Toyota Avalon, Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Toyota Rav4, Toyota Rav4 Hybrid, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 25 November 2020. 161 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Toyota Avalon and 2020 Avalon Hybrid, RAV4, and RAV4 Hybrid vehicles. Breakaway pins within the steering column, designed to absorb energy and reduce injury during a crash, could have been damaged during production, possibly affecting the …
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Toyota's own number for this recall: 20TB17/20TA17. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V734 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V734 cover?
- Toyota Avalon, Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Toyota Rav4, Toyota Rav4 Hybrid, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Toyota Avalon and 2020 Avalon Hybrid, RAV4, and RAV4 Hybrid vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a crash, an air bag that does not perform as designed can increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering column, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TB17/20TA17.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Toyota calls this recall 20TB17/20TA17, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “In the event of a crash, an air bag that does not perform as designed can increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V734 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 25 November 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | TOYOTA AVALON, TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID, TOYOTA RAV4, TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a crash, an air bag that does not perform as designed can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering column, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TB17/20TA17.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Toyota Avalon recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Toyota Avalon Hybrid recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Toyota Rav4 recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Toyota Rav4 Hybrid recalls: 11 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V734, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v734/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 20V734 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
66b4d3ec - Consequence
fb1d8bee - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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