NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Toyota RAV4 Recalls
The 2005 Toyota RAV4 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Toyota RAV4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 141
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Toyota RAV4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 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 2004 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 2004 RAV4
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,417
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 RAV4, 18 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 RAV4, 17 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 06V096000
- Reported
- April 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2005 Toyota RAV4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 141 owner complaints about the 2005 Toyota RAV4, the newest on December 29, 2025. Of these, 22 describe a crash (16%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Toyota RAV4, the component group named most often is the air bags (42%), followed by the vehicle speed control (9%) and the engine (6%).
3 of the 2005 Toyota RAV4's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Toyota RAV4 owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 79,650 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags59
- Vehicle Speed Control13
- Unknown Or Other11
- Engine9
- Steering9
- Power Train8
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 41 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Toyota RAV4 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 41. 11% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota RAV4 drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Toyota RAV4 year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Toyota RAV4 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 141 complaints about the 2005 Toyota RAV4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota RAV4 by model year
Other 2005 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: December 29, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted