255 owner complaints filed with the United States safety regulator · top issue: Electrical System · verdict CAUTION 61/100
“Toyota issues a Customer Support Program Notification regarding paint peeling on vehicles with factory applied Blizzard Pearl or Super White paint. The original expiration date was December 11, 2022 with secondary expiration being 10 years after first use, in my case October 14, 2023. Within the period I had 3 different parts of my car repainted due to peeling paint. On July 19, 2026, paint began peeling again on the”NHTSA complaint, 2013 Toyota RAV4 owner
“Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2013 Toyota RAV4. The contact stated that a mileage discrepancy was discovered after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 105,836; however, Carfax reported the mileage as 311,581.”NHTSA complaint, 2013 Toyota RAV4 owner
“I have a Blizzard White RAV4 2013 that I just bought the paint is peeling from roof and side doors. I called a Toyota dealer and they told me that they wouldn’t be able to paint it beacause the warranty of repainting had expired. In some parts of the car the pint is starting to bubble up . .”NHTSA complaint, 2013 Toyota RAV4 owner
| Reported | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 16/01/2015 | Trailer Hitches | Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Toyota Rav4 vehicles manufactured June 1, 2013, to December 29, 2014, and equipped with an accessory trailer light module. The software |
| 01/11/2023 | Electrical System:12V/24V/48V Battery SAFETY | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2013-2018 RAV4 vehicles. Certain replacement 12-volt batteries may not fit properly in the battery tray, allowing the battery to move and contact th |
On the federal record it scores 61/100: 255 owner complaints (19.62 per year on the road) and 2 recall campaigns, 1 touching safety-critical systems.
The most-reported component in NHTSA complaints is Electrical System, with 73 of 222 categorised reports.
The 2013 Toyota RAV4 scored 61/100 on the federal record.