Cruise Control problems of the 2019 Toyota RAV4

Two problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2019 Toyota RAV4. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2019 Toyota RAV4 based on all problems reported for the 2019 RAV4.

1 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 09/15/2020

Driving the vehicle at 65 miles on a freeway I drive daily. While having the cruise control active the vehicle suddenly and drastically reduced the speed to almost 0 when the vehicle got closed to another vehicle on the right side lane making a right turn. The vehicle turning was not on my lane in front of me it was already in a separate lane making the turn. The vehicle has done this 5 times in the year I have owned it.

2 Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 03/13/2019

I experienced several near misses related to two adas features as I rented this new Rav4 in atlanta. Firstly, the lane-centering feature actively tried to guide my vehicle out of its lane while driving on the highway. This typically occurred when driving across overpasses where the pavement type transitioned. The left and right lane markings were present on the pavement throughout these events. The steering wheel moved with force and speed--had my reaction time been half a second longer, I would have struck vehicles next to me. Secondly, the vehicle's full-range adaptive cruise control braked abruptly, especially at lower speeds, on nearly every occasion where highway/city traffic slowed or stopped. I was nearly rear-ended due to the jerky actions of the system. The vehicles in front braked smoothly during these events--only my vehicle slammed on its brakes when it could have lightly applied them to slow down safely. It appears that Toyota might have my data from 3/13/2019, since a sticker on the overhead console states: "vehicle data transmission is on! your vehicle wirelessly transmits location, driving and vehicle health data to deliver your services and for internal research and data analysis. . . " I hope that NHTSA can work with Toyota to examine these records and improve these systems.


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