2019 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

MY BRAND NEW 2019 RAV4 HYBRID XLE HAS A FUEL TANK THAT IS 14.5 GALLONS, BUT WILL NOT FILL ABOVE 9 TO 11 GALLONS AT ANY TIME. IN SHORT, MY FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL ALL THE WAY AND I AM THEREFORE SHORT ON OVERALL CAR RANGE, FROM 580MILES TO ABOUT 360-390 MILES PER TANK. I HAVE MADE AN ONLINE COMPLAINT TO ARDMORE TOYOTA OF PA WITH NO RESPONSE. I HAVE ROUGHLY 6,000 MILES ON MY CAR, BUT HAVE NOTICED THIS IS AS LOW AS 400 MILES IN THE ODOMETER.

FUEL TANK WILL NOT FILL TO FULL (14.5 GAL) CAPACITY. FUEL TANK WILL ONLY ACCEPT 10.5 GALS.

MY 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID GAS TANK WILL NOT ACCEPT OVER 9.5 GALLONS AT ANY TIME. EVEN WHEN I HAVE ONLY 50 MILES UNTIL GAS TANK EMPTY SHOWING ON DASHBOARD. IT'S A 14.5 GALLON TANK SO THIS IS A PROBLEM.

NEW 2019 RAV4 HYBRID XLE WITH LESS THAN 2,500 MILES WILL NOT FILL UP ALL THE WAY WHEN FILLING WITH GAS. AUTOSTOPS AT 3/4 TANK AND CANNOT SAFELY FILL UP THE REST OF THE WAY.

THE FUEL TANK WAS AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY WHEN PICKED UP FROM THE DEALER WITH AN ESTIMATED RANGE OF ~550 MILES. SINCE DRIVING AWAY FROM THE DEALER, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ADD MORE THAN 9-10 GALLONS INTO THE "14.5" GALLON TANK, EVEN WELL AFTER THE "LOW FUEL" LIGHT HAS COME ON. EVEN WITH EXTRA TOPPING OFF AND THE NEEDLE READS AS CLOSE TO FULL AS I CAN GET IT, NOW THE ESTIMATED RANGE TENDS TO BE ~350-370 MILES. I HAVE FILLED UP THE TANK ABOUT 10 TIMES NOW AND THIS OUTCOME IS CONSISTENT.

THE FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL UP TO CAPACITY. I AM ONLY ABLE TO FILL ~8 GALLONS IN A TANK WHICH HAS A 14.5 GALLON CAPACITY. ALSO, WHEN THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR COMES ON, "MILES TO EMPTY" READS ONLY ABOUT ~30 MILES WHICH IS INCORRECT IN MY OPINION. THERE MUST BE A CALIBRATION ISSUE. I TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE STATION AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO FIX FROM TOYOTA. THE RECENT RECALL AFFECTING 700,000 CARS WITH A FUEL PUMP ISSUE DOES NOT INCLUDE MY CAR (SEARCHED BY VIN) OR ANY RAV4 HYBRIDS FOR THAT MATTER. HOW LONG IS ONE SUPPOSED TO WAIT BEFORE HEARING BACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER? I HAVE ATTACHED THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION.

FUEL TANK CAPACITY 14.5 GALLONS CAN ONLY BE FILLED TO 9.5 GALLONS WITHOUT AGGRESSIVE "TOPPING OFF". IN ORDER TO AVOID POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM AND VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL DAMAGE, TOPPING OFF NOT USED. HOWEVER, THIS LEAVES THE VEHICLE 5 GALLONS SHORT OF A FULL TANK (ABOUT 200 MILE RANGE LOSS)

RAV4 2019 HYBRID WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO FILL IT PAST APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED THEY WERE AWARE OF SAID ISSUE AND THAT TOYOTA CURRENTLY DOESN'T NOT HAVE A FIX OR ACTIVE RECALL FOR THE ISSUE. WHEN I SEARCHED INDEPENDENTLY I NOTICED THAT MANY PEOPLE SIGHT THIS SAME ISSUE.

MY 2019 RAV4 XSE, PURCHASED IN MAY 2019, GAS TANK REFUELING ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY STOPS PREMATURELY AT FUEL GAUGE 1/3 TO 3/4 FULL. THIS HAS OCCURRED WITH EVERY REFUELING SINCE THE FIRST FUELING WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW. THE PROBLEM REDUCES THE EFFECTIVE RANGE ON ONE TANK OF NORMALLY DISPENSED GAS BY 100 - 200 MILES. FILLING VERY VERY SLOWLY TO COAX THE TANK TO ACCEPT A PROPERLY FULL FILL CAN CAUSE NO AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF OF THE GAS PUMP TO OCCUR, WHICH CAN RESULT IN EXCESSIVE FUMES OR OVERFILLING.

THIS VEHICLE CANNOT BE FILLED WITH THE AMOUNT OF GAS ADVERTISED. IT HAS A 14.5 GALLON FUEL TANK AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PUT MORE THAN 10 GALLONS IN IT EVEN WHEN THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR IS ON. THIS LEADS TO DANGEROUS AND ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSAFE TRICLKLE-FILLING. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PUCHASED ~6 MONTHS AGO.