NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2020 Toyota Avalon has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 20, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 10
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 Toyota Avalon
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 23V865000
- Reported
- December 20, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 999,901
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Avalon, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 20V734000
- Reported
- November 25, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 161
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Avalon, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 20V682000
- Reported
- November 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,525,742
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Avalon, 19 other models
2020 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 10 owner complaints about the 2020 Toyota Avalon, the newest on December 8, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 0 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2020 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (50%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (20%) and the air bags (10%).
2 of the 2020 Toyota Avalon's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Forward Collision Avoidance2
- Air Bags1
- Service Brakes1
- Steering1
- Vehicle Speed Control1
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2020 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 5. 70% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 10 complaints about the 2020 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2020 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted