Federal complaint record · Toyota RAV4 · model year 1999

1999 Toyota RAV4

Owners submitted 62 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 13th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1997 to 2001 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is airbags. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Airbags · 19% · group n = 14Speed control · 19% · group n = 14Electrical · 9% · group n = 7Structure · 8% · group n = 6Brakes · 7% · group n = 5
62
Complaint records on file
110,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 23 complaints reported mileage
19%
Of classified component reports name airbags · group n = 14
13th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 20 model years

Airbags · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Airbags19%

Airbags reports

Toyota RAV4 · model year 1999

Reports in this group14
Share of classified reports19%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 14 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 31999 Toyota RAV4
Brake performance · 13 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 31999 Toyota RAV4
Fire or smoke · 5 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 31999 Toyota RAV4

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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