2019 TOYOTA RAV4 Complaints

AS I PULLED IN TO PARKING SPOT CAR ACCELERATES HIT WALL AND SWERVES AND HITS SPARKED VEHICLE.

PUCHASED AUTO 3/20/19 AND WITHIN A FEW MILES NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION "JUMPED" WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELEREATING WITHOUT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP (AS SOMEONE TURNING AHEAD OF YOU AND YOU SLOW DOWN BEFORE GETTING TOO CLOSE). BY "JUMPING" IT IS LIKE THE AUTO LURCHES FORWARD (DROPS A GEAR?). I DON'T NOTICE THIS AS MUCH WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A FULL AND COMPLETE STOP. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I MIGHT BE HEAVY FOOTED FOR THE NEW CAR, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE SINCE I AM NOW VERY AWARE AND TRY VERY HARD TO ACCELERATE GENTLY. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS ONLINE OF THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT I WANTED MY OPINION TO BE WITH THE SAFETY ORGANIZATION, NOT AN ONLINE COMPLAINT SITE.

PURCHASED AUTO 3/20/19 AND AT THAT TIME OIL APPEARED TO BE RIGHT AT MARK ON DIPSTICK. A MONTH LATER NOTICED THE OIL LEVEL RISING. TOOK RAV4 BACK TO DEALER 7/5/19 AND HAD NEW OIL AND FILTER INSTALLED AND DIPSTICK SET AT PROPER MARK. DEALER FELT IT WAS PROBABLY OVERFILLED AT FACTORY. HOWEVER, ON 7/20/19 THE OIL IS NOW 1/2 INCH ABOVE THE MARK SET BY THE DEALER ON 7/5. CONCERNED THIS MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC FOR ALL RAVS. WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER AGAIN FOR POSSIBLE RESOLUTION.

DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE, THE CRACK ON PASSENGER SIDE IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 INCHES IN LENGTH AND STOPS BY AIRBAG PANEL ON DASH. THE DRIVERS SIDE CRACK IS ROUGHLY TEN INCHES AND IS CONTINUING UP TOWARDS INSTRUMENT PANEL (STILL CRACKING). NO ACCIDENTS, CRACKS GET BIGGER WITH TIME AND DRIVING.

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)

CONDITION 1 : HEAVY THUMPING IN REAR DRIVELINE WHEN COMING TO A NEAR STOP, IN TRAFFIC OR PARKING CAUSING VEHICLE LURCH FORWARD, AS IF HIT FROM BEHIND FROM BEHIND? SUCH CAN BE HEARD AND FELT BY OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLE. CONDITION 2: WHEN COMING TO A NEAR STOP WHEN ACCELERATING BACK AGAIN VEHICLE DELAYS DOWN SHIFT CAUSING MOMENTARY HESITATION BEFORE RESPONDING DO TO LAPSE IN TRANSMISSION GEARING TO FIND PROPER GEAR RESPONCE WHICH LEAVES A SECOND OR TOO HESITATION UPON RE-ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC CONDITION. CONDITION 1: ABOVE IS DUE TO UN-COUPLING AND COUPLING OR READ DRIVELINE WHEELS TO MAINLY MILEAGE RATING. WHICH CREATES A FEELING OF HEAVY WEAR AND TEAR TO PLACED UPON DRIVELING COMPONENTS. VEHICLES IN QUESTION GAS POWERED MODELS ONLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION LOOK UPON TOYOTA DRIVERS FORUM AND EDMONTON'S CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. CONDITION ON GOING, CONTACTED BOTH DEALER AND TOYOTA DIRECT, DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT NOR DID TOYOTA, THIS CONDITION IS NOT ISOLATED TO MY CAR, THERE ARE MANY OF SAME ON SITES MENTIONED WITH SAME ISSUES

WHILE DRIVING DOWN I-25 SOUTH OF DENVER, CO IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT 75 MPH, THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF. I SUDDENLY HAD NO ENGINE POWER, POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, BUT CAME CLOSE TO HITTING OR BEING HIT BY SEVERAL VEHICLES. WHEN WE MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES WERE APPEARING ON THE DASH. AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT A FEW MINUTES I RESTARTED IT, AND IT DID RUN, THOUGH ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. THERE WAS A DEALERSHIP 9 MILES FROM MY LOCATION, SO I SLOWLY MADE MY TO ARAPAHOE TOYOTA. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID THAT SOMETHING CAUSED THE FUEL TO BE SHUT OFF TO THE ENGINE. THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY, AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY SUSPECT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AS I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SINCE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND HAD NO LOANER CARS, THEY ESSENTIALLY TOLD ME TO COME BACK THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AND HOPE FOR THE BEST IN THE MEANTIME. SINCE I WAS HEADING TO VACATION THIS IS IMPRACTICAL, SO I WAS STUCK DRIVING A CAR I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE. MY NEXT STEP IS I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP IN FORT COLLINS, CO, AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT I WANT THE ISSUE RESOLVED, THE BRAKE LIGHT ELECTRICAL ISSUE FIXED, AND BE ASSURED THAT THE CAR IS SAFE. I'VE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE DIE WHILE DRIVING LIKE THAT, LET ALONE ONE WITH ONLY 4580 MILES. I'M APPREHENSIVE ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR 26 MILES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, AND SO FAR TOYOTA HAS BEEN NO HELP.

THERE IS AN INABILITY TO COMPLETELY FILL UP THE GAS TANK. EVEN WHEN REACHING THE EMPTY READING ON THE GAS GAUGE, THE CAR ONLY SEEMS TO FILL 9.5-10 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE ARE IS ADVERTISED AS A 14.5-GALLON TANK, BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THAT MUCH FUEL INTO THE TANK.

THE FUEL SAYS EMPTY BUT ONLY TAKES 9 GALLONS ON A 14 GALLON TANK. THE DEALER SAID THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THIS IS HAPPENING TO AND TOYOTA IS WORKING ON IT. MY SISTER-IN-LAW BOUGHT ONE A WEEK BEFORE US AND SHE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

2019 TOYOTA RAV4 SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED ON MY DAUGHTER AND ME WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH OVER MONUMENT PASS (7300') IN MIDDLE LANE OF I-25 SOUTH ON MAY 20, 2019. NO VEHICLES WERE IN FRONT OF US IN ANY LANE. STARTLED BY WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT RIGHT ABOVE OUR HEADS, AND WE WERE SHOWERED WITH SHARDS OF GLASS IN THE FRONT SEATS AND SOME IN THE BACK SEAT FLOOR AS WELL. CAUSED BLEEDING ON MY HEAD, ARM, HAND, AND FACE PRIMARILY AS I TRIED TO SHAKE/EXTRACT THE GLASS FROM ME. 5700 MILES ON ODOMETER. VEHICLE WAS RENTED FROM NATIONAL RENTAL CAR. ABOUT AN HOUR EARLIER. THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED TO NEAR FREEZING AS WE CLIMBED THE SUMMIT AND THERE WERE A FEW SNOWFLAKES STARTING TO FALL. NO HAIL WAS SEEN OR HEARD. NO HAIL (OR ANY OTHER) DAMAGE ON ANY OTHER PORTION OF THE CAR. NATIONWIDE INSURANCE VERBALLY REPORTED THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS OF HAIL REPORTED THAT AFTERNOON IN THE STATE OF CO. NO FOREIGN OBJECTS BEYOND THE SUNROOF GLASS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. PICTURES ATTACHED. ALSO HAVE FULL VIDEO OF THE CAR INSIDE AND OUT AFTER THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. *JS