There are 5 owner-reported fuel system complaints for the 2013 Toyota RAV4in NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
The Fuel Pump entire system failed. I have a receipt of $731.50 to have it fixed. I was stranded coming off Belt Parkway in New York City, I feared for my car as the cars came flying off of the exit ramp. The Toyota Company has sent recalls on most of their Fuel Pumps except my 2013 Toyota Rav4. All of my alerts went on immediately but then the car just stopped and I managed to coast to the off the ramp. There were no warnings but when I looked up Toyota Recalls the main problem is their Fuel Pump Injectors in most of their cars and I had no knowledge of this.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I WAS PULLING INTO PARK AT WORK WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE (FORTUNATELY) AND THE RAV4 SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *TR
I LEASED A RAV4EV. WENT TO PICK IT UP ON THURSDAY (8/8/13) AND IT WOULDN'T START-- CHECK EV SYSTEM, ETC. DEALER GAVE ME A LOANER, IT SPENT THE DAY IN THE SERVICE DEPT, AND THEY WOUND UP UPDATING THE SOFTWARE & IT APPARENTLY WAS OK. BROUGHT THE CAR HOME ON FRIDAY. ON SUNDAY, 8/11/13, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY-- ENGINE STOPPED, POWER STEERING STOPPED, AND I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND GET OFF OF THE ROAD. CHECK EV SYSTEM MESSAGE ON SCREEN, BATTERY IS STILL HALF FULL. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, 120 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PROPULSION SYSTEM AND THE GATEWAY ECU WERE FAULTY. I DECIDED NOT TO KEEP THAT CAR AND LEASED ANOTHER RAV4 EV. VERY SCARY! *TR
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Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 26, 2026