2006 Toyota Avalon
Complaints about this year name oil far more often than the other years of this generation — 16% of them, about 15× the usual rate of 1.1%.
Generation 1 of the Toyota Avalon, which began in 2005 and ran to 2012. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 359 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 53 |
| Involving a crash | 54 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- engine — 23% of complaints, 3× usual
- transmission — 10% of complaints, 4× usual
- line — 9% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ANOTHER DRIVER WARNED THE CONTACT THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HIS VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ADDED OIL AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGN…
SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN MAKING TURNS AND CHANGING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN PRESSING THE ACCE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 09V388000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 10V036000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 10V499000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 10V017000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Fixed free of charge.
- 06V096000 AIR BAGS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Avalon was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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