NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota RAV4 Recalls
The 2004 Toyota RAV4 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Toyota RAV4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 154
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Toyota RAV4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Toyota RAV4
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005 RAV4, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V284000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 159,700
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2005 RAV4
2004 Toyota RAV4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 154 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota RAV4, the newest on July 31, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (10%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota RAV4, the component group named most often is the air bags (31%), followed by the power train (15%) and the vehicle speed control (13%).
2 of the 2004 Toyota RAV4's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2004 Toyota RAV4 owners gave the mileage (91 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags47
- Power Train23
- Vehicle Speed Control20
- Engine And Engine Cooling18
- Engine11
- Electrical System10
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 34 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota RAV4 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 34. 15% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota RAV4 drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Toyota RAV4 year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 154 complaints about the 2004 Toyota RAV4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota RAV4 by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted