2015 Toyota RAV4 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2015 Toyota RAV4. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Battery Hold Down Bracket Thermal Events
  Preliminary Evaluation PE21005 · opened Feb 25, 2021 · closed Aug 12, 2024 · led to recall 23V734

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to understand the contributing factors and frequency of vehicle fires originating from the battery region of the engine compartment in Model Year (MY) 2013-2018 Toyota RAV4 vehicles on 25 February 2021. At the time of opening, ODI attributed…