NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Toyota RAV4 Recalls
The 2014 Toyota RAV4 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 1, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Toyota RAV4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 197
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
25 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Toyota RAV4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2014 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 2013, 2015–2018 RAV4
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V144000
- Reported
- March 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 110,085
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 RAV4, 2 other models
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 15V011000
- Reported
- January 16, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,140
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013, 2015 RAV4
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14V828000
- Reported
- December 30, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,958
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 RAV4, 6 other models
2014 Toyota RAV4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 197 owner complaints about the 2014 Toyota RAV4, the newest on August 14, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (10%) and 25 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Toyota RAV4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the engine (16%) and the steering (11%).
1 of the 2014 Toyota RAV4's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2014 Toyota RAV4 owners gave the mileage (107 complaints), the median was 48,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System69
- Unknown Or Other45
- Engine31
- Steering21
- Power Train20
- Structure18
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 16 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2014 Toyota RAV4 peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 25. 25% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Toyota RAV4 drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Toyota RAV4 year in the same window: 18th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 197 complaints about the 2014 Toyota RAV4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota RAV4 by model year
Other 2014 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted