2024 Toyota RAV4
Small SUV · gas
How much to run it30 mpg · $1,987 / yr
How it performs203 hp
How safe5 of 5 ★ · 3 recalls
3 campaigns, what and when
- 2024-12-05Wheels · hub — A damaged brake line can cause a brake fluid leak, reducing brake performance and increasing the distance required to stop the vehicle. Wheel detachment can result in a loss of vehicle control. Either condition increases the risk of a crash. 24V911000
- 2025-09-11Electrical system · instrument cluster/panel — An instrument panel display that does not show critical information can increase the risk of a crash or injury. 25V595000
- 2025-10-30Back over prevention · display function — A rearview camera that fails to display an image can reduce the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. 25V744000
Complaints per 10,000 built
computed here: 86 complaints ÷ 264,347 built (NHTSA early-warning production, 2026 Q1); no publisher states the rate
What owners complain about
Engine32Steering25Electrical system21Unspecified17Structure · body6
How big3,450 lb
Kerb weight
the certified test vehicle (EPA certification); corroborated by the EPA test weight
EPA test weight
EPA equivalent test weight class — the loaded class it was tested at, not kerb weight
Notes and sources
- Fuel economy: EPA combined test-cycle figure for the configuration RAV4 (27 city, 35 highway). EPA data dated 2026-09-09, the latest modifiedOn date EPA records in vehicles.csv.↩
- CO₂: EPA's tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle — 292 g/mi, or 181 g/km.↩
- Fuel cost: an estimate — 13,800 mi a year at the EPA combined figure, priced at $4.319 per gallon (EIA US regular, 2026-09-14). Five years: $9,934. No publisher states this figure.↩
- Power: 203 hp is the rated figure, from NHTSA's CAFE market data.↩
- Crash rating: NHTSA's overall rating for the front-wheel-drive 2024 RAV4 — frontal 4, side 5, rollover 4 stars. NHTSA data as of 2026-09-10.↩
- Recall campaigns: NHTSA's count for this nameplate (RAV4), as of 2026-09-10. Each is repaired free of charge by dealers.↩
- Complaints per 10,000 built: computed here from NHTSA's complaint count for the RAV4 nameplate (86, of which 8 describe a crash, fire, injury or death) and the 264,347 vehicles NHTSA's own early-warning production reports place on it (2026 Q1). No publisher states the rate itself.↩
- Kerb weight: the certified test vehicle (EPA certification), 3,450 lb (1,565 kg); corroborated by the EPA test weight.↩
- EPA test weight: 3,750 lb (1,701 kg) is the equivalent test weight class EPA tested this configuration at, not the kerb weight.↩
- Warranty: 3 years or 36,000 miles, from Toyota's published 2024 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table.↩
- Registrations: 12,291 RAV4s of this model year on New York's roads, from the NY DMV registration file as of 2026-09-02.↩
- This car is measured on the petrol scale: miles per gallon, the tailpipe CO₂ rating and whole-car horsepower. MPGe and charge-weighted CO₂ are electric-scale quantities and do not apply to it.↩
- Price: no price is published for this car. NHTSA's CAFE market data prices this market's cars by compliance configuration, and it lists none matching this one.↩
Coverage: Fewer plug-in hybrids are ranked for 2024 than for 2023 or 2025. EPA's 2024 fuel-economy file, the source of every US car in these standings, lists no plug-in version of several cars it lists for both of those years, among them the Ford Escape, Lincoln Corsair, Kia Niro, BMW X5, Volvo S90 and Porsche Cayenne. Those plug-in hybrids are missing from the 2024 standings, not ranked low.
Sources: EPA · NHTSA — about these sources →