NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2016 Toyota Avalon has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 23
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Toyota Avalon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 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 2012–2015, 2017–2018 Avalon, 3 other models
Air bags: knee bolster
- Campaign
- 16V906000
- Reported
- December 16, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V215000
- Reported
- April 14, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 58,515
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2016 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 23 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon, the newest on October 3, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the engine (17%) and the electrical system (13%).
3 of the 2016 Toyota Avalon's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Toyota Avalon owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 31,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other5
- Air Bags4
- Engine4
- Electrical System3
- Structure3
- Lane Departure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 5. 61% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota Avalon drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 19th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Toyota Avalon years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 23 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 3, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted