2016 Toyota RAV4 Engine Problems
- 9
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 9 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 8 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
The wiring harness was chew completely up. This affected my power brakes, engine,steering system, etc. These lights came on while driving the car! Rats chewed my wiring .
ODI 11297434
Engine
When backing up (like from your driveway) if you shift from "r" to "d" too fast one of the following extremely dangerous actions will occur: 1. The engine will stall leaving you a sitting duck in traffic. Restarting is not quick or easy. You must put your foot on the brake, shift into "p" and then hit the i/o button a number of times to cycle back to "start" position to get the car started again. All the time you…
ODI 11103860
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
It was a cold day in massachusetts. I warmed up the car in the morning for 10 minutes before starting to drive to work. I got onto the massachusetts pike and after a couple exits of cruising at 60 hit stop and go traffic. At one of the entrances and when i slowed down to a stop in the traffic my car flashed the battery critical charging error for a split second before saying everything needed to be restarted by…
Crash reported
ODI 11063443
Electrical System · Engine
While waiting for red light on a local street (the engine was running but in a stopped foot on the brake position) the engine shut down and dashboard display message appeared stating "charging system failure".
ODI 11022546
Engine
ENGINE STALLS FOR A FEW SECONDS ON HILLS
ODI 11022994
Engine · Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota rav4. While driving 10 mph, the brakes failed to work and the vehicle automatically stopped without warning. The vehicle was slowly driven to the contact's residence. The failure occurred twice. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (west herr toyota of williamsville located at [redacted], williamsville, ny 14221; [redacted]), but the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle…
ODI 11001720
Engine · Service Brakes
The idle speed in the rav4 4 is set too high causing the car to move forward when stopped with full pressure applied to the brakes. Toyota refused to reduce the idle speed and states that this normal operation. I believe they have set the idle high so the car will pass emission standards and as a result now has this defect where the car moves forward with full brake applied due to the high idle speed. This may bay…
ODI 10994337
Engine
This incident occurred on 8/30/16 and involved a sudden total and unexpected loss of power in traffic at interstate speeds. Vehicle involved was a six month old 2016 toyota rav4 with 5300 miles. Incident occurred in southbound lanes of i-65 between lafayette and lebanon, in. While moving at 60 mph in a very heavy rainstorm. Fortunately, i was in the right hand lane and was able to coast to the shoulder of the road…
ODI 10928126
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota rav4. While attempting to make a turn from a stop, the vehicle lost power. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle restarted within two seconds, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to gettel toyota of lakewood [redacted], located at [redacted] 64, bradenton, fl 34208) where it was determined that the vehicle was performing as designed. The failure…
ODI 11184350