2008 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

RAV4 2008 LIMITED V4 WATER PUMP LEAKING AT 78000 MILES. LEAKING MY $600 MONEY I AM LOOKING FOR USER TO FILE CLASS ACTION. HTTP://TOYOTA.PISSEDCONSUMER.COM/RAV-4-WATER-PUMP-FAILURE-CLASS-ACTION-20110719249797.HTML?COMPANY_ID=5467. *TR

ABS LIGHT, VSC LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED CAUSING ALL SYSTEMS TO BE INOPERATIVE. AFTER TAKING CAR TO LOCAL DEALER PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE BAD LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, HARNESS FOR SENSOR AND WHEEL HUB THAT HAD CORROSION ON IT POSSIBLY FROM LIVING IN AN AREA THAT DEICES ROADS WITH SALT. IN MY RESEARCH IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THROUGH SEVERAL TOYOTA BLOGS THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM AROUND THE COUNTRY. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT AND THE ASSOCIATED COST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IS EXPENSIVE. IF AN OWNER FAILS TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE OUTCOME COULD BECOME CATASTROPHIC IN INCLIMATE WEATHER. *TR

I'M TELLING WHAT HAPPENED WITH HELP OF PASSENGERS IN CAR WITH ME. I WAS THE DRIVER AND RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCH LACERATION TO BACK OF FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED 10 STAPLES. I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. THE PASSENGERS STATE I PULLED OUT AND TRUCK WAS COMING AND IT HIT ME. MY CAR IS TOTALED. I WAS HIT ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE (THE WHOLE FRONT OF CAR WAS TORN OFF. THEY SAY WE SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS HIT AGAIN BY TRUCK OVER THE BACK TIRE AND BACK END. WAS TOLD BY TROOPER AND TOW GUY THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. IT WAS A REALLY BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

POWER STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT,DEALER REPLACED STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM WITH SENSOR LOCATED AT COLUMN. COST TO ME $1260.00. *TR

MY VIN NUMBER IS ON THEIR TSB LIST AND THEY KNEW THEIR PROBLEMS AND STILL TRYING TO PLAY GAMES. TOYOTA IS TRYING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SCREW UP WITH CONSUMER. THEY WANT YOU TO TEST THE OIL CONSUMPTION EVEN YOU ALREADY TESTED THREE TIMES BEFORE. THEY ARE NOT ANSWERING YOUR PHONES. AUDI ALREADY LOST THEIR CASE. TOYOTA WILL BE THE SAME. THIS IS THE FIRST TOYOTA AND ALSO BE THE LAST ONE. *TR

ALIGNMENT ON REAR WHEELS CANNOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE OF SAFETY RECALL PERFORMED BY TOYOTA ON MY 2008 RAV4. THE RECALL WAS TO CORRECT A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE REAR LOWER SUSPENSION ARMS. THE REMEDY FOR THIS ISSUE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY ADJUSTMENT TO CORRECT OUT OF ALIGNMENT ON THE REAR OF VEHICLE. THIS IS AN ABSURD CORRECTION OF A PROBLEM. WHY AREN'T ALL 2006-2011 RAV4 OWNERS UP IN ARMS ABOUT THE INABILITY TO ALIGN THE REAR OF THEIR VEHICLES? NO RAV4 OWNER SHOULD ACCEPT THE PREMATURE, UNEVEN WEARING OF TIRES BECAUSE TOYOTA CANNOT PROPERLY FIX THEIR MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. PREMATURE TIRE WEAR IS NOT ONLY COSTLY TO THE CONSUMER IT ALSO CREATES A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE WITH TIRE FAILURE AND IMPAIRED ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE. *TR

COMPLETED RECALL AT DEALERSHIP ON 11/11/14 FOR REAR LOWER SUSPENSION ARM AND THE LEFT WHEEL CAMBER WENT IN AT -0*50 (WELL WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS) AND CAME OUT AT -1*49 JUST BARELY WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS( JUST NOTICED TODAY BECAUSE IT FAILED AN ALIGNMENT TEST). TODAY, 2/2/15 (3 MONTHS AND 2100 MILES LATER) IT IS NOW NOT WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS AT -1*52. I COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FIX TO THE REAR LOWER SUSPENSION ARM WAS A PERMANENT FIX AND THE CAR'S REAR ALIGNMENT CAN NO LONGER BE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE FIX. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE DEALERSHIP, AS WELL AS, TOYOTA WOULD ALLOW A PERMANENT FIX TO A VEHICLE THAT WAS BARELY WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS KNOWING THAT THE FIX WAS PERMANENT. NOW THERE IS A HIGH PROBABLY, THAT THE TIRES ON MY CAR WILL NOT WEAR PROPERLY AND THE TOE WILL BE OUT AS WELL. *TR

DRIVER DOOR, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR, AND TAILGATE DOOR LOCK MECHANISMS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED, NOT LOCKING OR UNLOCKING WITH THE REMOTE. HAD FRONT DRIVER DOOR LOCK AND REAR TAILGATE DOOR LOCKS REPAIRED EACH COSTING APPROX. $500. HOW CAN SO MANY LOCKS GO BAD? HAVE OTHER CAR OWNERS HAD THIS PROBLEM? *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT TOYOTA HAMPTON DEALERSHIP IN TOWN, LAFAYETTE, LA. 888-755-2961 (SERVICE). MY WIFE AND I HAVE CALLED THIS NUMBER MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED SEVERAL TIMES BUT REACHED NOWHERE. WE HAVE LEFT MULTIPLE MESSAGES BUT DON'T RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALL BACK FROM THEM. MY WIFE EVEN WENT THERE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BUT THEY SIMPLY TOLD HER THAT THEY DON'T HAVE OPENING. THIS IS REGARDING A SAFETY RECALL FOR OUR CAR. I AM HOPING THAT THIS RECALL IS NOT AN EMERGENCY ISSUE BUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WE RECEIVED AT THIS DEALERSHIP WAS VERY STRANGE. ANSWERING SERVICE IS A JOKE AND PEOPLE WORKING THERE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH FOREIGNERS. ALL I AM CONCERNED WITH IS THAT I WANT THE RECALL ISSUE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND I AM NOT GOING THERE TO MAKE FRIENDS. I COULD CARE LESS IF THEY TREAT ME LIKE OUTSIDERS. I WOULD COMPLETELY AVOID THIS PLACE BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS THE ONLY ONE IN TOWN. *TR

CLUNKING NOISE FROM STEERING SHAFT THAT IS BOTH AUDIBLE AND FELT THROUGH STEERING WHEEL. OCCURS TURNING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT, GOING FORWARD OR REVERSE, BUT NOT WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT. *TR