NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Toyota Avalon Recalls
The 2021 Toyota Avalon has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 20, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 21
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 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 2020 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 2020 Avalon, 2 other models
2021 Toyota Avalon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 21 owner complaints about the 2021 Toyota Avalon, the newest on April 9, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (5%).
In complaints about the 2021 Toyota Avalon, the component group named most often is the air bags (57%), followed by the engine (19%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
2 of the 2021 Toyota Avalon's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags12
- Engine4
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Forward Collision Avoidance2
- Service Brakes2
- Back Over Prevention1
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2021 Toyota Avalon peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 9. 52% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Toyota Avalon drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Avalon year in the same window: 20th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Toyota Avalon years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 21 complaints about the 2021 Toyota Avalon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Avalon by model year
Other 2021 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: April 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted