Used 2016 Toyota RAV4 Consumer Reviews
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Worst 2015 Vehicle
Frank Skelly, 07/04/2016
2016 Toyota RAV4 Limited 4dr SUV (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
30 of 53 people found this review helpful
My 2015 RAV4 is the 20th new car I have purchased and the worst one by far. The navigation screen is slanted so that for many hours in the morning, afternoon, and evening, it reflects sunlight directly into the driver's eyes blinding them. The center console arm rest moves forward when you brake and moves backward when you accelerate - I took it back to the dealer and they said it is working correctly - but I have never seen one move as freely as this one and I have probably driven over 100 autos with moveable console armrests. Also the armrest was leaking white grease down into the storage are below it and the dealer did nothing about it. I believe it was built with one or more of the stops that are supposed to be in the armrest to keep it from moving freely were left out during manufacture but the dealer - Fort Worth Toyota took no action to try to discover why it moves so freely. Also the speedometer reads about 4 mph high and when I took it back to Fort Worth Toyota, they overlaid a photo of a GPS speed over a laptop computer video of the speedometer and said it was accurate at 70 mph, but that is a bold faced lie. I have since talked to a number of other owners of RAV4s and they also have the inaccurate speedometers going all the way back to the 2008 RAV4. If the speedometer is reading high, it is probably also recording mileage driven as 4 miles high which probably helps them advertise that their vehicles get better gas mileage than the really do. The US justice department should look into this as this is another example of what Volkswagen did with their diesel engines. The width of the windshield supports on each side of the car and the way they are angled create very large blind spots making it hard to see coming vehicles when you are turning either right or left. The clock is angled up and is partially shielded from view by the navigation screen and is really small so it can't be seen most of the time. Also the display in the instrument panel where they show the temperature is extremely small and almost unusuable. To make a long story short, I will never buy another Toyota as this is the worst vehicle I have ever owned and I would encourage others to not buy Toyotas either as their maintenance department is terrible and will not attempt to try to fix problems with their cars.
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Good little SUV but not great.
Ron W., 11/08/2016
2016 Toyota RAV4 SE 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
8 of 13 people found this review helpful
Pros - Looks great, handles well, great safety features and reliability. Cons - Gas mileage, around 21.5 combined (L.A.), a little noisy, front brakes (and this has never happened to me) won't last too long. I haven't needed brakes since cars I owned in the late 1980's. I trade them in around 35k-50k mileage. So this is a design flaw in the Toyota ESPECIALLY because they already have to turn/smooth the front rotors and replace the pads. (It's at the dealer as I write this.) No charge, under warranty, but still, this should not of happened yet. The interior is cheap. I have SO many little scratches, marks and a big 'dip' where my elbow rests on the smooth part where the window meets the plastic. I take really great care of my cars and have never seen so many interior marks. I'm a solo driver 97% of the time so this is just weird. Acceleration is acceptable but never fun, even in sport mode. Navigation is primitive, but that is no big deal because I use my iPhone for navigation through bluetooth which works nicely.
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Rave for the RAV!
doug daily, 04/18/2016
updated 05/03/2021
2016 Toyota RAV4 XLE 4dr SUV (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
9 of 15 people found this review helpful
It has it all. Fantastic. The two tone nutmeg seats are gorgeous. The seats are comfortable and room for 5 adults my size, (which is not small), great handling and all the technology I need in a car. The side spot mirrors are great as I did not like the idea of flashing lights and buzzers ever time a vehicle came near the car. Mileage is great, get about 31 to 32 MPG! Really a fun and super car to own. Owned for 3 years now, Still as enthusiastic about the vehicle as I was when I bought it!!!
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Best Small SUV
Lyn brown, 01/24/2019
2016 Toyota RAV4 XLE 4dr SUV (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Love the Rav4! currently leasing but probably going to buy it cause is such a good car.
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I've owned three Rav4's
Boz, 08/03/2018
updated 02/04/2019
2016 Toyota RAV4 XLE 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
My 2016 XLE is a very nice riding car with plenty of room. I wish it had come with a CD player. The transmission is lousy in ECO mode. The car is alwaways shifting and doesn’t know what gear it wants to be in. It works fine in sport mode but you have to manually put it in sport mode every time you start it. Themilage is just ok. It should be better. I average 18 to 23 miles per gallon and I am not a fast driver and do not do jack rabbit starts.
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