What is the worst year for a Toyota RAV4 Prime?

The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 138 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the electrical system.

What is the best year for a Toyota RAV4 Prime?

The 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 28 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Toyota RAV4 Prime?

Electrical System accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Toyota RAV4 Prime.

Worst years for a Toyota RAV4 Prime

Owners have filed 298 complaints about the Toyota RAV4 Prime with NHTSA across model years 2021 to 2024. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime

138 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime

28 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota RAV4 Prime year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

138 28 94 38

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Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2024	C	38	6	1	—	Electrical System
2023	D	94	13	0	37,000	Electrical System
2022	C	28	5	0	—	Electrical System
2021	F	138	29	3	—	Electrical System

What breaks on a Toyota RAV4 Prime

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 95 31.9%

Worst in 2023

Other & Unspecified 53 17.8%

Worst in 2021

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 33 11.1%

Worst in 2021

Brakes 27 9.1%

Worst in 2021

Fuel & Propulsion 22 7.4%

Worst in 2021

Acceleration & Cruise Control 12 4.0%

Worst in 2023

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 3.7%

Worst in 2021

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 10 3.4%

Worst in 2024

Engine & Cooling 7 2.3%

Worst in 2021

Airbags 7 2.3%

Worst in 2021

Body & Structure 4 1.3%

Worst in 2022

Seats 3 1.0%

Worst in 2024

Steering 2 0.7%

Worst in 2021

Lights 2 0.7%

Worst in 2023

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota RAV4 Prime, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2021 peak 25 Aug 2026

Compare the Toyota RAV4 Prime

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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