Suspension Noise problems of the 2007 Toyota RAV4

The rear suspension sounds loose. Two months ago desert Toyota, in tucson, supposedly ordered the recalled rear lower suspension arms. I am still waiting for their parts. Today they told me it would be another two months. I think that is unacceptable. Whatever you can do to expedite the solution would be appreciated. Dennis waugaman 520-272-9526 or dgwthermo@gmail. Com.

Just got off the highway and was driving on city streets. Started hearing some creaking noise, and then a few clunks and a bang/pop as I was going around a corner at about 3-5mph I pulled into the driveway in front of me. I see my right rear tire has caved in and is rubbing against the inside of the wheel well. After jacking up the car and taking the tire off I see the entire brake assembly is rotated in, and the bolts holding it to the rear suspension are bent out of place. Perhaps this is the result of the band-aid epoxy fix for the Toyota rear suspension recall. This is a major safety issue!.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Rav4. While driving approximately 10 mph, there was a grinding sound coming from the tires. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the tires were wearing down and the rear suspension needed to be replaced. The failure occurred immediately after the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 13v383000 (suspension). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 185,000.

Received a recall notice for tie rod/suspension back in September 2013. Today I called local Toyota dealer and asked about the fix. They told me that there was no fix yet available. . . . Obviously very disappointed and worried about how long I have been driving with potentially dangerous part/defect that could cause loss of control and wreck. I think NHTSA should force the issue with Toyota now it has been too long!. Local dealer advised me what sound, loud rattling in back of vehicle to listen for. . . . Really unbelievable the delay.

My vehicle recently had a recall for potential rust issues with the rear lower suspension arm. Both my sway bar arms are now broken due to rust and Toyota is charging me $500 to fix the issue. The service rep at the dealership told me "this is not a safety issue but the sway bars prevent the car from rolling over. " this sounds like a major safety issue to me and also directly related to the recall issue. This is the 6th recall on my vehicle and I have submitted a request to Toyota to fix this issue at no cost. Considering Toyota did not have a solution to the rear suspension recall and forced it's owners to drive with the problem for multiple months exposing us to potential danger, asking them to fix this problem at no cost is reasonable. My dealership even went as far as to tell me that if I wanted them to inspect the recall situation prior to a fix being available I would have to pay labor costs. Last time I checked, the customer should not be responsible for paying labor costs due to a recall. I would appreciate that the sway bar arms on my Rav4 are fixed at no cost. If rust causing "threads may wear, causing the arm to separate, which could result in the loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash" that resulted in my recall than it seems like the two problems are related as the parts are in similar areas of the undercarriage. Thank you for your assistance.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that while driving 35mph there was a clunking noise coming from the left rear of the vehicle. The vehicle became uncontrollable and suddenly spun out at a 180 degree and crashed into the curb. No injuries were reported. The air bags did not deploy and there was no warning light illuminating. The contact stated he inspects the vehicle and there was damages to both rims and rear tires, and the lower left control arm broke. The vehicle was towed to the dealer but the insurance company inspected the vehicle and stated it was the lower control arm and both rear rims and wheels of the vehicle. The contact stated he received a recall notice prior to the accident for recall NHTSA campaign id number: 12v373000 (suspension: rear). However, he did not take the vehicle in for inspection of the recall. The manufacturer was notified who started a claim and then informed him a representative will be sent out to inspect the vehicle. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 83,000.

I have taken my vehicle to the Toyota dealer ship to look at my rear lower suspension that I have been experience a loud abnormal sound when I'm on the road and getting worse and they said there is nothing wrong with my vehicle. Then I get this recall notice to get it checked out and still nothing wrong with it but I had put new tires on my vehicle and has caused the inside to be wearing out just the inside tire. I took my vehicle where I bought my tires at and they stated that even if I rotate my tires it still will continue to wear out because something is causing to wear them out. I think if something is causing this by a manufacturer problem at least some one should be responsible for this. Please if I can get some one to call me to get this resolved. I don't feel safe driving my vehicle anymore because I feel I could loss of control of my vehicle and have a accident.

I did went to dealer now they found leakage on rare shock suspension. This is because of rare lower suspension recall. Dealer saying it not part of recall. Only my wife drives car and we did took care very well. I would like to request this issue should be part of Toyota recall. . Rare suspension not working properly need to replace by Toyota and making noise. . . .

Knock and sudden shift of steering wheel. Noise appeared to come from front of vehichle and along the steering column or suspension system. Has grown worse with use, but vehichle only has 30,250 miles. We would like to know if it's safe to drive; danger of loss of steering. We do not feel safe, especially at highway speeds.

Vehicle exhibited a clunk and ratchet sound from rear of car when driving over small bumps. Problem was reported to dealer in January 2010. While the noise was replicated, they were unable to find the source of the problem. I was assured that the suspension components were in good condition. A local mechanic was also consulted who could not pinpoint the source of the suspension noise. Approximately one year later I was driving down the road and I lost control of the vehicle. The right rear wheel kicked out and was no longer parallel with the vehicle. Car was practically immobile. The source of the problem was found to be a linkage that stripped itself out. The linkage (tie rod?) holds the wheel in place. I had both sides (right and left) repaired just in case the left side experienced similar wear. Car remains slightly out of alignment (just beyond tolerance) as linkage failure caused suspension components to warp or bend.

I own a Toyota 2007 Rav4 which as been in the dealerships shop over 10 times for the same two issues brakes and grinding noise, per Toyota each time it was different, but I know it was the same two things. It's like Toyota is falsifying customers car issues with their own words instead of making proper documentation. It started off with the brakes when I first purchased the car they were making a noise and when going over speed bumps the car would accelerate instead of stopping, but I thought this may be an added feature to the new car. The first real incident is when the car would not stop and I crashed into to a side rail. It didn't do much damage and it total about $400. 00. The car is making a metallic noise in the suspension and this was reported, but each and every time Toyota's techs drives with me and my husband while we driving the car to duplicate the noise Toyotas techs said this noise was normal. We knew this noise wasnt normal behavior of a brand new car, I took it to another auto shop and they verified that the noise was in the suspension system, that Toyota would need to address the issue because the car was still under warranty, and it would cost me money to locate the noise. When I told Toyota they said they give a car until they could find the issue, by letting their field tech look at the car, and I asked when this tech would be available. I wanted to see this person look at the car, but they came up with a million and one reasons that I could meet with the tech? after talking to people from their corp office about the metallic noise and the brakes Toyota said, since we can't find anything wrong with the car its under warranty so if something happens it will be fixed. What I dont understand is why should I have to wait for this car to kill me or my family for the company to look at their faults because all we did was purchased a car from the top of the line auto makers to get this kind of treatment?.