NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Toyota RAV4 Recalls
The 2013 Toyota RAV4 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 1, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 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
- 257
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
29 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 Toyota RAV4
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 23V734000
- Reported
- November 1, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,853,568
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2018 RAV4
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 15V011000
- Reported
- January 16, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,140
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 RAV4
2013 Toyota RAV4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 257 owner complaints about the 2013 Toyota RAV4, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (9%) and 29 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2013 Toyota RAV4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine (11%) and the power train (11%).
1 of the 2013 Toyota RAV4's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Toyota RAV4 owners gave the mileage (161 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System75
- Unknown Or Other40
- Engine29
- Power Train29
- Structure28
- Service Brakes21
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 39 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 | |
| 2015 | 27 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 23 | |
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2013 Toyota RAV4 peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 39. 44% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Toyota RAV4 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Toyota RAV4 year in the same window: 14th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 257 complaints about the 2013 Toyota RAV4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota RAV4 by model year
Other 2013 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted