While stopped at red light with right foot on brake, engine suddenly accelerated to very high RPM. Shifted to neutral and engine revved even higher. Turned off ignition. Signal turned green and since I was in traffic, decided to try to start engine again. Engine started and performed normally. Immediately drove to toyota dealer who said they could find nothing wrong. We are now afraid to drive this vehicle! Things could have been much worse had we been moving in traffic!
2009 Toyota RAV4 electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota rav4. The contact stated that once the headlights was deactivated, the radio failed. The vehicle was not taken to a mechanic or the dealer for inspection of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 46,000.
I was driving up my driveway, applied the brakes and did not stop, but was forced forward until I hit my house. I searched for the brakes but could not find them, because the brakes were stuck to the floor. There was no brake light on. Before that the odometer was jumping between numbers (20,17, 54, ect.). I had my car to the toyota dealership twice and they could not find anything. I had 5 boys in my house and hit my son's bedroom, someone could of been injured.
Toyota new start and start button on my 2009 rav-4 limited does not always work when button is pushed.
I purchased a 2010 toyotas rave 4 on november 10, 2009. Drove the 400 400 miles for thanksgiving. On november 23, did errands and the car surged when I was in a parking lot. That evening the news had the story of the lexus accident in california. Took the floor mat out. A few days later, the car surged again. When I returned home, I took the car to the dealer. Theycould not duplicate the problem. On feb. 5, 2010, was driving home from florida and pulled into a rest area and at the car surged. Went to dealer and they put in a new ssc-ada accelerator. Said at the reinforcement bar system was operating normally. March 3, 2010 - car surged. Turned off engine - took 3 times for car to idle normally. Dealer found nothing. May 20, 2010 - drove 2 blocks. Stopped for 5 minutes. Car revved to 3500rpms. Dealer kept car overnight. No problems. May 27, 2010 . Car surged to 4,500 rpms. Dealer called toyota and opened a tas cas. Reset memory. January 26, 2011 - car surged to 6000 rpms. Restarted 4 times before car would idle normally. Dealer said car working within manufactures parameters. February 28, 2011 - car surged. Dealer kept car. Test drove 619 miles and no problems. March 18, 2011 - rpms went to 3500. Dealer found nothing wrong. April 11, 2011 - car surged again. Dealer found nothing wrong. All these incidents are documented with toyota's customer service. They claim since I was not in an accident or injured, and that dealer can't find anything wrong, toyota states there is nothing wrong with my car. But there is.............
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota rav4. Upon starting the vehicle, the tire indicator light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop but the failure could not be diagnosed. After three days, the non-skid, cruise control and check engine lights also illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer but the failure could still not be diagnosed. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 19,000. Updated 01/14/11
I am having a sporadic, continuing starting problem with a 2009 toyota rav4. The problem seems to appear after the car has been driven, then parked. On attempting to restart the car, the accessories (radio, lights, etc.) come on but the engine does nothing. There is no sound from the starter. Repeating the starting sequence has no effect. Attempting to change the "start/stop" by using the method described in the user's manual also has no effect. It appears that something has to cool down before the car will restart. This has happened at least four times in the year I have had the car, and always at unexpected times. My dealer has had no luck recreating the problem, or finding a solution for it.
Vehicle fails to start occasionally, lights turn on with normal brightness indicating it is probably not a battery issue,but no cranking . Dealer checked the car, but could not replicate the problem. The date below is the approx last incident date.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota rav4. After placing the vehicle into park, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle. The smoke mostly appeared on the passenger side underneath the dashboard and windshield wipers. By the time the fire department arrived, there were very strong flames coming from the vehicle. The heat from the fire melted the garage door. The fire was extinguished and the fire marshall stated that the cause of the fire was due to a mechanical or electrical defect in the vehicle. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and is still at the parking garage. The contact believes that a recall should be issued. The current and failure mileages were 3,000.
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