The gas pedal and brake can easily be stepped on at the same time with one foot. I have done this on several occasions, it's just been luck that has prevented me from causing injury damage to myself or others. It does give me a good scare.
2007 Toyota RAV4 body complaints
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While driving on the interstate between 65-70 MPH on january 25, 2014, we started to notice the hood of our toyota 2007 rav 4 starting to vibrate up and down. We pulled over, opened it and slammed it shut. It continued to vibrate up and down, but not as much. Yesterday, february 3, 2014, driving to work, on the interstate, the hood starting vibrating up and down hard at 70 MPH. By the time I got to the office and looked at the hood it was open 1". The front latch had evidently failed completely; the back latch had evidently held the hood on. It was extremely frightening since the interstate was packed and I couldn't get over. My rav 4 is presently at our local toyota dealership hopefully being fixed.
I have had numerous sensor problems, replaced free of charge at this point. Had to replace wheel bearing and wiring due to corrosion, free of charge now other side has same wheel bearing, corrosion problem and they want $1000.00. Have also had a clunking in steering column (bad knuckle joint) that tech's have not found. Hear that would cost at least $800.00. They also say water pump leaking and need replacement to prevent engine damage another approx. $1000.00. I've been online and these are all problems discussed by other rav4 owners. The tech told me there are not enough problems to incite a recall. Mean while I've had nothing but problems since I bought this vehicle and it doesn't even have 60k. Now they want 3k to fix current problems.
I was driving down forest ave in brockton, ma, the driver side door stated smoking, I quickly turned the engine off, got me and my son out of the car and called the fire department who disconnected the battery and suggested that I got it towed to a repair shop. So I did, to copland toyoyta where it was troubleshoot to a master switch ass. It was repaired and I had to pay $580.70 because they said its not covered by warranty.
Water appears in the front of the passenger compartment when driving through a rainstorm, seems worse on the right side. Water appears to persist and drip for days after the rainstorm from below the dashboard. Concern is that the structural integrity may be compromised, especially after repeated occurrences.
This just happend to me on the morning of 07/26/2012. I was on a business trip and leaving the airport. As I was about to pay my parking fee the driver side door started smoking and I saw a small fire starting to flare up on the driver's seat door by the window switch. I turned off the car and within 3 minutes the whole door was up in flames.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. While parked the contact noticed water intrusion through the fresh air intake under the front passenger side, causing the carpet to become moist and grow mold. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician advised that the gasket would have to be replaced and a plastic sealant would have to be installed around the windshield. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
Driver's side sunvisor on 2007 rav4 will not stay in folded upright position. The visor flops down impeding vision while driving.
Tl*-the contact owns a 2007 toyota rav4. The contact observed when the vehicle was parked the rear door rubber seal does not remain secured after a period of six months. The failure mileage was 35,000. The current mileage was 64,000. Updated 6/3/10 *cn updated 06/10/10
The brake and gas pedals in the 2007 toyota rav4 are to close together. It is not uncommon when applying the brake to all be applying pressure on the gas pedal at the same time. This was reported to the dealer. The salesman measured the distance between the brake and gas pedals in a toyota highlander (I also own a highlander) and claimed they were the same distance apart. When asked to fix the problem I was told there was nothing that could be done. This is an ongoing problem. I have almost hit a house, office building, vehicles and most recently my wife. I have never had this problem with any other vehicle I've driven. Initial incident was in feb 07.
An intense squeak initiated the visit to the auto dealer. We were informed that the windshield was rubbing on the vehicle frame and to fix the problem they would have to replace the entire windshield. The windshield was replaced which solved the problem for now.
Jest bought a 2007 rav4, the front bumper at the headlight seam clips are broken on both sides of vehicle. Looked at three same models with about 20,000 to 26,000 miles with the same problem.
The "memory drive feature" on this vehicle is a hazard and skews gas mileage. I own a 2007 toyota rav4. I shopped and compared vehicles, prices and consumer guides for more than 2 years. I was not informed of the "driving memory feature" in the computer on the vehicle when considering buying. Vehicle has lag time between the ability to acceleration or take evasive capability to avoid accident or get out of the way to avoid being hit. The memory feature, electronics/computer system develops a memory as to a person's driving "habit". It then becomes confused because every time I drive conditions change, minute to minute, day to day, causing the system to become confused when I ask the car to respond to an exception in driving conditions. My gas mileage epa is listed as 19 to 28 mpg, and I am yet to get 18 mpg once in city driving. I can't even get close to an average of 19 I get 17.5. One highway trip I got 24.9 mpg, and I am an average driver, not a lead foot. I took it to a toyota dealer here in tucson and they "erased" the memory in the drive computer. It drove well for 2 days then has returned back to the previous erased memory. My gas mileage is worse. I talked with another owner and he told me to take it out of overdrive for in-town driving. If I do that the engine will rpms will not drop if over 40 MPH thereby ,skewing gas mileage and will damage the engine. So, here I am, paid $26,000 for a car and am so unhappy with the rip off. I would be happier if it was available in a stick shift so I could take the control, but americans are lazy, so toyota doesn't offer this model in a stick shift.(my preference) the fact that toyota is not fourth coming with this feature is grounds for fraud. But the new american way is lie by omission. I did call the toyota complaint line, national number and they took a report and will get back with me. I do not think I should have to spend my time off going to the dealer only to be told the same story.
I have a toyota rav-4. If I apply the brakes and my foot is placed partially too far to the right, it comes in contact with the accelerator pedal, causing the engine to race and the car to lunge forward. The brake pedal travels below the accelerator pedal. I notice an increased level of accidents where a vehicle crashes into a building. I believe this might be a cause of this type of accident. I discussed the problem with the toyota service representative and he said that this condition is typical with the new type of braking system.
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