2007 Toyota Avalon
Complaints about this year name local far more often than the other years of this generation — 11% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 2.8%.
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 | 243 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 53 |
| Involving a crash | 47 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- neutral — 9.5% of this year's complaints, against 3.3% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: neutral, about mph, problem car, car even.
- thought — 9.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.3% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: thought, local toyota, trouble.
- hitting — 6.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.6% across the other years of this generation (3.8×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- thought — 7% of complaints, 6× usual
- approximately mph — 9% of complaints, 3× usual
- hitting — 6% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
THE DASHBOARD CRACKED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (HYANNIS TOYOTA, 1020 IYANNOUGH RD, ROUTE 132, HYANNIS, MA 02601, [phone]) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS…
the dashboard had cracked. The contact stated that the vehicle was garage kept. The contact also stated there were three recalls on the vehicle related to the floorboard and front assembly heater and accelerator that were already repaired. There were no warnin…
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
- 10V035000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 10V036000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 10V017000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Fixed free of charge.
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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