2006 Model Year

Toyota RAV4

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
702
Recalls
0
Crashes
26
Severe
41

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Latest owner reports

Suspension
Oct 2025

My 2006 Toyota RAV4 was supposedly repaired under the rear suspension arm recall (C0J / G0V), but the rear tie rod ends still have yellow stickers rea...

Steering
Sep 2025

For several months the 2006 Rav4 with only 118k miles had been experiencing intermittent failure of power steering while driving at speeds between 5-2...

Structure
Mar 2025

Rear subframe rusted out. I took it in because my car started sounding like the Titanic after it hit an iceberg. The mechanic described it as “a giant...

Suspension
Feb 2024

The vehicle is owned and operated in Costa Rica. I submitted the vehicle for the 4 incomplete recall items associated with its VIN. I was told by Grup...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jan 2024

I notified Toyota of an issue with my car a couple years ago. One day I came out to find my car missing big portions of paint (it had been a windy nig...

FIRERELATED Fire
Jul 2023

The contact owned a 2006 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, she heard a scraping and shuddering...

Engine
Feb 2023

Two days ago my car was driving perfectly on the highway. The oil pressure light turned on I turned off the highway immediately and put more oil in th...

Engine
Nov 2022

2006 Toyota Rav4 with 2.4 liter engine burning oil rapidly. Burning approximately 4 quarts of oil in 3,000 miles. Vehicle currently has 100,000 miles....

Steering
Sep 2022

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that while making a right or left turn, there was a loud popping sound coming from the steerin...

Steering Crash
May 2022

While my son was driving me the vehicles steering wheel locked and he was unable to steer the vehicle. It caused us to go off the road down a steep hi...

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 2006 Toyota RAV4 has 702 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Steering. 26 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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