2004 Toyota RAV4: sudden unintended acceleration

5 of the 154 complaints about the 2004 Toyota RAV4 describe sudden unintended acceleration.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 3%
typical mileage: 60,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Sudden unintended acceleration by model year

2025
10
2024
5
2023
10
2022
2
2021
2
2020
5
2019
10
2018
6
2017
6
2016
6
2015
7
2014
6
2013
8
2012
31
2011
32
2010
38
2009
37
2008
33
2007
39
2006
20
2005
5
2004
5
2003
10
2002
15
2001
9
1999
2
1998
2

What owners say

Filed Dec 7, 2017 · Acceleration · 55,000 miles · MA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota rav4. While reversing the vehicle, the accelerator pedal became stuck. The brake pedal failed to slow down the vehicle and the speed exceeded 55 MPH. The contact's vehicle crashed into another vehicle, which ended up destroyed. A police report was filed. The contact was not injured. The dealer (wellesley toyota, 234 worcester st, wellesley, ma 02481, (888) 577-6342) was notified of the failure and the service center manager indicated that there was no determined cause of the unintended acceleration. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 11v113000 (vehicle speed control). The vehicle was towed to a repair shop per the insurance company's request and the collision damages were repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.

Filed Feb 4, 2016 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · NJ · crash

I was pulling into a parking spot at less than 10 MPH when the engine revved loudly, lurched forward, jumped the curb and continued up a slope. I was unable to stop the car. I was able to turn the wheel to avoid a head-on collision with a building, and instead hit the building on an angle on the left front side. The car stopped only after hitting the building. This is the third instance of "unintended acceleration" I have experienced with this vehicle. This was the most serious episode. The other two events were similar. In the first instance the car again accelerated while I was parking at low speed and hit a fence. In the second instance there was no damage or injury as I was able to put the car into park.

Filed Jan 27, 2014 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 115,000 miles · MD

My cars check engine and vsc trac lights came on at the same time when I started the car. I then put it in drive and pressed on the gas pedal and nothing happened, but sometimes the car suddenly accelerates. My husband had to drive my car and I had to follow him home b/c the car was so unpredictable. He would have to push down hard on the gas pedal and it would hesitate but then all of a sudden it would then jerk forward. He was terrified that he would get stuck in the middle of an intersection! I found an article online about how toyota provided extended warrantys to 2001-2003 rav4 vehicle owners for this exact issue. Please see article: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/toyota-owners-complain-this-time-about-the-rav4/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 please help me with this! Its not fair that people with a 2004 or later can't benefit from this! I also called toyota and left a complaint.

Filed Jun 18, 2013 · Acceleration, Body · 80,764 miles · OH · crash

I entered my car in the home garage while coasting and the car suddenly accelerated as I approached about 5 feet within my parking spot. After the car suddenly accelerated, it was a matter of seconds before the car crashed into a floor cabinet and refrigerator that rests against our garage wall stopping the car's forward movement and allowing me put the car in the drive gear and turn off the engine. The air bags did not deploy and fortunately I was not injured. The crash caused extensive damages to the front of the car, both front side fenders, driver and passenger doors, the garage wall, floor cabinet and refrigerator. There may be additional internal damage under the hood but at this point that has not been determined. The car damages are so extensive that it may be a total loss. Obviously, I'm very disappointed by this incident and will not trust the car in the future. I promptly reported this to my insurance co. And filed an incident with toyota and requested that they perform a root cause analysis.

Filed Jan 25, 2013 · Acceleration · 39,800 miles · NJ

My car had the check engine and vsc trac lights came on at the same time. If I start the car, put it in drive and press on the gas pedal sometime nothing happens, sometimes the car suddenly accelerate. I took the car back to toyota dealer next. They said it was a accelerator pedal error (p2121 error) and card was not safe for driving. The car is still at toyota dealer for further trouble shooting.