2019 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

UNABLE TO COMPLETELY FILL GAS TANK TO FULL ON 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID LIMITED. CAN ONLY PUT 9 GALLONS IN 14 GALLON TANK (CAPACITY IN MANUAL) WHEN TANK IS EMPTY. DEALER SUGGESTS "TOPPING" OFF WHICH HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN A FUEL SPILL AT THE GAS STATION. REPORTED ISSUE TO DEALER AND TOLD THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A FIX. THIS IS BOTH A USER SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY ISSUE AND IS *EXTREMELY* COMMON TO 2019 HYBRID RAV4 USERS PER USER GROUPS ON THE INTERNET.

WHEN STARTING THE CAR AFTER 2 OR 3 DAYS NOT BEING DRIVEN AND SUBSEQUENTLY PUT IT IN REVERSE, THERE IS A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT, MAYBE AT THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE YOU SHIFT TO "DRIVE", THE NOISE DISAPPEAR. THE RAV4 HAS ONLY 74 MILES.

THE 2019 RAV4 HV GAS TANK DRY FILL CAPACITY IS 14.5 GAL US. REFUELING ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY STOPS PREMATURELY AT FUEL GAUGE 3/4 FULL, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO SEVERAL GALLONS DISPENSED LESS THAN A PROPERLY FULL TANK. THE GAS GAUGE IS ACCURATE. 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 AROUND 100 MILES OR MORE. RANGE IS A BIG SELLING POINT OF THE HYBRID MODEL! FURTHERMORE, 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 IS UNSAFE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO TOYOTA USA BY ME AND BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAS A TECHNICAL CASE NUMBER AND I HAVE A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CASE NUMBER. TOYOTA'S RESPONSE FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS HAS BEEN THAT THERE IS NO FIX AVAILABLE. THE CAR IS STILL ELIGIBLE FOR REFUND OR REPLACEMENT UNDER THE LEMON LAW PROVISIONS (<15K DRIVEN OR 1 YEAR). THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHERS: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T84539_DS1052289 HTTPS://WWW.TOYOTANATION.COM/THREADS/CANT-SEEM-GET-A-FULL-TANK-OF-GAS.1654530/ HTTPS://WWW.TOYOTANATION.COM/FORUM/1004-RAV4-5TH-GEN-HYBRID-XA50-2019/1654324-ANYONE-HAVE-ANY-ISSUES-W-19-RAV4-HV.HTML HTTPS://WWW.RAV4WORLD.COM/FORUMS/201-4-5-ELECTRIC-RAV4-HYBRID-EV/298909-DIFFICULTY-GETTING-FUEL-TANK-FULL.HTML

PASSENGER SIDE BLIND SPOT MONITOR DOES NOT DETECT ALL VEHICLES IN BLIND SPOT. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 1 OUT OF EVERY 10 CARS IN THE BLIND SPOT ARE NOT DETECTED. I HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS SHOWING THIS THAT I PROVIDED TO THE TOYOTA DEALER NEAR ME. THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HAVE NOT GOT BACK TO ME IN OVER A WEEK NOW. I FIRST NOTED THIS PROBLEM ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN DRIVING HOME FROM THE DEALER WITH MY NEW RAV4. I HAVE A 2017 RAV4 THAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLIND SPOT MONITOR. THANKS.

DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 60MPH I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE ARISE FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SMELLED A BURNING (ELECTRICAL) SMELL. I CUT OFF THE HEATER AND SEAT WARMERS AS A PRECAUTION, SLOWING THE CAR TO A SPEED OF 30-40MPH. APPROX. 2 MINUTES LATER, MY DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH ABOUT 4 CONSECUTIVE WARNINGS 1. ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. 2. LANE TRACING ASSIST HAS MALFUNCTIONED. 3. REAR CAMERAS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. 4. PARKING ASSIST WITH AUTOMATED BRAKING (PA W/AB) HAS MALFUNCTIONED. BRAKES CONTINUED TO ENGAGE, BUT FELT STIFF AS THOUGH THEY MAY STOP WORKING. WAS ABLE TO SAFELY TAKE BACK-ROADS TO MY LOCAL DEALER (VANCOUVER MCCORDS TOYOTA) WHERE IT IS STILL UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.

2019 RAV4 HYBRID EXHIBITS FUELING PROBLEMS, CONSISTENTLY. PARKED ON LEVEL CONCRETE, SHUT OFF, IN "REFUEL" STATUS, AT THE FUEL ISLAND, IT DEPENDABLY SUFFERS ABJECT FAILURE AT ATTEMPTS TO REFILL THE GASOLINE TANK AT THE FUEL PUMP. WITH THE FUEL PUMP NOZZLE SET TO LOWEST FLOW SETTING, AT ANY MOMENT, THE FUEL BEING PUMPED DOWN THE FILLER TUBE SURGES BACK UP THE FILLER TUBE, OCCASIONALLY SPILLING OUT ONTO THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND THE GROUND. OTHER TIMES, WITH THE PUMP NOZZLE SET TO LOWEST FLOW SETTINGS, IT MAY AUTOMATICALLY AND ARBITRARILY SHUT OFF AFTER 1 GALLON OR 4 GALLONS, WHEN THE MILES DRIVEN ALONG WITH THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATES THE TANK REQUIRES AT LEAST 10 GALLONS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW FROM ONE FILL-UP TO THE NEXT FILL-UP IF THE TANK IS FULL, CLOSE TO FULL, OR SEVERAL GALLONS SHY OF FULL. REFUELING THE RAV4 HYBRID IS A CHALLENGE THAT DEFEATS THE BEST MECHANICAL AND FLUID DYNAMICS AWARE PERSON TRYING TO FILL THE TANK. THIS ISSUE IS ONGOING AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW WITH 9 MILES ON THE ODOMETER ON AUGUST 19, 2019.

FUEL SPILLS WHEN FILLING GAS. FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL TO CAPACITY AT FIRST CLICK SO WHEN I ADD ADDITIONAL FUEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPLETELY FILL TANK, FUEL SOMETIMES SPILLS OUT.

WHEN TEST DRIVING VEHICLE FELT LIKE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY BUT NOT BEING A MECHANIC THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MY IMAGINATION. THEY WOULD NOT PUT A DEFECTIVE CAR ON THE LOT FOR SALE RIGHT? WRONG!!!! WHEN I DROVE IT AFTER GOT IT HOME IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS A BIG PROBLEM. EVERY TIME I STOPPED AT A LIGHT THEN TOOK FOOT OFF OF BRAKE TO ACCELERATE CAR WOULD LURCH, SHAKE, SHUDDER BEFORE I EVEN GOT MY FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. THOUGHT IS WAS GOING TO DIE. WOULD HESITATE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN PUT IT IN PARK TO TURN OFF ENGINE SAME LURCH SHAKE SHUDDER AND SOUNDS LIKE ENGINE DIED. CAR HAS 61 MILES ON IT. WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN SHIPPED FROM FACTORY TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER, SAID THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. TOYOTA AWARE BUT HAS NO FIX IN PLACE. DEALER CLAIMS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BUT WAIT ON TOYOTA. SO NOW I HAVE A BRAND NEW CAR THAT I HAVE TO CONTINUE MAKING PAYMENTS ON WHILE TOYOTA CONTINUES BUSINESS AS USUAL AND MY CAR SITS IN THE GARAGE, AFRAID TO DRIVE IT.

MULTIPLE FUEL SPILLS HAPPENED WHILE THE 2019 RAV4 HYBRID WAS STATIONARY, BEING REFUELED. THE MANUAL PROVIDED STATES THAT THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN THERE IS 2.2 GALLONS OR LESS FUEL IN THE TANK, AND IT STATES THE FUEL CAPACITY IS 14.5 GALLONS. WHEN FUELING AFTER THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATES "E"; THE TANK OVERFILLS WITH APPROXIMATELY 9.3 GALLONS, OR 3 GALLONS SHORT OF WHAT WAS EXPECTED. THIS RESULTS IN HAZARDOUS FUEL SPILLS WHEN THE ATTENDANT ATTEMPTS TO FILL THE TANK. ALSO, THE VEHICLES RANGE IS LESS THAN EXPECTED WHICH CAN RESULT IN DIVERSIONS AND/OR A STRANDED DRIVER.

TOYOTA'S 2019 RAV4 LIMITED HYBRID BOASTS OF HAVING A 14.5 GALLON FUEL CAPACITY. WHEN I FILL MY TANK, I CAN FILL IT TO 10 GALLONS MAXIMUM. THE SERVICE ADVISOR, AARON ENGLAND, INSISTS THAT THIS IS NORMAL. HE STATED THAT NO CARS CAN BE FILLED TO CAPACITY. I AM NOT WANTING TO FILL TO CAPACITY. TOYOTA IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS INACCURATE AND SAYS MY CAR EITHER HAS 3-4 GALLONS, BUT THE SENSOR CAN NOT DETECT IT OR I HAVE A TANK SMALLER THAN CLAIMED. THEY WILL NOT INVESTIGATE. WHEN FUELING MY VEHICLE, IT STOPS FUELING WHEN A LITTLE MORE THAN AN 1/8 OF A TANK SHOWS REMAINS UNTIL FULL. ONLINE, THERE IS MUCH EVIDENCE FROM OTHER OWNERS THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND TOYOTA IS REFUSING TO OFFER HELP.