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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
4T1BK36B79U••••••2009 Toyota AVALON
That is about average for the 2009 Toyota AVALON — 5 complaints per build across 16 builds.
4on this build
82on the model
16builds in total
2involved a crash
Most reportedVehicle Speed Control 3Air Bags 1Visibility/wiper 1
What owners of this build wrote
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashOct 2013
When slowly pulling into a parking space in front of a building, the vehicle suddenly accelerated across a 3-foot wide sidewalk and into one of the storefronts of a building--resulting in extensive damage to the front of the vehicle (currently in the body shop) and extensive…
Air BagscrashDec 2009
The contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. During brake application the vehicle lurched forward. As a consequence she rear-ended the proceeding vehicle. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 18000. Updated 1/28/10 *cn the consumer…
Visibility/wiperJul 2019
A power rear window sunshade is an option that is designed to be retractable. A push button switch below the dashboard is supposed to toggle the perforated sunshade to the raised and retracted position. Once the sunshade is raised normally, it cannot be retracted again. Any…
Vehicle Speed ControlJan 2010
Traveling on interstate I began the procedures to correctly pass a vehicle in front of me. When I started to pass my toyota avalon accelerated before I could change lanes. I had a difficult time regaining control to prevent hitting the vehicle in front of me and to keep from…
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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 4T1BK36B79U346562 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.