2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 4about this part
- Share
- 4%of 99 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime, 4% of the 99 complaints for this model year. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was pulling into a parking space at a slow speed and breaking when my car accelerated violently and caused me to go across a median and strike another parked vehicle. Police came and did a report. I took my car right away to dealer and they had me take it to their collision shop to be repaired. They said they would try to find the unintended acceleration problem after it was repaired. No warning lights or airbags.”
NHTSA complaint #11563605, filed 2024-01“We have COMPLETELY lost brakes on MULTIPLE occasions for a few seconds per occasion. Brake loss has occurred upon slow, even braking and on flat, dry, even pavement with no pot poles or loose gravel around. When this happens, an orange light appears on the dash, we lose brakes for a few seconds, the car regains brakes, and jolts forward with no change in foot position on the brake pedal. …”
NHTSA complaint #11467556, filed 2022-06“I was driving very slowly in my driveway. I turned to enter my garage. As I put my foot on the break, the car accelerated crashing into my house. There was sudden unexplained and unintended acceleration on my RAV4 prime.”
NHTSA complaint #11588930, filed 2024-05Related service bulletins
- 10210362Mar 1, 2022TSB: Some 2019 ? 2022 model year RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid and 2021 ? 2022 model year RAV4 Prime vehicles may exhibit a sloshing or splashing noise from inside one or more door panels…
- 10187270Jan 27, 2021TSB: Some 2021 model year RAV4 Prime vehicles may exhibit a condition in which the steering wheel controls are inoperative after the ignition switch has been turned off for two…
Vehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime
37 complaintsOther or unknown
26 complaintsFuel system
18 complaintsBrakes
16 complaintsForward collision avoidance
10 complaintsAir bags
5 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
5 complaintsEngine
3 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsLane departure
2 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
1 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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