Toyota RAV4 Electrical System Problems
- 504
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 21
- Years with records
- 1999–2020
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 504 stored complaint records:
- 11 indicate a crash
- 5 indicate injury
- 50 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- charging system · 10 records
- check engine · 9 records
- door lock · 9 records
- system malfunction · 8 records
- home work · 8 records
- where diagnosed · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 128 |
| 1–30k mi | 117 |
| 100–150k mi | 96 |
| 30–60k mi | 76 |
| 150–400k mi | 21 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Electrical System
Car just went dead no lights, no horn, steering and brakes locked. Car has a new battery due to this happening before. About 3 months ago same thing , but also anti theft lock was on
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
I am entering a safety complaint regarding the headlights on my toyota 2013 rav4. Today, i went to my local car repairman to fix a headlight that blew out. This is the 3rd time in 6 months. In september, we had to completely change both headlights because parts in the headlights were melting. Yet, less than 6 months later, my passenger headlight blew out and needed to be replaced. There is something systematically…
ODI 11309649
Electrical System
The radio control unit went into a reboot cycle and never completes. The entire unit is unable to be used for any of it's functions. Radio, bluetooth, gps, etc. There are a lot of toyota owners reporting this problem especially with the 2014 rav4. There are many example and videos on youtube.
ODI 11309607
Electrical System
CONTINUATION, LOST WEBSITE.
ODI 11309423
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
The wiring harness was chew completely up. This affected my power brakes, engine,steering system, etc. These lights came on while driving the car! Rats chewed my wiring .
ODI 11297434
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
The lane departure warning system works intermittently at night on a wet roadway. The vehicle was on a four lane road with two lanes in each direction. Speed was around 45mph. Lane departure warning works above approximately 32mph. The system would not recognize the white shoulder line on the right hand side of the vehicle or the dotted white line on the left hand side of the lane. This was the second time this had…
ODI 11286289
Electrical System
While driving the car shuttered then stopped while in traffic and check engine light and charging system malfunction error message appeared. I coasted over to side of road. Restarted car to get home and this same thing happened 3 more times until i got home and parked it. We ran the car in the driveway and the same thing happened 3 more times. Since it is sunday afternoon will have to call toyota on monday. After…
ODI 11279255
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
Vehicle died in the middle of the road while driving normally. The vehicle was on a city street.
ODI 11287688