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2015 Toyota Rav4 — Problems & Complaints

NHTSA has 305 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.

305

Complaints

filed with NHTSA

Involved a Crash

owner-reported

Involved Fire

owner-reported

30 / 1

Injuries / Deaths

across all reports

Years to Avoid

Toyota Rav4 — Complaints by Model Year

Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.

2010 Toyota Rav4

400 complaints

2011 Toyota Rav4

287 complaints

2012 Toyota Rav4

266 complaints

2013 Toyota Rav4

256 complaints

2014 Toyota Rav4

197 complaints

2015 Toyota Rav4

305 complaints

2016 Toyota Rav4

239 complaints

2017 Toyota Rav4

307 complaints

2018 Toyota Rav4

333 complaints

2019 Toyota Rav4 AVOID

880 complaints

2020 Toyota Rav4

635 complaints

2021 Toyota Rav4

387 complaints

2022 Toyota Rav4

149 complaints

Problem Areas

What Owners Complain About Most

Electrical System 85 reports

Unknown Or Other 60 reports

Steering 47 reports

Engine 37 reports

Structure 31 reports

Service Brakes 31 reports

Power Train 25 reports

Vehicle Speed Control 21 reports

In Their Own Words

Recent Owner Reports

Electrical System ODI 11562833 12/31/2023

RADIO NOT UPDATING

Electrical System ODI 11562835 12/31/2023

Audio stopped working, display keeps rebooting

Structure ODI 10668994 12/30/2014

THE ARMREST ABOVE THE CENTER COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAS A LIGHT RESISTANCE TO PRESSURE. I WAS DRIVE WITH MY RIGHT ARM RESTING ON THIS AND MY WIFE NEEDED TO ADJUST HER POSITION IN HER SEAT. SHE LEANED ON THE ARMREST AND THE ARMREST WENT SLIDING TO THE FRONT AND STARTLED ME. I HAD A 2014 AVALON THAT HAD THE SAME TYPE ARMREST AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. THE DEA…

Seat Belts ODI 11057046 12/28/2017

RIGHT SIDE REAR SEAT AND MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAIL TO LOCK PROPERLY OR NOT AT ALL. ONE IS CURRENTLY USELESS. LEFT SIDE REAR OK. I NOTED THIS PURCHASING THIS CAR USED INSPECTING. IS THIS COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY OR FEDERAL MANDATE?

Structure ODI 10816526 12/28/2015

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ROUGHLY 10 MONTHS. IT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO WINDSHIELDS IN THAT TIME. ONE WAS CRACKED IN EARLY OCTOBER 2015 AND REPLACED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2015(LENGTHY DUE TO REPLACEMENT UNAVAILABILITY). THE OTHER HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 23,2015 AND REPLACED ON DECEMBER 26,2015 BOTH CRACKS WERE DUE TO (WHAT I CONSIDER) RELATIVELY SMALL STONE CHIPS T…

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Questions

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Is the 2015 Toyota Rav4 reliable?

Owners have filed 305 safety complaints with NHTSA for the 2015 Toyota Rav4, most often about electrical system. Compare the complaint counts across model years above — a year with far more complaints than the model's average is the strongest 'avoid' signal in public data.

Which Toyota Rav4 years should I avoid?

The rule of thumb used by analysts: a model year whose complaint count is well above the model's own average (we flag 2× or more) usually had a real manufacturing or design problem — not just noisy reporting. Use the year-by-year strip on this page.

Where do these complaints come from?

Directly from NHTSA, the US government road-safety agency. Any owner can file a Vehicle Owner Questionnaire; NHTSA publishes them as public domain data. We cache each lookup for up to 7 days.

Do complaints mean a recall is coming?

Sometimes. NHTSA opens defect investigations when complaint patterns emerge, and investigations can end in recalls. Check the recalls page for this vehicle to see what has already been recalled.