My rav 4 has had a very costly and difficult-to-fix electrical problem the last 3 months. Sometimes it starts right up, but it has also had stalling problems and once died completely. Three different mechanics have worked on it and nobody has yet been able to correct the problem completely. It has always come back. The dealership even said that it has to fail completely again before they can attempt to know what's wrong. That means I will have to wait to be stranded until someone can maybe fix the vehicle. I may be forced to sell the vehicle for parts way before I should for a car of that age and mileage.
1997 Toyota RAV4: engine stalls while driving
8 of the 54 complaints about the 1997 Toyota RAV4 describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 15%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Engine stalls while driving by model year
What owners say
My rav has had 2 engine replacements the first at 16,000 miles and the second at 49,000 miles. The first one happened when it stalled out going through an extremely large puddle of water on the access road and the second for no apparent reason.
While vehicle was at idle and with no warning the vehicle will stall, causing consumer to pull over. Dealer will be notified.
Problem of stalling and vehicle acceleration ongoing since june..now august and back to dealer again as this is very dangerous in traffic especially with children in vehicle..
Upon start up of engine, brakes and steering wheel "locked up" as putting car into gear. Turned out engine was stalling out. Car also would take off on its own after restarting engine and put into drive. Dealer diagnosed it as idle control valve problem and replaced part.
The car has a stalling problem. I have taken back to the dealership twice for this problem. The car initially just had a starting problem where it will start and stalls immediately. The last time I took it to the dealership they told me it the starter and I had it replaced, but it is still doing the same thing. It does not matter if the car is cold or warm. I could just pull into a gas station and it won't start. If I wait about ten minutes, it will start again. But, I have no idea when this will happen. Yesterday, driving on the highway going about 60mph the car just stalled. I was lucky enough to be able to drift to the shoulder. I waited about ten minutes and it started again. There is no rhyme of reason to this, there is no warning of any kind.
While driving vehicle on freeway about 80 MPH had attempted to change lanes when vehicle suddenly stalled or died out for no reason in heavy traffic; everything went out.
Vehicle stalls in rainy weather.
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Questions about the 1997 Toyota RAV4 stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 1997 Toyota RAV4?
8 of 54 owner complaints about the 1997 Toyota RAV4 (15%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 2002.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Toyota RAV4?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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