2014 Toyota RAV4 EV
Complaints about this year name off far more often than the model's other years — 24% of them, about 60× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 188 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 5 |
| Involving a crash | 18 |
| Involving a fire | 24 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 76 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- about — 18% of complaints, 44× usual
- down — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
- fire — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
What owners wrote
i have just driven the car for about 15 minutes and pulled in a driveway to wait for someone. My car was in park but running, and white smoke started to come out from under the hood. I turned the car off and got out. I walked around to the front of the car and…
I was driving down the road. I slowed up for a light and it turned green and started to go and my car turned off. Electrical still worked but engine was off.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 15V577000 VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 16V096000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V143000 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota RAV4 EV was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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