2011 Toyota RAV4 electrical problems

Filed Apr 10, 2026 · Electrical · 230,000 miles · IN

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2011 Toyota Rav4. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the mileage was 89,000. It was later discovered upon checking the Carfax report that the mileage was 230,000.

Filed Feb 18, 2026 · Electrical · 190,000 miles · IL

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2011 Toyota Rav4. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 146,000. It was later discovered, upon checking with the local State Secretary, that the mileage was 190,000.

Filed Jun 25, 2025 · Acceleration, Electrical · 80,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated while reversing to park the vehicle, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated. The contact depressed the brake pedal, and the vehicle stopped. The contact stated that after turning off the vehicle and entering the residence, the vehicle independently restarted. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Sep 23, 2024 · Electrical, Engine · NC · fire

I understand there is a recall on Rav4 starting fire from 2013. Our vehicle is a 2011 and started on fire in our driveway and is a total loss. May need to include other years.

Filed Aug 6, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 130,000 miles · KY · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2011 toyota rav4. The contact stated that the traction, anti lock braking system and the 4 wheel drive warning lights would intermittently illuminate on the instrument panel. The contact took the vehicle to gary force honda (2325 scottsville rd, bowling green, ky 42104) where she purchased the vehicle and they diagnosed the vehicle with a defective traction, anti-lock brake and 4 wheel drive sensors. The contact was given an estimate for the repairs but the vehicle was not repaired. One day while driving around a curve at 30 MPH, the vehicle hydroplaned and flipped over, landing upside down. The side air bags deployed upon impact; however, the driver and passenger air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed at the scene. The contact was treated at the scene for minor cuts to her face. The contact went to the hospital the next day for check up, despite both the contact and the passenger experiencing soreness due to the accident, no major injuries were reported. The vehicle was totaled and towed to an independent junk yard. The manufacturer nor a toyota dealer had been notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000. *dt*ln*jb

Filed Apr 21, 2020 · Electrical · 75,600 miles · NY

I have had this vehicle since 2013. Since then, I have replaced 3 batteries as the shop's advice that my intermittent no-start must be caused by the battery. It has been to two delaerships as well as a private shop. No one can diagnose why my car will be operating fine and then intermittently go to start my car and nothing. Alternator and starter also have been checked and stated are fine. I have seen numerous complaints in searching about my car, issues with intermittent battery issues, I am not leaving anything plugged in, making sure lights all go off. Car will start fine, will go to a store or something. Come back out and dead. I can't even leave my doors open for 10 minutes say if I am cleaning it out without it going dead. I have never had a vehicle that has had this kind of issue, if I ever did have a battery issue with other vehicles it was because something got left on. This is ridiculous that no one can determine why this over years has consistently been intermittently an issue. It hasn't thankfully happened when driving, it is literally more just left me stranded until help comes to jump start it. It works for a while, then like in this recent case, twice, in one week's time, have had no problem starting it, making either a long trip or short trip, and go to start to go on to next destination and no start.

Filed May 25, 2019 · Electrical · 117,000 miles · NM

My battery has gone dead 3 times since I bought the car used in 2014. The dealer put in a new battery at the time I bought the car. In each case, I took the car back to dealer and the service department said the battery "failed the load test". Each time they replaced the battery free, saying it was still under 100% warranty. My car had 56,000 miles when I bought it. It now has 117,000. I took the car recently to two independent toyota mechanics who also could find nothing about the car which would cause the battery failure. The car has never failed to start when I take it out of the garage. It fails when I have parked someplace and need to start it again. I drive the car almost every day, so there is no possibility of a drain caused by the car's computer. Thus far the battery failure has occurred in the city where I live. When the battery is recharged by aaa after I fail to restart the car, I am able to take the car home and take it to the dealership the next day. I have no problem starting the car for this trip. My only solution for this problem is to buy a gb40 to charge the next time I have a battery failure, which will be my fourth free one!

Filed Mar 12, 2019 · Electrical · 97,035 miles · KY

Brake lights come on 1) when driving and brake pedal is not being pushed down, and 2) when car is stationary, as when it is parked and nobody is inside the car.

Filed Dec 6, 2018 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · AZ

Radio display becomes unreadable and radio turns off if I try to change the channel.

Filed Aug 12, 2018 · Electrical · 5,000 miles · MS

Shortly after purchasing my toyota rav 4 in 2011, brand new, my husband stated the rear driver's side automatic door lock would not always engage and lock when he locked the car. He said it didn't matter if the car was stationary or in motion. He kept stating he was going to take it to the toyota dealership where he purchased the vehicle before his warranty ran out. Unfortunately, he got very sick and passed away in 2014. Now the rear driver's door will not lock at all, whether it is stationary or moving. This problem makes me feel unsafe at all times.