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Toyota Avalon

Every model year 2016–2022: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

7 Model years 2016–2022
19 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
181 Complaints owner reports, all years
A Newest grade 2022 Safety Signal
2022 Best on record cleanest filed year
Toyota Avalon — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Toyota Avalon · Photo: Dinkun Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Toyota Avalon model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2022Hybrid GasA08★★★★★44 mpg
2021Hybrid GasB227★★★★★44 mpg
2020Hybrid GasC410★★★★★44 mpg
2019Hybrid GasC572★★★★★44 mpg
2018Hybrid GasB225★★★★★40 mpg
2017Hybrid GasB214★★★★★40 mpg
2016Hybrid GasC425★★★★★40 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2022

On the filed record so far, the 2022 is the cleanest Avalon year we hold, and the 2019 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2022A02
2017B0.22
2018B0.23
2016C0.42
2021B0.45
2020C0.72
2019C0.710
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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record
  • 2022: 6 → 4 EPA configurations
  • 2021: 4 → 6 EPA configurations
  • 2019: best combined mpg 40 → 44; 2 → 4 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Toyota Avalon

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Toyota Avalon year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2022 Avalon comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 8 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Toyota Avalon years should I avoid?

No Avalon model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Toyota Avalon have?

Across model years 2016–2022, NHTSA has posted 19 recall campaigns for the Toyota Avalon. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.