2018 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY 2018 AND ON FEBRUARY 2019 THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED AND "CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE" WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. WITH THIS FAILURE, THE OWNERS MANUAL SAYS TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THE CAR DID START UP AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE SELLING DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. I IGNORED THE SAME FAILURE A COUPLE MORE TIMES, BUT WITH THE LAST FAILURE, I TOOK THE CAR TO BALL TOYOTA, CHARLESTON, WV. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS 3 ERROR CODES, PO 1603,1604,1605,P219A AND MADE A REFERRAL TO TOYOTA, TAS CASE #202130026. TOYOTA TOLD THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE TANK SUB-ASSY. AND THE CANISTER ASSY.. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT I'M NOT SURE THEIR REPAIR WILL BE THE CORRECT FIX

SINCE I GOT MY RAV 4 2018 I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES. BOTH MY BROTHER AND MOTHER DRIVE THE CAR AND EXPRESS THE SAME ISSUE. I'VE BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND THAT THE BRAKES ARE WORKING FINE. WHEN I'M PUSHING THE BRAKES DOWN THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO THE FLOOR. THERE IS A TERRIBLE SCREECHING SOUND HEARD AS WELL. I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT A FEW MONTHS AGO DUE TO THE BRAKES. I CALLED TOYOTA AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AND THEY SENT AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO CHECK THE BRAKES. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT STATED, "WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM A DEFECT IN MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP THAT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRS ITS USE, VALUE OR SAFETY". I'M UNSURE WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT AS I'VE EXHAUSTED MY OPTIONS. I MAINTAIN EXCESSIVE DISTANCE FROM OTHER CARS BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE TO START BRAKING WAY AHEAD OF TIME. ITS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. CASE NUMBER: 2007132091

BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN JAN/2018. IN MARCH/2019, 18,000 MILES, BRAKES WERE MAKING LOUD NOISES. AT FIRST TOYOTA SAID IT WAS NORMAL, JUST MOISTURE. MONTH LATER I INSISTED BC IT GOT WORSE, SO FINALLY THE MECHANIC AT TOYOTA DROVE MY CAR AND AGREED. THEY CHANGED THE ROTORS AND PADS, NO CHARGE (AFTER SOME ARGUES). NOW CAR IS 35,000 MILES (AFTER 17,000 MILES), BRAKES ARE MAKING NOISES AGAIN. TOOK AT TOYOTA AND AT THAT TIME I HAD TO PAY. THAT'S RIDICULOUS! THEY SAY YOU SHOULD CHANGE PADS BETWEEN 35,000 AND 70,000 MILES. RAV4 HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES FOR SURE!

NOT SOON AFTER I LEASED MY RAV4 THE BRAKES STARTED GRINDING AS IF I NEEDED NEW BRAKES & EVERYTIME I WENT IN FOR MAINTENANCE THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THEM & THEY LOOK FINE. THE ROTORS ARE RUSTED JUST ON THE INNER PART ON BOTH REAR ROTORS & MY CAR IS GARAGED SO THERE ISNT ANY REASON WHY THEY SHOULD BE GRINDING OR SQUEALING. IT MAKES THE NOISE WHEN I'M IN MOTION. ALSO THE RADIO STATIONS ARE COMPLETE STATIC & I HAVE HAD 2 DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERS LOOK AT IT & THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE WIRING BUT CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY ALL MY STATIONS COME IN STATICALLY.

ON 7/3/20 AT ABOUT 3 PM EDT I WAS PREPARING TO TURN LEFT AND EXIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I WAS STOPPED. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED STRAIGHT AHEAD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I TRAVELLED ABOUT 100 TO 150 FEET, CLIMBED AN ENBANKMENT AND LANDED IN A SMALL WOODED RAVINE. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO A PAVED ROAD.

PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND HAD FOOT ON BREAK. GOING VERY SLOW TO PARK . WENT TO PUT CAR INTO PARK AND CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND HIT GARAGE. BACKED UP AND CAR WENT VERY FAST SO HAD TO MOVE FORWARD AGAIN OUT OF ROAD. PUT CAR INTO DRIVE AND CAT SURGED FORWARD AND OUT OF CONTROL. ABLE TO AVOID GARAGE BUT CAR WENT BESIDE GARAGE, AND INTO SLIGHT DROP OFF. I WAS ABLE TO STOP CAR BY FLOORING BREAK AND PUTTING INTO PARK. CALLED POLICE THEY MADE REPORT, CALLED ROADSIDE SERVICE AND TOWED TO DOWNEAST TOYOTA IN BREWER MAINE. IT'S NOW GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION PULLED AND RESEARCHED TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. NO PICTURES. A LOT OF DAMAGE TO FRONT AND MAYBE UNDERNEATH. CAR WENT OVER A CEMENT BLOCK.

MY 2018 TOYOTA RAV4 HAS 13,000 MILES. DRIVING AT 20 MPH ON A ONE-LANE SECONDARY ROAD WHEN VEHICLE SPEED INCREASED ON ITS OWN. STEPPING ON FOOT BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT. ACCELERATION WAS CONSTANT AND NON-STOP. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER, CAR SLOWED AS THOUGH MY FOOT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR. THE PROBLEM WAS - MY FOOT HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE BUT I ONLY DROVE IT TO GET HOME. NOTE: FLOOR MATS WERE PROPERLY ANCHORED. *TR

SEATBELT N THE BACK FOR CHILD DON'T CHIME WHEN KIDS ARE OUT OF SEAT AS MANUFACTURERS MADE. *TR

SINCE I BROUGHT THIS RAV4 WHEN I START DRIVING THE FIRST 5 MINUTES IN THE MORNING AND COLD WEATHER WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE IT'S MAKE NOISE AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR 5K,10K,15K AND 20K SERVICE I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE BRAKE AND THERE ANSWER WAS THAT'S NORMAL. FOR ME THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR. *TR

I HAD BEEN USING THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE WESTBOUND CA 134 IN GLENDALE/BURBANK, CA. I HAD TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC FROM THE HOV LANE DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL. I THEN USED THE AUTO TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR TO GAIN MORE TORQUE IN CHANGING LANES WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO A STALL AND LOST ALL POWER. CONSEQUENTLY WE WERE REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR. OUR CAR WENT INTO A LOCKOUT AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SHOULDER BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS A RANDOM EVENT OR A GLITCH IN THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER.OR SOMETHING ELSE TOTALLY UNRELATED. *TR