3 WORST And eight BEST Issues About The 2023 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

Nobody cares to spend $2000 more for a sunroof. It's just a place for water to leak (and it will, eventually).

Just Google the words: "RAV4 Cablegate" and you will find out the worst thing about the RAV4 hybrid.

If only the rav4 had some style to it. Toyota designers do a good job at spoiling the great work of their engineers .

You didn't mention that the Rav4 Hybrid has an actual spare tire . The CRV Hybrid does not.

Things I hate about my 2021 Rav4 Hybrid. Seats are terrible even my passengers comment about them. No lighting on the door window/lock buttons. No lighting on the about console. All panels including the roof sound like tin. Luckily I'm handy and fixed all the above except the seats. Love the mileage and the ride is good, since I'm tall I would of liked more head room and leg room.
Adding sound deadening to the door interiors and roof helped on the sound. The standard speakers SUCK so of course I replaced them and added a spare tire mount sub woofer. I almost forgot about the terrible horn which I replaced quickly, now it sounds like a car horn not a rice burner lol The chrome trim above the windows is not good when you have the black out package so I blacked out all four of them. Not a bad car but surprises me it's the top selling SUV. I have the XLE Premium so it has most bells and whistles but really lacks in luxury.
I honestly feel that all finger controls should be lit up for night time safety.

Why don’t you talk on interior noise while driving. It’s horrible compared to CRV.
2. Door design, it’s heavy and has some uneven temperature controls.

plastic seat named softtex is gargbage what is this a 1974 plymouth Duster. absolutly horrible interior and interior colors. Enough of the crappy interiors. No package anywhere gives you a heads up display on any toyota. Toyotas and Hondas used to be reasonably prices and super reliable – honda made like a chevy now for a mercedes price and toyota thinks they are a BMW $50K for a rav4? time for a real depression to drive prices into the ground again

All my life I wanted a Rav4 Hybrid. This year I finally bought a brand new 2023 and I love the hybrid mileage, the ground clearance and the 4 wheel drive. I was so in love that I totally ignored all the drastic design flaws. The roof is two inches too low. I am 5'10" with a tall torso and I bang my head every time I get in and out and what's even worse is the serious visibility flaws. When I look 30 degrees to the right the rear view mirror is directly in front of my face. If I want to look 30 degrees to the right I have to duck my head down to see underneath the rear view mirror. The center console is three inches too wide on both sides. It digs into my right knee making it painful to my knee cap to keep my foot on the accelerator pedal. I’m thinking about gluing on some padding to ease this problem. My wife also complains about leg discomfort on her side. The side pillars are so wide that I absolutely cannot see oncoming cars at intersections of less than ninety degrees. I feel like this is going to kill me one day. The headrest is so stupidly designed that I sometimes feel like it is forcing my head down.

After four months of constantly banging my head, serious visibility problems, the most uncomfortable seating and the loudest road and wind noise of any car I have ever owned I am now sorry that I ever bought a RAV4 at all. Plus I heard of a new class action law suit because the moon roof drains are short circuiting the air bags which it claims Toyota knew about but failed to fix which the customer must now pay to fix and there is other talk about a power cable corrosion that may cost up to $6K to fix. After four months of living with this car I'm now sorry I ever bought a RAV4.

Toyota engineers are so with it. They put a rubber base over the glove compartment BUT these GENIUSES with ZERO COMMON SENSE allow the vehicle being capable of only REMOTELY capable of being started 2 times and then you have to PHYSICALLY open/close a door in order to reset it. WHY is there even a limitation??? Am I missing something?
What if I go on vacation overseas or something for a month and need to start the vehicle REMOTELY daily for the sake of the battery and car's health???
Really unbelievable. SMH.

Wished you would have spoke about the cvt

Am I dumb? Which trim has the head up display? One reason I wanted the Prime was for that. But… I don't think I can justify the price. And I can't do home charging till 2026.

I wanted to like this car due to the performance and MSRP but it's just too small. The center console bangs up against the knees at the slightest leg spread makes me feel claustrophobic. The SE model feels cheap on the interior and the dealer already wanted 50k. FFS It's a RAV4.

I own a ten year old Subaru Forester. The new Rav is a luxury car compared to mine. All I need is the money to buy it😂

You mentioned Apple Car Play. What about Android Auto?

Two additional dislikes: Road noise is very high in the Rav4. Even in the top of the line Limited no passenger power seats? I had a 2018 C-Max hybrid that had power seats for both driver and passenger at a much lower cost. OK, there's a third, single rear seat pocket vs two seat pockets. Other than that great ride!