This model year has 385 processed complaint reports; AIR BAGS is the most frequently classified system at 32.5% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2021 TOYOTA RAV4
Complaint-pattern analysis from publicly available NHTSA safety records.
1.0Reliability score / 10
System health index
Reliability telemetry
A normalized signal from documented incident volume and NHTSA crash or fire report flags.
Documented incidents385
Reports with crash / fire flags53
Flagged-report share13.77%
Primary reported systemAIR BAGS
Crash and fire flags identify how a complaint was recorded by NHTSA. They do not establish that a reported component caused the event.
Data-based buyer guidance
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Available adjacent years span 144–634 reports. This year has more reports than 2022.It has fewer reports than 2020.
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This is a statistical research aid, not a mechanical diagnosis, failure prediction, or recommendation to buy or avoid a vehicle.
Component analysis
Most frequently reported systems.
AIR BAGS125 documented reports
32.5%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED74 documented reports
19.2%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM47 documented reports
12.2%ENGINE41 documented reports
10.6%POWER TRAIN22 documented reports
5.7%STEERING21 documented reports
5.5%STRUCTURE21 documented reports
5.5%FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM21 documented reports
5.5%SERVICE BRAKES20 documented reports
5.2%VISIBILITY/WIPER19 documented reports
4.9%Show all 27 reported components
SEATS18 documented reports
4.7%FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE17 documented reports
4.4%VISIBILITY12 documented reports
3.1%LANE DEPARTURE9 documented reports
2.3%SEAT BELTS8 documented reports
2.1%LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES7 documented reports
1.8%TIRES7 documented reports
1.8%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL6 documented reports
1.6%SUSPENSION6 documented reports
1.6%EXTERIOR LIGHTING6 documented reports
1.6%WHEELS5 documented reports
1.3%FUEL SYSTEM3 documented reports
0.8%GASOLINE3 documented reports
0.8%BACK OVER PREVENTION2 documented reports
0.5%TETHER1 documented reports
0.3%LOWER ANCHOR (ON CAR SEAT OR VEHICLE)1 documented reports
0.3%TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM1 documented reports
0.3%What the data says
AIR BAGS is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 32.5% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2021 TOYOTA RAV4 has 385 complaint reports in the records we have processed. One report can be classified under more than one component, so component shares do not add up to 100%.
Compare model years
These nearby model years have 2020: 634 reports · 2022: 144 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.