2021 Toyota Rav4 Prime: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 129 complaints
129
Total Complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
29
Crash Reports

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
35
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
22
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
17
SERVICE BRAKES
16
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
8
AIR BAGS
5
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
4
ENGINE
3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
3
POWER TRAIN
3

Severity Assessment

29
Crashes
0
Fires
11
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"CAR HAS 750 MILES FROM NEW. FUEL GUAGE DISPLAY 3/4 FULL WHEN TANK IS ACTUALLY FULL.. CAUSES OVERFILLING AND LACK OF TRUST IN GUAGE READING. ALSO CAUSES CHARCOAL FILTER TO FILL WITH GAS. CAUSING IT TO FAIL. IN ADDITION CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO DISPLAY GENERATING NUMEROUS FAULTS COMES. ALL REQUIRE IM..."
"I AM EXPERIENCING INCONSISTENT BRAKE FEEL AFTER ABS ACTUATION DURING SLOW AND STEADY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES ON ROUGH OR SLICK ROAD SURFACES. STOPPING DISTANCES ARE INCREASED COMPARED WITH MY EXPECTATION FOR A GIVEN PEDAL FORCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE, AND A REC..."
"DURING ITS FIRST FUEL TANK FILL-UP (AT 909 MILES, ON 3/14/2021), NEW 2021 RAV4 PRIME SE FUEL TANK ACCEPTED LESS THAN THE EXPECTED AMOUNT OF GASOLINE. STARTING AT NEAR-EMPTY, ONLY NINE (9) GALLONS WAS ACCEPTED. AT THE SECOND FILL-UP (ON 3/22/2021), ONLY FOUR GALLONS COULD BE ADDED, AND THE FUEL NOZZL..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 46 NY: 14 NJ: 13 MA: 11 FL: 6 CO: 5 MD: 5 NC: 4 NH: 3 SC: 3

Who Files Complaints?

0.8%
Original Owners
99.2%
Second+ Owners

Toyota Rav4 Prime — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
2022254
20237613
2024356

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28