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Toyota RAV4 · 5th gen (2019–2025)

2020 Toyota RAV4

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What changed

  • The TRD Off-Road, with its own suspension, tires and wheels, and a red-stitched cabin.1

What it came with

  • 2.5L four-cylinder2

    203 hp

  • Hybrid3,4

  • Plug-in hybrid (Prime)5

    Up to 302 hp and 42 miles on the battery. From 2021

Transmissions
8-speed automatic2
Drivetrains
Front-wheel drive2, AWD2,5, AWD with torque vectoring2
Trims
LE2,3, XLE2,3, XLE Premium2, Limited2,3, Adventure (2019–2024)2,6, XSE3,5, SE5, TRD Off-Road (2020–2024)1,6
Packages
Woodland Edition7

Colors

  • Magnetic Gray Metallic with Ice Edge roof 1 Rare
  • Midnight Black Metallic 1,7,8
  • Lunar Rock 1,8
  • Ruby Flare Pearl 1,8
  • Silver Sky Metallic 8
  • Blueprint 8
  • Magnetic Gray Metallic 8
  • Super White 1
  • Supersonic Red 5
  • Cavalry Blue 7
  • Ice Cap 7

Interiors

  • Black Cloth 8
  • Ash Cloth 8
  • Nutmeg Cloth 8
  • Red stitching and trim SofTex, TRD Off-Road 1
  • Red accents and stitching SofTex, XSE 5

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Watch out for

Reputation: what owners and the press report. Tap one to see what to check.

  • Hybrid fuel tank will not fill 2019–2020 One source so far

    What to check: Fill the tank and check the gauge reads full, and ask whether the tank was replaced.

    Toyota put it down to variation in the tank's shape, and offered a replacement tank as a stopgap that might not stop it coming back.

    Sources 4

  • Corroded high-voltage cable 2019–2022 One source so far

    The Car Guide, a Canadian site, reports that Toyota extended cover for early corrosion of a high-voltage cable on select 2019–2022 RAV4 Hybrids, to 8 years or 160,000 km, and that it seems not to cover the Prime. No US program was found in the sources read.

    Sources 9

Rare catches

Rare options, colors and interiors to look out for, and whether finding one is good news.

  • Rare Magnetic Gray Metallic with Ice Edge roof Color

    TRD Off-Road only1

Recalls

  • 20V064000 2019–2020

    Porous engine castings can crack and leak coolant, and the engine can overheat.10,11,12,13

  • 20V286000 2019–2020

    The front lower suspension arms can crack and separate from the wheel assembly. Both are replaced.10,11,12,13

  • 20V373000 2019–2020

    Water can get into the steering gearbox cover and power steering assist can be lost. The gearbox is replaced.10,11,13

  • 20V682000 2019–2020

    The low-pressure fuel pump in the tank can fail and stall the engine.10,11

  • 20V734000 2020

    Steering column breakaway pins damaged in production can affect how the driver airbag works. The steering column is replaced.11,13

  • 23V865000 2020–2021

    A short circuit in the passenger occupant sensor can stop the passenger airbag deploying.11,14,13,15

Checked against NHTSA records on 21 October 2026.

Before you pay

Open the buyer's checklist

Every warning and recall for this generation, with a box to tick.

Sources

  1. Toyota Newsroom (TRD Off-Road)
  2. Edmunds 2019 review
  3. The Drive (2019 RAV4)
  4. Green Car Reports (Hybrid fuel tank)
  5. Toyota Newsroom (2021 Prime)
  6. Edmunds 2025 review
  7. Toyota Newsroom (Woodland Edition)
  8. Edmunds 2022 specs
  9. The Car Guide (hybrid cable)
  10. NHTSA recalls (2019 RAV4)
  11. NHTSA recalls (2020 RAV4)
  12. NHTSA recalls (2019 RAV4 Hybrid)
  13. NHTSA recalls (2020 RAV4 Hybrid)
  14. NHTSA recalls (2021 RAV4)
  15. NHTSA recalls (2021 RAV4 Hybrid)