general problems of the 2011 Toyota RAV4

The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that while driving at low speeds a loud banging noise was present coming from the rear of the vehicle. Upon inspection it was discovered that the subframe had sustained severe rusting and corrosion and the rear differential fluid had leaked from the vehicle. The cause of the failures were not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failures but no assistance was offered. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 111,000.

When I driving around 50 miles the car is producing a grinding noise, stalling and reducing the speed, putting in danger the cars driving behind us. That kind of fail is on and off.

At 79,000 miles both rear output shaft seals went out due to a design flaw. An air regulator on the top of the output shaft case can get clogged easily and if not caught in time can cause serious damage to not only the seals but the transmission case. Also, at 80,000 miles the entire steering gear needs to be replaced. If this issue is not taken care of it could cause a serious accident or worse if the vehicle is moving. .

Transmition has a grinding noise while in 3rd gear. This is happening in the other 3 rav-4 that I have. Happening at 90,000 to 105,000 miles on the odometer.

The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that the vehicle was leaking differential fluid. The local dealer was contacted and informed of the failure. The contract was informed that the vehicle was not covered under the extended warranty. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the viscous coupling unit needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

(bp dealer info) tl the contact owned a 2011 Toyota Rav4. While the vehicle was parked without the emergency brake engaged, it rolled down hill into the back yard, through lawn furniture, and stopped in the woods. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.

On 1/6/14 I was coming to an intersection and I was slowing down. I noticed that the engine was raving and was trying to pull me forward. Because I was pressing the brakes the car was able only to jerk forward. I had to switch to neutral to prevent car jerking forward. Then the engine returned to normal rpm. This actually happened the second time. The first time it happened in October 2013. On 1/9/14 I gave the car to a Toyota dealer. They said that they will take this matter very seriously and the Toyota engineers will come to read the computer data and review the vehicle. After one week it appears that nothing happened. I wrote to Toyota. They opened case #1401231137. After that the dealer kept the car for another week but "could not duplicate the problem". They opened the case #140230518. Finally, today 1/25/14 they gave me the car back with a stupid advice "not step gas and brakes at the same time". They said they test drove the car, but the mileage in and out is the same (6,085). I bought the car new and it never was in any accident. Now I believe to every claim of unintended accelerations of Toyota vehicles. I hope the federal agency will do something about this.

At 34,000 miles I brought my 2011 Toyota rav 4 in for service at victory Toyota of canton, mi 48188 for a regular service. The vehicle was still under the two year warrant. My complaint is that the auto transmission side cover was leaking very badly and every service representative was stunned,as they had never seen that occur so early in any vehicle. They repaired it, however I am concerned for the future manufacturing stability of the vehicle to have such a major issue at such low mileage. We bought the vehicle brand new from victory Toyota of canton, mi. I will also be filing a separate complaint about my 2010 corolla which has an issue that is stunning , to say the least.

The contact owns a 2011 Toyota rav 4. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph and depressing the brakes, the contact activated the four-wheel drive system for assistance with driving through a snowstorm. Upon activating the system, the lights flickered and the four-wheel drive deactivated independently. The vehicle was not taken for inspection. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were approximately 30,000.

This is an incident involving sudden vehicle acceleration. I was stopped with my foot on the brake in the where great mall parkway turns onto eastbound montague expwy in milpitas, CA. Despite having my foot on the brake, the vehicle began to creep forward. I responded by pressing the brake pedal harder. This caused the vehicle stability control system to engage and the brake pedal pushed through the resistance point as is typical when the vehicle stability control engages. The vehicle began to accelerate so I quickly moved the transmission selector from drive into park in order to stop the vehicle. I reported the failure to Toyota motor sales USA and the complaint was assigned case number [xxx]. I followed the recommended procedure of having the vehicle inspected by the local Toyota dealer, piercey Toyota, on April 13, 2012. The service manager completed an inspection and submitted a report to Toyota technical services. Today, may 2, 2012, I followed up with both the piercey Toyota service manager and with Toyota motor sales. Anthony of Toyota told me, essentially, that Toyota refuses to acknowledge the failure and refuses to give me a formal written response. Anthony continued by saying that if this response was not satisfactory to me, then I should get an outside counsel. I submit that the sudden unintentional acceleration problem still exists with Toyota--at least with my vehicle--and that it needs to be fixed. It is my opinion that Toyota is 'giving the finger' to the problem and to the united states and that Toyota's failure to properly address the problem will likely kill innocent people if Toyota does not find a real solution. I am prepared to submit more documents and details regarding this incident and the problem. I would like to be put directly in touch with an officer at your office so that I can enter a full and formal complaint. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

There is a hesitation at low speeds, causing engine to intermittently loose power for 1. 5-2. 5 seconds. This is an extremely dangerous when accelerating onto interstate highways where cars going in the same direction are already traveling 70-75 m. P. H. And where making turns at intersections with oncoming traffic and other situations where power is necessary to avoid a collision. This condition has already resulted in several near miss accidents making the vehicle unsafe and not suitable for normal driving. This hesitation also seems to be noted in the related NHTSA report examining the Toyota electronic throttle control that may have resulted in unintentional acceleration and at the Toyota dealer where the car has been serviced, they have advised me that I am not the only one complaining about this issue. The problem seems to be one that does involve the programming of the etc and selection of a forward gear.

Loud bang which sounds like a hammer hitting the bottom of the vehicle. Problem first noticed around 1000 miles and happens frequently. It happens typically when passengers are in the middle and or 3rd row seats at speeds usually above 25 miles per hour. This is an ongoing problem with my 4 wheel drive, 3rd row seat Rav4 now at 73k miles. It can happen within a few miles of each incident or go hundreds of miles before it happens again. Very alarming. I have taken it into the dealer several times yet every time their technicians take the vehicle for test drive, they can not replicate the problem.