16V096000
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
A cut seat belt may not properly restrain the seat occupant, increasing their risk of injury in a crash.
2012 TOYOTA RAV4
5 safety recall campaigns, 357 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints357
Complaints citing a crash56
Complaints citing a fire8
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
15V577000
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Over time, the dripping water may cause corrosion and wear at the joint, potentially resulting in the separation of the wiper linkage. Once this occurs, the wipers would not function, reducing driver visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
14V054000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If this occurs, these systems could become inoperative, reducing the directional control assistance, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V123000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
An inaccurate label could lead to owners overloading their vehicles and tires. An overloaded vehicle can result in a tire failure which may result in a vehicle crash, personal injury, or property damage.
13V014000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
If the front passenger seat occupant sensing system is out of calibration, the front passenger airbags may not deploy or they may deploy inappropriately for the passenger's size and position. This could increase the risk of personal injury during the event of a vehicle crash necessitating airbag deployment.
What owners report most
- 53VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 49VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 34SERVICE BRAKES
- 30SEAT BELTS
- 30ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 26UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 22AIR BAGS
- 22ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 TOYOTA RAV4s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.