One problem related to transmission noise has been reported for the 2004 Toyota RAV4. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Toyota RAV4 based on all problems reported for the 2004 RAV4.
Was driving down the road and the transmission started making noises. It cracked real loud one time and I had no power. When I came to a red light and tried to go again it wouldn't take off. Took me 3 hrs to drive 55 miles to get my rav home. Contacted a garage that specializes in transmission. Was told they just received a notice from Toyota that the computer chip in the transmission was failing but that I had to many miles to qualify. The garage put in a new computer chip (recommended by Toyota) and it didn't completely take care of the problem so they ended up putting a whole new transmission in to the price of $4611.