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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Recalls

The 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid. 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
2

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid

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 2013–2015, 2017–2018 Avalon Hybrid, 3 other models

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

Power train: driveline: driveshaft

Campaign
17V462000
Reported
July 20, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 671
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 1 other model

17V462000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid complaints by year

NHTSA has received 2 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, the newest on June 16, 2017.

In complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, the component group named most often is the power train (50%), followed by the steering (50%) and the suspension (50%).

1 of the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid's 2 recalls also concerns the power train.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Power Train1
  • Steering1
  • Suspension1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20161
20171

Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 1. 100% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

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

The 2 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon Hybrid are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Avalon Hybrid by model year

Other 2016 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: January 17, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted