2017 Toyota RAV4 Electrical System Problems
- 16
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
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 16 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
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
Electrical System · Engine · Traction Control System
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota rav4. While driving approximately 10 mph, the vehicle stalled. In addition, the traction control and charging system malfunction indicators illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart and was taken to toyota of hollywood ([redacted], hollywood ca, [redacted]) to be diagnosed. The results were unknown. The vehicle was being repaired under warranty. The manufacturer was not…
ODI 11245340
Electrical System
Ignition remains on when i exit vehicle if forget to push off button with my key in pocket. Car not running when i leave so it is easy to forget and engine can/will restart at later time. This has happened at least two times in driveway. If in happened when i put in garage and went to bed in room over garage it could present a carbon monoxide hazard.
ODI 11229458
Cybersecurity · Electrical System · Unknown Or Other · Visibility/Wiper
I had to visit toyota because my radio will turn on by itself, when i park. Even after visiting toyota for an update, my radio will change on its own, not from the steering wheel) but on its own.so it is not fixed. Wipers will turn on then stop. There seems to be a device behind the dash that i can hear clicking on and off well after the ignition is off or while the car is idle for a bit. My climate control changes…
Crash reported
ODI 11192165
Electrical System · Power Train
Power transmission, safety issue, the power transmission will not shift in a timely manner to proper gears,in cold weather, this is a safety issue, when entering the freeway after leaving work, the car will only go 30 mph at 3,500 rpm. Until the car warms up, this has never happened before, and now it is. Toyota dealer confirmed that the shift points are higher than normal, when first started in the morning, and per…
ODI 11173469
Electrical System
On 01/31/19 i was driving my 2017 rav4 on freeway about 4 miles then local about 5 blocks i heard noise on my car so i stopped. It turned out i had a flat on my front passenger tire. I replaced it with spare and the 'low tire pressure' light just came on. I then realized why the ltp light never came on before i replaced with spare. I took the rav4 to pasadena toyota to run the diagnostic check to find out why ltp…
ODI 11176309
Electrical System · Power Train
The transmission, is not shifting properly in even mildly cold weather. Had the car for two years, and now the tranmission, is not shifting properly when you first start it up. The engine rpms are at 3,500, when doing 30 mph down the road,and pushing all the way down on the accelerator, the car will not go, there are no error lights, there is an tranmission shift issue with acceleration issue. This is dangerous…
ODI 11173462
Electrical System
When it is raining, or snowing and for some reason, the sensors get wet from the bumper, crosstraffic alert or backup or side warning, the whole system shuts down. Driving on the freeway and it is raining and the whole computer just froze, and lost all sensors and a failure alert showed up on the dashboard, along with the cars transmission have a hard time shifting as exiting the free way. This is total computer…
ODI 11173461
Automatic Emergency Braking · Electrical System · Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota rav4. While driving approximately 75 mph behind another vehicle, the contact switched lanes and the forward collision avoidance feature immediately activated. As a result, the brakes engaged and caused the vehicle to stop abruptly. The contact indicated that the detection system activated although the preceding vehicle was more than 150 feet away. The cause of the failure was not…
ODI 11166201
Electrical System
On occasion, while going from reverse to drive, the vehicle shuts down and i get a message that says "charging malfunction". It does not happen all the time. It has happened when i pull out of my driveway onto the busy street i live on. It has also happened once when i parallell parked. I have to shut the car off and then restart for it to work again. I tried to recreate the situation but cannot. I brought it to…
ODI 11102957
Electrical System
I was driving home and at a red light when my rav4 started to shake and feel as though it was going to stall out. Everything shut down and i was unable to move. I received the following error on our display, "charging system malfunction". After a few seconds i was able to turn my vehicle on and proceed through the intersection. Approximately one minute later it started to stutter again. I was able to make it to my…
ODI 11099181
Electrical System
While driving on a major highway at 65 mph. The engine shut off and all screens and gauges shut off for about 3 to 5 seconds then the car restarted on its own and began to accelerate quickly so i had to use the brakes to slow the car down. This event happened three times that day all on the highway and with the cruise control on.i called the toyota dealer to have the car checked out the car was checked out no issues…
ODI 11078543
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other
I started it and noticed immediately something was wrong. Vehicle started moving and i tried to apply brake. Brake was hard initially and vehicle continued moving. Then i was able to depress the brake pedal all the way but it kept moving. With my daughter in the car i got panic. I switched to p and vehicle kept going, though slowly on the street. Then i turned power off and removed the key. At this point all dash…
ODI 11054120
Electrical System
The lane departure warning tone cannot be heard when driving the vehicle. There is no way to increase the volume of the warning tone as the consumer. Toyota knows this is a problem (see pg 258 of owner's manual) but refuses to fix. This is a risk to personal safety.
ODI 11022150
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
The navigation system malfunctions with strange letters and imagery.
ODI 10983387
Electrical System
The car is a 2017 toyota rav4 xle awd. The car was a replacement vehicle for a 2015 toyota rav4 xle awd that had non reparable electrical issues and was replaced by toyota by an arbitration decision. The first day i drove the car the passive safety sense system activated while on the freeway when a car passed me on the left side. Luckily no one was behind me or their would have been an serious accident. I traded the…
ODI 11002346