2019 Toyota Rav4 — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 879 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
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.
266 complaints
256 complaints
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333 complaints
879 complaints
635 complaints
387 complaints
149 complaints
159 complaints
176 complaints
90 complaints
0 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
ROOF RACK IS LEAKING ON BOTH SIDES OF MY RAV4. I CAN'T GET ANY ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING IT FIXED. IT'S A 2019 WITH 58,000 ON IT. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL POST WITH THE SAME ISSUE.
TANK WAS ADVERTISED AS HAVING A CAPACITY FOR 14.5 GALLONS. I AM NOT ABLE TO FULLY FILL THE TANK, ONLY PUTTING IN 9 TO 10 GALLONS MAXIMUM. TOYOTA HAS STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO FIX. I AM UNABLE TO GET THE MILEAGE RANGE I WAS PROMISED UPON PURCHASE.
As I was turning into a parking spot my car made a growling noise and suddenly lunged forward and accelerated at high speeds, hitting two cars and only stopping once the car hit a wall. I had no control of the car as it accelerated and the brakes did not work.
THE GAS TANK DOES NOT FILL ALL THE WAY, SO I HAVE HAVING TO GO BACK AND PUMP MORE GAS INTO THE TANK. THIS SOMETIMES CAN LEAD TO OVERFLOW AND THE GAS LEAKING TO THE GROUND AND CAN BE HAZARDS.
FUEL TANK ONLY HOLDS 10 GALLONS, TANK SHOULD HOLD 14 GALLONS. REDUCES DRIVING RANGE AND TIME TO FUEL UP - WHICH WAS THE MAIN REASON WE BOUGHT THIS CAR. WHEN DROVE CAR OFF DEALERSHIP LOT, DRIVING RANGE WAS 440 - DROVE 6 HOURS WITHOUT HAVING TO FILL UP. DRIVING RANGE WAS NEVER MORE THAN 340 AFTER THAT AND HAD TO FUEL UP ABOUT EVERY 3 HOURS. REPORTED TO TOYOTA CORPORATE.
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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