2024 Toyota RAV4 vehicle speed control problems
12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2024 Toyota RAV4 — 7% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that while driving forward into a parking space and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated at a high rate of speed, almost causing the vehicle to crash into a building and other parked vehicles before the failure was…”
filed Feb 19, 2026
“On 12/24/25 I was pulling into a parking space, took foot off accelerator to brake and vehicle suddenly accelerated and engine revved. I kept pushing the brake, but the vehicle kept lurching forward and slammed into car parked in front of me before finally stopping. My vehicle was going so hard…”
filed Feb 19, 2026
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% |
| 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% |
| 2016 RAV4 | 12 | 5% |
| 2015 RAV4 | 21 | 7% |
| 2014 RAV4 | 7 | 4% |
| 2013 RAV4 | 17 | 7% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2024 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.