NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2000 Toyota Avalon has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 173
- Crashes reported
- 43
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2000 Toyota Avalon
2000 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 173 owner complaints about the 2000 Toyota Avalon, the newest on April 18, 2025. Of these, 43 describe a crash (25%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the steering (20%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the vehicle speed control (12%).
1 of the 2000 Toyota Avalon's 2 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2000 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (82 complaints), the median was 81,674 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering34
- Air Bags26
- Vehicle Speed Control20
- Engine And Engine Cooling18
- Visibility17
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic15
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17 | |
| 2002 | 18 | |
| 2003 | 17 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 29. 47% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Toyota Avalon drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 8th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 4/5
The 173 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2000 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: April 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted