Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 12/01/2011 | |||
| 2007 rav 4 had 3 lights turned on (check engine light, stability control light and 4 wheel drive light), shortly after the lights came on, the breaks failed. rav4 was taken to toyota delearship for repair and after the technicians being confused by the lights, they determined that the break booster had failed. this issue is similar to the recent highlinder recall and i feel people's safety is at stake with the breaks failing. | |||
| 04/23/2010 | 28500 | ||
| My 2007 6 cyl rav4 has under 30k miles on it. was fine and after sitting un-driven in my garage for 3 weeks, now the check engine light, vsc, and 4 wheel drive lights stay on. the transmission no longer shifts into overdrive (stays in 4th gear) at hightway speeds. random delayed acceleration when making slow speed turns (usually at intersections or passing in slow moving rush-hour traffic) resulting in sudden acceleration. no accident - yet. have appoinment to have the dealer look at it. | |||
| 03/26/2010 | 35000 | ||
| Check engine light, vehicle stability control (vsc) light & car slipping light on & off while driving. toyota dealer replaced oxy sensor & vsc computer, but still happens. toyota doesn't have an answer. vsc seem to work when lights are off, but understand that won't work when lights are on. seems to be a problem with these vehicles as i've seem many complaints & questions from other vehicle owners on internet. not having vsc working is great cause for concern in an suv as suv may roll causing injuries/death. thank you. | |||
| 03/01/2010 | 26900 | 1 | |
| I own a 2007 toyota rav4 with approximately 27,000 miles on it. i was pulling out of my drive way(about a week ago 3/1/10) and the power steering light came on and i was unable to steer, i turned the engine off and waited a few minutes and restarted the car. the light went off and it has been doing fine since then. i am very concerned about this happening while going down the road! *tr | |||
| 02/19/2010 | 7132 | 1 | |
| In march of 2008 i had two occurrences of unintended acceleration with my 2007 six cylinder toyota rav4. the first was very frightening as i was stopped at a red light. the car suddenly accelerated and pulled me through the intersection while my foot was on the brake. if there had been a car in front of me or one coming through the intersection i would have crashed. shortly after that incident a milder less powerful acceleration event happened. i brought the car to the dealer on march 26 08 and they could not duplicate the problem or give a reason for it. the told me to bring it back if the problem recurred. it did not happen again until 2/19/2010. as in the first two incidents, the event happened while stopped at a red light with my foot off the gas pedal. in this case i quickly shut off the motor, or i would have hit the car in front of me. as in the other cases after i restarted the car the problem was over. our other car is a camry and i have never have never had this problem with that car or any other car. i brought the car back to the dealer and again no reason for the event was found and there was no remedy offered except possibly a gas pedal over ride if one becomes available. after the long gap in time between the first two events i thought maybe they were a fluke. now i worry that i may be in an accident or hit a pedestrian. i am no mechanic but i really think that it is some sort of electronic problem. the car was stopped and my foot was off the gas pedal each time the sudden acceleration happened. *tr | |||
| 05/15/2009 | 25000 | 1 | |
| I was turning into a driveway with my foot on the brake when my 2007 rav4 suddenly began to accelerate. the rpm's were over 6000. i took my vehicle into the dealer that day and they performed a diagnostic check but told me they found nothing wrong. i asked what i could do or who i could speak to and they said there nothing unless the vehicle was recalled. this incident happened in may 2009 and when i had the vehicle in just recently for normal maintenance i again was told there was nothing i could do since it is not a part of the recall. why isn't it? must someone in my family die before someone will make it a part of the recall list? i am taking my vehicle in for a safety check next week. *tr | |||
| 07/06/2008 | 10000 | 1 | |
| Bracket assembly holding charcoal canister and hose and filter came off the vehicle causing the ck engine, vsc light, and the lsd lights all to come on. brake system malfunctioning.*tr | |||