NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2005 Toyota Avalon has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 228
- Crashes reported
- 36
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2005 Toyota Avalon
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 16V396000
- Reported
- June 2, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,749
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Avalon, 12 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 10V499000
- Reported
- October 21, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 728,544
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Avalon, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Avalon, 17 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 10V017000
- Reported
- January 21, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,230,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Avalon, 6 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 09V388000
- Reported
- October 5, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,445,056
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Avalon, 6 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 06V096000
- Reported
- April 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Avalon, 5 other models
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 05V227000
- Reported
- May 16, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,855
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Toyota Avalon
2005 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 228 owner complaints about the 2005 Toyota Avalon, the newest on January 27, 2025. Of these, 36 describe a crash (16%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (32%), followed by the steering (18%) and the power train (14%).
2 of the 2005 Toyota Avalon's 7 recalls also concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2005 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (180 complaints), the median was 47,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control72
- Steering42
- Power Train33
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Electrical System17
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 67 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 67. 29% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Avalon drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 4th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 228 complaints about the 2005 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2005 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: January 27, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted