Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Toyota Avalon

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
125
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
58
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

125 filed
12
Crashes
0
Fires
8
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STEERING:RACK AND Pinion
    23
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON Strut
    11
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    10
  • Tires
    9
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    8
  • STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
    6
  • Suspension
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5

Recalls

1 campaign
97V156000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST1997-09-17

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALASKA, COLORADO, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, MAINE, MICHIGAN,MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NOTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING. A CONDITION CAN OCCUR WHERE ACCUMULATED MOISTURE CAN TEMPORARILY FREEZE IN THE BRAKE VACUUM HOSE IF THE VEHICLE IS USED IN EXTREMELY COLD CLIMATES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

RiskTHIS CAN RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION OF VACUUM ASSIST TO THE BRAKES THAT CAN INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCES AND COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW DESIGN BRAKE VACUUM HOSE.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP02004·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2002-04-30 → 2002-06-20

ENGINE SEIZURE

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