicle.
Nov 28, 2022FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEMIntermittently, unpredictably, for several seconds at a time, the engine almost quits, especially wh...
Aug 21, 2021STEERINGAt approximately 42000 miles with no significant issues and no front end damages, the steering faile...
May 7, 2021FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCETHE PRE-COLLISION BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO WORK. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN CARS IN FRONT OF US HA...
Mar 20, 2021UNKNOWN OR OTHERI HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY RADIO HANGING UP PHONE CALLS AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. AFTER TAK...
Jan 15, 2021ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCEMy car check engine light lane sensor light and Lad light came on and card had rough handling i too...
Nov 15, 2020EXTERIOR LIGHTINGMY AUTO HIGH BEAMS DAILY FAIL TO WORK CORRECTLY DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING, THE LOW BEAM WOULD BE ON...
Aug 3, 2020FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEMI OWN A 2018 TOYOTA AVALON THAT IS SUBJECT TO RECALL FOR A POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. I TOOK T...
May 5, 2020FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEMCHECKING ON THE STATUS OF THE FUEL PUMP RECALL?? WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A NOTICE BY MAY BUT HAVE NOT RE...
Jan 26, 2020STEERING,AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKESTL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBE...
Jan 24, 2020AIR BAGSTL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE ...
Oct 23, 2019STEERINGWHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE SPEED BETWEEN 60-70 MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKS TO THE RIGHT. I HAD TH...
Aug 21, 2019STEERING,POWER TRAIN,WHEELSI WAS TRAVELING ON I-294 SOUTH IN THE VICINITY OF, SOUTH HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MILES...
Jul 17, 2019AIR BAGS2018 TOYOTA AVALON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIR BAGS THAT DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AUTO ACCIDENT....
Apr 23, 2019UNKNOWN OR OTHERTHE BACK UP CAMERA DISPLAY CLEARLY SHOWS THE REAR LICENSE PLATE. VEHICLE PURCHASED MAY 25, 2018. TH...
Jan 2, 2019VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLIN DYNAMIC RADAR CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR DOES NOT ACT AS DESCRIBED ON PAGE 237 OF THE OWNERS MANUAL....
Sep 26, 2018AIR BAGSTL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT,...