Toyota RAV4 HybridYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 159 owner complaints and 12 safety recalls on record for the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints159Top: Air bags Safety recalls122016–2026 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: TTTNIS, CC0.

Best & worst years

Toyota RAV4 Hybrid years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the RAV4 Hybrid median. Tap a year for its full report.

17 14 15 22 13 22 5 9 1 5 36

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2026Too new–/10036 complaints · 1 recall 2025Too new–/1005 complaints · 2 recalls 2024Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls 2023Not rated–/1009 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1005 complaints · 2 recalls 2021Not rated–/10022 complaints · 1 recall 2020Not rated–/10013 complaints · 5 recalls 2019Not rated–/10022 complaints · 3 recalls 2018Not rated–/10015 complaints · 0 recalls 2017Not rated–/10014 complaints · 1 recall 2016Not rated–/10017 complaints · 0 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Toyota RAV4 Hybrid problems

All model years combined: 159 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

27Air bags6 crash/fire/injury

19Electrical system2 crash/fire/injury

16Structure5 crash/fire/injury

15Service brakes9 crash/fire/injury

15Forward collision avoidance

15Fuel/propulsion system1 crash/fire/injury

9Visibility/wiper

8Visibility

8Engine

4719 other systems7 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Air bags	27	6
Electrical system	19	2
Structure	16	5
Service brakes	15	9
Forward collision avoidance	15	0
Fuel/propulsion system	15	1
Visibility/wiper	9	0
Visibility	8	0
Engine	8	0
19 other systems	47	7

12 recalls

Toyota RAV4 Hybrid recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Other: labels26V-571 · 2026 · Sep 2, 2026 · 135 vehicles Other: labels26V-179 · 2024–2025 · Mar 24, 2026 · 8,230 vehicles Back over prevention: display function25V-744 · 2023–2025 · Oct 30, 2025 · 1,024,407 vehicles Sensor: occupant classification23V-865 · 2020–2021 · Dec 20, 2023 · 999,901 vehicles Occupant classification: front passenger22V-519 · 2022 · Jul 21, 2022 · 3,533 vehicles Control module: software22V-239 · 2022 · Apr 13, 2022 · 458,110 vehicles Air bags: frontal20V-734 · 2020 · Nov 25, 2020 · 161 vehicles Steering: electric power assist system20V-373 · 2020 · Jun 24, 2020 · 46 vehicles Control arm: lower arm20V-286 · 2019–2020 · May 20, 2020 · 9,502 vehicles Engine and engine cooling20V-064 · 2019–2020 · Feb 6, 2020 · 44,191 vehicles Electronic stability control (ESC)19V-544 · 2019 · Jul 24, 2019 · 6,925 vehicles Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire17V-295 · 2017 · May 2, 2017 · 409 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the RAV4 Hybrid

Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2017–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063