2018 Model Year

Toyota Avalon

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
24
Recalls
0
Crashes
7
Severe
11

Recent Complaints

Latest owner reports

AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS Crash
Nov 2025

Involved in a 2 vehicle accident on October 26th. My car is totaled and so is the other car. No airbags deployed and my drivers side seat belt failed...

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Crash
Jul 2023

Date of safety issue: July 12, 2023 Location: Piper Glen Shopping Center, Rea Road, Charlotte NC (destination was Run For Your Life at 6416 Rea Road -...

Structure
Jan 2023

Hello, My name is [XXX]. I bought my car from Longo Toyota in El Monte about 15 months ago. The car was certified preowned and had a Carfax report wi...

Air Bags Crash
Dec 2022

Air Bag did not deploy during a major front end collision. Resulted in total loss of the vehicle.

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Nov 2022

Intermittently, unpredictably, for several seconds at a time, the engine almost quits, especially when accelerating So far, it has not happened in hea...

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Sep 2021

THE PRE-COLLISION BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO WORK. SEVERAL TIMES WHEN CARS IN FRONT OF US HAVE SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES, THE PRE-COLLISION BRAK...

Steering
Aug 2021

At approximately 42000 miles with no significant issues and no front end damages, the steering failed as I was driving at highway speed (70 mph) on a...

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Jun 2021

My car check engine light lane sensor light and Lad light came on and card had rough handling i took it to Toyota of plano and they worked on charged...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Mar 2021

I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY RADIO HANGING UP PHONE CALLS AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. AFTER TAKING MY CAR SEVERAL TIME I WAS TOLD IT WILL BE REPL...

Exterior Lighting
Nov 2020

MY AUTO HIGH BEAMS DAILY FAIL TO WORK CORRECTLY DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING, THE LOW BEAM WOULD BE ON, THE TURN SIGNAL CONTROL LEVER WILL BE PUSHED ALL...

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 2018 Toyota Avalon has 24 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is UNKNOWN OR OTHER. 7 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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