Exterior Lighting Related Problems of the 2017 Toyota RAV4

Table 1 shows five common exterior lighting related problems of the 2017 Toyota RAV4. The number one most common problem is related to the exterior lighting (14 problems). The second most common problem is related to the headlights (twelve problems).

Table 1. Exterior Lighting related problems of Toyota RAV4


Recently reported Exterior Lighting problems of the 2017 Toyota RAV4

The Exterior Lighting problem

While we were driving in the mountains, the wiring harness shorted and fried all 4 of our front bulbs, causing us to have no visibility while driving on unlit back roads in colorado. Toyota has a known TSB for this issue but claims it's not a safety issue, and has a kit to repair the issue,   Read details...

The Headlights problem

Auto-high beam doesn�t function normally at times. Auto-high beam icon goes off at random, even though the lever is pushed forward and the headlight stalk is in the �auto� position. This causes the high beams to be inoperable when the headlights are set to �auto. �   Read details...

The Fog Light Switch problem

While operating the vehicle all front headlamps failed simultaneously leaving me in the dark. Dealer next day found both front headlamp bulbs had both low and high beam filaments burned out! this may have been a catastrophic accident but for my fog lights.   Read details...


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