NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2014 Toyota Avalon has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 96
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2014 Toyota Avalon
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 20V024000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,891,976
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013, 2015–2018 Avalon, 3 other models
Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking
- Campaign
- 15V728000
- Reported
- November 3, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,812
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013, 2015 Avalon, 3 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 14V715000
- Reported
- November 7, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,650
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 14V576000
- Reported
- September 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,872
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2014 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 96 owner complaints about the 2014 Toyota Avalon, the newest on August 27, 2025. Of these, 7 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (19%), followed by the structure (13%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2014 Toyota Avalon's 4 recalls also concerns the forward collision avoidance.
Where 2014 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 13,250 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other21
- Forward Collision Avoidance18
- Structure12
- Electrical System11
- Visibility/Wiper9
- Air Bags7
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 26 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2014 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 26. 65% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Toyota Avalon drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 7th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 96 complaints about the 2014 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2014 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted