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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
19,693 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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2014 Toyota Avalon Owner Comments

problem #8

Dec 272022

Avalon

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The rear window retractable sun visor motor/gears have failed. When this happens, it leaves the sun visor in the up position in the rear window at all times. This makes it very, very, hard to see anything out the rear window at night, also pretty hard when it's raining or cloudy out. I understand this has happened to quite a lot of these cars and is a VERY expensive repair cost. I feel this is hazard that Toyota should bear the cost of fixing, because of the sheer amount of vehicles this has happened. Thank you for keeping us all informed and safe from these types of things!

- Vacaville, CA, USA

problem #7

Feb 152023

Avalon

  • miles
Dash board is melting which causes it to get shiny which causes it to reflect onto the windshield. This reflection makes it very difficult to see other vehicles, road lines, and traffic direction sighns.

- Lake Wales, FL, USA

problem #6

Jul 152022

Avalon

  • miles
The reflective trim on the interior of the vehicle creates pain for the eyes and is so high that it interferes with the ability of the driver to see out the front window.

- Dothan, AL, USA

problem #5

Jun 152020

Avalon 4-cyl

  • 41,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The rear window shade must stay in the up position or makes a very loud noise when vehicle is I placed in reverse. Therefore, the shade has to stay in the up position, which makes night driving hazardous due to lack of rear vision. Very expensive repair and many Toyota's have this problems for many years models according to internet. Needs a recall for safety.

- Bowie, MD, USA

problem #4

Oct 062019

Avalon

  • 82,250 miles
I have a rear sunshade on this 2014 Avalon limited version that was working fine until I decided to park my car outside in the hot summer in houston. The automatic rear sunshade stopped working and is now stuck in the up position. Now it is very difficult to drive this vehicle at night because the visibility is very poor at night as a result of the shade stuck in the up position. There is no other way to manually disengage the shade. I am unable to reverse at night. Very inconvenient. Please help.

- Spring, TX, USA

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problem #3

Oct 202017

Avalon

  • 34,000 miles
While driving down the interstate with the sun roof closed the glass for the sun roof exploded for no explainable reason.

- Midland, TX, USA

problem #2

Jun 272014

Avalon 6-cyl

  • 270 miles
While driving South on a city street midday, in sunny clear conditions, suddenly experienced the suns glare from at least 3 spots on shiny chrome covered dashboard all at same time, from different spots, blinding and distracting me and almost making me run a red light since I could barely see. It was like 3 suns in my face. Chrome is mirror like, quite thick, and at an angle that causes sun to reflect straight into your eyes when it's midday and the sun shines down through windshield from overhead. I had to break hard when I noticed light was red at the last minute. Almost caused me to run the red light. Updated 2/20/15

- Glendale, CA, USA

problem #1

Jun 142014

Avalon

  • 24 miles
Vehicle dashboard chrome accents reflect the sun at mid-day like a mirror, blinding the driver. This happened to me today while driving. This makes the vehicle undriveable for nearly 2 hours each day. There are many similar reports online, including this one from a professional reviewer: " although the chrome used is "smoked" to lessen brightness, matte aluminum would have improved the overall ambiance immensely. At one point, I was actually blinded by dazzling reflections off the bezel of the instrument cluster." - reviews.carreview.com/2013-Toyota-Avalon-limited-review

- Santa Ana, CA, USA

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