Lemon Law · Model-year problems
2026 Toyota RAV4
What owners of this model year report to the federal safety regulator, the repair attempts that make a California lemon-law claim, and what a buyback covers.
What owners report
On file for 2026 Toyota RAV4
Recall campaigns on file with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If any of these describe your vehicle and the manufacturer's repair has not fixed it, Song-Beverly may apply.
- Equipment: other: labels
A vehicle with an incorrect maximum capacity weight value may be overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
NHTSA campaign 26V571000 · reported 2 September 2026
The statute
When a warranty problem becomes a lemon
These are the presumptions in the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act and the Tanner Consumer Protection Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1793.22). Each applies when the defect is first reported, and the vehicle is still under the manufacturer's warranty, within 18 months of delivery or 18,000 miles — whichever comes first.
- Two or more repair attempts for a defect likely to cause death or serious bodily injury
- Four or more repair attempts for the same non-safety defect
- The vehicle out of service for 30 or more cumulative days for repair
Have an attorney read your 2026 Toyota RAV4 repair orders.
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