Toyota RAV4 Engine Problems
- 62
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 9
- Years with records
- 1999–2009
- Stored years
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 62 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- engine light · 13 records
- light came · 8 records
- needed replaced · 7 records
- control module · 6 records
- check engine · 5 records
- engine control · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 17 |
| 30–60k mi | 15 |
| 100–150k mi | 12 |
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota rav4. The contact stated that the engine was abnormally burning two quarts of oil every 3,000 miles. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer but the vehicle was neither diagnosed for the failure or repaired. The failure mileage was 57,000 and the current mileage was 60,000. Updated 04/10/12*lj updatyed 04/23/12
ODI 10440209
Electrical System · Engine
While i was driving to work around the month of october, my car would be going around 40-50 mph and it will suddenly stall or power down and the car just shuts off in the middle of everything. Its a good thing i go to work early around 4-5 am and traffic is low or i would be in major accident and at fault too? This continues to happen. Sometimes happens when i flash on high beam and even when the car is in low speed…
ODI 10437771
Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling
On 9/7/11 my daughter was driving her rav 4 home from pinole to hercules (less than 5 min) and she heard a noise and the car stopped. On 3/26/11, during a 66,138 maintenance service toyota repaired the rear crank seal. We normally maintain the service close to 5,000, except this time due to lack of funds we were late. My daughter had made an appt for 78,000 service for 9/8/11, during out of town trip for my…
ODI 10426369
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 toyota rav4. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, the vehicle began to hesitate and the transmission would not shift into gear. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who stated that the engine control module was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance and referred the contact to the dealer. The…
ODI 10416787
Automatic Transmission · Engine
I noticed vehicle was not accelerating or going into proper gear. I was alarmed when i couldn't pick up speed turning left. Engine light lit when i got home. I spoke to toyota today about the known ecu issue with 2001-2003 rav4s. My car was serviced in 2007 when there was a recall but they will not address the issue now since the warranty expired. I am very disappointed with toyota not addressing the ecu/ecm issue…
ODI 10410538
Engine
Last night while driving with my young daughter on a lonely highway with no cell service, my 2006 toyota rav 4 v6 limited started making a noise. I immediately checked my dash and no lights were on, pressures okay. The noise stopped and i kept driving. About twelve miles from home the noise started again and my daughter noticed. I looked down and my oil pressure light flashed on and right back off. We barely made it…
ODI 10383070
Electrical System · Engine
At approximately 11:15am saturday january 22, i was stopped at a stop light on spit brook road in nashua nh for about 30 seconds, when my leased toyota rav4l suddenly revved it's engine and started to move forward. As it did, i pressed on the brake as hard as i could, and the car continued to rev the engine and suddenly jumped forward hitting the car that was about 6 feet in front of me. At that time, i put the car…
Crash reported
ODI 10378313
Engine
While driving, my 2003 toyota rav4's engine light starts flickering. The car starts hesitating, even with applying more gas. The car then loses power and cuts out. The car will then restart, but continue to hesitate and cut out the issue has occurred 3 times over the past month. The dealer could not isolate the problem and simply recommended replacing the spark plugs. My wife happened to be driving the car on the…
ODI 10363776