Three problems related to engine clicking and tapping noises have been reported for the 2007 Toyota RAV4. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Toyota RAV4 based on all problems reported for the 2007 RAV4.
For engine, it has excessive oil consumption. I need to add 1 qtr of oil after 1. 5k miles drive. For steering, it makes cracking sounds when having turn the steering in a slow motion drive backing up from garage.
Driving down a freeway when a loud clunking sound came from the engine, had to pull over and had the car towed. And as it ends up the Rav4, which had every single service on time and without problems, had somehow burned up all it's engine oil and caused thousands of dollars of damage to my engine. The service department at the Toyota dealer refuse to explain how this could happen to a perfectly healthy car and refuse to acknowledge this exact problem in hundreds of other 2007 Rav4's. In addition, they fail to take responsibility for this obvious fault of theirs and continue to put their "valued" custromers in danger as this could have resulted in a serious accident. I am being told that the engine was left with only 1/2 quart of oil from the previous service which was 4 mos prior to this which caused the engine to be destroyed. I have no idea, and am being kept in the dark, about why the engine lost oil.
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Rav4. While driving approximately 15 mph, the contact heard a clunking noise coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The dealer requested a Toyota engineer come to inspect the vehicle in an attempt to find the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000. Updated 08/29/lj.