2013 Toyota Avalon: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 160 complaints about the 2013 Toyota Avalon and NHTSA has issued 4 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is structure, named in 27 of them.

160
Complaints
4
Recalls
18
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
21
Injuries
153.8
Severity index

Severity index 153.8 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 153.8p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2013 Toyota Avalon sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 145 2013 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2013 Toyota Avalon ranks 12 of 145 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 92% of its model-year peers. See the full 2013 ranking.

What actually fails

StructureStructure: 27 complaints (16.9%)27 17%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 26 complaints (16.2%)26 16%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 25 complaints (15.6%)25 16%Visibility/WiperVisibility/Wiper: 21 complaints (13.1%)21 13%Air BagsAir Bags: 17 complaints (10.6%)17 11%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 15 complaints (9.4%)15 9%Service BrakesService Brakes: 13 complaints (8.1%)13 8%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 11 complaints (6.9%)11 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
STRUCTURE2716.9%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2616.2%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2515.6%
VISIBILITY/WIPER2113.1%
AIR BAGS1710.6%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM159.4%
SERVICE BRAKES138.1%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE116.9%

Complaints filed per year

016312013: 312014: 262015: 122016: 262017: 102018: 42019: 142020: 142021: 32022: 42023: 62024: 62025: 22026: 2 (partial year)133114151617181920212223242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
201331
201426
201512
201626
201710
20184
201914
202014
20213
20224
20236
20246
20252
2026 (year to date)2
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
15V72800003/11/2015FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKINGToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected
13V50500017/10/2013VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRINGToyota Motor Engineering & manufacturing North America, Inc. (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Camry and Camry HV, model year 2013 Avalon and Avalon HV and model year 2014 Corolla vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the windshield wiper switch assembly may short
13V44200017/10/2013ELECTRICAL SYSTEMToyota is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Avalon, Avalon HV, Venza, Camry, and Camry HV vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the drain hose for the air conditioning condenser may become clogged causing water to accumulate at the bottom of the air conditioning condenser uni
20V02400017/01/2020AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULEToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployme
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.