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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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4T1BF28B83U••••••2003 Toyota AVALON
That is about average for the 2003 Toyota AVALON — 18 complaints per build across 15 builds.
22on this build
265on the model
15builds in total
3involved a crash
1involved a fire
3injuries
Most reportedAir Bags 13Vehicle Speed Control 4Steering 2Seats 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashMay 2023
I was driving back home, out of no where my car went out of control, went left, then right, hit something and flipped over twice to end in a hill against the traffic with 4 flat tires. The air bag did not deployed. I did hit the windshield. The car was total
Unknown Or OtherfireJun 2015
On the night of 6/20, I was driving down in los angeles westwood area near gayley avenue and wilshire blvd, my car suddenly slowed down then stopped. Then there was a lot of smoke coming out from the hood, then tuned to flame. This happened 2 months after I brought my car to…
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashApr 2013
I was driving into a parking space on the side of a condo and needed to pull up approximately 2 yards. I gently pressed the gas peddle and the car shot forward, went over the curb, traversed several feet of grass and slammed into the condo patio brick wall. I was stunned. Had no…
SteeringJul 2011
The contact owns a 2003 toyota avalon. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired for a recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 10V345000 (steering). After the remedy repair was performed, an unusual noise would sound when making a turn. The contact…
SeatsAug 2004
Consumer placed hands between the driver's side and passenger's side seats to retrieve a pair of keys. While pulling up the keys from the side of the seat was a metal part sticking out from the side. This caused the driver's right hand fingers were cut and bleeding. Dealer was…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 4T1BF28B83U295379 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.