2018 Toyota RAV4 Exterior Lighting Problems
- 15
- 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 beam · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Exterior Lighting
I have a new xle and the headlights are dangerous. These are projector headlights that cast a very focused beam forward. It is frigtening when you drive in some roads without a lot of ambient light. With the low beams on, it is like someone painted the top half of my windshield black. There is little peripheral illumination, so i can see what is directly in front of me, and nothing else. Where the road inclines…
ODI 11183530
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota rav4. The contact stated that the high beam headlights were faulty and would not operate when activated. The contact drove the vehicle to don joseph toyota (1111 w main st, kent, oh 44240, [redacted]), but the failure could not be duplicated and no failure codes were found. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired four times within six months for the same failure, but the…
ODI 11243973
Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
Auto light feature does not work properly: on many occasions (about 2-3 times per week), while car is in motion early in the morning and at night, with the headlights in the "auto" mode and the automatic high beam feature enabled. When starting the car, the auto light function seems to be delayed. It does not work initially but starts working after the car is in motion for several minutes. The auto light feature is…
ODI 11187210
Exterior Lighting
Repeatedly, while in motion, with the headlights in the "auto" mode, and the "automatic high beam feature enabled (which switches the headlights from high beam to low beam automatically based on the presence of oncoming headlights/tail lights ahead/ambient light levels) the auto highbeam feature will disable itself, generally tied to the passing of a car with bright lights. When this feature disables itself it…
ODI 11185930
Exterior Lighting
The auto high beam feature has been choosing to disengage and turn itself off at random. There are also times that at night, upon start-up, the auto high beam system will refuse to engage (light switch turned to auto and stalk pushed forward, driving over 25 mph).
ODI 11166720
Exterior Lighting
There is not particular incident to report. The headlight beams are to low on low-beam use, with a hard edge at the top so it is impossible to see far down the road. The high beam setting it too high, so the light goes 30 feet above the roadway, and does not illuminate the road further ahead. This is a faulty design. I was able to adjust the bulb housing to lower the high beam so it actually showed more road , and…
ODI 11306517
Exterior Lighting
Brand new recently purchased vehicle and there is condensation in both head lights
ODI 11143024
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
Purchased 2018 rav 4 adventure three day's ago and it is impossible to drive at night on a road with no other available lighting. Extremely dangerous. It appears as though a veil covers 1/2 to 2/3 of windshield making visibility nearly impossible. The beam angle of the headlights barely cover the road in front of you and nothing above the height of the vehicle hood. You can see nothing in front of you and even less…
ODI 11131151
Exterior Lighting
My rav4 has very poor lighting at night making it hard to see the lines on the road. I just bought this vehicle new a few days ago but the dealership says that they cannot find any defects with the head light but does agree the light output is poor.
ODI 11130873
Exterior Lighting
Dangerous to drive at night due to projector headlights beam pattern cutoff. While driving with low beam headlights on at night, top part of light beam pattern is a straight line left to right across field of vision with zero liight above midpoint field of vision bottom (road) to top (sky). Especially dangerous when decending hills in dark and road ahead is flat (or horizontal) as well as decending a dip which…
ODI 11119755
Exterior Lighting
Headlamp provides dangerously insufficient illumination while driving in any of the following situations: dark, curved, or hilly roads (such as us highway 1 in marin county, skyline blvd in oakland, ca). 1. Very little peripheral illumination on curves 2. Sharp horizontal cut-off results in short beam projection when ascending or descending hills. Both of these occur simultaneously and is frighteningly dangerous…
ODI 11114310
Exterior Lighting
My 2018 rav4 is equipped with dynamic radar cruise control, a feature which i like very much like when traveling on interstate highways. This feature automatically decelerates my vehicle to match the speed of the vehicle ahead and keeps you following at a safe distance. However, the safety issue i have discovered is that when the vehicle automatically decelerates, it apparently does not activate the brake lights and…
ODI 11132193
Exterior Lighting
Just bought my new toyota rav 4 2018 and realized that i can't drive it at night. My windshield turns dark 1/3 to 1/2 from the bottom and continues all the way to the top. It's actually worse when driving home and going up my unlit hill when instead of my brights going on automatically, only my low lights are on. I am frightened to drive my car and now realize that there were online complaints going back years!
ODI 11104738
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota rav4. While driving at night or after dusk, the headlamps provided insufficient illumination to operate the vehicle safely. The contact was concerned that the failure was due to a feature on the vehicle where the headlights dim when approaching oncoming traffic. The vehicle was taken to uebelhor toyota (located at 788 w 12th ave, jasper, in 47546, [redacted]) to be diagnosed and…
ODI 11154187
Exterior Lighting
The illumination provided by the headlights on the 2018 rav4 xle i purchased on december 28, 2017 is dangerously unsafe to drive on unlit rural roads. See attached letter dated january 6, 2017 and pic. I have more pics and several videos, if needed. *js the consumer stated the high and low beams, on curves, narrow, and hilly unlit roads, visibility was inadequate. *js *js the consumer stated the manufacturer was…
ODI 11060925
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