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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2015 Toyota Avalon Recalls

The 2015 Toyota Avalon has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
41

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
7

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2015 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2015 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 2012–2014, 2016–2018 Avalon, 3 other models

20V024000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2013–2014 Avalon, 3 other models

15V728000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2015 Toyota Avalon complaints by year

NHTSA has received 41 owner complaints about the 2015 Toyota Avalon, the newest on July 10, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (17%); owners reported 2 injuries.

In complaints about the 2015 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (22%), followed by the service brakes (22%) and the air bags (17%).

1 of the 2015 Toyota Avalon's 2 recalls also concerns the forward collision avoidance.

Where 2015 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Forward Collision Avoidance9
  • Service Brakes9
  • Air Bags7
  • Unknown Or Other7
  • Vehicle Speed Control5
  • Electrical System4

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2015 Toyota Avalon received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20154
20168
20175
20194
20205
20215
20221
20234
20253
20262

Complaints about the 2015 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 8. 41% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Toyota Avalon drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 18th highest of the 21 ranked years.

Toyota Avalon years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 41 complaints about the 2015 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Avalon by model year

Other 2015 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: July 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted