NHTSA recall 15V143000
A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 15V143000 |
| Manufacturer | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| Reported | 2015-03-13 |
| Owners notified | 2015-09-10 |
| Component | HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM |
| Units potentially affected | 2497 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 4 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2017-01-26 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 2497 |
| Reported remedied | 2150 (86%) |
| Reported unreachable | 30 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Toyota Motor Engineering & manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Rav4 EV vehicles manufactured July 24, 2012, to August 29, 2014. Due to a software issue within a component of the Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Assembly, the electric propulsion motor may shift to "neutral" resulting in a possible loss of drive power.
What can happen
A loss of drive power may increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the Electric Vehicle Traction Motor Assembly software, free of charge. The recall began on September 10, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2012 TOYOTA RAV4 EV | Built 2012-07-24 to 2014-08-29. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
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| 2013 TOYOTA RAV4 EV | Built 2012-07-24 to 2014-08-29. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2014 TOYOTA RAV4 EV | Built 2012-07-24 to 2014-08-29. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| T-TT-0208-12 Rev | 2018-04-02. Service bulletin. When connecting to a RAV4 EV with Techstream software, some DTC codes from the Electronic Propulsion Control System will be displayed incorrectly. |
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| T-SB-0047-16 | 2017-04-05. Service bulletin. TSB: THE BREATHER PLUG SHOULD BE REPLACED DURING ANY DIFFERENTIAL/TRANSFER CASE REPAIRS TO PREVENT POSSIBLE REPEAT FAILURES. THE SUBSEQUENT USE OF THE ORIGINAL BREATHER PLUG AFTER A REPAIR HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAILURE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL/TRANSFER CASE COMPONENTS. REPLACE THE BREATHER PLUG WHEN REPLACING DIFFERENTIAL/TRANSFER CASE COMPONENTS. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.