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2002 Toyota RAV4 air bags problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2002 Toyota RAV44% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Air Bags complaints
4%
share of all complaints
38,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
20 / 11
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owned a 2002 toyota rav4. The contact was involved in a multiple vehicle crash. While driving 65 mph, the contact crashed into the front and rear driver side of another vehicle. The contact's air bags were the only ones not to deploy. The contact sustained a broken finger, multiple…

    filed Feb 5, 2018

  • I was involved in a head-on collision in june 2016 with another vehicle that had veered into my lane and my vehicle was totaled and me and my spouse sustained injuries. None of the airbags in my vehicle deployed like they were supposed to. All of the airbags in the vehicle that hit us head on were…

    filed Sep 29, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other RAV4 years

YearReportsShare
2025 RAV411%
2024 RAV4117%
2023 RAV486%
2022 RAV4107%
2021 RAV412533%
2020 RAV4559%
2019 RAV4455%
2018 RAV4165%
2017 RAV4196%
2016 RAV4188%
2015 RAV4155%
2014 RAV4126%
RAV4 air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.