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Toyota RAV4 Hybrid years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2019 and 2021.
The 2019 and 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2019 has 22 complaints (3 for each year on the road) and 2021 has 22 complaints (4 for each year on the road), against a median of 2 a year across the 6 model years old enough to judge.
- 22complaints
- 1recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Sep 27, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2019
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
2021
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Best years
- No year since 2016 is clearly better than the rest.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid. Too new to judge: 2026.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2026 has the most complaints of any Toyota RAV4 Hybrid year here: 22 of 22 (100%).
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 14% of Toyota RAV4 Hybrid complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- When owners filed
- Every complaint so far came in during 2026.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2016 (17), 2017 (14), 2018 (15), 2019 (22), 2020 (13), 2021 (22).
Year by year
2026 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
22 owner complaints so far; too new to call. 3 reports involved a crash and 5 people were hurt. 1 recall: 26V-571 on the equipment.
Questions
What Toyota RAV4 Hybrid years should you avoid?
The 2019 and 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2019 has 22 complaints (3 for each year on the road) and 2021 has 22 complaints (4 for each year on the road), against a median of 2 a year across the 6 model years old enough to judge.
What are the best years for the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?
No Toyota RAV4 Hybrid model year since 2016 draws clearly fewer complaints for its age than the rest.
How many recalls does the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid have?
1 recall campaign cover the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid model years 2026 on this site.
How many Toyota RAV4 Hybrid complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
14% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.