Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 02/07/2012 | 46000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. the contact noticed the front driver and passenger side tires constantly lost air. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated the tire pressure valve stems would have to be replaced due to corrosion. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 46,000. mah | |||
| 02/07/2012 | 46000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. while parked the contact noticed the front driver and passenger side tires would continuously lose air. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. the mechanic stated the tire pressure valve stems would have to be replaced due to corrosion. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 46,000. da | |||
| 01/13/2013 | 74000 | 1 | |
| Steel wheels are badly corroded to the extent that i am concerned about their integrity. rusted steel is flaking off in strips. *tr | |||
| 01/13/2013 | 74000 | ||
| Steel wheels are badly corroded to the extent that i am concerned about their integrity. rusted steel is flaking off in strips. | |||
| 11/15/2007 | 46000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. the contact stated that while parked the contact noticed the tire pressure warning light illuminated on the instrument panel and the warning chime activated. the contact applied air to the tires but the failure continued. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. the mechanic stated there was corrosion around the front and rear driver side tire pressure sensors which caused the air to escape. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 46,000. pmb | |||
| 11/15/2007 | 46000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. while parked the contact noticed the the tire pressure warning light illuminated on the instrument panel and the warning chime activated. the contact applied air to the tires but the failure continued. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. the mechanic stated there was corrosion around the front and rear driver side tire pressure sensors which caused the air to escape. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 46,000. da | |||
| 02/01/2012 | 89000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 toyota rv4. the contact stated that while driving at 45 mph, there was a loud metallic noise. the contact lost control of the vehicle, and was unable to control the steering. the contact was able to drive vehicle to a side and stop. the contact noticed the rear passenger wheel was on a 60 degree angle. the vehicle was inspected by a mechanic who stated the rear wheel assembly broke and treads were stripped. the manufacturer was made aware and offered a new rear assembly, if contact traded in the old part. the vehicle was repaired by replacing the rear wheel assembly and doing a wheel alignment. the current mileage was 89,883. the failure mileage was 89,000.yn | |||
| 05/27/2011 | 49600 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. the contact was traveling 60 mph when the brakes were depressed after a gun shot like noise emitted from the rear of the vehicle. another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle and something from the passenger's side of the vehicle detached along with part of the passenger side rear wheel. the vehicle was not destroyed. the crash caused no injuries, but the police were contacted and a report was filed. the manufacturer was contacted but the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was 49,600 and the current mileage was unknown. | |||
| 05/27/2011 | 49600 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. the contact was traveling 60 mph when the brakes were depressed after a gun shot like noise emitted from the rear of the vehicle. another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle and something from the passenger's side of the vehicle detached along with part of the passenger side rear wheel. the vehicle was not destroyed. the crash caused no injuries, but the police were contacted and a report was filed. the manufacturer was contacted but the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was unavailable. the failure mileage was 49,600 and the current mileage was unknown. kmj | |||
| 05/27/2011 | 49600 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. the contact was traveling 60 mph when the brakes were depressed after a gun shot like noise emitted from the rear of the vehicle and another vehicle crashed into the contact. the contact confirmed something on the right side of the vehicle detached along with part of the passenger side rear wheel. the vehicle was not destroyed. the crash caused no injuries, but the police were contacted and a report was on file. the manufacturer was contacted. the vehicle was not repaired and the vin was unknown. the failure mileage was 49,600 and the current mileage was unknown. rds | |||
| 03/10/2012 | 47000 | ||
| Driver side steel wheel partially separated from hub due to shearing of 4 of 5 wheel lugs. tested an additional wheel lug/nut on passenger rear wheel with torque wrench set at 85 lb-ft and it sheared off. just prior to wheel separation, loud pops were heard which caused vehicle driver to reduce speed and shoulder the vehicle. no body damage, just shaken driver. all wheel nuts were properly torqued to factory specification of 85 lb-ft less than 3 months ago. | |||
| 02/22/2012 | 74417 | ||
| My 2007 toyota rav4 had a rear right wheel tie rod break while i was driving with my wife and our one year old child in the vehicle. we were on our way to see my wife's doctor for her medical condition at the time. thankfully we had just made a turn on to the on-ramp of the garden state parkway and were moving at a relatively slow speed. i can't imagine what would have happened if we were traveling at highway speed when the tie rod broke, i might have lost control of the vehicle and had a terrible crash with serious injury (or worse) to our family and possibly other drivers on the road. after searching on the internet about toyota rav4 tie rod incidents, it seems that it has happened to other rav4 drivers many times on all different model years of the vehicle. just like us they all say they did not hit any pot holes or other objects to have caused the tie rod to break. this failing of tie rods on rav4s seems like a manufacturing or design defect. some action needs to be taken to address this issue before someone is killed or seriously injured from this tie rod failures on toyota rav4 vehicles. | |||
| 06/26/2010 | |||
| Alloy rims are rusted on 2007 toyota rav 4 | |||
| 04/09/2011 | 43500 | ||
| Driver owns a 2007 toyota rav 4. while driving approximately 35 mph, car began to skid and intermittent warning beep came on. driver pulled over, and upon exiting and inspecting the vehicle, driver saw that the rear drivers side tire was slanted inward approximately 45 degrees. car was towed to dealership and driver was informed that the tie rod had rusted through and broken. all other tie rods appeared normal. tie rod was replaced by dealership. failure occurred at 43,500 mileage. | |||
| 05/15/2009 | 30000 | ||
| My 2007 toyota rav4 sport rims oem are rusting a at fast pace. some big chunks are falling off. i am afraid that the wheel will fall off while driving. i wrote to toyota corp they have not responded. | |||
| 01/02/2008 | 10000 | 1 | |
| 2007 rav4 rims rusting starting the winter of 2008. *tr | |||
| 04/17/2008 | 12000 | 3 | |
| New air monitor valve stems on toyota vehicles are made of aluminum alloy material, not the standard brass metal used on most valve stems. the use of common metal caps to cover the valve stems in conjunction with common highway de-icer chemicals can result in accelerated corrosion and seizing of the valve caps to the stem. the result is that you cannot remove the valve cap to put air in the tire and if too much force is applied to try and remove the cap, the stem will fail and let the air out. this could result in potential stranded vehicle, etc. long term effects of the highway chemicals on the aluminum valve stems is unknown, could be problematic. plastic caps are advised to minimize the risk. *tr | |||