Dead battery in brand new 2020 Toyota rav 4 hybrid

Asked by dominic Jun 29, 2020 at 02:28 PM about the 2020 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid XLE AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2 weeks old Toyota rav 4 sat unused for
only one day and battery went dead. There
are many others who have experienced this
problem. One service manager admitted that
this is a known problem by Toyota but doesn’t
seem like they want to address it.  How can a
company like Toyota our out this kind of trash
and simply ignores the many complaints. Next
letter goes to the attorney general of my state

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I would assume, Toyota doesn't address it because they don't have a fix yet. That frustrates dealerships and customers. See if you can take advantage of the lemon law in your state.

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You can add me to this. My 2020 RAV4 XSE Hybrid with 5000 miles sat overnight and failed to start the next day. Had to get it jumped, then sat overnight at the dealer. Dead again, and they had to jump it. Then they let it sit, and it started. I had them keep it overnight and I guess it started. Can't or won't tell me what happened, say that no codes stored. I am picking it up this afternoon, but based on the threads I am also seeing, this won't be the last time. As an FYI, my RAV4 was manufactured in Ontario in October 2019.

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2020 RAV4 hybrid owner. Dead battery issue. Found T-SB-0095-20 datedcSeptember 30, 2020: DCM Reset and Firmware Update (LG) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nU21MIxjotxZjpERv7QsJ1rVKtHE27JG/edit? userstoinvite=%22%22 Had car towed to dealership even though jump start by tow driver worked. Did not trust to not happen again. Sent copy of bulletin to dealer with tow. Service advisor said newer service bulletin just arrived. So we will see if works. From what I can tell from other posts, not all dealers stay updated for updates. Hope this helps

Same here, Toyota 2020 RAV4 Hybrid, three different times have had to have it jumped. The last time, the driver told me that these cars have a lot of electronics in them and need to be driven 30+ miles a couple of time a week for the battery to fully recharge. Most of our trips are local, we have had the car for a year and haven't reached 4000 total miles.

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