2001 Toyota RAV4 Power Train

2001 TOYOTA RAV 4 HAS PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING SLIPPING, AND DELAYED SHIFTING. *TR

I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT OR INJURIES TO WHAT MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT. I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DRIVE A 2001 TOYOTA RAV4 AND RECENTLY STARTED HAVING SHIFTING ISSUES. I STARTED TO RESEARCH THIS ISSUE AND CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE CALLED CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT WITH A TSB IN 2006. WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN GO TO DRIVE THE CAR FORWARD THE VEHICLE DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY THEREFORE COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE AND SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND I LIKE MANY OTHERS FEEL THERE IS A DEFECTIVE ECM IN THESE VEHICLES SENDING FAULTY SIGNALS TO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE ACCIDENTS. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ALL THE TIME, ITS SPORADIC AND EVEN THE DEALER IS HAVING DIFFICULTY DUPLICATING THE PROBLEM. I HOPE MORE PEOPLE MAKE COMPLAINTS AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW MANY HAVE. THANKS! *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2001 TOYOTA RAV 4 AT 65 MPH (WITH 80000 FAILURE MILEAGE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A CLINKING NOISE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A SLUDGE BUILD UP, AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

2001 RAV4 MANUAL TRANSMISSION - THE GEAR SHIFT STARTED MOVING BACK AND FORTH IN THE 5TH GEAR POSITION WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED/RELEASED FROM THE GAS PEDAL. WENT TO BALISE TOYOTA IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL BEHAVIOR (EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE CAR FOR 5 YEARS AND IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE CAR STARTED "POPPING" OUT OF 5TH GEAR. BALISE THEN ADMITTED THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL AND "REPAIRED" THE PROBLEM (THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM TOYOTA OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM). WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK, THE GEARSHIFT DID NOT MOVE WHEN IN 5TH GEAR. IT IS NOW DECEMBER AND THE GEARSHIFT IS ONCE AGAIN MOVING BACK AND FORTH IN 5TH GEAR AND BALISE TOYOTA IS TELLING ME IT IS NORMAL AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHILE THE CAR IS STILL UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WHO HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME PROBLEM. TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS HAVING A CAR DROP OUT OF GEAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN IT WOULD BE MOST APT TO HAPPEN. *NM

VEHICLE HESITATES FREQUENTLY WHEN ENGINE COLD. WILL NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED. HESITATION LAST FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE ONE IS NEVER SURE IF VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE NORMALLY OR LIMP ALONG FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS SLOWLY, POPS INTO REVERSE WHILE IN THE CAR WASH AND THE RPM GAUGE SHOWS HIGH RPM'S WHEN ACCELERATING IN THIRD GEAR. NLM