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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.
JTMZFREV5JJ••••••2018 Toyota RAV4
This build draws 1.9× more complaints than the average 2018 Toyota RAV4 build (4 vs 2).
4on this build
321on the model
149builds in total
1involved a crash
1involved a fire
Most reportedService Brakes 2Structure 1Exterior Lighting 1Engine 1
What owners of this build wrote
SteeringfireMay 2021
We were driving when I made a right turn and suddenly the steering wheel locked on me and at the same time various warning lights lit up on my dashboard. The car slowed and I was able to regain control of the steering wheel to pull over. After driving a few miles further we once…
StructurecrashAug 2018
The vehicle breaking system failed while trying to slow down to stop a couple hundred feet back from stopped vehicle sitting at redlight, this completely resulted in collision on august 26, 2018. There was only approximately 500 miles on the vehicle originally purchased on…
EngineMar 2021
Vehicle in motion. I tried to accelerate to pass on other vehicle and acceleration stalled out. This hass occured on 3 separate occasions. But it is not consistant on all occasions
Exterior LightingOct 2020
I have an auto shift off for high beam lights, I turn my high beams on and they don't work, and when I pull the switch back like I am trying to flash my high beams at someone they work but when I turn them on to keep them on they do not work and my auto high beam light does not…
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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 JTMZFREV5JJ207557 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.