2012 Toyota Avalon recalls
4 NHTSA recall campaigns naming the 2012 Toyota Avalon. Last verified Jul 30, 2026. Recalls may apply only to certain VIN ranges — always confirm with a VIN check.
Units are totals reported across campaigns mentioning this model — NHTSA does not always break unit counts down by model.
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- Jan 17, 2020Crash risk2012–2018 Toyota Avalon, 2013–2018 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, 2011–2019 Toyota Corolla and 1 other model — Air Bags
Toyota 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 deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
20V024000 · 2.9M units · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Aug 29, 2018Crash risk2012 Toyota Avalon — Seat Belts
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2012 Toyota Avalon vehicles. During a vehicle repair, the seat belt inner buckles may have been replaced with parts that may incorrectly tell the air bag management system that the seat belt is always buckled.
18V569000 · 19K units · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Jan 28, 2015Fire risk2011–2012 Toyota Avalon — Electrical System
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Toyota Avalon vehicles manufactured February 9, 2010, to October 22, 2012. In the affected vehicles, the sub-woofer speaker located in the trunk may experience an intermittent electrical short which may cause damage to the integrated circuit (IC) in the audio amplifier. In some cases, the damaged IC may allow a constant electrical current flow to the sub-woofer.
15V047000 · 51K units · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Oct 17, 2013Crash risk2012–2013 Toyota Avalon, 2012–2013 Toyota Camry, 2012–2013 Toyota Venza — Equipment
Toyota 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 unit housing. The accumulated water may then leak through a seam in the housing onto the air bag control module potentially resulting in a short circuit of the module.
13V442000 · 803K units · Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing