NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2004 Toyota Avalon has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 28, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 205
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2004 Toyota Avalon
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V043000
- Reported
- January 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,006,849
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Avalon, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V539000
- Reported
- November 9, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 420,326
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 10V345000
- Reported
- July 29, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 372,593
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Avalon
2004 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 205 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota Avalon, the newest on August 5, 2024. Of these, 27 describe a crash (13%); owners reported 17 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the air bags (62%), followed by the steering (14%) and the vehicle speed control (12%).
1 of the 2004 Toyota Avalon's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2004 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (114 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags127
- Steering28
- Vehicle Speed Control25
- Electrical System11
- Seat Belts7
- Engine And Engine Cooling5
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 25 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 51 | |
| 2016 | 36 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 51. 9% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Avalon drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 17th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 205 complaints about the 2004 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted