Saturday, August 8, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Toyota RAV4 2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0065-19 · NHTSA communication 10162747 · issued Jun 14, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2019 model year RAV4 vehicles may exhibit an abnormal buzz/groan noise at 20 ? 30 mph when accelerating from a stop and/or at 13 ? 20 mph on deceleration after driving the vehicle for 15 ? 20 minutes or more. This condition occurs with Normal drive mode selected during disconnect/connect timing of AWD system. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address this condition. NOTE This Service Bulletin ONLY applies to 2019 model year RAV4 Limited and Adventure grade vehicles with Torque Vectoring AWD System.

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.