2019 Toyota RAV4
Complaints about this year name coolant bypass far more often than the other years of this generation — 15% of them, about 38× the usual rate of 0.4%.
First year of a new generation. The Toyota RAV4 was redesigned for 2019. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 873 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 287 |
| Involving a crash | 25 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 30 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- tank — 23% of complaints, 9× usual
- fuel — 22% of complaints, 11× usual
- bypass valve — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
What owners wrote
Check engine light on for coolant bypass valve, apparently car is over heating ?
Faulty Coolant Bypass Valve. Toyota dealership told me it is the 20th one this week.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V064000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 20V373000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 20V286000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 19V503000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 19V576000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 19V244000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota RAV4 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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