Hold on here, what are we talking about... 2500 Rav4 EV's? Has anyone here even SEEN this vehicle? That's a pretty rare CUV, I'm sure it was built solely to meet California's requirements on producing ZEV/PEV vehicles in order to be allowed to sell gas powered vehicles.
These low production Electric vehicles from every maker have a TERRIBLE reputation record. Recalls and TSB's abound on these stinkers, and manufacturers steer sales into fleets where they can get the record of sale and then take them out of service after a few years. FCA president Marchionne asked consumers NOT to buy his 500e electric compliance car:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/chrsyelr-ceo-evs-idUSL1N0O71MS20140521
Not defending Toyota per se, but honestly this recall, or any other recall dealing with any low production Cali spec Electric Vehicle has very little to do with the overall manufacturer quality that real consumers see.
As for the rest of the discussion...
I have a sure-fire strategy for dealing with nagging little problems. I get them fixed. Usually, the satisfaction of driving a fully operational vehicle outweighs the painful cost of fixing it.
I also save the receipts, so if there is a recall, I can get my money back.
Only one vehicle, a Ford, ever wore me out with its ability to break faster than I could fix it. If that happens again, I'll dump it sooner than I did before.