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2006 Toyota RAV4 steering problems

The 2006 Toyota RAV4 has 232 steering complaints filed with NHTSA — 26% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

232

Steering complaints

26%

Share of year

4

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Steering complaints by year

RAV4 steering complaints by model year273 complaints1996: 2 complaints1997: 1 complaints1998: 2 complaints1999: 1 complaints2001: 6 complaints2002: 8 complaints2003: 3 complaints2004: 2 complaints2005: 9 complaints2006: 232 complaints2007: 273 complaints2008: 74 complaints2009: 26 complaints2010: 18 complaints2011: 15 complaints2012: 9 complaints2013: 11 complaints2014: 19 complaints2015: 45 complaints2016: 10 complaints2017: 12 complaints2018: 10 complaints2019: 29 complaints2020: 27 complaints2021: 21 complaints2022: 18 complaints2023: 25 complaints2024: 25 complaints2025: 4 complaints
RAV4 steering complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“While my son was driving me the vehicles steering wheel locked and he was unable to steer the vehicle. It caused us to go off the road down a steep hill and wreck. I’ve never had any problems with this vehicle so it was completely unexpected. If there had been anyone in our path we wouldn’t of…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Steering · May 9, 2022 · crash

Common questions

How many steering complaints does the 2006 Toyota RAV4 have?

NHTSA has 232 complaints about the 2006 Toyota RAV4 steering — 26% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.