NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota RAV4 Recalls
The 2016 Toyota RAV4 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 1, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota RAV4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 240
- Crashes reported
- 33
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Toyota RAV4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 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, 2017–2018 RAV4
Tires
- Campaign
- 16V236000
- Reported
- April 22, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 16V198000
- Reported
- April 7, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,656
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Toyota RAV4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 240 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota RAV4, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 33 describe a crash (14%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota RAV4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the service brakes (18%) and the exterior lighting (12%).
1 of the 2016 Toyota RAV4's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Toyota RAV4 owners gave the mileage (151 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System59
- Service Brakes44
- Unknown Or Other33
- Exterior Lighting28
- Engine25
- Air Bags19
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 34 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota RAV4 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 34. 48% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota RAV4 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Toyota RAV4 year in the same window: 12th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 240 complaints about the 2016 Toyota RAV4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota RAV4 by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted