Car Slowed Down On Its Own Problems of Toyota RAV4

Erratic shifting on my wife's 2001 Toyota Rav4 (140,000 miles). Could not accelerate along with random downshifts. This was very dangerous on both surface streets and highway driving as vehicle would not accelerate when needed or radically slow down when it sporadically dropped into a lower gear. Took the vehicle to elk gove (CA) Toyota (egt). They indicated that the transmission was low on fluid (it was not, I checked) and recommended a flush. They flushed it and stated it was tested and ready to go. Problem was not solved. Egt then stated I needed a new transmission and possibly a new ecm. I chose to research the problem and towed my vehicle home. A quick search revealed numerous complaints on Rav4 ecm problems and several secondary markets repairing these defective units. Sent my unit out and had it repaired -problem solved. It appears that Toyota is not acknowledging the problem with the defective ecm. Had I not researched this, I would paid for a new transmission and ecm. In defense of egt, they did reimburse me for the transmission flush, but they still insisted that I needed a new transmission. Please add my complaint to any others you may have regarding Toyota Rav4 ecm problems, so that Toyota might admit that there is a defect in the units. My wife has always sworn by Toyota products - the recent swearing associated with Toyota is not the kind a company would covet.

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I bought my brand new Toyota rav 4 in August 2006. I use it very lightly mostly to commute to work which is about 10 miles. About 9 month later, I heard a squeaking noise when I hit the brakes. When I took my car to the dealer. I was told the front brakes need to be changed. I argued that the brakes have to be defective since with my previous car I changed the brakes once in 16 years. The dealer argued that I have to be an aggressive driver that why I wore the brakes so fast and that it is not covered by warranty. This problem was repeated twice after that. This means that in less than 4 years. I changed the front brake pads twice and the rear brake pads once. I found this extremely unusual. So far I have spent almost $1000 to repeatedly change brake pads and rotors. Recently I believe I found the problem. When I press the gas pedal the car speeds very easily and very fast. However, when I release my foot off the gas pedal the car does not slow down spontaneously. The gas pedal takes an unusually long time to go to the idle position. Hence, I have to use the brakes much more frequently which wears them out very fast. This is a safety issue and needs to be addressed and fixed. I am going to the dealer tomorrow.

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