Overview & Reviews

User Reviews:

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  My Third One! - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By Peter - July 29 - 6:01 pm

  This is my third RAV! So far I have had a White 2008 RAV4 LE 4WD, a Brown 2012 RAV4 Limited AWD, & a Gray 2016 RAV4 XLE AWD. Some have asked me why I went from a Limited down to an XLE and my answer is simply, "The cost has gone up way too much." Overall, for the value, you do get an immense amount of amenities for a Mid-Trim Level. I considered the Hybrid but I simply couldnt imagine driving a Hybrid with the way I drive. I did do some comparing before I came back to the RAV4 however. I looked at the Ford Escape Titanium, Honda CR-V Touring, Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Limited, Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring, and the Subaru Forester 2.0i Limited. My top 3 in this order were... #3 Subaru Forester #2 Honda CR-V #1 Toyota RAV4. The reason why I stuck with the RAV was simply because of reliability. Now, I did however own a CR-V and Forester before having a RAV and they were great, great vehicles. I liked the RAVs styling the best. Its very... well, RAVVY!!! The thing that I like the most about my RAV is the storage. There is so much storage space and Toyota really thought this through with what a Small-SUV would need. I like everything about the car except for the Purchase Cost, Bluetooth, Entertainment, & Navigation. Personally, Im not a huge fan of Toyotas Entertainment system and navigation. I was apt to miss turns with the navigation and the Entertainment screen isnt intuitive whatsoever. The Bluetooth isnt the best system Ive ever used but itll cut it. Overall, I give my 2016 Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD 4/5 stars.

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  AWD Rav4 XLE - An awesome vehicle! - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By Emily - June 8 - 2:01 pm

  Ive had my Rav4 about 3 months and am about to hit 5000 miles. For the most part I love everything about this SUV. I shopped around quite a bit until I found the perfect one for me and it was the Rav4. I love its road handling. Its breaking in particular is great. Acceleration is pretty good, not the best ever but I didnt buy a sports car. It is more than adequate and you can use the Sport mode for a little more oomph if you wish. Gas mileage is about what was advertised. Im getting probably 25 combined on average. Not the best, but about as I expected. If you want better gas mileage there is the hybrid option. The space in this vehicle is great! I had a large male friend (over 6 feet, and a bulkier individual as well) sit in the back, and he immediately remarked on how nice the vehicle was and had zero complaints about room. Cargo is a class leader for compact SUVs. The touchscreen is excellent. Ive heard some of them are glitchy or confusing in other vehicles. The tech interface is straightforward in the Rav and I barely have to hit something more than once with my finger to get the screen to react. The built-in Nav is much better than I expected. Ive used it several times and it works great for the most part. It has not directed me wrong thus far. I also like how when you input a destination, it will show up with multiple route options where you can pick the one you want. I did let the Sirius XM expire. If you drove by trees it would lose signal. Bluetooth is also pretty good. Ive taken phone calls easily and there are no major issues with hearing someone or them hearing me. Lastly I love the design and look of this SUV. I really like the exterior, but I love the interior. It definitely had stand out interior compared to all the other vehicles I tested. Overall I dont have much if anything to complain about. I still love my Rav after 3 months and am happy with my decision. You should put it onto your list if in the compact SUV market as it has a lot to offer.

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  Beats Honda Crv - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By Chuck DeLaney - May 16 - 8:31 am

  Had been driving large crossovers for many years. Kids and grandkids grown or moved away. Knew that Toyota and Honda both have great reliability ratings, so drove both. For my wife and I, Toyota beat Honda in most all categories, except possibly gas mileage. Honda seats very uncomfortable, lots of wind noise and a very rough ride. Settled on Toyota Rav4 over Honda CRV. Little worried about new softex seating material in Toyota, did some research and everything was positive. Found that Mercedes us almost same (Different named) material in their cars. So far, everything is going great, my wife has more high tech equipment on this car than in her much higher dollar crossover. Havent had the car long enough yet to comment on mileage, etc. Will update after 6 mos. Seriously doubt if there will be anything negative to report.

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  Good SUV but missing A LOT of refinements - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By Jason in Nebraska - April 22 - 8:54 pm

  Overall, the RAV4 XLE is a good vehicle but far from great. I have many good things to say about it, especially the comfort of the seats. Its easy to find the good things about it, so Ill focus on all the little annoying things I find with it. Ill start with the Entune system. The software that supports it is poor at best. Its full of little bugs that make Entune incredibly annoying to use. While in USB mode, I can set it to randomly play songs from the entire flash drive. Itll go from playing REO to playing Metallica next. But when I turn the car off, Entune forgets that I want to randomly play the entire drive. Instead, it only plays songs from the artist being played when I got out of the car. So every time I get in the car, I have to tell it to play the entire flash drive again. When using satellite, Ive yet to figure out how reliably scroll through all stations. It seems that after I select a station and then keep scrolling, it stays within the genre. I have to tell it again that I want to see all stations. I could go on, but I think you get the point. The instruments leave a bit to be desired as well. There is no digital display for the speed. Not a big thing, but something I was used to with my last car. Theres also no display to tell me what the current tire pressure is in each tire. Im told a warning light will appear if one tire is low, but it wont tell me which tire. If theres already a monitoring system for tire pressure in place, it shouldnt be too hard to give the driver just a little more information. I noticed that my speed readout is also off about 3-4% or so. I took it in to the dealer and said that on the interstate, its consistently showing me going 2-3 MPH faster than I actually am going. I checked with 2 different GPS units as well as using a stopwatch between known fixed points and manually calculating the speed. The dealer told me that 2-3 MPH off is normal and is within tolerances. I pointed out that that if the speed is off, the odometer is probably also off. The dealer told me the its also off but within tolerances. Of the 4 other cars (Chevy, Dodge, Mercury and Subaru) Ive driven within the last year, the Toyota is the only one which has a speedometer thats not dead on accurate. So that means, its shorting you roughly 1000 miles on warranty. I find the placement of the daytime running lights (DLR) switch odd. Its with the headlights. In order, the light settings are: off, DLR, parking, headlights. When I turn the headlights off at night, I naturally just move the switch down till it stops. Well, that means I just left DLR off too. It should be DLR, off, parking, headlights. What would be even nicer is automatic lights, but that doesnt come with XLE. I also noticed that for being a brand new car, it doesnt bead up water like it should. I used to have a job where I drove a different new car every day. This is the first new car Ive driven that the water doesnt just slide right off the windshield when it is raining out as I drive down the highway. The water on the hood also doesnt bead up. The A/C also needs a little help. For whatever reason, the RAV4 doesnt remember that I like to have fresh air coming into the car all the time. Every time I start the car with the A/C on, its set to recycle the air. Like the USB on Entune, I have change that each time I start the car. It also doesnt seem to cool as fast as other cars I drive or have recently driven. That may be more of a subjective thing though.

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  If you need it, it has it! - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By Dave Krell - March 21 - 5:27 am

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  Greatly Recommend this vehicle - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By George C. - March 19 - 9:17 pm

  After driving for more than 21,000 miles I believe that it is a good vehicle. It is powerful enough on hills. It is comfortable to drive. My complaints: poor driver mirror design, you need to be careful when changing left lanes. Do not trust the mirror. Radio Preset station hard to change. Cannot check transmission oil level. It is a closed system. You need special tools to check.

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  RAV4 is the best! - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By B Rodz - January 24 - 2:20 pm

  Great gas mileage. Great vehicle! Sporty! I love it!

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  Great SUV - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By MrBee - January 24 - 3:52 am

  Handing and riding comfort are very good.

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  Love this Hybrd. - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By Maggie - November 2 - 11:52 pm

  Great array of safety features: blind spot monitor, rear view camera, automatic low/high beams. Sometimes it is difficult to read the navigation screen. Would like to see heat/act in rear seat.

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  2016 Toyota RAV4 Limited with Technology Package - 2016 Toyota RAV4
  By daniel Varghese - August 21 - 10:19 pm

  My honest opinion on this 2016 Toyota RAV4 Limited. For the Technology Package it is little pricy -. I really love this car