2017 Toyota RAV4 lighting problems
Owners reported lighting problems in 32 complaints for the 2017 Toyota RAV4, 8% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 8% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 6,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When lighting problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 16 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 23 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 6,000 miles, and 96% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
Halogen projection headlights are unsafe. They do not illuminate the sides and upper part of the road and cause a moving line in the center of your field of vision where there is darkness about the line making it impossible to see clearly at night using the low beams. On a downhill, the area of illumination is cut off and unsafe - have to use high beams in order to see the road. This line also bounces around with the bumps on the road and causes me to get nauseous when driving with low beams at night.
Output from the low beam headlights is terrible. Low beams are so dim that it's often times hard to see at night, making it hard to see pedestrians and animals. This is unsafe I believe. Toyota should replace the bulbs just like GMC did [link removed] it is very hard to see laterally at night with just the low beams on.
Other problems reported for the 2017 Toyota RAV4
- Electrical system 109 complaints
- Brakes 38 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Air bags 20 complaints
- Body & structure 19 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 16 complaints