Popular Toyota SUV Gets a Thumbs Down from Consumer Reports

I'm having a really hard time believing the Mitsubishi is even in the same reliability class as the Toyota, never mind a few points higher.

No problem with the Rav being behind the best small SUVs in other areas.

This article is an absolute joke. If you think for a second that a Subaru Forester or Mitsubishi Outlander are a better vehicle in any way, you are a fool. Not a single bit of this article is even remotely accurate.

I noticed the difficulty of egress compared to my 2024 Kia Soul (which is a smaller vehicle). Also road noise. Also the Kia is a bit quicker with 0-60 in 8 seconds AND it gets great mileage (depending upon how you drive of course). I mean an OTD price around 25k and that was in Florida a state legislature that protects dealership's unsavory business practices and charges.

These people just said, in a different article that the RAV4 is in the top ten most reliable cars. But they may be referring to different year models.

I have a 2019 2wd and had a 2020 hybrid and a 2007. Sadly, the 2020 was totaled or we'd still have that one. I've also owned a Corolla, Camry and Matrix.

Toyota is for me, the best all-around car on the road in these pricepoints. All the controls are intuitive and right where they should be. The rides have all been very comfortable and never harsh relative to the model.

The body designs are the most interesting of the bunch and I love the reliability. If this RAV4 is not the last car we buy, it will surely be replaced by another Toyota.

They have not redesign it yet that may be 2025. With no sound or heat shield on the hood I'm going to add my own,but should I need do that to a Toyota.I think the Rav 4 2019 to present is a about 5 to 10k overpriced .I think many cars are overpriced yet they sell.Still Toyota is the only brand I have owned that never needed a heavy mechanical repair as a daily work car. I have owned about 15 different makes of cars.I would wait for the 2025 update they may rethink the supposed flaws. I do not think I would by a Subaru I had a 08 the blew the head gaskets as is typical .I sold to a Subaru tech who told me that yes these boxer heads still fail on the new Subaru,s .Subaru to date has been my worst automotive investment

Just got a 2024 Rav 4 EXL hybrid premium a week ago. I really like this vehicle in all respects. Drives nicely and is well appointed in respect to available options . Great gas milage and ride quality. Would recommend this trim level and vehicle . I paid a little below MSRP at a local Guelph dealer and feel I got good value for money spent .

Why is the Outlander even mentioned if it's #10 of 27 compact SUVs?

The lower and wider feature would be a major item in making this an interstate only vehicle. I've seen some 4X4's that had trouble clearing a pine-cone blocking the road. I haven't seen the textbook as to whether I'm certifiable as human or just humane.🤪

Subaru or Mitsubishi? You got to be kidding. I would go with Honda CRV.
I would not buy Mitsubishi even if it was half the price. As for Subaru, it is definitely less reliable than Toyota.

What's wrong with these writers?
Is somebody paying them to be biased?
I've been driving a Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD for 60k miles on every kind of situation and terrain and weather conditions with not trouble of any kind up to today. It might not have the most pretty interior or body design, but for sure is reliable day in and out.
Who cares about a little engine noise under harsh acceleration? I'm expecting to drive this Rav4 at least 250k miles with no problem.

People seem to forget that at the end of the day it's still a low end Toyota. If they want quiet, buy the Rav 4's sibling. Lexus NX.

Gutless with abyssmal mileage. Get an Ariya instead. Twice the power and 4 times the efficiency.

You can't be serious Timothy, recommending an Outlander over a RAV4? While an Outlander has its place its certainty not in contention with the top ranked SUV's and even Mitsubishi knows that and the reason its priced well below the top ranked competition. I'll give you the Forester even though its a souless toaster behind the wheel with the worst CVT on the market and a ticking timebomb headgasket.

Clueless comes to mind when reading this article.

Laughable article! Never loved a car before, have a loaded RAV4 Prime XSE. Yeah few things I would change but that's every car. Paid MSRP for first time ever (ouch) but did get the full $7500 tax credit. Just over 40K total.

You obviously don't have a clue how to do your job. My family owns 3 Rav4's and we haven't experienced any problems or issues that you printed. The non hybrid awd gets 30 in town and 33-35 on the highway, the two hybrids get 38- 42 and sometimes better. They all 3 drive great, stick to the road in snow and have less blind spots than most of the other cars you compared them too. Stick to something you know, it's obviously not cars.

There is no universe in which a Mitsubishi vehicle is more reliable than a Toyota. I have been following them since the 80s and while they have fielded some attractive cars in terms of performance, not one publication tracked the reliability over time. Their engines frequently failed between 50-100k miles. If one were in traffic and noticed a smoking vehicle it was always a Mitsubishi. They did not fade into a rounding error in auto sales because of their low price but because that price was coupled with abysmal reliability.
As for Subaru, this site is a Subie fanboy site so this crowing is expected. While far more reliable than Mitsubishi, Subarus fall short of Toyota and Honda just for head gasket problems alone. Further a lot of reliability issues CR reports on are infotainment annoyances and mechanical issues reported by owners in their first few months of ownership.
A far better metric is the survey of mechanics that rate Honda first and Toyota second. I do not know where Subaru fell on the ratings because I did not want to consider them after experiencing the rustic environment of a Fotester.

The CR is so not correct sometime, to the point of self-contradiction. In an SUV, higher ground clearance is a bad thing? And interior room size all of a sudden become smaller when Toyota did not alter the size?
Lane keeping feature can be turned off easily. Did the reviewer read the manual? The optional features are not absolutely necessary- that is why it is optional. I feel grossly disturbed by incessant beeps of the alert systems.

Same people were saying Ryobi is better than Sthil. Let me sell my Rav4 and get a Mitsubishi?

The credibility of your publication has followed this article. To this day Subaru struggles with oil consumption and head gasket issues. Then they decide to slap a horrid CVT behind it. Mitsubishi is rental grade at best and even then they pale in comparison to the rest of the fleet. After just a few hundred miles in a Outlander with 18k miles on it I was reminded why Mitsubishi US is a shell of what it was. Noisy, harsh ride, cheap interior and the more you drive it the more you can tell corners have been cut. Your "advice" was good for a laugh and no I don't want to pay for any more of it.

Hmm.. my 2022 RAV4 Hybrid Limited just averaged 59.5 mpg. I have the dashboard photo to prove it. I just purchased it and I was amazed. It was the first roadtrip with my wife, about 50 miles. I don't find the switching from EV to ICE sound annoying.