NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2006 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 2006 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
- 360
- Crashes reported
- 54
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 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 2005, 2007–2010 Avalon, 12 other models
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 14V743000
- Reported
- November 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,233
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 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 2005 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 2005, 2007–2010 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 2005, 2007–2010 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 2005, 2007–2010 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 2005 Avalon, 5 other models
2006 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 360 owner complaints about the 2006 Toyota Avalon, the newest on September 15, 2026. Of these, 54 describe a crash (15%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 35 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (29%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the power train (14%).
2 of the 2006 Toyota Avalon's 7 recalls also concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2006 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (291 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control103
- Engine And Engine Cooling57
- Power Train52
- Steering35
- Air Bags27
- Unknown Or Other25
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 60 | |
| 2010 | 105 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 105. 34% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Toyota Avalon drew 3.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the Toyota Avalon years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 360 complaints about the 2006 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2006 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted