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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JTEGD20V450••••••2005 Toyota RAV4
That is about average for the 2005 Toyota RAV4 — 3 complaints per build across 39 builds.
5on this build
123on the model
39builds in total
4involved a crash
2injuries
Most reportedAir Bags 3Vehicle Speed Control 2
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJun 2017
My car was a toyota rav4 basic model 2005 bought toyota purchase at dealer in (la,ca)， a car accident occurred on june 09, 2017 and another car accident occurred on february 26, 2018; the second accident was caused by a lack of work on my car airbag. My head and body…
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashJun 2014
2005 toyota rav 4. Consumer writes in regards to first unintended acceleration dealership examination reported no defects, second unintended acceleration caused accident with several vehicles. The vehicle was totaled. *smd the first incident occurred, when the consumers wife was…
Air BagscrashMar 2016
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. While attempting to park the vehicle, the contact accidentally depressed the accelerator pedal. As a result, the contact crashed into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was not…
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashApr 2009
The contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. While driving approximately between 1-10 mph on normal road conditions; proceeding to turn make a left at an intersection there was an unintended increase in acceleration. The driver applied pressure to the brake pedal and the vehicle failed…
Air BagsMay 2015
The contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15V284000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact telephoned the manufacturer and requested a loaner vehicle as stated in the recall notice, but…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JTEGD20V450071604 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.