2017 Toyota RAV4 Exterior Lighting Problems
- 18
- 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.
What owners report
- high beams · 12 records
- auto high · 6 records
- high beam · 6 records
- reverse lights · 4 records
- road ahead · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 17 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Exterior Lighting
Abh (automatic high beam) system disconnects randomly and shuts down the head light high beam. When this happens, the abh indicator on the dash goes dark. Abh may or may not come back on after several seconds. This happens at highway speeds with no other vehicles or lights around. This is a problem because there is no quick way to get the high beams back on. This has happened since the car was about 2 years old.
ODI 11308957
Exterior Lighting
The halogen bulbs in the rav4 le are substandard and present a safety hazard. After a dealer upgrade to some brighter bulbs, there is still very little spill to the sides of the road. This prevents me from seeing potential hazards like deer while driving at night. I have had several near misses with animals and even one with a pedestrian inside the city limits because i simply couldn't see them. Headlight aim has…
ODI 11297246
Exterior Lighting
Automatic high beams (ahb) malfunction. When driving at night the ahb systems occasionally (every ~10 minutes lately) shuts down and the green "auto high beam" indicator goes off - resulting in total loss of high beams in all ambient conditions. This usually lasts about a minute and then the systems recovers. There are many cases of this reported on the internet - which can be found by googling "toyota auto high…
ODI 11278713
Exterior Lighting
When using auto head lamps and engaging the auto high beams (pushing the left hand switch in) they don't always turn on. Sometimes the green auto ready light will not come on which prevents the high beam (blue) light from turning on. I had no issues until about a month ago and now the high beams have refused to turn on a dozen times. I understand this is an intermittent issue, some times they work and sometimes they…
ODI 11192897
Exterior Lighting
When headlights after dark are set on automatic and i meet on coming traffic either bright lights my lights not only dim automatically but the automatic turns it's self off and won't come back on for a good distance. I have met vehicles with exceptionally bright lights and my automatic not only turns off but the headlights turn off altogether and i am left without headlights. I am fumbling with the light switch to…
ODI 11155827
Exterior Lighting
Toyota's headlights are terrible and make it hard to see at night. They are using the same 9012 bulbs used on the gmc sierra before you guys issued a safety recall for the sierra's headlights. See this for reference: http://www.gmcproblems.com/trends/terrible-headlights/ i really think toyota should do something to fix this. On rural roads with animals like deer i feel its potentially dangerous.
ODI 11092396
Exterior Lighting
I purchased a 2017 rav4 le in december 2017. After driving it in the dark, i realized how horrible the headlights are. I had them adjusted on may 5, 2018, but little difference was noticed. Those that buy the high end models of the rav4 get better headlights. And they cannot be retro fitted into the le model. Driving at night scares the bejezzus out of me. My parents live in montana (lots of wildlife), and hitting a…
ODI 11154037
Exterior Lighting
The car is equipped with auto high beams. Which do not function properly. On monday, march 26,2017, my wife was driving to work in the early morning. She had the auto high beam setting on and the headlights flashed from low to high and back several times, while she was following a car. The sensors did not recognize there was a car in front of her. At other times, while driving with the auto selection on the…
ODI 11082198
Exterior Lighting · Seat Belts
The turn signal flashes in the cabin , but it is quiet,and i can not hear it. The dealer said 2 times that it can not be adjusted , case closed.. I contacted toyota customer exp.center , case # [xxx] and [xxx] and talked to [xxx] . The case manager [redacted] and he said the dealers service tech.is right case is closed.i believe a safety issue exists here... I have electric seats and the seat belt receiver is low in…
ODI 11075808
Exterior Lighting
Reverse lights are 2'x2' triangle lights at the bottom of car. Most reverse lights are towards middle of panel with the brake lights. Not visible to someone else possible reversing at same time and can't see bottom of my car. 2014 model had them in middle. Not sure of 2016 or 2016 but my 17 and current 2018 has reverse lights at bottom. Safety issue if people can't notice your reverse lights.
ODI 11065361
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
Road visibility at night using low beam headlights. When low beams are used at night there is a define dark portion of the windshield about center (horizonally) the area below the line is lit but the area above is completely black. The distance you can see is less than 300 ft and reduces down to 50 75 ft when going down hill. Every thing above the lit line is completely black. The lighting system is halogen and is…
ODI 11035351
Exterior Lighting
Output from the low beam headlights is terrible. Low beams are so dim that it's often times hard to see at night, making it hard to see pedestrians and animals. This is unsafe i believe. Toyota should replace the bulbs just like gmc did http://www.gmcproblems.com/trends/terrible-headlights/ it is very hard to see laterally at night with just the low beams on.
ODI 11043357
Exterior Lighting
This windshield is called the windshield of death online!the headlights of the arc only light up part of the windshield. As you can see from the reflection, the top half of the windshield is black. It is alarnming. The nights were raised a slight amount by the dealer but visibility is still not up to par-- going around corners is dangerous. It seems tat the halogen bulbs do not give enough light.
ODI 11025381
Exterior Lighting
We recently purchased a 2017 toyota rav4 le. The first time we drove this vehicle at night we were shocked that, when using low or high beams, a dark area appeared across the entire windshield obstructing our vision. It is impossible to drive at night and feel safe. When you go up and down small hills, the darkness moves up and down as well, and is very annoying. We contacted the dealer and they said this was the…
ODI 11018788
Exterior Lighting
Headlights on low beam, form a line across the windshield. Unable to see the road ahead unless high beams are activated. You cannot see stop or street signs. Unless you know there is a stop sign or road entrance you cannot see them when using the low beams. 2 other people have driven my vehicle and complained about not being able to see the road ahead. Very dangerous. I am now leery of driving this vehicle at night.
ODI 11048415
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota rav4. While driving various speeds, the headlights malfunctioned. The contact stated that the headlights did not provide enough lighting to illuminate the road ahead. In addition, the auto high beam headlights were intermittent in illuminating the road ahead. Hoselton toyota of east rochester, new york was contacted on different occasions. On the first occasion, the dealer stated…
ODI 11000269
Exterior Lighting
The dash lighting during certain daylight conditions is unreadable, or requires excessive staring to determine quantities such as vehicle speed, fuel amount, and other quantities on the multi function information display (mfid). Whether it is unreadable depends on the angle of the sun relative to the vehicle.the inability to quickly see what is inadequately displayed forces the driver to either guess the speed or to…
ODI 10969759
Exterior Lighting
Halogen projection headlights are unsafe. They do not illuminate the sides and upper part of the road and cause a moving line in the center of your field of vision where there is darkness about the line making it impossible to see clearly at night using the low beams. On a downhill, the area of illumination is cut off and unsafe - have to use high beams in order to see the road. This line also bounces around with…
ODI 10944076
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2017 Toyota RAV4.
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