2002 Toyota RAV4

STARTED CAR 2 WEEKS AGO (DECEMBER 8TH) DROVE FOR 10 MINUTES AT SLOW SPEED UNDER 30 MPH. CAR STARTED BUCKING AND HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING. WAS ALMOST RARE ENDED DUE TO LACK OF ACCELERATION. RPM WOULD INCREASE BUT CAR WOULD STRUGGLE SHIFTING AND ACCELERATING. BROUGHT TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THEY THOROUGHLY CHECKED TRANSMISSION AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. DRAINED FLUID AND REPLACED FILTER. COST $170. THREE DAYS LATER STARTED BUCKING AGAIN. TROUBLE SHIFTING. BROUGHT TO DIFFERENT MECHANIC WHO STATES NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. REQUESTING REBUILT FROM TOYOTA. COST OVER $2000, CAR ONLY HAS 94,000 MILES ON ENGINE. TOYOTA SAYS THAT IF IT IS OVER 60,000 MILES IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I BROUGHT MY RAV BRAND NEW IN 200. HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. IT WAS RUNNING JUST FINE BUT THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD JERK WHEN I SHIFTED IN/OUT OF REVERSE. NOT ONLY THAT BUT IT HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND WOULD JERK FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE VIA WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/TOYOTA/RAV4/2002/TRANSMISSION/PROBLEMS_SHIFTING.SHTML AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS PROBLEM....THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.. I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD AND I AM SCARED OF DRIVING ANYWHERE BECAUSE IM SCARED OF PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC FOR THE FEAR THAT THE CAR WONT MOVE AND I MAY GET HIT.....THIS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED....*TR

2002 TOYOTA RAV4 TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING AND COULD NOT PICK UP SPEED ON HIGHWAY. ALMOST GOT INTO A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MY DAUGHTER (20 MONTH OLD) ON BOARD. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAVING MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TOYOTA NEED TO FIX THIS MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND NOT STICK THE CONSUMER WITH THE BILL (AVERAGE FIX $3,000 DOLLARS FIX PER VEHICLE AT BEST WORTH$7,000). *TR

2002 TOYOTA RAV4, 207,000 MILES. AUTO TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SHIFTING HARD FROM 2/3 GEARS, HARD INTO REVERSE, SLOW TO ENGAGE AFTER FULL STOPS, JERKS ABRUPTLY. CONTACTED DEALER/ TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER, WILL HAVE THEM INSPECT THE VEHICLE. WELL MAINTAINED, RECENTLY HAD ROUTINE SERVICE DONE BY DEALER, TRANSMISSION FLUSH. FLUID LEVELS ALL TOPPED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY FATHERS 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 AWD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR AND THEN THE DRIVE LINE LOCKED-UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP SUDDENLY. A CAR FOLLOWING ME TRIED TO STOP BUT "TAPPED" MY REAR BUMPER. NO DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE. DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM WAS A BAD VEHICLE COMPUTER AND NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. COSTS WERE $4500. *TR

I BOUGHT A TOYOTA RAV4 2002 AT THE DEALER "TOYOTA OF ALAHAMBRA" AND I BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM TO MANY TIMES WITH THE COMPUTER ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. WHEN I TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEY TURNED OFF THE LIGHT AND SAID AND SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK, THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. RECENTLY I HAD PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH THE COMPUTER ENGINE AND THEY CHARGED $1,200.00 DOLLARS TO FIX IT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS MY FAULT THAT I WAS TAKING OFF IN 2ND GEAR BUT I NEVER USE THE 2ND GEAR. WHAT I KNOW THIS CARS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE COMPUTER. THE NAME OF THE DEALER IS "TOYOTA-SCION OF GLENDALE" 1260 S. BRAND BLVD. GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 91204. AS I KNOW WE HAVE 170 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS RAV4 TOYOTA CARS. FORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT ANY PROBLEM WITH DEATH, OR FIRE, OR CRASH, BUT I AM WORRY ABOUT THIS COMPUTER PROBLEMS, WHEN I AM DRIVING THE CAR I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING ANY MORE, CAN YOU TELL ME THAT CAN I DO ABOUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. *TR