NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2017 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 2017 Toyota Avalon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 14
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 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 2012–2016, 2018 Avalon, 3 other models
Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire
- Campaign
- 17V295000
- Reported
- May 2, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
2017 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 14 owner complaints about the 2017 Toyota Avalon, the newest on December 12, 2022. Of these, 2 describe a crash (14%); owners reported 2 injuries and 10 deaths.
In complaints about the 2017 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the engine (43%), followed by the vehicle speed control (21%) and the air bags (14%).
1 of the 2017 Toyota Avalon's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine6
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Air Bags2
- Electrical System2
- Fuel/Propulsion System1
- Service Brakes1
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2017 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 6. 86% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Toyota Avalon drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 21st highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Toyota Avalon years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 14 complaints about the 2017 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2017 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: December 12, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted