Toyota RAV4 Complaints (2002)

527 consumer complaints on file.

#10239728August 26, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 TOYOTA RAV4 JUST STOPS, IT DOESN'T SHIFT 2ND AND 3RD GEAR , THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS AND SOME TIMES IT WORK CORRECTLY WITH NO PROBLEM BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DRIVE THE RAV4 IT JUST STOP JERKING ALMOST TO A DEAD STOP. DEALER SAID "YOU NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND IT WILL COST YOU $4,989.00 DOLLARS." *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10239809August 26, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON CONTINUOUSLY. AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS THE VEHICLE BEGINS JERKING AND HESITATING WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE ACCELERATION PEDDLE. WHEN YOU PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATION TO GO FORWARD THAT IS WHEN THE HESITATION AND JERKING BEGIN. ONCE THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF IT CONTINUES TO JERK. WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN YOU HAVE PASSENGERS AND SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE JERKING PULLS YOUR NECK FORWARD ABRUPTLY. THE DIAGNOSTIC SAID THAT IT IS THE COMPUTER WHICH COST ROUGHLY BETWEEN $800.00 TO $1200.00. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM TO TOYOTA BUT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMPUTER PART ON THE 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10239390August 22, 2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG ON MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4 DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN MY VEHICLE REAR ENDED A TRUCK MY SPEED WAS 40-45 MILE PER HOUR. TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE AIRBAG WAS NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY UNLESS I WAS IN DANGER OF SERIOUS INJURY. "A FRACTURED STERNUM IS NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR IT TO DEPLOY." *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10239028August 20, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACCELERATING AND SHIFT FAILURE IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION -TOYOTA ISSUED TSB ON MARCH 2006 TO CHANGE ECM WHICH CONTROLS SHIFT SEQUENCING. DEFECTIVE ECM COULD CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AS A TOYOTA OWNER I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. MY OPINION IS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238854August 19, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
TOYOTA RAV4 2002, 98367 MILES, TAKEN TO TOYOTA DEALER FOR RECALL ON ECM REPROGRAM, AFTER DONE THE RECALL BY TOYOTA DEALER, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING VERY ERRATICALLY. TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ALSO IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE DUE TO LOSS OF TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238866August 19, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE CONTACT BEGAN TO REMOVE HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED FORWARD THREE TIMES. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD THREE TIMES AGAIN WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 148,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238361August 15, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - SLIPPAGE OF TRANSMISSION. EVALUATED BY DEALER AND INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE ECM/TRANSMISSION. ECM WAS ADJUSTED AND FAILED TO ALTER PROBLEM. RECOMMENDATION REPLACEMENT OF ECU/ECU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237782August 11, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED HESITATING AND HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR IN AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST REPAIR, TRANSMISSION FLUSHING, DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO ERRATIC SHIFTING PROBLEM OF RAV4 2002. APPARENTLY RELATED TO THE ECM. THE VEHICLE HAS A VERY SLUGGISH START FROM A STANDSTILL AS IF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON. ATTEMPTING TO TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE ALSO SHIFTS ERRATICALLY WHEN DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. TOYOTA DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AWARE OF THIS VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE AT AUTOBEEF.COM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237451August 8, 2008
POWER TRAIN
I OWN A TOYOTA 2002 RAV4. IT IS EXPERIENCING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT JERKS AND HESITATES AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO PROCEED FORWARD OR NOT. PULLING OUT IN AN INTERSECTION IS DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237308August 7, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I DROVE MY CAR SATURDAY 8-1-08 AND NOTICED THAT FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE CAR WAS SHIFTING VERY HARD. I HAD THE TRANNY DRAINED AND FILLED AND ADDITIVE PLACED. THE SHIFTING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT I CALLED AROUND AND DID INTERNET RESEARCH. AFTER READING HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/TOYOTA/RAV4/2002/TRANSMISSION/PROBLEMS_SHIFTING.SHTML AND HTTP://US.LEXUSOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/INDEX.PHP?S=EEC4529E47F582CEC0A62327B81DBE0C&SHOWTOPIC=28020&PID=308037&ST=450&#ENTRY308037 IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF MALFUNCTION EXISTS WITH THIS TOYTOA TRANSMISSION. I HAVE THUS FAR HAD THE DRAIN AND FILL PERFORMED AND AM GOING TO SEE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY. I WORRY THAT MY CAR WILL HAVE THE SHIFTING AND JERKING AND FAILURES DURING THE TRAVEL, AS IS DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE. BECAUSE OF MY SAFETY CONCERNS AND INABILITY TO PAY FOR $4,000 IN REPAIRS, I INTEND TO SELL THIS VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCE A HARDSHIP AS A RESULT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237096August 5, 2008
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
ACTUATOR FOR DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR LOCK FAILED TO WORK WITH IN CAR ELECTRONIC BUTTON .ALL OTHER LOCKS WORK CORRECTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10236813August 4, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 NEW AT TOYOTA OF HOLLYWOOD, FL IN 2002. MY WIFE HAS BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE PERFORMED ALL SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR HAS ONLY 55K MILES ON IT. RECENTLY THE CAR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER "UNDER WARRANTY". THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 2 YEARS AGO WHEN THE TSB WAS FIRST PUT OUT. THE TSB WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FROM APPEARING. NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY MUST REPLACE THE SOLENOIDS BUT THE ARE NOT SURE IF THAT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. HAD THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER 2 YEARS AGO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM NOW. THE CAR ONLY HAS 55K MILES. THE TRANSMISSION ON A TOYOTA SHOULD NOT FAIL IN 55K MILES. THAT'S THE REASON I BOUGHT A TOYOTA. THIS IS WELL KNOW ISSUE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AR WRITING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET EVERY DAY. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE LINKS. HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0C4213/0 HTTP://RAV4WORLD.COM/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=15515 TOYOTA SHOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY FOR FREE SINCE I WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM NOW IF THE DEALERSHIP HAD PERFORMED THE WORK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10236923August 4, 2008
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY TOYOTA RAV4 2002, HAS ONLY 50,000 MILES ON IT. NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS TO BE A DEFECT !!! TOYOTA REFUSES TO RECALL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10236577July 31, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2002 TOYOTA RAV 4 2 WHEEL DRIVE, DRIVEN FOR 2 YEARS BY MY WIFE, LAST WEEK STARTED SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO 3RD. ALSO IT SLIPS NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10236199July 29, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS "CERTIFIED, PRE-OWNED" VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED HESITATING AND HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR IN AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST REPAIR, TRANSMISSION FLUSHING, DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOW IN THE SHOP WITH A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FOR A "CHECK ENGINE" CODE FOR SOLENOID/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, CODE 1760 AND/OR 770 - NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FIRST MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS "BURNT." THERE ARE AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS CAR FOR 20,000 MILES AND OWE ALOT OF MONEY ON IT. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ, PEOPLE ARE LOSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, OUT-OF-POCKET TRYING TO FIX THEIR VEHICLES. I AM NEXT. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WON'T KICK IN. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALL ACCIDENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235949July 27, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY AND COMPLETELY LOSES POWER AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I WAS COMING OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND SLOWED DOWN FOR MY EXIT WHEN IT LOST ALL POWER . WHEN I GOT POWER AGAIN IT BEGAN JERKING AND SHIFTING ON IT'S OWN. IT WAS REALLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THERE WERE MANY VEHICLES BEHIND ME THAT HAD TO BASICALLY STOP ON THE EXIT OF THE FREEWAY. PLEASE HELP US RAV4 DRIVERS GET A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM FROM TOYOTA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235632July 24, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WAS SCARED THAT I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY AND BE STUCK ON THE ROAD OR REAR-ENDED DUE TO IT HESITATING BADLY BETWEEN GEARS. IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY I WAS THROWN OFF BY WHAT I SHOULD DO BUT I DID MANAGE TO MAKE IT HOME THEN I PARKED IT UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235525July 23, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE GAINED POWER. IN ADDITION, THE GEARS SHIFTED ROUGHLY AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS JERKING AND VIBRATING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE REPAIR WAS COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,846. UPDATED 09/24/08. *LJ UPDATED 09/26/08. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235338July 22, 2008
POWER TRAIN
2002 RAV 4 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ECM/TRANSMISSION ISSUE!!: THE PROBLEMS STARTED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNING ON AND OFF ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO. WE GOT A RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA TO HAVE THE ECM REPROGRAMMED AND WENT TO FULFILL THE RECALL. THE LIGHT THEN CAME ON AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH LATER. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT COULD BE A GAS CAP ISSUE, SO WE MADE SURE WE TIGHTENED THE GAS CAP AND THAT TURNED THE LIGHT OFF FOR ABOUT A MONTH BUT THEN IT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY THAT WE HAD THE FIRST SIGNS OF A SHIFTING PROBLEM. ALL IN THE SAME DAY, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES AND SHIFT ROUGH BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS (ITS AN AUTO TRANS). .ONCE WE GOT THE CAR GOING FORWARD, WE WORKED OUR WAY BACK HOME, AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE CAR. I FOUND THE WEBSITE OF WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 RECALL FOR THE ECM (ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE ----THE BRAIN---)IS LEADING TO THE PROBLEM OF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUE THAT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IS NOT ADDRESSING. WE HOPE THAT BY FILING THE COMPLAINT, AND BRINGING THIS WEBSITE TO YOU, YOU CAN BRING THIS TO CORPORATE TOYOTA'S ATTENTION TO HAVE THEM FIX THE PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND OTHER CUSTOMERS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEBSITE REFERENCED REGARDING THIS ISSUE. MY 2002 RAV 4 WAS BOUGHT NEW AND ONLY HAS 46K MILES IN IT TO HAVE SUCH A GRAND PROBLEM. I BELIEVE TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT DOES NOT WANT TO COMPLETELY FIX THE ECM ISSUE. (THEY ONLY RE-FLASH IT WHEN POSSIBLY THE CAR NEEDS A "NEW" ONE). PLEASE HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233982July 11, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH MY CAR ON 6-20-2008. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR & NOTICED THAT WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE IT WASN'T ACCELERATING PROPERLY. THEN I NOTICED THAT AS THE CAR WAS SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR IT WOULD STALL & THEN SUDDENLY SHIFT REALLY HARD INTO 3RD GEAR. SOMETIMES AS I WOULD ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULD START SHAKING & THEN SHIFT HARD INTO 1ST GEAR. THIS MADE ME VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC & FEARED THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD CREATE AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY, BUT IT WAS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. WE LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID THINKING IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE WAY IT WAS SHIFTING. WE CHECKED THE FLUID & FILLED THE FLUID. MY HUSBAND DROVE IT A LITTLE & IT DIDN'T ACT UP FOR HIM. SO I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. WELL THEN I STARTED DRIVING IT AGAIN & IT CONTINUED TO SHIFT HARD & NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. I HAD MY UNCLE LOOK AT IT & HE THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING. SO I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. OF COURSE ($84 LATER) THEY COULDN'T GET THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR. I WENT TO PICK THE CAR UP THE NEXT DAY & THEY SAID THEY FOUND A BULLETIN ON 2001-2003 TOYOTA RAV4'S THAT IF THERE WAS A HARD SHIFTING THAT THE ECM NEEDED REPLACING. $1500 LATER THE CAR IS FIXED. OF COURSE TOYOTA DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY A BULLETIN & SUPPOSEDLY DID NOT CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE & COME TO FIND OUT MY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY IS PAST & MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER IT EITHER EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MAJOR PART THAT KEEPS THE CAR RUNNING & FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I AM EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH THE TOYOTA SERVICE & THEIR WAYS OF HANDLING PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT THE CONSUMERS FAULT BUT TOYOTA'S MANUFACTURING FAULT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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