2004 Toyota RAV4 air bags problems
47 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2004 Toyota RAV4 — 31% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Takata recall I purchased this car in january 2019 and since that time have received numerous mailed notices from toyota "safety recall follow-up notice." I have made at least 8 phone calls to toyota and been promised repeatedly that I will be contacted for airbag replacement...but have not been…”
filed Jul 19, 2019
“"tamara recall". Complaint #1 in may 2016, I called the toyota customer telephone number to arrange to have the recall done to the airbags. Toyota representative connected me to woburn toyota to have me speak to them to make an appointment which I did. On may 24 2016 I brought my car in for an 11…”
filed Nov 28, 2017
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- These vehicles had their driver or passenger frontal air bag inflators previously…Campaign 19V741000 · Oct 17, 2019
- Affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be…Campaign 15V284000 · May 13, 2015
Air Bags problems in other RAV4 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 RAV4 | 1 | 1% |
| 2024 RAV4 | 11 | 7% |
| 2023 RAV4 | 8 | 6% |
| 2022 RAV4 | 10 | 7% |
| 2021 RAV4 | 125 | 33% |
| 2020 RAV4 | 55 | 9% |
| 2019 RAV4 | 45 | 5% |
| 2018 RAV4 | 16 | 5% |
| 2017 RAV4 | 19 | 6% |
| 2016 RAV4 | 18 | 8% |
| 2015 RAV4 | 15 | 5% |
| 2014 RAV4 | 12 | 6% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2004 Toyota RAV4
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.