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Model years to avoid

Toyota Avalon

What it says about you

Opinion

The quietest way to arrive anywhere. Bought by people who considered a Lexus and decided the badge was not worth the money, which is the most Avalon reasoning possible.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

18 model years on record, 1,929 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2013 (headliner), 2008 (headlight), 2007 (local), 2006 (oil), 2005 (oil). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • neutral 2005, 2007 peak 9.5% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2022 0 recalls 8 complaints
  2. 2021 2 recalls 21 complaints
  3. 2020 3 recalls 10 complaints
  4. 2019 4 recalls 68 complaints
  5. 2018 2 recalls 24 complaints
  6. 2017 2 recalls 14 complaints
  7. 2016 3 recalls 23 complaints
  8. 2015 2 recalls 53 complaints
  9. 2014 4 recalls 96 complaints
  10. 2013 headliner 160 complaints
  11. 2012 4 recalls 30 complaints
  12. 2011 1 recall 106 complaints
  13. 2010 7 recalls 46 complaints
  14. 2009 7 recalls 91 complaints
  15. 2008 headlight 349 complaints
  16. 2007 local 243 complaints
  17. 2006 oil 359 complaints
  18. 2005 oil 228 complaints

What does a Toyota Avalon say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.