Tire Problems of Toyota RAV4 - part 2

On freeway, other motorist notified me my car was "on fire!" I saw excessive smoke in rearview mirror. I took the next exit which was dixon, CA off interstate 80 west in California. The side of the freeway there is grassy, did not think it was safe to stop. . . I stopped the car and smoke was everywhere, coming up through the hood & under the car. This was tues, 2/3/09. I has the car serviced the fri before, 1/30/09 at Toyota vallejo in vallejo, CA. I called the dealership after calling aaa for a tow. The service advisor, ryan said "it couldn't have been from anything they had done. But there is an 'oil hose' that had been coming off alot of the Rav4's. " I was already upset & that made me livid!! if it were a known problem the dealership should have checked during the scheduled maint. My car was towed to lithia Toyota of vacaville #47 at 500 orange drive, vacaville, CA. Work order 394212. As of yesterday, 2/12/09, the assistant service manager, megan, told me there was no TSB she was aware of, yet the part that came off (vvti oil pipe) was not found at any other dealership or supplier in the united states, and was on order from Toyota in japan. I am furious that it appears Toyota was well aware of this problem and has failed to initiate any steps to prevent risk to its consumers. I am asking for a full investigation which hopefully will lead to a recall of the 2006 Rav4's and any other year this affects. Megan, the assistant service manager at lithia Toyota confirmed with my insurance adjuster, jose lara (geico 707-688-3318) the cost is covered under the powertrain warranty. . . . What about the cost of my life, and the lives of the other motorist surrounding me??? the risk of fire is never to be taken lightly. Please investigate this matter to avoid any cost of life.

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Driving on I -10 in buckeye az @ speed of 65-70 when saw sparks coming from front driver side of my Rav4 then a load thumping sound and then the car weaving from side to side and I thought it was going to roll over. I was able to get the rav to the side of the freeway and when exiting the car saw that the tread had separated from the tire but the tire was fully inflated this caused damaged to the wheel well , bumper and fender resulting in an insurance claim and alot of jittery nerves as there were 2 small grandchildren and a pregnant daughter in the car. Tire is a uniroyal p215/70r 99s bw tiger paw touring sr. Bought at 61,194 and I now have 83,000 so I have put 22,000 miles on these tires in 3 years.

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My 2006 Toyota Rav4 sport only has about 20000 miles but I already changed 3 of 4 tires. First tire flattened on highway, they were unfixable so I bought new tires. The tire shop found an inch cut between thread. About one month later another tire flattened, they found the same kind of cut like the first tire. About another month later the third tire flattened, this time they found a pinhole but they did not find any nail. Three months in a row happened to three different tires ?.

07 Toyota rav 4 has had "pull to left" problem since purchased 6-07. Been to dealer twice for this and still cannot correct. They say it has been corrected. They found alignment. Problem 10-07, but just x-rotated tires 3-08 and said was corrected.

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Tires had to be replaced at 37k because they were dry rotted. I replaced the tires per the tire warranty with the same tires and at 95k miles they are again dry rotted. I recommend that Toyota stop putting toyo tires on its Rav4s. I have also had to replace the Toyota issued battery two times in the vehicle and it is only 7 years old.

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I purchased a 2005 Rav4 2 wheel drive, 5 speed, in December 2005. The exact date, I am not sure of in that the issue is ongoing. I first noticed the oe (toyo tranpath a14 215/70r16 99s m-s) tires by toyo were loosing traction when going around corners, I attributed that to the new auto and was more careful until I got used to it. I was coming home one day and proceeded onto a freeway onramp. The roads were wet but not excessive. I made the turn onto the ramp shifted and the accelerated, I found at that time the tires were loosing traction, so I backed off the accelerator. I am also finding on ribbed freeways that the car will not track. I recently wnet to the dealer and explained what was happening. From here it is an ongoing process of dealer telling me talk to Toyota and Toyota saying talk to toyo. During my numerous conversations with toyo, I was told that the tires were graded 300 bb. I asked if this was problem, "I don't know" my last conversation with toyo I asked if the tire is bb why does my tire say aa. Thye needed to research and not to my amazement they told me that the tire was an aa and they just found out. They further stated the tire used to be bb but in 2001 was upgraded to aa. "miscommunication from toyo japan to them. How many people have to be injured etc.

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A constant rattle/squeak in front dash. The rear tire mount rattles/squeaks to the point that I have to remove the tire mount.

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Tires provide extremely poor traction in rain or snow. At the recommended psi, the tires spin when accelerating and skid when stopping on wet pavement at anything other than extremely slow speeds. With any snowcover on pavement, the vehicle is virtually impossible to prevent from sliding or skidding at virtually any speed. The only way I was able to use the vehicle at all during the winter was to reduce the air pressure in the tires dramatically . . . And even then I was taking my life in my hands everytime I drove on even lightly snow dusted pavement. I have driven in snow for 30 years and these are the worst tires I '.

Tires provide extremely poor traction in rain or snow. At the recommended psi, the tires spin when accelerating and skid when stopping on wet pavement at anything other than extremely slow speeds. With any snowcover on pavement, the vehicle is virtually impossible to prevent from sliding or skidding at virtually any speed. The only way I was able to use the vehicle at all during the winter was to reduce the air pressure in the tires dramatically . . . And even then I was taking my life in my hands everytime I drove on even lightly snow dusted pavement. I have driven in snow for 30 years and these are the worst tires I ' (tiresize: p215/70r16).

Since the vehicle's purchase, it would occassionally hydroplane on slighty wet surfaces and go to the left. Approximately three months ago the vehicle abruptly hydroplaned from the right lane of the freeway to the left with no warning. The last incident ended in a crash. While traveling in a light rain at approximately 50 mph, the rear of the vehicle pulled sharpley to the right with no warning. It felt as if traveling on ice. The vehicle slammed head on into the guard rail.

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