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2016 Toyota RAV4 HV Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1303192
Internal NHTSA #	10889225
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	RAV4 HV
Model Year	2016
File date	29/06/16
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Toyota has installed a decorative silver trim on the 2016 rav4 dashboard facing the passenger compartment. This trim reflects sunlight into the driver's eyes at certain angles of bright sunlight. This reflection can appear suddenly when making a turn or emerging from a shadow. This reflection can distract or partially blind a driver, and over time fatigue a driver. Accordingly, i believe this decorative silver trim is a safety hazard as distracted, fatigued drivers cause accidents. I believe toyota should offer to replace this trim with a non-reflecting material. Other toyota rav4 owners have complained about this feature on the internet (see rav4world. Com). I have complained about this design feature directly to toyota corporate. Their technical representatives looked at my vehicle on 27 july. I was told by the dealer's representative that toyota concluded this is their standard part for 2016 rav4 and as such is not defective. Toyota technical representatives would not meet with me or allow me to see how they evaluated the sun reflection - it was a bright sunny day. The dealer said toyota would not provide their written evaluation discrediting my compliant. In my opinion, toyota took the easy way out as replacing this decorative trim is inconvenient for them. You can evaluate this issue on any 2016 toyota rav4. My local dealership, apparently agreeing with me about the problem, has offered to do an unauthorized modification to the vehicle and have the reflective strip removed, repainted black and reinstalled. This is a less than ideal solution since the paint will not bond well to the plastic reflective strip and will wear over time. In addition, this does not fix the tens of thousands of other rav4s on the road or reduce the potential for avoidable accidents.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	2500
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SILVERDALE, WA
VIN pattern	JTMDJREV2GDXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2016 Toyota RAV4 HV Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 Toyota RAV4 HV Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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