2019 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

GAS TANK IS SUPPOSED TO BE 14.5 GALLONS BUT UNABLE TO FILL MORE THAN 10 GALLONS AT A TIME (FROM ALMOST EMPTY). AFTER FILLING UNTIL THE GAS PUMP STOPS (ON ITS OWN), GAUGE READS APPROX 1 LINE BELOW F. WHEN STARTING WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS, I CAN ONLY GET 370 MILES BEFORE THE GAS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND GAUGE APPEARS CLOSE TO EMPTY.

TOYOTA ADVERTISES THE RANGE OF ITS 2019 RAV4 HYBRID AS AROUND 550 TO 590 MILES ON A FULL TANK OF GAS, OF WHICH THE CAPACITY IS 14.5 GALLONS. HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN DRIVING MINE FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AND HAVE YET TO REACH THE 400 MILES MARK EVEN WHEN AVERAGING 40MPG FUEL ECONOMY. THE FUEL GAUGE ALWAYS STOPS AT OVER ONE BAR FROM FULL. THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN DEFECT AND HAS BEEN WIDELY DISCUSSED AND COMPLAINT ON MANY FORUMS. SO FAR TOYOTA AND ITS DEALERSHIPS HAVE FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND THE MOST COMMON ANSWER CUSTOMERS USUALLY GET IS "THERE'S NO SUCH PROBLEM, TRY ANOTHER GAS PUMP". THIS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE COMING FROM SUCH A LARGE AND REPUTABLE AUTOMAKER SUCH AS TOYOTA!

THE GAS TANK WILL NOT FILL COMPLETELY, EVEN WHEN FUEL GAGE SAYS 30 MILES TO EMPTY AND LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A TANK REMAINING. I AM ONLY ABLE TO FILL MAX 9.5 GALLONS (SPEC SAYS TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS). AFTER PUMP CLICKS SUGGESTING THE TANK IS "FULL", THE FUEL GAUGE IN THE CAR DOES NOT REACH "FULL" MARKING, RATHER HALF WAY BETWEEN 3/4 AND A FULL TANK. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS ALTHOUGH SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM BOTH TO NHTSA AND TOYOTA CORP. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY FIXES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IMPAIRS THE USE OF THE VEHICLE AS THE AMOUNT OF GALLONS IN THE CAR IS NEVER ACTUALLY KNOWN, AS WELL AS AFFECTS THE MARKET VALUE OF THE CAR AS IT IS MARKETED AT 14.5 GALLON TANK WITH ~500 MILES PER TANK. I CAN BARELY GET 380 MILES A TANK. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED A MONTH AGO, BRAND NEW. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL STOPS AT THE GAS STATION AS MY DAILY COMMUTE IS APPROXIMATELY 90 MILES ROUNDTRIP. THE TANK HAS NOT FILLED COMPLETELY ONCE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS CAR.

RENTAL VEHICLE AFTER 10/15/MINUTES OF DRIVING -YOU HAD TO USE BOTH HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL VEHICLE WANTED TO DRIFT IN AND OUT OF LANE OF TRAVEL-VERY HARD TO STEER OFTEN REFERD TO AS WHITE KNUCKLE DRIVING INTERSTATE SPEEDS 70MPH-PASSENGER SEAT WAS NOT LOCKING -SEAT WAS TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH.WE WERE HIT FROM THE REAR.ALL TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED- IT WAS THEN DISCOVERED THAT PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SEAT BELTS WERE NOT WORKING THEY WERE NOT ENGAGING LOCKING DEVICE

MY FUEL TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS AND IT WILL NOT ALLOW MORE THEN 9.5 GALLONS INTO IT EVEN WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUN DOWN TO EMPTY. THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN AUGUST. THE TANK SIZE AND MPG ARE INCORRECT IN REGARDS TO WHAT WAS ADVERTISED.

THE FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL COMPLETELY SO YOU DO NOT GET THE FULL MILEAGE RANGE OF 41 MPG AS ADVERTISED.

DIFFICULTY GETTING THE FUEL TANK FILLED. THE GAS CLICKS OFF AT ABOUT 3/4 TANK. TO FILL REQUIRES MULTIPLE TIMES OF TOPPING OFF WITH MULTIPLE TIMES IT CLICKS OFF. OFTEN 2 TO 3 GALLONS CAN BE ADDED AFTER THE FIRST CLICK OFF. THIS OCCURS AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STATIONS REGARDLESS OF FILL SPEED. ALSO FUEL MILES TO EMPTY HIGHLY INACCURATE. DEALER CLAIMS NO FIX AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME!!!

I BOUGHT MY BRAND NEW CAR IN AUG 2019. A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID XSE. MY FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO FULL WHEN I FILL UP ON GAS. I NOTICED THIS AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR 1 MONTH. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE AND TOOK THE CAR IN. THE SERVICE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO FIX. HE SAID THERE WAS NO REASON TO LEAVE MY CAR WITH THEM. I CALLED TOYOTA CORP THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, AND THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED BY NHTSA FOR THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE THE GAUGE NEVER FILLS TO THE SAME SPOT EVERY TIME, THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT MY TRUE MPG IS. SO, THIS ISSUE COULD INVOLVE FALSIFYING THE MPG OF THE HYBRID. BUT BECAUSE NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN REVIEWING FURTHER, THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING HOW BAD THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO BRING MY CAR BACK INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THE CAR. THIS IS A VERY WIDE SPREAD ISSUE WHEN LOOKING ONLINE TO THE COUNTLESS OTHER CAR OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. ATTACHING AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM THE SERVICE EMPLOYEE THAT I SPOKE TO, SHOWING THAT THE DEALERSHIP IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND THERE NOT BEING A FIX. YET, THEY HAVE NOT STOPPED SELLING THIS CAR, AND ARE LIKELY NOT NOTIFYING THE CUSTOMERS OF THE POTENTIAL ISSUE. I WILL BE SEEKING CAR REPLACEMENT FROM TOYOTA. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR A RECALL TO COME OR NOT COME. I AM WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION NEEDED FOR YOU TO PROCEED WITH THE RECALL FOR ALL CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE WITH TOYOTA.

UNABLE TO COMPLETELY FILL THE GAS TANK WHEN REFUELING. PUMP SHUTS OFF WHEN TANK IS APPROXIMATELY 7/8 FULL AND AM FORCED TO "TOP OFF" TO COMPLETELY FILL TANK.

CAR DOEST NOT MOVE RIGHT AWAY AT A STOP EVEN WHEN STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR AT 3-4 RPM. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOUR IN THE INTERSECTION WHEN TURNING LEFT OR WHEN CROSSING THE STREET. SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS