2016 Toyota RAV4 vehicle speed control problems
12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2016 Toyota RAV4 — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I was parking the car in a gravel parking lot. When I pressed the brakes and shifted into park it instead accelerated and went over the side of an enbankment. I could not stop it even though my foot was pressing hard on the brake. Luckily there was no other person or property affected by the error…”
filed Aug 13, 2023
“While changing the lane towards right, suddenly my vehicle over accelerated and was about to crash the vehicle ahead of me and quickly I decided to maneuver towards the right shoulder lane and within few seconds and speedy semi-truck passed from the left and saved our lives of 4 people in the car…”
filed Dec 25, 2022
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other RAV4 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 RAV4 | 6 | 8% |
| 2024 RAV4 | 12 | 7% |
| 2023 RAV4 | 6 | 4% |
| 2022 RAV4 | 6 | 4% |
| 2021 RAV4 | 6 | 2% |
| 2020 RAV4 | 14 | 2% |
| 2019 RAV4 | 30 | 3% |
| 2018 RAV4 | 20 | 6% |
| 2017 RAV4 | 12 | 4% |
| 2015 RAV4 | 21 | 7% |
| 2014 RAV4 | 7 | 4% |
| 2013 RAV4 | 17 | 7% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2016 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.