2014 Toyota RAV4 problems
Owners have filed 279 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Toyota RAV4. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. After that come engine (11%) and steering (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 279 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 35 and 43
- Injuries and deaths
- 36 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 43,000 miles 148 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 47 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 25 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 148 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 43,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 58,000 miles (30 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 35 complaints mention a crash; 43 complaints mention a fire; 36 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Toyota RAV4 with enough data (144 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On business and vacation, coming from la to atlanta...I was driving speed limit in far left lane, on interstate, in lagrange ,ga, a truck coming onto the interstate merging from far right loss control because she was speeding and the roads were slick from a light rain, she fishtailed from the far right , crossing the right lane and coming head on in opposite direction of traffic , hitting my rental vehicle..rav 4.
Vehicle was parked, just turned the car from engine on to off with just the battery on running the radio while I was preparing to exit the vehicle. Suddenly the entire radio system completely stopped working. I looked at my infotainment screen and it was certainly having a issue because ever since that day over one year ago I have not been able to listen to radio, use GPS, use bluetooth, etc.
The radio screen only displays the toyota sign. It will change stations with the pre set on the steering wheel but you can not do anything else cuz the screen does not display anything other than the toyota sign.