NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2002 Toyota Avalon has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 116
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2002 Toyota Avalon
Steering
- Campaign
- 10V345000
- Reported
- July 29, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 372,593
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Avalon
2002 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 116 owner complaints about the 2002 Toyota Avalon, the newest on February 10, 2025. Of these, 32 describe a crash (28%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the vehicle speed control (22%) and the steering (16%).
The 2002 Toyota Avalon's only recall also concerns the steering.
Where 2002 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (76 complaints), the median was 90,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags35
- Vehicle Speed Control25
- Steering18
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Tires7
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 27. 27% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Toyota Avalon drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 14th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 116 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2002 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: February 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted