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2021 Toyota RAV4 overheating reports

5 NHTSA complaints describe overheating and coolant leaks on the 2021 Toyota RAV4 — roughly 1% of all complaints for this model year.

5
Overheating reports
1%
share of complaints
23,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Overheating in other RAV4 years

2020 RAV425
2019 RAV444
2004 RAV410
RAV4 overheating by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2021 Toyota RAV4 report before drawing conclusions.