VB-2015
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In the workshop 17 days
2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime SE
Asking price
$36,900
vs market
+ 14%
Range, rated against measured
Measured on our 60-mile mixed loop, September, 88 °F. Winter in a northern state costs another 15–25%.
Battery report
96% of new capacity
- Battery & BMS 96
- Drive units 95
- Suspension 93
- Brakes & regen 93
- Body & paint 94
- Interior 93
- Software & charging 94
Charging
Home charging only
This car has no DC inlet, which is the honest answer for a plug-in hybrid: it charges at home overnight and takes petrol on a long run.
Onboard AC charger 3.3 kW — a full night on a 240 V wall unit
Battery replacement
$6,400
Current cost of a replacement pack or module set for this model, fitted. We publish it so you can do the arithmetic before you buy, not after.
10 years / 150,000 miles on the hybrid battery — transfers
Running cost
2.3 mi/kWh
Efficiency from the EPA rating and usable battery capacity. At Florida electricity prices that is about $6 per 100 miles of home charging — roughly a third of what a petrol equivalent costs to run.
Service costs are lower too: no oil, no belts, and brake wear is halved by regenerative braking.
Condition
94/100
Seven measured systems, including the battery and the charging hardware. Red-flag items are either corrected before listing or written into the defect log with the price consequence stated.
Among the best-conditioned cars on the lot.
2 findings, published
No moderate findings
- Note Charge cable bag missing Replaced with new Toyota cable
- Minor Two stone chips on the hood leading edge Touched in
Specification
JTMEB3FV•••••502
- Stock
- VB-2015
- Battery
- 18.1 kWh · health 96%
- EPA range
- 42 mi
- Measured range
- 39 mi (September, 88 °F)
- DC charging
- Not fitted
- Onboard charger
- 3.3 kW AC
- Power
- 302 hp · 277 lb-ft
- 0–60 mph
- 5.5 s
- Drive
- AWD · 5 seats
- Curb weight
- 4,235 lb
- Odometer
- 27,950 mi
- Exterior
- Blizzard Pearl
- Interior
- Black SofTex
- VIN (masked)
- JTMEB3FV•••••502
- Title
- Clean · Florida, in hand
- Previous owners
- 1
- Days on lot
- 17
Service history
2 records
- Electric range verified at 39 miles, hybrid system scan 27,950 mi · In-house bay
- Oil service, tyre rotation, battery cooling check 24,100 mi · Toyota dealer
Highlights
- 39 electric miles measured — the honest answer for a 42-mile rating
- 302 hp and 5.7 seconds: quicker than most of the petrol SUVs it replaces
- No DC charging at all, which is fine: it takes petrol on the motorway
Inspector's notes
A plug-in hybrid is the right answer for one specific household: short electric weekdays, long petrol weekends, one car. If your week is 60 miles a day, buy a full electric instead.
The battery here is small and cheap to replace compared with a full electric pack, and the warranty runs to 150,000 miles.
Verified data
Factory figures, checked.
Range, efficiency, battery capacity, charging power and dimensions come from the manufacturer and the EPA rather than from a listing aggregator. Where a figure could not be verified we leave it out and say so.
Manufacturer & EPA
- Battery
- 18.1 kWh (Toyota publishes no separate usable figure)
- Electric range
- 42 mi EPA; 600 mi total with the 14.5-gallon tank
- Efficiency
- 94 MPGe combined electric · 38 mpg combined on petrol
- DC fast charging
- None — this car is AC only
- Onboard charger
- 3.3 kW AC standard on the SE (the 6.6 kW unit was XSE-only)
- Power
- 302 hp combined system output
- 0–60 mph
- 5.5 s (Motor Trend test of the same powertrain)
- Curb weight
- 4,235 lb
- Drive
- AWD · 5 seats · no front trunk
- Cargo
- 33.5 cu ft behind the second row (SE without moonroof)
- Dimensions
- 180.9 in long · 73.0 wide · 67.0 high · 105.9 in wheelbase
- NHTSA overall
- Not rated (the petrol RAV4 rating is a different record)
Model watch list
What this generation is known for.
Documented faults for this exact year and powertrain, listed whether or not this particular car shows them — the recall or service bulletin is named so you can check it yourself.
- 12V battery drain when the hybrid ECU fails to sleep — Toyota T-SB-0056-22, fixed by an ECU reprogram
- Recall 23V-478: a damaged DC-DC converter module could short and overheat; owners were told not to charge below 41 °F until the converter was replaced
- Recall 23V-041: in cold weather, hard acceleration in EV mode could shut the hybrid system down — HEV ECU software update
- Charging faults with code P1CE931 from the charger cooler fan sensor — Toyota T-SB-0021-21, charger logic reprogram
Notes on the data
- Toyota publishes per-unit torque figures only — engine 165 lb-ft, front motor 199, rear motor 89 — and no combined system torque, so that row is absent rather than guessed.
- The SE charges at 3.3 kW: about 4.5 hours on a 240 V supply. If faster home charging matters, this is the wrong trim.
- This is the strongest-resale car on the lot, which is why the asking price sits close to the top of its market band.