23V734000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
A battery short circuit increases the risk of a fire.
2018 TOYOTA RAV4
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 439 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints439
Complaints citing a crash53
Complaints citing a fire49
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 3 of 3
19V503000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
An incorrect label may lead to unintentionally overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
17V831000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
An incorrect load information label can result in the operator overloading the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 126ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 69UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 32ENGINE
- 28SERVICE BRAKES
- 26POWER TRAIN
- 22EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 19VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 17VISIBILITY/WIPER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 TOYOTA RAV4s 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.