Firerelated Related Problems of the 2015 Toyota RAV4

Table 1 shows one common firerelated related problems of the 2015 Toyota RAV4.

Table 1. Firerelated related problems of Toyota RAV4

Problem Category Number of Problems
Firerelated problems
1

Firerelated problem

The contact owned a 2015 Toyota rav-4. The contact received notification of customer service campaign: 21tg01 (12-volt battery size and installation inspection). The contact stated that she inspected the battery and confirmed that it was the correct battery size prior to the failure. The contact stated that after refueling the vehicle, she drove to her friend's residence at an undisclosed speed when the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist and the air conditioning and radio inadvertently turned off. The contact arrived at her friend's residence and parked the vehicle for approximately 45 minutes to an hour. The contact restarted the vehicle and drove down the driveway when the vehicle lost motive power with smoke coming from underneath the hood. The contact and her friend exited the vehicle before it caught fire. A police officer was driving by when he witnessed the fire. The fire department arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire. Police and fire department reports were filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000.


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