NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Toyota RAV4 Recalls
The 2015 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 2015 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
- 305
- Crashes reported
- 37
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
41 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 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 2015 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 2013–2014, 2016–2018 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 2014 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 2013–2014 RAV4
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14V828000
- Reported
- December 30, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,958
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 RAV4, 6 other models
2015 Toyota RAV4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 305 owner complaints about the 2015 Toyota RAV4, the newest on October 1, 2026. Of these, 37 describe a crash (12%) and 41 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2015 Toyota RAV4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the steering (15%) and the engine (12%).
1 of the 2015 Toyota RAV4's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 Toyota RAV4 owners gave the mileage (170 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System85
- Unknown Or Other60
- Steering47
- Engine37
- Structure31
- Service Brakes30
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | |
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 23 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 34 | |
| 2024 | 30 | |
| 2025 | 21 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2015 Toyota RAV4 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 37. 33% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Toyota RAV4 drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Toyota RAV4 year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 305 complaints about the 2015 Toyota RAV4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota RAV4 by model year
Other 2015 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted