Body problems of the 2016 Toyota RAV4

While shopping at the grocery store, I experienced an incident upon leaving the parking lot. After reaching my first red light, I noticed smoke rapidly billowing from under the hood of my vehicle. My husband, who was driving behind me, immediately saw the smoke and instructed me to pull over. Once I stopped, he asked me to pop the hood. Upon opening it, he urgently removed his shirt to try and extinguish the fire. The damage was extensive — a hole burned through the hood, significantly compromising the vehicle’s crash safety rating. Additionally, melted plastic covered the battery area, and the radiator hose was damaged, rendering the vehicle unsafe to drive.

Headlights are cloudy to the point of dimming the visibility of the light. When I asked the dealer, they could not clean headlight apparatus. I also cannot clean the buildup as it is on the inside of the headlight cover. I feel that this is a defective part that could potentially be the cause of an accident.

My car has an electric rear door/hatch. Without electric it is extremely difficult to open. The electric opening does not work so I had to have it repaired. The cost was about $1100. The toyata repair shop mechanic said there have been many of these repairs. The vehicle is only 6 or 7 years old.

While going about 60 mph in a highway curve, the rear passenger door partially opened (unlatched). The driver dashboard immediately started flashing warning triangle and door opened picture. After stopping on a shoulder, I went outside and saw the door partially opened. After opening/closing the door no more errors occured.

I was driving down a highway on the afternoon of February 26, 2022, when we heard a loud pop. At our next stop, we pulled back the interior sunroof cover and discovered the sunroof had shattered spontaneously. It was buckled up, not down, so I don't believe anything on the highway hit the vehicle. We were very lucky the interior cover was closed at the time it happened, or it's possible glass could have fallen into the car on the driver or passenger.

Tl-the contact owns a Toyota rav 4. The contactstated that he notices moisture coming from the floor on the front passanger's side of the vehicle. . This condition happened usually after it raineded or when the contact used his air conditioner. The vehicle was taken to the dealer longo Toyota 3534 n. Peck rd. , el monte, CA 91731 (626) 539-2403. . They said they could no diagnose the issue since the floor area had dried up and suggested the contact bring the vehicle back. The vehicle was returned to the dealer and they diagnosed the air conditioner hose underneath the floor was clogged with a spider web. The whole car cab floor underneath the carpet was covered with mold as a result of the moisture and the contact considered that a safety and health threat. The dealer quoated a repair cost of $4,000 to $5,000. The vehicle remains unrepaired at the dealer now. . The failure milage was 19,000. Tf.

Tl the contact owns a 2016 Toyota Rav4. The contact received notification of an unknown recall regarding the structure. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Pine belt Subaru (1104 NJ-88, lakewood, NJ 08701, (732) 719-4521) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure.

Hello, my sunroof shattered without warning. One morning, I decided to open my sunroof. When I pressed the open button, the sunroof made a cracking noise that got worse as the sunroof opened. I was on a residential street at the time. Temp: about 65 degrees. ,overcast.

My brand new car caught fire in the front while it was parked outside a restaurant. I came outside to leave and it was towed away. The car was totaled from the fire. I saw the Rav4 investigation is happening and wanted to make sure you had my report included. The fire happened in the front left (as it was stated in the article other cars). I can send you additional details if needed but everything is matching up with the other incidents. It was a brand new car which is why it was such a strange event.

When it rains the driver side flooring and mats are completely soaked absorbing up to 1 inch of water. The car isn't driven much so the problem only struck a bell this year.

This safety issue which I have seen mentioned by many other buyers online and have personally seen on a 2015 Rav4 consists of two pieces of plastic molding on the dash board which appear to be designed to look like shiny metal moldings but exhibit a very dangerous glare from both the front and side reflections from the sun. Even when wearing sunglasses it can make it difficult to see where you are going. I showed this issue to the salesmen and he could see it too. He said that he would try and find the phone number for a Toyota representative and call him about the problem. After not hearing back from him I returned a few days later and he told me that no one at the dealership could locate his number. He then talked to his manager and returned to tell me that his manager would send an email to the regional representative to see if anything could be done about the problem. It has been many weeks now and I have not heard back from anyone about resolving this safety issue.

The sunroof exploded while driving down the highway. No rock was seen before it happened and the glass was curved outward when we stopped to look at it. Fortunately, the visor/cover was below it so the glass shards did not spray into our faces. It sounded like a bomb went off. This is extremely dangerous and we have no option but to have the sunroof replaced. It would be wise to always drive with the sunroof cover over the glass to protect yourself.