2002 Toyota RAV4

2002 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK. THE INCIDENT ONLY OCCURRED ONCE TO DATE. IN AUGUST 2008 THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR A HARSH SHIFTING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS GIVEN A COPY OF A TSB THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION WHICH STATED IF THE HARSH SHIFTING PERSISTS AFTER THE ECM REPLACEMENT, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY MAY ALSO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. UPDATED 04/29/10. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED. HOWEVER THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE NEW COMPUTER IS ALSO DEFECTIVE IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT TOYOTA RECALLS. UPDATED 05/04/10. *JB

RAV 4 2002 OWNER. I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH SHIFTING ON MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RAV 4. WHEN STARTING OUT TO DRIVE, IT DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY. IT FEELS LIKE THE EMERGENCY BREAK IS ON (IT ISN'T) THEN IT "JUMPS" OR SURGES FORWARD. FINALLY, AFTER A WEEK OR TWO OF THIS THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON AND THE CAR WILL L NOT SHIFT THRU ALL THE GEARS. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF RAV 4'S (2001 THRU 2003, BUT APPARENTLY ESPECIALLY 2002) HAVE DESCRIBED MY EXACT EXPERIENCE. THE PART REQUIRED COSTS $1,000 ( AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR!). THEN, ONCE IT IS PUT IN, YOU GET TO LEARN IF YOUR GEAR BOX HAS BEEN DESTROYED! IF SO, ANOTHER $5,000 TO $7,000 REPAIR! AND TOYOTA KNEW!!!!! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! *TR

I OWN A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 WHICH WAS BOUGHT NEW. IT HAS 103K MILES. IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, 2010, AS I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TO VISIT A FRIEND, I NOTICED AN ABRUPT OCCURRENCE OF TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE FROM 1ST -2ND GEARS. THERE WAS A FEELING OF DOWNSHIFTING THAT EVENED OFF AT 3RD GEAR. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS ACCELERATED AFTER A STOP, GOING UP A HILL. THERE WAS A CLUNK SOUND WHEN THE CARE WAS PUT IN REVERSE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING SINCE THIS CAME ABOUT OVERNIGHT. NO WARNING LIGHTS HAVE EVER COME ON, EVEN NOW. MY BOYFRIEND SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $5100. I AM UNEMPLOYED AND THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD COME UP WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MORE THAN A FEW BLOCKS, TO MY BOYFRIEND'S, AS THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE SLIPPAGE. I CAN NOT ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH AFTER A STOP, AND OTHER CARS COME BOUNDING DOWN ON ME, HONKING AND SWITCHING LANES AT THE LAST MINUTE. I TOOK THE CAR HOME, RESEARCHED THE INTERNET, AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS PEOPLE HAVE ON THIS ISSUE. THEN I FIND OUT ABOUT TC002-06, IN WHICH CONSUMERS WERE NOT MADE PRIVY TO. THIS IS DELIBERATE CONSUMER FRAUD, COSTING TRUSTING CONSUMERS TO PAY FOR DEFECTS THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF, BUT REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR CORRECT THEIR DEFECT. THIS SEEMS TO ME, JUST AS ILLEGAL AS INSIDER TRADING, KNOWING SOMETHING, MAKING A PROFIT, AND NOT TELLING HOW THEY KNOW. *TR

2002 TOYOTA RAV 4 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT IN SEPT. 2006. NOTICED SOMETIMES A SLIPPAGE BUT IT DID NOT OCCUR REGULARLY SO I IGNORED IT. WENT TO GET INSPECTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AND I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA AND THEY FIXED THE ECM OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT BECAUSE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INOPERABLE SINCE MARCH 2009 BECAUSE I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I AM STILL PAYING $380 A MONTH PLUS INSURANCE ON THIS VEHICLE THAT I CANNOT DRIVE AND I SEE WHERE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THE VERY SAME COMPLAINT WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THEIR 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4. WHY IS TOYOTA NOT LIABLE FOR THIS DEFECT? I NEED MY VEHICLE FIXED AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE PAYING $500 A MONTH FOR A CAR I CANNOT DRIVE AND DEFINITELY CANNOT HAVE REPAIRED AT A COST OF $5000!!! PLEASE HELP! *TR

MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 BEGAN SUDDENLY JERKING WHEN I SLOWED DOWN THEN WOULD LAG WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. IT HAD LESS THAN 67,000 MILES ON IT. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER TOLD ME I WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT THE COST OF $4800. I CALLED TOYOTA NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED FOR AN EXTENTION OF THE WARRANTY, HAVING BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY ANY LONGER. I GOT ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. I AM ASTOUNDED THAT AT 67,000 MILES THIS WAS NOT COVERED. I HAD TO GET RID OF THE CAR WHEN I DIDN'T WANT TO AND AM ASKING FOR RESTITUTION.

IN 2006 MY TRANSMISSION JUST DISINTERGRATED WITH 103000 MILES, HAD IT REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT THE COMPUTER WAS NOT DOING IT'S JOB THAN COME TO FIND OUT THAT TOYOTA HAD A TSB ON IT AND NEVER NOTIFIED ANYONE. NOW ABOUT IN MARCH OF 2009 AT ABOUT 145000 MILES 2ND TO 3RD GEAR STARTED TO SLIP AGAIN. NOW SO THIS IS MY SECOND TIME I'M HAVING THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS I CAN'T GET MORE THAN 100,000. SAD THESE SHOULD LAST LONGER, AT THIS RATE $3500.00 EACH FOUR YEARS, SOMEONE IS MAKING $$$$$. THANKS

I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH ONLY 77,000 MILES. IT WAS MONDAY LAST WEEK (MARCH 15) WHEN I NOTICED MY CAR KIND OF LOST IT'S ACCELERATING POWER WHEN I CRUISED UP THE CORONADO BRIDGE (SAN DIEGO, CA) BUT IT WAS WEDNESDAY THAT SAME WEEK WHEN I EXPERIENCED THIS SLIPPING/ JERKING/ HARSH SHIFTING MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION WHILE ACCELERATING EVEN ON A REGULAR HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS THE ENGINE BUT TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR TO TOYOTA THAT FRIDAY MORNING WHICH THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER AND MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION BUT FEW DAYS LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS STILL GOOD. (DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT IS AND HOW THOROUGH THEY'VE CONDUCTED THEIR INSPECTION). WITH THIS INCIDENT AT 77,000 MILES, TOYOTA SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY COVERAGE OF THEIR COMPUTER AND TRANSMISSIONS GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY HAD A TSB RELEASED MARCH 2006 WHICH I JUST FOUND OUT RESEARCHING FOR MY CAR'S POSSIBLE DEFECT. NOW I'M WORRIED THAT SINCE MY TRANSMISSION WAS ALREADY SUBJECTED TO THIS HARSH PROBLEM, IT'LL NO LONGER LAST... AND WITH JUST 6K MILES WARRANTY FOR THE NEW COMPUTER, I'M NOT FINANCIALLY READY TO BUY ANOTHER TRANSMISSION OR YET, ANOTHER CAR. I'VE READ SO MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING COMPUTER PROBLEMS WITH 01-03 RAV4 (WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM) THAT I AM HOPING NHTSA CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING DEMANDING TOYOTA TO EXTEND ITS WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *TR

MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 HAD TC002-06 PERFORMED ON IT IN JANUARY 2007. THE RECALL WAS TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THE ECM AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAS 85,000. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT A LOGIC UPDATE WAS PERFORMED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE, THE ECM SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NOT UPDATED. I ALSO FOUND THAT THE ECM CARRIES AN 80,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE ECM NOT BEING REPLACED. ALL MAJOR SERVICE WORK ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THE INDEPENDENT SERVICE AGENT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AND THE ECM REPLACED AT A TOTAL COST OF OVER $4200. I CONTACTED A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND A ROUGH ESTIAMTE FOR THIS REPAIR IS $5000-$6000. WHEN I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND ASKED ABOUT THIS TSB, THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT IS SIMPLY A MANUAL ADDENDUM AND NOTHING ELSE. THEY REFUSE TO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE AT ALL. IT IS SERIOUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO FAIL AND WOULD NOT ACCERLERATE WHEN I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE ONTO A MAJOR ROAD FROM BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP!

HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM RELATED TO THE ECM. THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION HESITATES, MAKES NOISES, DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THERE IS A TOYOTA TECH. SERVICE BULL. (TC-002-06) ISSUED IN 2006. TOYOTA NEVER NOTIFIED OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEREFORE OWNERS HAVE DRIVEN PAST WARRANTY TIME FRAMES. (WHICH IS MY CASE BY 1 MONTH) AS THERE IS ONLY 73000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. TOYOTA SHOULD OF CONTACTED OWNERS ONCE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *TR