Toyota RAV4 transmission problems

ERRATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION, E.G. SEVERE SLIPPING AND IMPROPER DOWNSHIFTING WHICH CAUSES RAPID DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATION TO FOLLOWING DRIVERS. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTED FROM FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT (ECU). THIS CAR'S ECU WAS RECENTLY REPROGRAMMED BY TOYOTA IN ACCORDANCE WITH TSB EG010-02. THIS TSB ADDRESSES SPURIOUS CATALYTIC CONVERTER ERROR CODES. *TR

2002 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH AUTO TRANSMISSION, 94K MILES; TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR IN A SAFE MANNER. THE RPMS REACH 4000 - 5000 BEFORE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO 2ND GEAR. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING ON A HIGHWAY RAMP AS THE CAR IS NOT SHIFTING TO REACH HIGHER SPEEDS IN ORDER TO MERGE SAFELY. ALSO, IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, CAR IS NOT SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR IN A TIMELY MANNER AND COULD CAUSE LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENTS DUE TO REAR-END COLLISIONS. *TR

YESTERDAY, 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AND HESITATE JEOPARDIZING PASSENGER SAFETY. I UNDERSTAND TOYOTA ISSUED TSB 00206 BUT CHOSE NOT TO RECALL OR OTHERWISE INFORM CUSTOMERS. FURTHER I UNDERSTAND REPLACEMENT ECM IS OVER $1,000 AND A TRANSMISSION REBUILD MAY COST NEARLY $4,500. TOYOTA EVIDENTLY IS UNWILLING TO CORRECT OR OTHERWISE OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4. AFTER EXPERIENCING SOME PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON (THE SAME EVENING THAT I EXPERIENCED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM). I TOOK IT INTO AN AUTO CENTER AND THEY REPORTED THAT IT WAS CODE # P0755 - STORED IN SYSTEM SOLENOID B MALFUNCTION. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ECM. THEY TOLD ME THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND THAT TOYOTA SAID REPAIRS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY OF 80,000 MILES OR EIGHT YEARS FROM THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD. UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAR HAS ALMOST 97,000 MILES ON IT SO IT WAS NOT COVERED. HERE IS A LINK TO AN ARTICLE CONCERNING THIS ISSUE: HTTP://WHEELS.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM/2009/08/26/TOYOTAS-REACTION-TO-TRANSMISSION-WOES-DRAWS-CUSTOMERS-IRE/?SCP=1&SQ=RAV4%20OWNERS%20FUME%20OVER%20TOYOTA%E2%80%99S%20HANDLING%20OF%20TRANSMISSION%20GLITCH&ST=CSE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT TYPICAL CITY SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD CLANKING SOUND AND THE CAR STATED STUTTERING INTERMITTENTLY. OFTEN WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP, THE CAR HAD TROUBLE FINDING A GEAR AND DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO ACCELERATION. THIS CAUSED A PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS BEHIND ME. THE FIX WAS A NEW ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM). FORTUNATELY, THE MECHANIC KNEW ABOUT TOYOTA'S TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THIS MATTER. *TR

MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY BOGGING DOWN AND HARD JERKY SHIFTING. I'M UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND THE CAR LOOSES FORWARD MOMENTUM. I ENCOUNTERED A CLOSE CALL WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, THE RAV4 BOGGED DOWN, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I NARROWLY MISSED BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY I LIVE IN A LOW TRAFFIC AREA. MY MECHANIC SAID THE PROBLEM IS THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) AND BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY MODULE THERE MAY BE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. TOYOTA WOULD NOT OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE PROBLEM STATING MY RAV4 IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY MILES ( I HAVE ABOUT 118,000 MILES) AND TIME. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR