2017 Toyota RAV4 body & structure problems
19 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2017 Toyota RAV4, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 19 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 12,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 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 12 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 12,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 3 fires, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was in a crash, side impact, pretty bad. Injured. Airbags did not deploy. I hit my head and shoulder against the side on the interior of my vehicle. Traveling on freeway 50-60MPH, heard screeching behind drivers side of me... Heard crash then I was impacted on driverside and eventually rear passenger side causing my vehicle to be airborne and land upright. No airbags deployed!
The sunroof explodes / shatters for no apparent reason. Driving down the interstate at about 70 MPH, no other cars anywhere close to me in a wooded area and the sunroof shattered. I got out and looked at it and there was no damage anywhere near the sunroof, no chips, scratches, just a shattered sunroof. You would think that it might have been a rock thrown up from a car in front of me, but as I stated, there were no other drivers even remotely close to me on the interstate.
Other problems reported for the 2017 Toyota RAV4
- Electrical system 109 complaints
- Brakes 38 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Lighting 32 complaints
- Air bags 20 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 16 complaints