1. Toyota RAV4
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  3. Electronic Stability Control

Toyota RAV4 Electronic Stability Control Problems

114
Owner complaint records in our dataset
18
Years with records
2001–2019
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 114 stored complaint records:

  • 8 indicate a crash
  • 2 indicate injury
  • 2 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • stability control · 21 records
  • engine light · 21 records
  • check engine · 20 records
  • traction control · 16 records
  • cruise control · 11 records
  • brake pedal · 10 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi28
1–30k mi25
100–150k mi24
30–60k mi18
150–400k mi9

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • December 27, 2019 · 1,250 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes

    Upon pressing brakes while going thru a pot hole the electronic stability control deactivates and flashes like if the vehicle was drifting or without road grip.

    ODI 11291472

    2019 records in this system

  • October 15, 2019 · 194,558 miles

    Electronic Stability Control

    While driving the vsc light and alarm flash and sound and the vehicle applies the brakes causing vehicle to veer into other lane

    ODI 11277452

    2005 records in this system

  • September 28, 2019 · 57 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other

    Brand new vehicle had only been driven 20 miles away from the dealership, at low speed, in a parking lot, alarms began going off indicating numerous system malfunctions including; low brake power, antilock brake system malfunction, vehicle stability control system malfunction, secondary collision brake system malfunction, electronically controlled brake system malfunction, pre-collision system malfunction,…

    ODI 11259026

    2019 records in this system

  • May 25, 2019 · 85,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine

    2012 rav4 - for no apparent reason my check engine light, trac off light and 4x4 light have been coming on for a few days, then off, then on, etc. We got a code of p0607, but the car is showing no symptoms associated with that code error. The vehicle is driving fine. I have checked the battery connection and the gas cap. Based on a large number of online complaints, i would ask that nhtsa seriously look into this…

    ODI 11229921

    2012 records in this system

  • May 20, 2019 · 47,000 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other

    Four-wheel drive, traction stability, check engine light all went on and will not shut off. Driving in 4-wheel drive put strain on engine. Plus there are many complaints about this situation. $545 for service is cost for common to this car issue. See forum link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rav4world.com/forums/96-4-3-general/196945-4wd-stuck.html%3famp=1

    ODI 11208911

    2012 records in this system

  • March 24, 2019 · 162,344 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control

    The past couple weeks my car had been laghing more an more when at complete stop. This past week it has been the worst. Whenever i try to accelerate from.a complete stop my car with lag and jerk like it is trying to shift into gear but cant. When i took it in to a transmission specialist they said it was my ecm and that this year specifically has had problems recorded fron others with the same issues with the emc.…

    ODI 11195491

    2002 records in this system

  • March 6, 2019 · 60,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Engine

    March 06 2019 when i was driving home from work all three lights, the check engine light, 4wd light, and the traction control light all came on. We are religious with our service with deanship. Big community of people complained of following website. I believe this is issue with toyota how they build there product. Www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-d306_ds582579

    ODI 11184813

    2012 records in this system

  • February 21, 2019 · 111,219 miles

    Body · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes

    My 2001 rav 4 rear ended a car in front of me, and it was due to a major unintended acceleration of the engine. I am an experienced driver with no prior accidents and my foot was not on the wrong pedal when i was slowing down - applying my brake pedal when i was approaching a bumper to bumper congested intersection (around 5pm). All of a sudden as i applied more pressure on my brake pedal de-accelerating from 20 mph…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 11182047

    2001 records in this system