2007 Toyota RAV4 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF A 2007 TOYOTA RAV-4; HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, THIS IS THE LATEST INCIDENT; HAS HAPPENED AFTER GOING OVER A VERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AT LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

2007 TOYOTA RAV4. ACCELERATOR STUCK TWICE IN ONE MONTH PERIOD. DRIVER ABLE TO STOP SAFELY BOTH TIMES. PROBLEM REPORTED TO TOYOTA CORPORATE CARE. THEY SENT A REPRESENTATIVE WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TOYOTA REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE ANY REPAIRS. VEHICLE OWNER, FEARING ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS, HAD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACED AT CUSTOMERS EXPENSE. OLD ACCELERATOR PEDAL AVAILABLE. AS THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. IT DID NOT CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, BUT WOULD NOT RETURN TO IDLE WHEN SHE RELEASED HER FOOT FROM THE PEDAL. SHE HAD TO FORCE THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN. THE CONSUMER THEN TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RE-STARTED IT AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL OPERATION. UPDATED IVOQ 08/12/10 *TR

FIRST ISSUE-WHILE BACKING UP SLOWLY, ATTEMPTED TO STOP BEFORE HITTING TELEPHONE POLE, INSTEAD OF STOPPING RAV-4 LURCHED BACKWARD HITTING POLE CAUSING $4,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. COST US $500 DEDUCTIBLE, PLUS OVER $1000 NEXT SEVERAL YEARS FOR LOSING NO-CLAIM CREDIT. SECOND ISSUE; CRUISE CONTROL WHILE CLIMBING A HILL WILL, THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WILDLY, THEN CUT OUT, THEN LURCH BACK AND FORTH UNTIL YOU HIT THE BRAKE TO SHUT IT OFF. NO INJURIES FROM THIS YET, BUT DANGEROUS IF OTHER VEHICLES PRESENT. *TR UPDATED 02/17/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 RAV 4. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN THE GAS PEDAL REMAINED STUCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES WHICH RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL. OCCASIONALLY, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND PUMP THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT HAS CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY COULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL IT HAS A TENDENCY TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY AND SOMETIMES PAST THE SET SPEED WHEN USING "RESUME." HITTING THE BRAKES OR TURNING OFF CRUISE CONTROL HAS ALWAYS STOPPED IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. USUALLY THE CAR IS GOING OVER 60 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENS. RECENTLY THE CAR HAS ACCELERATED ONCE WHEN NOT USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE. I HAVE NEVER TAKEN IT IN BECAUSE IT WILL BE HARD TO TRACE AND THE WARRANTY IS OUT. WITHOUT CHANGING OUT ALL OF THE COMPONENTS ONE COULD NEVER BE SURE THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. I NOTED THAT YOU HAVE NOW GONE DOWN TO 2009 RAV'S. I BELIEVE THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH EARLIER YEARS TOO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE FLOOR MAT STARTED TO SLIP UNDER THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT HAS REMOVED THE FLOOR MATS. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE VEHICLE COULD ACCELERATE AND CAUSE A CRASH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

MY 2007 TOYOTA RAV4 4CYL 4 X 4 HESITATES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WHEN I DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2007, BUT HAS RECENTLY BEGUN TO GET WORSE. TODAY AS I ATTEMPTED TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC WITH MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, IT HESITATED AND NEARLY GOT US INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THE THROTTLE IN MY 2007 RAV4 V6 LIMITED HAS STUCK OPEN THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT HAPPENS AFTER I "FLOOR" THE ACCELERATOR. THE FIRST TIME OCCURRED IN MY GARAGE AS I WAS TRYING TO START THE ENGINE. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF. THE SECOND TIME WAS A WEEK LATER AS I WAS PASSING A TRUCK GOING UP A HILL ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY. I PUT ON THE BRAKES AND TRIED TO GET THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AS I TRIED TO GET TO CROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, BUT IT WAS SCARY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD A LEAK, SO THEY REPLACED THE SEAL. I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AGAIN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWO DAYS AGO. I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC ON A FREEWAY. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE THROTTLE STOPPED STICKING AND QUICKLY RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA RAV 4. WHILE ENTERING A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT INTENTION. HE WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. SINCE THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE, HE COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,800. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2007 TOYOTA RAV4 EXPERIENCES SUDDEN AND RANDOM INSTANCES OF UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. UNDER FULL BRAKE PRESSURE THE ENGINE REVS TO 4000 RPM AND CONTINUES TO MOVE. WHEN I SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVS TO 6500 RPM. SOMETIMES IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL IDLE AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND SOMETIMES IT IS NECESSARY TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION. IT USUALLY RESTARTS NORMALLY BUT OCCASIONALLY REPEATS THE 6500 RPM. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE WHO FINDS NO COMPUTER RECORD OF A MALFUNCTION AND REPORTS THAT " EVERYTHING MEETS FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. " I HAVE REQUESTED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM TOYOTA MOTOR SALES BUT THEY ONLY REFER ME BACK TO THE DEALER. *TR

RACING RPM'S WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL; RACED WAY UP TO 5-6 AND THEN BACK DOWN. *TR

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THIS VEHICLE. IT SHIFTS ERRATICALLY, AND BUCKS, AND SHIFTS IN TO THE WRONG GEARS, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OPERATE AT VERY HIGH RPMS. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE 2007 TOYOTA RAV 4 WAS TEST DRIVEN ON JANUARY 3, 2007 THE ACCELERATION AND CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STABLE. AT TIMES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABRUPTLY EVEN IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED. THREE WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED HE NOTICED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE, BUT IT WOULD NOT REACH THE DESIRED SPEED. THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TURNING CORNERS WITH THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE WOULD SPEED UP. IT REMAINED STEADY FOR A FEW SECONDS AT A CONSTANT SPEED THEN IT PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE ABRUPTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IF ANOTHER VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN IN FRONT OF THE CONTACTS VEHICLE, TRYING TO SPEED UP AGAIN WAS ALSO A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND STAYED STEADY AT ANY GIVEN SPEED, BUT THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WOULD ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THESE VEHICLES DID NOT HAVE A CABLE GOING FROM THE GAS PEDAL TO THE MECHANISM THAT GIVE GAS TO THE VEHICLE. THIS SYSTEM WAS ELECTRIC IN THE 2007 MODELS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,500. *AK UPDATE 5/3/07*TR

WHEN USING THE CRUISE CONTROL (WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS WHEN CLIMBING SMALL INCLINES AND EVEN SOMETIMES ON FLAT GROUND. THIS ACTION STARTS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SPEED. THIS WAS FIRST NOTED WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD JUST OVER 8,000 MILES. IT NOW HAS OVER 17,000 AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. IT HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIRS. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. I WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICING DEALER THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE A REPAIR TOYOTA WOULD HAVE TO CREATE A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE TECHNICIANS TO INSTALL. AFTER TALKING WITH TOYOTA I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM BUT A "CHARACTERISTIC" OF THE VEHICLE AND NO EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE FOR ANY TYPE OF REPAIR. THIS CONDITION MAKES FOR AN UNSTABLE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION WHEN THE CRUISE IS UTILIZED BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW THE VEHICLE WILL REACT DURING THE DRIVE. CURRENTLY I AM AWARE OF 12 CASE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED WITH THE TOYOTA CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION. SOME OF THESE CASES EVEN INVOLVE 2006 MODELS. *TR

WHEN USING THE VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL IT WILL DOWN SHIFT BACK AND FORTH FROM 2ND AND 3RD GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE FINALLY ACHIEVING THE ORIGINAL SPEED AND RETURNING TO 4TH GEAR. THIS OCCURS PREDOMINATELY ON HILLS WHERE THE VEHICLE SPEED WILL DROP FORCING THE DOWN SHIFT. THIS DOWN SHIFTING TO 2ND GEAR AT SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH IS HARD ON THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, THE ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE ON OTHER TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITIONS IS IMPAIRED. THE WHOLE ADVANTAGE OF CRUISE CONTROL IS NEGATED CAUSING A MORE HAZARDOUS CONDITION. *TR

THE LOUD WHINING SOUND APPEAR WHEN GOING FROM 30 TO 45 MPH. LOUDEST AT 40MPH. WHILE PRESS GAS PEDAL, THE SOUND APPEAR CLEARLY, WHEN RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL, THE SOUND SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR, PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN, THE SOUND COME BACK. IT REALLY GIVES ME HEADACHE. *TR

2007 TOYOTA RAV 4 CRUISE CONTROL CHANGES GEARS VIOLENTLY WHEN GOING UP A MINIMUM HILL AND CONTINUES TO CHANGE GEARS WHEN ON THE STRAIGHT AWAY. FEELS LIKE IT IS CHANGING BETWEEN THREE GEARS. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DEALER DENIES PROBLEM AND WILL NOT FIX. CAR ONLY HAS 5K MILES ON IT. *TR