Toyota Rav4
Owners filed 9,363 complaints across 32 model years of the Toyota Rav4. The 2007 drew the most (1,004); the 1995 the fewest (1).
Model years32
Complaints9,363
Recalls149
Fires289
Deaths12
Every Toyota Rav4 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | 3 | — | 7 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2024 | 173 | 3 | — | 28 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2023 | 153 | 3 | 1 | 18 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2022 | 144 | 1 | — | 14 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2021 | 385 | 1 | 7 | 46 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2020 | 634 | 6 | 5 | 17 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2019 | 877 | 7 | 2 | 25 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Above average | |
| 2018 | 331 | 3 | 32 | 31 | Electrical System | High concern | |
| 2017 | 307 | 3 | 24 | 33 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2016 | 239 | 3 | 12 | 33 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2015 | 303 | 4 | 41 | 37 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2014 | 197 | 4 | 25 | 20 | Electrical System | High concern | |
| 2013 | 257 | 2 | 29 | 22 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2012 | 260 | 5 | 4 | 36 | Visibility/Wiper | Above average | |
| 2011 | 287 | 11 | 8 | 44 | Vehicle Speed Control | Above average | |
| 2010 | 400 | 14 | 3 | 57 | Suspension | High concern | |
| 2009 | 327 | 15 | 3 | 52 | Vehicle Speed Control | High concern | |
| 2008 | 575 | 14 | 16 | 42 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007 | 1,004 | 14 | 37 | 53 | Steering | High concern | |
| 2006 | 704 | 11 | 5 | 26 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 22 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2004 | 154 | 2 | 4 | 16 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2003 | 314 | 0 | 4 | 18 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 2002 | 527 | 0 | 15 | 36 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 2001 | 309 | 0 | 2 | 18 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 30 | 3 | — | 5 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 62 | 5 | 4 | 14 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1998 | 77 | 5 | — | 19 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1997 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1996 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc | Routine | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine |
Which Toyota Rav4 years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2007 is the weakest year on record, with 1,004 complaints concentrated in the steering. It carries 14 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.