{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Toyota recall 20V698 (20TA15): 2021 RAV4 Prime",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v698/",
  "summary": "Recall 20V698 (Toyota): Adjusting the horizontal headlight beam can increase glare, reducing the visibility of an oncoming driver or the vehicle operato...",
  "excerpt": "Toyota Rav4 Prime, model year 2021. Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 12 November 2020. 413 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021 RAV4 Prime vehicles. The headlight aiming caps may have been improperly closed, allowing for horizontal adjustment of the headlight beam. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Toyota's own number for this recall: 20TA15. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V698 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Adjusting the horizontal headlight beam can increase glare, reducing the visibility of an oncoming driver or the vehicle operator, increasing the risk of a crash.” 20V698 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Exterior Lighting:Headlights 12 November 2020 2021-2021 TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME Adjusting the horizontal headlight beam can increase g",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T21:28:01+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T18:33:25+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Toyota recall 20V698 (20TA15): 2021 RAV4 Prime\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v698/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}