Wheel Rim Problems of Toyota RAV4

Failure # 1 one of the steel rims on my rav 4 developed a crack causing a sudden loss of pressure. I had the rim replaced with a new one. Since then I have had to replace 2 additional rims with the same (broken weld) symptoms, one with a break over 21" long. Toyota has failed to address this issue of unintended consequences. Failure # 2 the air bag sensing light came on in my rav 4 so I had it checked out at my local dealer. I was told not to worry about it. I'm an emt and I have a tendency to worry about "life safety" issues. I took it to another dealer and was told that there might be unintended consequences and that I should have it fixed. It turned out the "spiral cable" in the steering column was faulty and needed to be replaced. It's important to know that an air bag works when it should and doesn't work when it should not. I wasn't aware that things as critical as these have a shelf life.

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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated that after rotating the tires, she noticed that all four of rims were cracked. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 07/02/12 the consumer stated she had a tire that wouldn't air. When she purchased a used tire, she discovered that tire wouldn't hold air either. The tire store informed the consumer there was a crack in the rim. When the technician looked at all the rims, he discovered three out of four rims were cracked. Updated 07/05/12.

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Toyota Rav4 2000, 210,000km. Thumping noise developed in vehicle. After long search by service shop and by friends, noise was traced to rear right wheel. Inner core of wheel was separating from outer rim. Three breaks had occurred at the welds. Undetectable while on vehicle hoist. Consider myself very lucky that it did not fail on a high speed turn. Reported the problem to Toyota canada by email. Contacted dealer by phone. Service manager at this small dealership said he had seen the problem "two or three times" previously.

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