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2023 Toyota RAV4 problems

Owners have filed 255 complaints about the 2023 Toyota RAV4 with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 15.7% of them — the clear leader, ahead of steering at 10.2%. A further 15.7% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints255
Crashes36
Fires3
Injuries26
Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 15.7% · 40
Electrical system 15.7% · 40
Steering 10.2% · 26
Engine 9.0% · 23
Forward collision avoidance 7.8% · 20
Service brakes 6.7% · 17
Back over prevention 4.3% · 11
Fuel/propulsion system 3.9% · 10
Severity

Of those complaints, 36 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 26 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 25 model years of the Toyota RAV4 in this data, 2023 sits 21st by complaint volume. 2007 draws the most.

Filings are rising — 223 in the last three years against 32 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 57,079 miles.

In owners' own words

While starting my rav4 prime, the instrument panel (gas gauge, speedometer, battery life, etc) went black. Took it to 3 different Toyota dealers; 2 sent me away and the 3rd said I can’t drive the car anymore. Service tech said it’s the 3rd one he’s seen with the instrument cluster black in the last year! They’re still running official diagnostics on it. Electrical system
Faulty instrument panel keeps going on and off. It will reset itself and then do it again like it’s trying to fix itself. But then we’ll go on and off again it’s been doing it for about six months now we’ve been putting off by telling someone because we thought it might straighten up and when we keep looking up recalls, it says there’s no recall on it. Electrical system
Was driving and made a stop at the stop sign. Vehicle stalled, got a message that the engine had shut off. Would not restart in the middle of an intersection. Engine would not turn over after stall.. Dealer was unable to replicate issue but said that the computer had thrown codes. Electrical system

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

Checking NHTSA for open recalls…

Other Toyota RAV4 years

2019 1,177 complaints · 21.6% fuel/propulsion system 2020 800 complaints · 22.4% engine 2021 519 complaints · 24.1% air bags 2022 218 complaints · 16.1% electrical system 2024 262 complaints · 14.1% engine 2025 114 complaints · 12.3% electrical system

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