2020 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING TWICE, FIRST TIME REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE AND NOW IT'S OUT AGAIN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER. REPAIR WAS 1500.00 FIRST TIME. SECOND CONTINUES TO RATTLE FROM MIRRORS, FRONT END AND CARRYING RACK. MY RIGHT FRONT FOG LIGHT OUT AND SERVICE SAID FRONT END WAS VERY LOOSE.

STEERING IS TOO LOOSE TO CONTROL. I BROUGHT TO DEALER 3 TIMES THEY SAID IT OK EVERY TIMES. I FEEL ARE NOT SAFE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ON HIGH WAYS. LAST WEEK ALMOST SLICED FROM THE ROAD. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

I BOUGHT MY 2020 RAV4 LE VIN: [XXX] LAST JAN.2020 I NOTICED THE BACK DOOR GLASS HAS A LOT OF CIRCLES COMING FROM EFFECT OF SUCTION GLASS HANDLER THESE CIRCLES BECOME VERY VISIBLE WITH HUMIDITY AND CAUSE DECREASE IN MY VISION TO THE BACK OF MY CAR SPECIALTY AT NIGHT I CAN'T DECIDE HOW FAR IS CAR BEHIND ME AND TOTALLY UNSAFE. WHEN I TRIED TO COMPLAIN TO DEALER THEY ARE SO RUDE AND NOT COOPERATIVE, STORE MANAGER HIS NAME [XXX] SAID YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO TOYOTA NOT US INSISTING ON ITS NOT A DEFECT IN MY CAR . JUST FYI I RECORDED MY COMPLAIN AT DEALER OFFICE 2 TIMES. THEN I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY FILE CASE NUMBER [XXX] ASKING ME TO GIVE THEM TIME TO INVESTIGATE ON 12/11/ 2020 AT 6:20 PM EST I RECEIVED PHONE CALL FROM CASE MANAGER HER NAME IS [XXX] THE PHONE CALL IS RECORDED SHE SAID AFTER INVESTIGATIONS ALL RAV4 2020 HAS SAME PROBLEM OF CIRCLES IN HATCHBACK GLASS DOOR AND IT COMES FROM THE WAY HOW THE CAR BUILT AND THIS MAKES THE GLASS CONTAINS A LOT OF CIRCLES I TOLD HER THIS DEFECT IN THE CAR BECAUSE IT DECREASES MY VISION SHE SAID TOYOTA DOES NOT CONSIDER THESE CIRCLES A DEFECT ITS JUST BECAUSE THE WAY THE BUILT THE CAR. PLEASE HELP ME I PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO BUY BRAND NEW CAR THEN SURPRISED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND TOYOTA CONSIDER THIS NOT A PROBLEM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN I FILL MY GAS TANK, IT DOES NOT SHOW FULL. I BOUGHT THIS SUV 4/17/2020. ALSO, BURNS THROUGH GAS QUICKLY. I SEEM TO GO GET GAS OFTEN AS IT QUICKLY BURNS THROUGH HALF A TANK, THEN STAYS THERE FOR A WHILE THEN QUICKLY DOWN TO 1/4 TANK. I WAS SENT FROM TOYOTA THAT THEY KNEW THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX. NOW WHEN I CALL THEM, THEY TELL ME THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. YET IN THEIR LETTER SAID DO NOT TOP OFF AND DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE FUEL LIGHT OR WILL RUN OUT OF GAS.

THE VEHICLE SAT IN THE GARAGE 3 DAYS AND WHEN I TRIED TO START THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. I TRIED TO JUMPSTART THE VEHICLE WITHOUT AVAIL. CALL TOYOTA THEY SENT SERVICE VEHICLE THAT JUMPSTART THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT RUN FOR @ 10 MINUTES. SHUT CAR OFF AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. PER THE DEALERSHIP THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ISSUE. THE BATTERY IS BEING DRAINED BY SOME OTHER ISSUE. TOYOTA NEED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THE ISSUE PROPERLY.

DRIVING DOWN I-40 IN OKLAHOMA AROUND 70-75 MPH ON 12/4/20 AROUND 1:00 PM CT, OUT OF NOWHERE, THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. MOST OF THE GLASS WENT OUT AND BEHIND THE CAR, BUT SOME GLASS ENDED UP ON DRIVER AND 2 PASSENGERS. THERE WAS NOT ANY OTHER CARS (IN FRONT OR BEHIND) AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED. SOME GLASS DID NOT COME OFF AND YOU CAN SEE BY MY PICTURES THAT THE GLASS IS CURVED UP, SHOWING THE DIRECTION THE GLASS EXPLODED UPWARDS AND OUT OF THE CAR. THE ROOF OF THE CAR, YOU CAN SEE THE PAINT CHIPS CAUSED BY THE EXPLODING GLASS GOING BACKWARDS, PLEASE SEE INCLUDED PHOTO. I WAS HEADED TO ARLINGTON TX FOR A WEEKEND TRIP, SO I CALLED A TOYOTA DEALER IN ARLINGTON AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN. THEY CONTACTED THEIR TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NOT SEEN AN EXPLODING SUNROOF BEFORE AND THAT IT HAD TO BE A ROCK HITTING THE SUNROOF. THIS DEALER DID GET A SUNROOF DELIVERED ON THE NEXT DAY AND WAS ABLE TO INSTALL ON SATURDAY 12/5/20. TOYOTA DID NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS DEFECTIVE SUNROOF, BUT I DO BELIEVE SOMETHING WAS DEFECTIVE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANY VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED AND I DO NOT RECALL A ROCK HITTING THE SUNROOF PRIOR TO THE EVENT. THIS SEEMS ODD THAT THE SUNROOF WOULD JUST SUDDENLY EXPLODE AND SHATTER UPWARDS AND OUT OF THE CAR. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PICTURES. VANDERGRIFF WAS ABLE TO GET IN A SUNROOF AND REPLACE IT, BUT IT WAS AT MY EXPENSE. PARTS AND LABOR $1,121.86

OUR 2020RAV4 HYBRID HAS FAILED TO START TWICE (5/5/2020 AND 12/5/2020) AFTER SITTING ONLY 1-2 DAYS IN OUR GARAGE. IT REQUIRED JUMPING TO BE RECHARGED. FROM THE CARGURUS SITE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NO DEFINITE SOLUTION YET, PERHAPS A BAD BATCH OF BATTERIES, PERHAPS A SOFRWARE UPDATE NEEDED, OR SOMETHING ELSE? TOYOTA NEEDS TO FIGURE IT OUT AND FIX IT! WE DON'T FEEL LIKE A NEW, EXPENSIVE VEHICLE CAN BE DEPENDED ON.

THE 14.5-GALLON GAS TANK IN MY 2020 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID HAS A DEFECT THAT PREVENTS THE TANK FROM BEING FILLED TO CAPACITY. THIS DEFECT NOT ONLY FAILS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GAS TANK REGULATIONS, WHICH PROHIBIT THE SALE OF VEHICLES THAT CANNOT FILL 90 PERCENT OR WITHIN TWO GALLONS OF THEIR NOMINAL GAS TANK CAPACITY, BUT SUFFER FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED DRIVING RANGE. THE FUEL TANK DEFECT PREVENTS ME FROM GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR THE VEHICLES' ADVERTISED 550-PLUS-MILE RANGE (I AVERAGE 400-425 GALLONS A TANK), WHICH WAS A MAJOR SELLING POINT AND FOR WHICH I PAID A PREMIUM PRICE FOR; THIS HAPPENS AT EVERY INTERVAL I HAVE TO FILL UP ON GAS. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL, I MAY RUN OUT OF FUEL WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR LEAVE ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY OR DESERTED ROAD AND WITH A NY WINTER, IT IS JUST NOT SAFE TO BE STRANDED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WHEN IT IS FREEZING COLD OUTSIDE. RUNNING OUT OF FUEL MAY ALSO DAMAGE MY VEHICLES FUEL SYSTEM TOO! THE OWNER'S MANUAL WARNS THAT IF MY VEHICLE RUNS OUT OF FUEL OR THE FUEL IS TOO LOW, THE HYBRID SYSTEM MAY NOT BE ABLE TO START.

THE FUEL TANK IS RATED AT 14.6 GAL BUT THE MOST I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT IS 11 GAL. THE ISSUE IS CONSISTENT ACROSS EVERY FUELING PERIODS AND AFTER TAKING IT TO THE SERVICE CENTER TWICE, THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN THAT THE FUEL TANK HAS NO ISSUES. I HAVE SHOWN THE PROOFS TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND YET THEY DENY CLAIMS.

I PURCHASED MY BRAND NEW 2020 RAV4 HYBRID ON 7/1/2020 AND WAS TOLD THE CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. STARTED WITH 2ND TANK OF GAS FILL UP, I NOTICE THE METER READING IS NOT CORRECT. WHEN I DROVE THE CAR AWAY ON 7/1/2020, THE READING SHOW SOMETHING LIKE "520 MILES TO EMPTY". WITH THE 2ND TANK FILL UP, THE READING CHANGED TO "480 MILES TO EMPTY". WHEN COMES TO THE 4TH TANK FILL UP, THE READ IS NOW SHOWING "410 MILES TO EMPTY". ALSO, BASED ON THE CAR SPECIFICATIONS, THE TANK SIZE IS 14.5 GAL, BUT I CAN ONLY FILL UP AROUND 10 GALLONS OF GAS, THE TANK WOULD BE FULL. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE TOYOTA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT TODAY. I WAS JUST TOLD THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PARTS ON THE ALMOST BRAND NEW CAR. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. TOYOTA SOLD THE CAR WITH MAJOR ISSUE TO ME AND WITHOUT DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. THE ISSUE WAS LONG EXIST BEFORE I PURCHASE THE CAR AFTER GOOGLED THE ISSUE ONLINE. THEY SHOULD HAVE DISCLOSED THE FAULTY ISSUE OF THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE PURCHASE.