2014 Toyota AVALON HYBRID - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2014 Toyota Avalon HYBRID has an impressive overall safety rating of 5 as per the data provided. This rating is supported by high scores in various crash tests including front crash, side crash, and rollover. The car comes equipped with standard electronic stability control, which enhances its safety features. Additionally, it offers an optional forward collision warning system for added safety on the road. Unfortunately, the Avalon HYBRID does not have a lane departure warning feature.

It is worth noting that despite its high safety rating, the car has had a significant number of complaints, with a total of 111 reported. Furthermore, there have been 4 recalls associated with this vehicle. These factors should be taken into consideration when evaluating the overall safety and reliability of the 2014 Toyota Avalon HYBRID.

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Complaint Count

111

Recall Count

4

Investigation Count

4

Safety Rating

5/5

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Safety Features

2014 Toyota Avalon HYBRID 4 DR FWD Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2014 Toyota Avalon HYBRID 4 DR FWD

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC is an advanced safety feature in vehicles designed to help drivers maintain control during challenging driving conditions. By continuously monitoring various factors such as steering angle, vehicle speed, and individual wheel speeds, ESC can detect and reduce the risk of skidding or loss of control. It achieves this by automatically applying brakes to specific wheels to stabilize the vehicle.

Standard
Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is a safety feature in vehicles that helps prevent frontal collisions by alerting the driver of an imminent collision with a vehicle or obstacle ahead. Using sensors such as radar or cameras, FCW monitors the distance and speed of vehicles in front, and if it detects a potential collision, it provides visual and/or auditory warnings to prompt the driver to take evasive action.

Optional
Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is a safety feature in vehicles that alerts drivers when their vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane without signaling. Utilizing cameras or sensors to monitor lane markings on the road, LDW detects when the vehicle crosses these lines and triggers visual, auditory, or haptic alerts to notify the driver of potential lane departure.

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2014 Toyota Avalon HYBRID 4 DR FWD Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2014 Toyota Avalon HYBRID 4 DR FWD Where possible we've included the ratings for the oldest and latest models of this car so you can compare how the safety ratings have changed over time.

Frontal Crash Ratings

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Test 2013 Score 2014 Score 2022 Score
Overall Front Crash Rating 4 4 4
Front Crash Driver Side Rating 4 4 4
Front Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 4

Side Crash Ratings

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Test 2013 Score 2014 Score 2022 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating 5 5 5
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating 5 5 5
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Front 5 5 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Rear 5 5 5
Overall Side Barrier Rating 5 5 5

Rollover Ratings

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Test 2013 Score 2014 Score 2022 Score
Rollover Rating 4 4 4
Rollover Possibility % 0% 0% 0%
Dynamic Tip Result No Tip No Tip No Tip
Side Pole Crash Rating 4 4 5

Complaints for the 2014 Toyota AVALON HYBRID

This chart show the number of complaints for each car component. A Higher number of complaints could indicate that this car might have a common fault. Something to look out for when purchasing one.

Component Complaints

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Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance). the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2014-01-12
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. the vin was unavailable. parts distribution disconnect."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2015-03-11
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance). the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2015-03-11
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon hybrid. the contact received notification for nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance). the dealer was unable to provide the remedy and parts. the system was disconnected as an interim solution months ago. the contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would be repaired. the manufacturer was notified and was unable to indicate a reasonable time frame for the remedy and parts. the contact experienced the system randomly engaging while making a turn and had to adjust to ensure that there was no failure. the approximate failure mileage was 29,000. parts distribution disconnect."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2017-08-01
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon hybrid. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2015-03-11
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect. updated 07/12/16*lj *cn"
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2018-03-05
Complaint:
"2014 toyota avalon. consumer writes in regards to manufacturers failure/unable to repair the pre-collision system recall notice within a reasonable amount of time. *smd recall # 15v728000. *jb"
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2017-06-11
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon. while driving 30 mph, the seat belt independently tightened up and the vehicle abruptly stopped without the brake pedal being depressed. the contact received a recall notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance); however, the part for the recall repair was not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 7,000. vin tools confirms parts not available."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2016-03-07
Complaint:
"toyota's 11/03/2015 safety recall notice instructed all owners to turn off the pcs ( pre-collision system ). not having this very important safety feature operable for this length of time is extremely dangerous and should not be legal. i paid a-lot of $ to have this system and as a senior citizen i am not comfortable driving with it turned off. why hasn't toyota found a fix for this months ago?? please help me and all toyota avalon 2014 and 2015 owners get toyota to fix this serious problem immediately before more people are seriously injured or killed because toyota told us to turn the pcs off. thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr"
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2015-03-11
Complaint:
"tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota avalon. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v728000 (forward collision avoidance); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the vin was unknown. the contact had not experienced a failure."
Components Involved: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Date of incident: 2016-11-11

Recalls for the 2014 Toyota AVALON HYBRID

Component Recalls

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Recall:
"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."
Consequence:
In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.
Remedy:

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ECU and install a noise filter between the air bag control module and its wire harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owners were notified of the safety risk beginning March 2, 2020. A second letter notifying owners of the remedy repair will be mailed between March 16, 2020 and June 27, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB03, 20TA03 and 20TA05.

Component(s) Involved: AIR BAGS > AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
Date of incident: 2020-01-17

TOYOTA Overall Complaint Ranking

This table shows the ranking of car manufacturers when it comes to most complaints and recalls. The manufacturer with the most complaints is at the top. However this doesn't necassarily mean they should be avoided. Some manufacturers might just have more popular or affordable cars which a lot of people have bought. Which means there's more scope for a complaint to be made. Use the ranking table below as a part your wider research into buying a car.

TOYOTA ranks 3 out of 44 in the complaints ranking table.

Manufacturer Complaint Count Recall Count Ranking
FORD 208,358 3,259 1
CHEVROLET 111,306 2,082 2
TOYOTA 81,019 1,852 3
HONDA 61,937 1,268 4
NISSAN 56,226 930 5
DODGE 45,756 827 6
HYUNDAI 44,150 649 7
GMC 34,441 1,410 8
KIA 29,832 501 9
CHRYSLER 27,698 254 10
TESLA 26,230 730 11
BMW 24,890 1,877 12
VOLKSWAGEN 23,125 829 13
MERCEDES-BENZ 19,066 2,925 14
SUBARU 18,513 703 15
MAZDA 10,599 364 16
PONTIAC 10,430 138 17
CADILLAC 9,434 444 18
AUDI 7,865 1,093 19
BUICK 7,851 279 20
SATURN 7,672 84 21
MERCURY 7,374 135 22
LEXUS 6,373 408 23
LINCOLN 5,897 423 24
ACURA 5,722 382 25
MINI 5,585 366 26
INFINITI 4,000 187 27
MITSUBISHI 3,912 397 28
VOLVO 3,875 727 29
PORSCHE 2,646 1,231 30
SUZUKI 2,272 123 31
FIAT 2,205 80 32
SAAB 1,536 76 33
JAGUAR 1,195 198 34
SMART 528 17 35
GENESIS 436 42 36
ISUZU 249 37 37
ALFA ROMEO 161 37 38
MASERATI 76 46 39
BENTLEY 46 159 40
POLESTAR 42 2 41
LUCID 14 6 42
CODA 4 2 43
MAYBACH 0 0 44

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