Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota rav4. The contact stated that after rotating the tires, she noticed that all four of rims were cracked. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 07/02/12 *bf the consumer stated she had a tire that wouldn't air. When she purchased a used tire, she discovered that tire wouldn't hold air either. The tire store informed the consumer there was a crack in the rim. When the technician looked at all the rims, he discovered three out of four rims were cracked. Updated 07/05/12.
2010 Toyota RAV4 wheels complaints
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There is an issue with the wheel studs that appears to be quite common on rav4's of several years. The wheel studs break quite often and the toyota and the toyota dealers blame it on the torque of the lug nuts. This is definitely not the case since I've had two break off since I purchased the card new in september, 2009. The first broke off at approximately 8,000 mile and second broke of at 24,000 miles while I was drive on an interstate. The 24,000 mile one broke and the it was 41/2 months after the tires were rotated. In searching the internet, there are multiple problems and I believe this is definitely something in the manufacture of these stud where they are using inferior product to manufacture them. This is a very dangerous situation especially if the car owner is not frequently checking their wheels to see if this is happening.
Shortly after dealer maintenance, three lug bolts broke off while torquing the lug nuts to 80 foot pounds. The lug bolts appear to made from a low grade of steel. The dealer was good enough to replace broken bolts, but refused to replace all the lug bolts. I maintain that all my lug bolts could be damaged to the point of near failure and that toyota should be using a higher grade steel in these bolts.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota rav 4. The vehicle was parked and the contact was attempting to replace the rear passenger side tire. While unscrewing the lugs, four of the five studs on the wheel fractured. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technician stated that the studs could be repaired but was not covered under warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 16,300.
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