Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Hybrid Propulsion System
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 13, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,497. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Rav4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. Due to a software issue within a component of the Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Assembly, the electric propulsion motor may shift to "neutral" resulting in a possible loss of drive power.
The risk
A loss of drive power may increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Assembly software, free of charge. The recall began on September 10, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
3 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Toyota RAV4 EV | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Toyota RAV4 EV | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V143000.
Full record for the 2014 Toyota RAV4 EV → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →