Toyota RAV4 transmission problems

I PURCHASED MY TOYOTA RAV 4 2003 ON OCTOBER 2007 WITH ABOUT 58,000 MILES. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO MY CAR STARTED JERKING WHILE CHANGING GEARS. I HAD MY CAR PARKED AND WHEN I WANTED TO MOVE IT WAS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE AND MAKING A JUMP. AT RED LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IF I PRESS THE GAS. NOISE BEGAN TO BE LOUDER AND WHEN DRIVING IN HIGHWAY IT WAS NOT CHANGING GEARS. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT TIMES EVEN IF IT WAS ON DRIVING. PROBLEMS BECAME MORE SEVERE. I TOOK IT TO SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEED A NEW COMPUTER TRANSMISSION AND THE COST WILL BE AROUND $1400+TAX+PART AND LABOR. I HAD BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT IS NOT COVERING ANY COSTS AT ALL. I HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. *TR

2002 TOYOTA RAV4 JERKING AND LUNGING INTO GEAR FROM A STOP. CAR DROPS INTO NEUTRAL CAUSING A SUDDEN SLOW DOWN AND DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR CARS BEHIND ME WHO HAVE TO STOP SUDDENLY FOR ME. 70,000 MILES, TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP THIS A.M. AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD TRY RE-PROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER AND THEN IF THAT DID NOT WORK THEY WOULD REPLACE THE COMPUTER FOR $1,100 AND IF THAT DID NOT WORK THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR $3,000-$4,000. LEFT DEALERSHIP AFTER "RE-PROGRAMMING" THE COMPUTER AND IMMEDIATELY CAR STARTED LUNGING INTO GEAR, SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL, THUMPING INTO GEAR AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *TR

MY CAR HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, THEN IT STARTED JERKING AND WAS VERY HARD TO MOVE AFTER STOPS AND IN LOW SPEEDS. HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND WAS TOLD TO CHANGE TWO OXYGEN SENSORS. TWO OXYGEN SENSORS WERE CHANGED BUT THE JERKING DID NOT STOP. I PAID $853.00 FOR THIS SERVICE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ONLY ABOUT 5 MILES. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT TWO ADDITIONAL SENSORS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. I PAID ADDITIONAL $600 (DISCOUNTED) FOR THIS REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ECM ON THE CAR IS BAD AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY IN LOW GEAR. AFTER I HAD SPENT OVER $1400 TO FIX THE OXYGEN SENSORS, I WAS TOLD TO SPEND ADDITIONAL $5,000 TO $6,000 TO FIX THE ECM AND THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ECM. TOYOTA KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY DID NOT RECALL THE CARS THAT ARE AFFECTED: 2001-2003 RAV4. WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR HURT BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION. *TR

2003 TOYOTA RAV4. CONSUMER REQUESTS RAMIFICATION TO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT IN WORKMANSHIP *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PRIOR TO THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AS SHE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AFTER A RED LIGHT AND IT WOULD SURGE WITH FORCE ONCE IT ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED $664.87 FOR A SENSOR AND V-RIPPED BELT. ON MARCH 24, 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. UPON RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A TSB FOR THE PCM AND ECM. THE CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT THE SLIGHTEST ROAD BUMP AND HEARING A THUMP WHEN TURNING THE WHEELS TO THE FAR RIGHT. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER NEVER MENTIONED THE TSB'S REGARDING THE ECM/PCM. *JB

MY TOYOTA RAV4 2001 MODEL, 125000 MILES ON IT. I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, WHEN TURNED GREEN TRIED TO MOVE , BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. IT JUST DID A LITTLE, THEN I SOME HOW PARKED IN THE ROAD SIDE. TOOK IT TO DIFFERENT GARAGES, MIENEKE SAID 6000 DOLLAR REPAIR ON THE TRANSMISSION, ANOTHER SAID 4800 DOLLAR FOR REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION, AAMCO DID A TRANSMISSION REPAIR FOR 2800 DOLLAR.... ALL THESE PLACES THEY ARE NOT SURE WHETHER IT IS TRANSMISSION OR ECM PROBLEM. I JUST CHOOSE TO GET IT DONE WITH THE CHEAPEST ONE. I FEEL LIKE IT IS A PROBLEM WITH ECM AND THE TRANSMISSION OF TOYOTA. BEING A CUSTOMER I HAVE NO WAY KNOWING WHO SAYS THE RIGHT THING? NOW I HEAR THAT TOYOTA RAV 4 HAS DEFECTIVE ECM THAT CAN CAUSE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS? NOW I AM WORRIED IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE THAT CAR ANY FURTHER? *TR

I HAD THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED BY TOYOTA IN 2007. IT CONCERNS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TC002-06). AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR THIRTY MINUTES, THE CAR WOULD THEN START TO SHIFT HARSHLY/DELAYED SHIFT CAUSING A LOSS OF ACCELERATION. I HAD THIS SERVICE DONE IN 2007 AND THEN LAST MONTH HAD TO HAVE THE ECM REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE SAME ISSUE. *TR