2012 TOYOTA AVALON Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2012 Toyota Avalon has 5 recalls, the most serious being a subwoofer in the trunk that can develop an electrical short, overheat, and start a fire, and a clogged air conditioning drain hose that allows water to collect and short-circuit the airbag system, causing airbags to deploy without warning or fail when needed. Two recalls involve seatbelt buckles that were replaced during prior service with parts that incorrectly signal to the airbag system that the belt is always fastened. In a crash, the airbag system may not deploy as intended because it believes the occupant is already secured, raising the risk of injury. A separate airbag control unit recall covers the same kind of failure from a different source: during certain crashes, the airbag control unit can malfunction and prevent airbags and seatbelt pretensioners from firing at all.