Body problems of the 2008 Toyota RAV4

The paint on my car is peeling all over. There has been a recall with other years of this vehicle but my specific year is not included in the recall. The paint peeling is the same color and issue as with the current recall. Please add my year into this recall so I can get some assistance from Toyota.

This vehicle will not pass inspection due to unsafe frame/rotted frame. I've brought it to three different shops to see if it was just one area of the frame, but the whole framework has been declared unsafe. It has been well cared for and is in excellent condition otherwise and since it's well known that the Toyota frames have a long-standing bad reputation I feel I should get a frame replacement. Its scrap value is just $200! a massive rip-off to me!.

Severe rust on frame and undercarriage. Other 2008 Toyota models were recalled due to the same rust issues. Unsure of when rust first started.

I purchased this vehicle used in 2013 it had a recall in 2014 for pin welds and rocker panels and now they are rusted out again.

My Toyota rav white peril pant is peeling off. Has been for two years. This is suppose to be a limited edition rav ome paint. I believe theres a defect in the paint.

Hood latch failure. Driving for over 3 hours on highway, sudden gust of wind, and all of a sudden the hood popped up. Was able to slow dow, pull over, and close hood. Backed up with bungee until I got home. I've replaced the latch, (with Toyota oem latch) but have noticed when speeds approach 65 plus, the hood really vibrates.

Toyota Rav4 2008 limited sunroof exploded going 70 mph on interstate (no other factors, such as we were not under/had not just gone under an interstate overpass). I was driving - sounded like a gunshot. Husband in passenger seat and sounded like a loud pop. Glass shattered all over us. We pulled over, patched it the best that we could and took state roads home (3 hr interstate drive vs 5 1/2 hour, 55 mph barely drive home. Took two replacement sunroof kits to get it right. Insurance paid in full under glass policy.

There are 2 issues with the car: 1. The air dynamics of the car makes all small pebels run into the windshield. My car probably caught 10 or more of them. My windshield was replaced twice. There is a bull eye and other small rock-contact incidents 2. Spare tire mounted on the back has a cover that tends to loose if going through the car wash. Took place twice. Imagine the hazard it presents to cars next in line in conveyor belt when the cover falls off right underneath of their cars and there is nothing they can do.

Driving on an interstate at about the legal speed limit of 75 mph, part of the plastic wheel well cover on the underside came loose and caught between the passenger side front tire/wheel and the car body, at first sounding like we might have a flat tire. I pulled over and saw that the plastic cover was wedged between the tire and the car body. I had to unscrew three screws to remove this piece. It exposed some of the car body and what might be openings into the engine compartment. We turned around to head home. As we proceeded, driving more slowly back the way we came on the interstate, we could hear some scraping noise around the driver side front wheel. As I pulled into my driveway, another large plastic underside wheel well, (and engine compartment?) covering fell out beside the sidewalk and street. Upon parking in my garage, I could see the underside of the wheel well exposed like the other wheel area and what might be up into the engine compartment. Several plastic pins used to hold it in place had fallen off by the sidewalk. For this set of plastic pieces to come loose, creating a hazard, was very concerning. Pieces possibly could have flown away on the highway, harming other cars or drivers. We were grateful we were not hurt and did not get into an accident. This appeared to happen on its own, which reveals potentially shoddy materials and anchor mechanisms for this set of underside pieces. This was a potentially dangerous situation and I wonder if other Rav4 owners have had these pieces come loose or fall off.

I was pulling into my garage. I took my foot off the accelerator and went for the brake and the car suddenly lurched forward and struck a folded deck chair which was pushed through the garage wall.

After my car received the first recall service (early 2014) for the rear suspension, about 5000 miles later I began to hear noises at freeway speeds from the passenger rear tire area. Not long after this noise started, I received the (mailed from Toyota) second recall notice regarding the back suspension. This was in sept 2013. Each month I call Toyota for the second recall service and they never "have the parts necessary" for the second recall service. Each time there is no "idea" when these parts will be in. The noise is continually getting worse and now appears at much lower speeds. For the first service, I was told by Toyota my car was totally rusted (even tho the car was from the south us) and had been "dangerous". I see this safecar site mentions these second stage recall are to be completed between sept 2013 and April 2014. Today is 4/9/2014 and the Toyota dealers in this area still claim they do not have the parts. Also today there now are new recalls for this same car how long will we wait for those parts?.