Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2010 Toyota RAV4.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
With the vehicle in park and the brake pedal depressed, the engine reved immediately to around 6000 rpm when started. I turned off the engine without shifting out of park, got out of the car, and visually checked the floormat. It was not touching the throttle pedal and the throttle pedal did not appear to be depressed. After approximately 1 minute I started the engine a second time and the same thing occurred. I then waited approximately 5 minutes, pumped the throttle pedal several times, then started the vehicle a third time. This time the vehicle started normally (engine idling). I then drove home without further reving issues and have not had any reoccurence since the incident date. I took the vehicle to a local Toyota dealership for service the next day and was told that it was a floormat issue, and my driverside floormat was removed by the dealership. I disagree with this assessment. It is important to note that before I had the reving issue upon starting the vehicle, my last interaction with the vehicle was to have my foot completely off the gas pedal as I was steering the car into a parking space, when I was using only the brake pedal to moderate my speed, with no throttle pedal pressure being applied by me, and with the engine idling, as is normal. Do not see how this could be a residual stuck throttle pedal issue when I returned to my automoble and started the engine to drive away. The only other factor which may (or may not) be relevent was that when I turned the engine off after parking, I did not first turn the radio off, which I usually do. I believe I was tuned to a satellite station at that time (xm).
On August 3, 2011 everything was normal. I stopped for fuel. I then started the engine and shifted into drive with my foot on the brake. The engine began racing and making loud strange noises. The steering wheel was shaking in my hands. I immediately shifted back into park and turned the engine off. I restarted the engine and everything was normal. On August 4, 2011, I took the Rav4 to quality imports, a dealer in fort walton beach, florida. The dealer wanted me to see Toyota's side of the story. With considerable effort on his part, he uninstalled the very heavy semi rigid aftermarket rubber mat and reinstalled it to rest on the accelerator. He then said, "this is probably what happened. " this very heavy semi rigid floor mat is precisely contoured to snugly fit in the exact contours of the floor board. There is no room for this mat to move, because it fits so snugly within the confines of the molded contours. The rubber mat has never moved in over 6,000 miles of driving. I have a clear soft vinyl mat on top of the heavy semi rigid mat; the vinyl mat that has never been any trouble. Also, the accelerator pedal hangs above the floor mat thus making it impossible for a mat to slide on top of the pedal. The dealer then instructed me leave and obtain instructions by calling the Toyota customer experience center. I called 800 331 4331; I was given case number 1108040789. The Toyota representative asked me how fast I was going. I told him I was standing still with my foot on the brake; he responded, "I guess you don't know how fast you were going. " he instructed me to wait for a case worker to contact me.
I leased a 2010 Toyota Rav4 in March 2010. The crossover has been okay. One problem being when I am on an incline, say at a stop light and take my foot off the brake and apply the gas the Rav4 rolls back like its a standard. I have asked several times when I have brought the Rav4 in for service. The service dept tells me the feather both the gas and brake until I am over the incline. I spoke to several Rav4 owners from 2006 thru 2011 and it seems to me its only the 2. 5 litre 4cly that has the roll back. Thank god I have not rolled into anyone, but feathering the gas all the time is to much.
Accelerated problem: I was on my way home from having maintance work completed on car. My first thought was that Toyota had done some thing that created this problem. I was coasting and braking coming up to stop light, which was red, I was going about 1-2 miles per hour, when rpm's went very high. Could not stop car with one foot on brake, needed to use both feet on brake peddle to get control of car, almost hit car in front of me. I was able to stop car apprx 1-2 feet from car in front of me. Brakes or tires were making very loud noise. My wife said that tact was straight up, which is in the area of 7-8 thousand rpm's. Motor was very loud. Once I had control of car I put the car in neutral and car was still roaring, I turned the motor of. When light turned green and cars in front of me pulled away, I again started my car up and appeared to running normal. The only thing that I saw was different was a symbol came on dash board, in bottom right side. It was in yellow with a car and wavy tire tracks which I was told was the abs system. This light stayed on for several minutes and went out. On 01/17/2011, I took the car back to Toyota of lake city and they said that everything checked out and could not find any problem with car and could not get to duplicate again. I was told that I could take car home, but found out later that according to Toyota rules, I should not have been able to drive car home. Tech was trying to get a hold of Toyota head qtrs, but I found out later, Toyota head qtrs was closed. Not happy with this and asked for further tests. I brought the car back again on 01/26/2011 and was told that field technician ran further tests on car, Toyota had the car for 2 days. I was told that everything checked out and nothing further could be done. They needed the car to accelerate again, while Toyota had the car to determine what went wrong.
The 2010 Rav4 rolls backwards while in drive. I first noticed this while stopped a red light in traffic. I took my foot off the brake and the car proceeded to roll backwards and did not stop until I applied brake pressure. I've also experienced this while stopped to remove my mail from my mail box and the car rolled backwards into the roadway while in drive. It happened again when I was in my driveway the car while in drive rolls backwards, freely, with no sign of stopping until I apply brake pressure. This is extremely dangerous and unexpected when it happens. My Toyota dealership claims this is normal for this car. Frankly, I don't feel safe in the car. Thankfully, no one has been injured when this happens. I'm not sure if the failed component is the drive train, the transmission or the hydraulics. This really needs to be looked into by someone before anyone is killed or injured.
To whom concern hi, my name is don martinez. I have a disconcerting and disappointing story to tell about buying a new Toyota. My friend purchased a 2010 Toyota Rav4 5-door 4x2 SUV ltd on 3/20/2010 and on 3/27/2010 the vehicle failed. The car hesitated to advance and after 2 or 3 more tries did not responded at all. So my friend called the dealer to have the dealer pick up the car. She was interested in knowing what was wrong with her new car. The car was picked up the same day 3/27/2010. On March 29, she called the dealer to find out about her new car’s problem, and the salesman (harry zhu) told her they do not know what the problem was, but harry said, “the car needs a new engine�. She loves the Rav4 and was convinced to ask for another Rav4, same model, same price; just another Rav4…… sounds fair, sounds easy, for her. Now, my friend has no choice but to ask for no less than her money back. Her experienced has opened my eyes to the way that the Toyota dealership takes advantage of their customers. More people will know about this story and I know that is only one of many stories you hear, but I hope you will learn a lesson from this story. Customer service can either help or hinder your business and in this case bad customer service turned away a loyal Toyota customer who wanted nothing less but to drive her brand new Rav4. Mike calvert Toyota russ hensley business development manager 2333 south loop west houston TX 77054.
2010 Toyota Rav4 gas pedal recall the consumer wanted to know if the cts pedals are the only pedals involved in the recall, or are there others such as the denso pedals? updated 03/05/10.
2010 Toyota Rav4. Consumer requests mediation. Consumer has not had a favorable response from Toyota. The consumer stated he purchased the vehicle hours before a recall was announced to the public. The consumer stated he purchased the vehicle without being informed of material information that was solely in Toyota's possession which they failed to disclose. The consumer was informed his vehicle was not included in the recall. The consumer learned that there were problems with the make and model of his vehicle. Updated 06/01/10.
I have a vibration when going between 62-70mph. Have no idea from what have taken it to the dealer, they balanced the tires, we had a private tire dealer check the balance, still there. The owner of our dealership called and said she test drove two other ones, same model as ours and they do it too. In fact she said one vibrates worse than ours. We are being told this is normal, but we know, that no vibration is normal.
2010 Toyota Rav4. Consumer writes in regards to his ongoing problem with vehicle related to unintended acceleration note: letter from senator jack reed but was not received in the form of a controlled congressional the consumer did not experienced any failure. He would like to return his vehicle due to the recent news reports regarding the sudden acceleration in which he does not feel safe driving the vehicle.
Letter from senator lieberman on behalf of constituent re event data recorder in his 2010 Toyota rav-4 (dot/I#2020-1101 the consumer stated he would like the event data recorder removed from his vehicle.
S10 appropriate handling re removal of the event recorder in owner's 2010 Toyota rav-4. The consumer stated Toyota responded to the attorney general office by writing in a letter that the event data recorder was tied in with the air bags and could not be removed.
2010 Toyota rav 4. Consumer request brake override system in the recalled vehicles. The consumer believed the sudden acceleration problem was due to electronics.