23V478000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:DC/DC CONVERTER
A short circuit can cause the DC-DC converter to overheat, increasing the risk of a vehicle fire.
2021 TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 138 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints138
Complaints citing a crash29
Complaints citing a fire3
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
23V041000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT:POWER CONTROL UNIT/MODULE (HPCU)
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
22V239000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
Driving with a deactivated stability control system increases the risk of a crash.
20V698000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Adjusting the horizontal headlight beam can increase glare, reducing the visibility of an oncoming driver or the vehicle operator, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 37ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 18FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 16SERVICE BRAKES
- 8FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 5AIR BAGS
- 4VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 TOYOTA RAV4 PRIMEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.