Toyota has filed a federal recall for approximately 31,000 units of the 2026 RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid in the United States. A software error in the motor generator electronic control unit can cut power or shut the hybrid system down entirely while the SUV is moving at higher speeds.
The defect sits inside the same powertrain Toyota only recently priced for the 2026 model year. Owners do not need to do anything beyond watching the mail for recall notices, since the fix is a free dealer reflash once notification letters go out.
The campaign, filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as recall number 26V659000 and internally coded by Toyota as 26TA22, covers approximately 31,000 model-year 2026 RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid vehicles built for the US market. Toyota traced the defect to a communication fault inside the motor generator ECU, first flagged by a field technical report out of Japan.
Jaguar Land Rover dealt with a broadly similar power-loss complaint across 170,000 Range Rovers and Jaguars recalled after a DC-DC converter issue in their mild-hybrid systems.
Toyota's own defect report shows the scope of the problem is still fairly contained. The automaker has logged a limited number of field reports and warranty claims tied to the US market, with no confirmed crashes or injuries reported so far.
The fix itself is straightforward with a software update to the motor generator ECU, done at no cost to the owner. Toyota is also handling a separate glitch on approximately 140,000 Camry sedans with blank speedometers, a reminder that software issues have become a recurring theme across the brand's recent lineup.
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