The 2014 RAV4 would have been a very good automotive if it hadn’t been for the potential of catching fireplace. In November 2023, the NHTSA issued a recall for Toyota RAV4s spanning from 2013 to 2018, affecting nearly 2 million autos.

It’s not just like the automotive’s engine would spontaneously combust or something like that. Instead, this poorly designed 12-volt substitute battery has a smaller prime than the unique. So, when driving a bit tough, it may free itself from the hold-down clamp and are available contact with it, inflicting a brief circuit and eventual fireplace.

Of course, the battery fireplace is not distinctive to the 2014 RAV4, however this, mixed with another issues it has, makes much less fascinating. The 2014 RAV4 is plagued with poor inside high quality issues, like navigation display glare, normal infotainment system failure, and (whereas rarer) electrical system failure. That’s not all, although. RAV4s from this yr with manufacturing facility white paint may expertise effervescent and peeling. Toyota began a buyer help program to deal with 2008 to 2017 RAV4s, as they may doubtless have this drawback.

We’d suggest you skip the 2014 mannequin and both return to a 2013 or ahead to 2015; they’re much less doubtless to present you a headache.