A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- Motor generator ECU (software): Toyota RAV4 (VI) 2.5 Plug-in Hybrid
- Period mentioned
- Model year 2026 (only the VINs in the recall)
- Symptoms
- The car reduces power or the hybrid system shuts down while driving at higher speeds, and drive power is lost.
- Possible cause described
- The motor generator ECU (MG ECU) may encounter an error that makes the plug-in hybrid system reduce power or shut down at higher speeds. It is US recall 26V659 (Toyota 26TA22, 30,978 vehicles); the remedy is a free update of the ECU software.
- Check for the garage
- Ask a Toyota dealer, with the VIN, whether your RAV4 plug-in hybrid has recall 26TA22 or a European equivalent outstanding: they update the software free of charge. If the car loses power, switch on the hazard lights and leave the road as soon as it is safe.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; check whether the free recall remedy remains outstanding for the VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.