2015 Toyota RAV4 brakes problems

Filed Mar 2, 2026 · Brakes, Electrical · TX · fire

On Friday February 27, 2026 as the vehicle was being driven it caught fire. Fire department and sheriffs office was called to the scene. Vehicle fire was put out but the whole front end burned.

Filed Jun 27, 2025 · Brakes, Electrical · AZ

The battery is off . It does not work. The car does not start. It looks like the battery is not properly installed. I just left my car at the Toyota dealership in June 12 for maintenance services, for brake fluid and flush etc including the replacement of a battery mounting hardware however it does not look right. The car started to go off and today it does not start at all. Please advice Sincerely, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Oct 10, 2023 · Brakes · OH

This is regarding potential safety issue related to the brake system. Last week (10/1/23) I changed the rear brake pads for the first time since I got the car from the dealer. The pads are original ones installed at the Toyota plant/line. Shocked was that there was no sign of grease on right/passenger side caliper guide pins, and pins were rusted and seized on the caliper as a result. This explains why the pad thickness is still 4-5 mm. Braking was done mostly by the front bakes. If the front brakes failed, it's like driving the car without brakes. I and my family narrowly escaped collision because it needs extra distance to make complete stop compared to other normal cars. I checked the front brake pads also just for safety reasons. The pins glide freely in the caliper, but not like normal guide pin behavior. This is the manufacturer's fault and could put me and my family in danger of collision.

Filed Dec 8, 2021 · Brakes · MA · crash

Road conditions were perfect - sunny, dry, nice weather. I was pulling into a parking spot and when I applied the brakes, they FROZE. I.e. the brake pedal DID NOT GO DOWN. (The mats were not an issue). Then the car suddenly accelerated and went over an embankment. I was able to stop the vehicle using the emergency brake.

Filed Sep 27, 2021 · Brakes, Driver assistance · TX

The contact owns a 2015 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH and attempting to depress the brake pedal, the brake pedal went to the floor. The contact stated that he had to top off the brake fluid constantly. The contact stated that the ABS warning light was illuminated. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 16V198000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic, Electronic Stability Control) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Aug 25, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · NV · fire

Slow down to make a right turn, the car completely shut off. Put on emergency lights pulled into nearest safest parking lot, braking systems failed, finally put car in park. Pulled keys out of ignition. Took a look around nothing was physically wrong, got back into vehicle started it, with no problem. Took it through the same parking lot, through the drive-thru. Started smoking at the second window, pulled back into the parking lot, shut off vehicle. Got out of vehicle to access smoke, fire started, got back int car then an explosion. Grabbed my daughter and my things the best I could. There was about two or three more explosions afterwards, the fire department came to take out the flames; this was after other employees from the same area tried to put out the fire with fire extinguishers but it wasn’t much help. It halfway burned into the ground, the Fireman had to use the jaws of life to get the hood off of the car to extinguish the fire.

Filed Sep 4, 2020 · Brakes, Transmission · 59,750 miles · IL · crash

Pulling into parking space the engine started to rev. Put car in reverse and car was put in hish speed reverse causing car to hit another vehicle.

Filed Aug 26, 2020 · Brakes · 7,120 miles · CA

2015 rav4 with less than 8,000 miles. On I-5 freeway at about 70mph traffic slowed, I applied brakes and a rapid thumping sound came on followed by a shaking that seemed to be from front left of car. Was on a thousand mile family emergency trip. Whenever I applied brakes at freeway speed the same thing happened. My independent mechanic by phone said it might be warped disc.

Filed Jun 12, 2020 · Acceleration, Brakes · 55,000 miles · FL · crash

Sua incident - coasting before entering garage as usual with my right foot on floor and not engaged with accelerator or brake. Upon entering the garage car began to accelerate, naturally shocking/baffling me, as I had already started braking and continued to do that to no avail as car proceeded to hit back wall of the garage where acceleration stopped,car came to rest. I never drive with two feet and am absolutely certain my foot was on the brake and brake was not responding. Also car did not accelerate with the same sound as it normally would if I pressed the gas peddle. It accelerated more like it was on cruise control...very smooth and steady. Actually I'm grateful the wall wasn't far away so it didn't accelerate further. The incident happened june 11,2020 at around 10 am. Do not know reason for sua, but will note that we had the garage door sensors repositioned on june 10. I'm noting that because where they are is about when I felt acceleration starting.

Filed Oct 16, 2019 · Brakes, Transmission · 85,000 miles · NC

When first driving vehicle after sitting overnight, brakes squeak for the first ~5 minutes of use. When accelerating after starting car first thing after sitting overnight onto city street, car's transmission and RPM's skyrocket out of nowhere to 4,000 - 5,000when pulling onto street with 35 MPH speed limit. When accelerating onto highway - usually in sport mode - car's RPM's go up like they should but transmission does not down shift properly and seems to get stuck at 3,000 - 4,000 rpms. Car only has 88,000 miles on it and transmission should not be slipping already.