Toyota RAV4 EV Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 21 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Toyota RAV4 EV (2012–2014). The most-complained-about year is 2014.

Pick your Toyota RAV4 EV model year

• 2012
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• 2014

What Toyota RAV4 EV owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 21 complaints with NHTSA. The 2014 model year has the most, with 10.

• Power train9
• Fuel/propulsion system7
• Electrical system4
• Unknown or other3
• Engine2
• Seat belts2
• Vehicle speed control2
• Steering1

All Toyota RAV4 EV recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Toyota RAV4 EV, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Seat belts: rear/other

   NHTSA 16V096000 Reported February 19, 2016 1,123,752 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 RAV4 vehicles manufactured July 28, 2005, to December 19, 2012, and 2012-2014 RAV4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. In the event of a frontal collision, the rear seat belts for the outboard seats may be cut by the seat…

   Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install a protector over both rear seat cushion frames, free of charge. The recall began on June 24, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.…

   Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

2. Visibility/wiper

   NHTSA 15V577000 Reported September 18, 2015 423,456 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 RAV4 vehicles manufactured October 27, 2008, to December 19, 2012 and 2012-2014 RAV4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. In the affected vehicles, water may drip onto the joint that connects the wiper linkage to the wiper…

   Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the water diverter channel. In addition, a new wiper linkage with a wiper motor crank arm will be installed. The wiper linkage will have a protective cover over the…

   Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

3. Hybrid propulsion system

   NHTSA 15V143000 Reported March 13, 2015 2,497 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Rav4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. Due to a software issue within a component of the Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Assembly, the electric propulsion motor may shift to "neutral" resulting in a possible loss of…

   Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Assembly software, free of charge. The recall began on September 10, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at…

   Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

Other Toyota models

• Camry18,189 complaints
• Prius12,516 complaints
• Corolla11,739 complaints
• RAV49,385 complaints
• Sienna8,549 complaints
• Tacoma8,440 complaints
• Tundra6,922 complaints
• Highlander5,745 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.