Toyota RAV4 transmission problems

MY 2006 RAV4 SPORT THAT OCCASIONALLY HAS PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION, THIS USUALLY OCCURS RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND CAN LAST UP TO 15 MIN INTO THE DRIVE. OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND RECEIVE A VERY SLOW RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE; ALMOST AS IF TRYING TO DRIVE WITH THE E BRAKE ON. ONCE YOU HAVE REACHED 5-10MPH IT ENGAGES AND GOES, BUT UNTIL THEN IT IS VERY UNSAFE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND TIME TO TURN AND BE OUT OF THE WAY FOR INCOMING TRAFFIC, IF YOU DON'T COMPENSATE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL LAG , YOU COULD GET T-BONED. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4-V6 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHILE COASTING OR MAINTAIN A LOW SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 5MPH, I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE HESITATES ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS. DURING THE HESITATION, THE ENGINE REVS HIGH AND THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE. AT THE END OF THE HESITATION, THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO GEAR WITH A THUD AND A JERK TO THE CAR. I WAS INVOLVED IN THREE NEAR-MISS ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC SINCE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FOR THE 3-5 SECONDS OF HESITATION. I SEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH OTHER RAV4 OWNERS. *TR

MY WIFE'S' 2003 TOYOTA RAV4 JUST STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO A REPAIR SHOP. ON THE WAY THERE WERE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DURING THE ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION IN INTERSECTIONS. THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP SAID THE COMPUTER AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME A SERVICE BULLETINS HAD GONE OUT, BUT THAT OUR PARTICULAR VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE BULLETIN, EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS HAS BEEN WIDELY NOTED AND RECOGNIZED BY TOYOTA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA RAV-4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ECM IN 2007 BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE VEHICLE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. UPDATED 12/21/10*BF UPDATED 12/29/10

TOYOTA RAV4 2003 HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS COMMON WITH THIS CAR SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND QUICKLY FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER ASKING THE CAR TO SHIFT TO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR AT THE SAME TIME. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. *TR

ECM/TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 2002 RAV 4. I ENDED UP CLEANING OUT MY SAVINGS OVER THIS CAR. AFTER RECENT BULLETIN FROM TOYOTA, I SUBMITTED NECESSARY PAPER WORK FOR SOME REIMBURSEMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS MADE IN PUERTO RICO, NOT US!!!!!! I BOUGHT IT USED FROM A TOYOTA DEALER IN VA. WHY DID TOYOTA SEND ME THE NOTICE????? *TR

OUR 2002 TOYOTA RAV-4 HAS ABOUT 120,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUN TO ACT UP BEGINNING ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. IT HAS GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE, AND IN INVESTIGATING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM, WE HAVE BEEN STUNNED TO READ ABOUT THE MANY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS THAT TOYOTA HAS RECEIVED RE: 2001-2003 TOYOTA RAV-4S, WHICH WERE THOUGHT TO BE TRANSMISSION ISSUES EXCLUSIVELY, AND TURNED OUT TO BE FAULTY ECMS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THAT WE DRIVE THIS CAR, AND WE NOW REFUSE TO DRIVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE OF OUR DIFFICULTY IN GETTING IT TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT THE RPMS BEING SO HIGH THAT WE KNOW IT'S DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE. *TR

AFTER 148,603 MILES ON MY 2002 RAV4, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING BACK & FORTH BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR WITH VIOLENT SHAKING. SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE ALSO CAUSED VIOLENT/LOUD CLUNKING. A SCANNER WAS USED TO RETRIEVE TROUBLE CODES WHICH YIELDED A P0755 CODE (SHIFT SOLENOID MALFUNCTION). UPON RESEARCH ON VARIOUS TOYOTA RAV4 FORUMS I FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH SAME SYMPTOMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS; THE GEARS WOULD SLIP AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MOST LIKELY THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE; NO CODES WERE PRODUCED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 89,800.

2002 TOYOTA RAV4. AFTER STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION I TOOK OFF AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE IN HIGH GEAR, THEN IT JERKED AND THE ENGINE RACED AND THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED. THIS HAPPENED TWO OTHER TIMES WITHIN 10 MILES. THE ECM UNIT HAD FAILED. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON-LINE AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TOYOTA CLAIMS THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED IN 2008 ON THIS VEHICLE BUT WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE MAY OF 2007 AND DID NOT HAVE ANY REPAIRS DONE. *TR