2022 Toyota RAV4: owner complaints and recalls

Complaints about the 2022 Toyota RAV4 include 2 reports of a fatality, alongside 13 crashes and 0 fires across 135 filings.

135
Complaints
1
Recalls
13
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
12
Injuries
168.9
Severity index

Severity index 168.9 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 168.9p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Toyota RAV4 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 96 2022 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2022 Toyota RAV4 ranks 7 of 96 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 93% of its model-year peers. See the full 2022 ranking.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 34 complaints (25.2%)34 25%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 34 complaints (25.2%)34 25%EngineEngine: 26 complaints (19.3%)26 19%StructureStructure: 18 complaints (13.3%)18 13%SteeringSteering: 18 complaints (13.3%)18 13%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 10 complaints (7.4%)10 7%Air BagsAir Bags: 10 complaints (7.4%)10 7%Power TrainPower Train: 10 complaints (7.4%)10 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM3425.2%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER3425.2%
ENGINE2619.3%
STRUCTURE1813.3%
STEERING1813.3%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE107.4%
AIR BAGS107.4%
POWER TRAIN107.4%

Complaints filed per year

018352022: 212023: 232024: 282025: 352026: 28 (partial year)222324253526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
202221
202323
202428
202535
2026 (year to date)28
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 4.1x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
22V51900021/07/2022AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022 Rav4, Rav4 Hybrid, and Rav4 Prime vehicles. The front passenger seat may have been assembled with interference between internal parts that may cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor to inc
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.