Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2008 Toyota RAV4.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
The vehicle, a 2008 Toyota rav 4, was sitting at a complete stop at a red light with operator's foot on the brake waiting for the light to change. Inexplicably and suddenly the engine revved to a high rpm and the vehicle lurched forward and struck the rear bumper of the vehicle in front. The collision was low speed and there were no injuries and no noticeable damage to either vehicle. We immediately drove the vehicle to the Toyota dealership for evaluation.
While I was driving to work around the month of October, my car would be going around 40-50 mph and it will suddenly stall or power down and the car just shuts off in the middle of everything. Its a good thing I go to work early around 4-5 am and traffic are low or I would be in major accident and at fault too? this continue to happen. Sometime happens when I flash on high beam and even when the car is in low speed around 15-25mph or turning around a corner. There is never a check engine light. When my car goes into stall, all power dies and my radio/cd/mp3 player stop playing my dashboard becomes all pitch black and headlight all die as well. I don't know how to explain this its fustrating and scary, I'm the original owner and I bought it brand new from my local Toyota dealership. I live in wisconsin and the snow is coming and Toyota require me to leave the car with them for over a week or so, not a problem cause I dont want to drive it until its fix. Its now after thanksgiving and the problem still occuring I took the car to the dealership today but they wont even look at it until I leave it with them for a week. I cant leave it there because I need a car for work so I had to arrange car rentals first with my own expense and will be dropping the car off Saturday. The answers they already gave me was no clue and dont know whats wrong with it with no check engine code. I dont want to be another koua fong lee. I just want to post this up now see if anyone found a solution and for my reference if they cant fix it. I want someone to have my back. The car is a Rav4 2008 with only 50,000 miles.
Yesterday, June 16, 2011, as I was driving my Toyota 2008 Rav4 (35,500 miles), the car accelerated uncontrollably. The car was still cold -- it was less than 2 miles after start-up. Outdoor temp was about 65. No rain or inclement weather. I approached a red light very slowly, at less than 10 mph. As I was braking, I became aware that the car was not stopping. I braked harder and could feel the breaks engaging, but underneath that feeling was the feeling of the car continuing to accelerate and fight the brakes. I got the car stopped, but only after extremely hard braking. If there had been someone in the cross walk in front of me, I'd have hit them. The car was still trying to take off. I put the transmission in park and took my foot off the brake. By now the engine was screaming. I sat there for a couple of seconds, foot neither on the brake nor the accelerator and the car sounding as if it would soon explode, and finally just turned the car off and called a tow truck and took it to the dealership. The service writer was cold and distant, non-verbally making sure I understood that he thought I was either lying or blowing the incident out of proportion, while at the same time saying nothing that could actually be quoted as rude. A special technician is supposed to come out from Toyota to look at the vehicle. Based upon what others have experienced, I expect the dealership to do nothing. The car is clearly unsafe, and knowing that, I cannot ever drive it again.
2008 Toyota rav 4. Consumer sends correspondence in regards to vehicle recall the consumer no longer owns the vehicle.
2008 4 cly Rav4 sport with 24700 miles. Concern: 1/20/11 the maintenance light came on and after driving a few miles the cruise control light came on by itself and the car began to accelerate. I hit the cruise button, light went out, not sure if I also applied the brakes and the car drove normally. After the incident I drove the car about another 20 miles with no duplication of the problem. Concern: 1/21/11 start the car and the maintenance light was on. About 2 minutes into my snow covered trip I applied the brakes and abs system activated and worked as needed. I drove another 5 minutes and stopped at a red light. With my foot on the brake the cruise light came on the car started to accelerate. Keeping my foot on the brake I pushed the cruise button to try and deactivate it. It didn't seem to work so I then put the car in neutral and turned off the key. Restarted the car and only the maintenance light was on. The car seemed ok and I drove approximately another 25 miles and got the car to the dealer. Dealer cause/correction information. 1/21/11 check vehicles cruise control coming on by itself and vehicle accelerating. Tech road tested vehicle and monitored all systems. Tech not able to duplicate condition with the cruise control activating on it own. Tech found no bulletins or updates for the vehicle ** tech/dealer found no problem . ** they have given me a loaner and contacted Toyota of the problem. Someone from Toyota is coming 1/24-1/25/11 to check the vehicle.
While I was parking my car and stepping on the break pedal, the vehicle almost stopped then suddenly without my control sped up forward and crashed to two parked cars in front of my car at speed of 15 mph. When I tried to control the vehicle by lifting the emergency parking handle, the car reverse its direction backward and hit a building and stopped . The car's engine did not become idle while I was stepping on the break pedal and the car became without my control after slowed down to less than 5 5 mph and my feet were on the break pedal all the time . Subsequently, I reported the accident to the west lapd and my insurance company. I was not under the influence of alcohol or any drugs . I have reported the accident to the manufacture of the car which sent an inspector to retrieve any information. Subsequently, the inspector stated that my car has special acceleration pedal which operated by electronic throttle which could cause surging forward going from closed throttle to open throttle. In the meantime still waiting for the manufacture response to my claim. I am mature experienced responsible drive for years. Please investigate my claim.
I have a Toyota Rav4 2008. Last year July to August within one month, my Rav4 (less than 2 year driving) had happened 2 times engine dead problem during driving, where my vehicle drove down to the hill without any power, specially no brake at all. It was happened one time I was driving, and another time my wife driving. We sent to dealer but I was told there was no error code was found, and was told they communicated with Toyota factory. No similar problem was found. We went through arbitration last year. But they said they cannot reduplicate the problem, so I cannot replace the car. But our family is really concerning to continuously drive this car since it is so dangerous, and we have no idea when it will die again during driving. It bothers us a lot, and no problem can be found by services. We just want to replace this car.