Toyota RAV4 Complaints (2019)

906 consumer complaints on file.

#11299388January 14, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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)
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#11299395January 14, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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.
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0
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#11299043January 13, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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.
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No
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0
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#11298150January 9, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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.
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#11297833January 7, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID XLE (PURCHASED IN CA) WILL NOT ALLOW A FULL FUEL TANK FILLUP. ONCE THE 'EMPTY' WARNING COMES ON, THE 14.5 GALLON TANK WILL ONLY ACCEPT ABOUT 9 TO 10 GALLONS BEFORE SHUTTING OFF. EVEN IF YOU SLOWLY 'TRICKLE' THE GAS IN, IT SHUTS OFF BEFORE 11 GALLONS ARE IN. CAR IS NOT PROVIDING ANYWHERE NEAR THE AVERAGE ESTIMATED DRIVING RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 560 MILES, AS ADVERTISED BY TOYOTA. THIS REDUCES CREDIBILITY OF THE TOYOTA FUEL STATUS WARNING, MAKING IT MORE LIKELY DRIVERS MAY RUN OUT OF FUEL ON BUSY FREEWAY OR REMOTE HIGHWAY. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TO TOYOTA NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RECEIVED A CASE #.
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0
Deaths:
0
#11297536January 7, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN THE TANK REGISTERS EMPTY, IT ONLY FILLS ABOUT 9/10 GALLONS BEFORE THE PUMP SHUTS OFF AND I DON'T GET THE FULL MILEAGE RANGE. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO TOYOTA DEALER AND HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE NEW '19. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE UP THE GAS DISPLAY NEEDLE REGISTER PAST 'F' (A NORMAL SIGNAL ON MOST CARS) AND THE CAR'S RANGE REGISTERED 548 MILES TO EMPTY. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I EVER SAY THESE HIGH DISPLAYS NUMBERS. AT MY FIRST FILL UP, THE TANK DISPLAYED 3/4 FULL AT SHUTOFF AND RANGER AT 430ISH. THE SUBSEQUENT FUEL FILLS CONTINUED NEAR THESE LOW NUMBER. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT MY OBSERVATION AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS JUST HOW HYBRIDS WORK. I THEN CONTACTED TOYOTA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BEGAN A CASE FILE. AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF WORKING WITH THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN SALEM OREGON AND TOYOTA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY FINALLY AGREED TO TESTED MY VEHICLE FOR THE FUELING PROBLEM. AT THAT POINT, THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AT THAT POINT, I BEGAN THE PROCESS OF A BUYBACK FOR MY CAR WITH TOYOTA. WITHIN TWO DAYS, I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SWITCH OUT MY GAS TANK FOR A NEW GAS TANK THAT WAS MADE OVERSEAS. I WAS TOLD THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AFTER RECEIVING MY NEW GAS TANK, THE NEW TANK STARTED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME DIFFICULTIES AS THE LAST TANK. I'M NOW BACK AT SQUARE ONE. I BEGAN COLLECTING DATA AGAIN ABOUT THE FUELING PROBLEM. THIS TIME, THE TANK WAS FEELING A BIT HIGHER THAN 3/4 AND SOMETIMES EVEN NEARING THE'F' LEVEL, BUT THE RANGE NEVER MOVED PAST 460 (TOYOTA ADVERTISED THAT MY CAR WOULD RECEIVE 550+ RANGE MILES ON A FULL TANK). AS I TRACKED MY FUELING PROBLEM, I NOTICE THAT WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS ONLY TAKING IN 9 TO 10 1/2 GALLONS FROM 'EMPTY' TO 'F'. I'M CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY BY NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL IN HAVE IN MY VEHICLE.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297552January 7, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL TANK CAPACITY NOT AS ADVERTISED (14.5 GALLONS). MAXIMUM INPUT IS 9-10 GALLONS AFTER FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE IS AT 16,000 MILES. CAPACITY PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FOR LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.
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0
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#11297598January 7, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
QWNER OF A 2019 RAV 4 HYBRID, XSE. I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE EARLY AUGUST 2019. AND HAVE FELT EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH BEING UNABLE TO 'FILL' THE GAS TANK TO IT'S CAPACITY. IT'S EXASPERATING THAT WITH A 14 GALLON TANK, AT FILL UP IT WILL ACCEPT ONLY 9-9.5 GALLONS OF FUEL AT MOST BEFORE THE FUEL FILL SENSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT FURTHER REFUELING. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN AUGUST, DRIVING THE CAR OFF THE LOT, THE ESTIMATED MILEAGE ON A FULL TANK WAS 513 MILES. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FILL THE TANK TO GET THAT ESTIMATION OF MILEAGE SINCE. THE BEST I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET IS 443, THE TANK WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FUEL. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE I EXPECTED TO AVG. 40-42 MILES/GAL, I GET APPROXIMATELY 34-35 MPG. THIS TOO IS ALSO RIDICULOUS. I DRIVE THE CAR IN ECONO MODE TO FURTHER ENHANCE BETTER MILEAGE. I WILL REPORT TO TOYOTA...I USE THE CAR MAINLY FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PASS A FEW GAS STATIONS, IS NOT WHY I BOUGHT THIS CAR! I FEEL THAT THE ESTIMATED HEIGHT MPG WAS GROSSLY OVERSTATED BY TOYOTA.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297723January 7, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PURCHASED 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 THIS NOVEMBER AND I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE GAS TANK. IT ONLY FILL 80% OF THE TANK NOT COMPLETELY FULL. WHEN TRYING TO FILL MANUALLY TO THE FULL GAUGE THE GAS OVERFLOWS AND SPILLS WHICH CREATES GAS SPILL ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND FLOOR. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS ASAP.
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#11297407January 6, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
OUR RAV4 HYBRID WILL RARELY FILL MORE THAN 9-10 GALLONS IN THE TANK. WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTS AFTER A NEW TANK HAS BEEN FILLED THE NEEDLE WILL NOT BE ALL THE WAY AT FULL. ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS SOLD ON THE VEHICLE WAS IT'S RANGE, BUT THIS TANK ISSUE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE.
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0
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#11297189January 5, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS TANK IS SUPPOSEDLY 14 GALLONS BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 9 GALLONS.
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No
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0
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#11297122January 4, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
BOUGHT NEW FROM DEALER IN 10/19. 14.5 GAL FUEL TANK WILL NOT ACCEPT MORE THAN 9.8 GALLONS EVEN AFTER ~20 MILES AFTER IT SHOWS 0 MILES OF RANGE. THIS LEAVES 3-4 GALLONS (>120 MILES OF RANGE) UNAVAILABLE!! NOT AS ADVERTISED. TOYOTA IS AWARE, BUT DOING NOTHING!!!
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0
Deaths:
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#11296909January 3, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
COULD NOT FILL THE GAS TANK FULLY. IT TAKES ONLY 9.834 GAL OF FUEL INSTEAD OF 14.5 GAL. THIS IS WIDELY REPORTED PROBLEM, BUT TOYOTA SEEMS NOT TO ISSUE ANY RECALL.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#11297011January 3, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FILL THE GAS TANK FULL FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF OWNERSHIP. THE PUMP CUTS OFF ABOUT 3 GALLONS SHORT. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND TOPPING UP DOESN'T HELP EITHER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO HELP SAYING TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SOLUTION FOR IT.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#11296724January 2, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PURCHASED A NEW 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID AWD XLE ON 10/24/19. FUEL CAPACITY APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 11 GALLONS, AS OPPOSED TO THE 14.5 GALLONS ADVERTISED. I HAVE RUN THE CAR DOWN TO BELOW 10MILES OF RANGE MULTIPLE TIMES AND GET THE SAME RESULT. THIS 25% UNDERSTATEMENT OF FUEL CAPACITY TRANSLATES INTO ROUGHLY 100 MILES LESS OF TOTAL RANGE THAN THE ADVERTISED 537-595 MILES OF RANGE. SEE ATTACHED PICS.
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Deaths:
0
#11292239December 31, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TANK WAS ADVERTISED AS HAVING A CAPACITY FOR 14.5 GALLONS. I AM NOT ABLE TO FULLY FILL THE TANK, ONLY PUTTING IN 9 TO 10 GALLONS MAXIMUM. TOYOTA HAS STATED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO FIX. I AM UNABLE TO GET THE MILEAGE RANGE I WAS PROMISED UPON PURCHASE.
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#11291963December 30, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE GAS TANK DOES NOT FILL ALL THE WAY, SO I HAVE HAVING TO GO BACK AND PUMP MORE GAS INTO THE TANK. THIS SOMETIMES CAN LEAD TO OVERFLOW AND THE GAS LEAKING TO THE GROUND AND CAN BE HAZARDS.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#11292042December 30, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL TANK ONLY HOLDS 10 GALLONS, TANK SHOULD HOLD 14 GALLONS. REDUCES DRIVING RANGE AND TIME TO FUEL UP - WHICH WAS THE MAIN REASON WE BOUGHT THIS CAR. WHEN DROVE CAR OFF DEALERSHIP LOT, DRIVING RANGE WAS 440 - DROVE 6 HOURS WITHOUT HAVING TO FILL UP. DRIVING RANGE WAS NEVER MORE THAN 340 AFTER THAT AND HAD TO FUEL UP ABOUT EVERY 3 HOURS. REPORTED TO TOYOTA CORPORATE.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292125December 30, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE GAS TANK IS QUOTED AS HAVING 14.5 GALLON CAPACITY AND I AM ONLY TO FILL UP 10 GALLONS.
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0
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#11291940December 29, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
UNABLE TO COMPLETELY FILL THE FUEL TANK. STOPS ABUT 4 GALLONS SHORT. HAPPENS ON EVERY FILL. I HAVE TO TRICKLE FILL IT TO GET CLOSE TO A FULL TANK. HAPPENS AT EACH FILL UP
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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