When first driving vehicle after sitting overnight, brakes squeak for the first ~5 minutes of use. when accelerating after starting car first thing after sitting overnight onto city street, car's transmission and rpm's skyrocket out of nowhere to 4,000 - 5,000when pulling onto street with 35 mph speed limit. when accelerating onto highway - usually in sport mode - car's rpm's go up like they should but transmission does not down shift properly and seems to get stuck at 3,000 - 4,000 rpms. car only has 88,000 miles on it and transmission should not be slipping already.
Whinning noise from rear of vehicle. happens in all drive modes including neutral
The power stick shift moves to easily out of gear. it requires only a light depressing of the break to disengage it. on may 17 2019, i had been parked with the car on. i had dropped something on the floor and went to pick it up. my foot was lightly touching the break as i bent down. the break was depressed just enough to allow my shoulder or back to hit the stick shift and push it into reverse. unbenounced to me, as i was still bending over to pick something up, the car was pushed into reverse and moved backwards into two cars behind me. this could have been a really tragic situation had someone been behind me in the parking lot. or worse, if i had a child in the car and i had gotten out to get something from the trunk and the child jumped into the drivers seat. i am not very tall, and so a child could easily depress the brake just enough to release the stick shift and could have run me over. there should be a secondary release button on all stick shifts or the brake peddle should need to be depressed all the way. this incident damaged three cars. and while not my fault as it was a defect or saftey issue with the car, my insurance has now been dinged for it. i have reported it to toyota but they do not seem to care.
While car parked in my home driveway, wires under car chewed through by squirrels. almost ruined the transmission. my double warranty does not cover, even though it was apparently a toyota factory choice to make the wire coatings attractive to rodents.
The car is equipped with an automatic transmission. it rolls back on the slope when the brake is released. rolling back continues until the brake is pressed again. this happens while the transmission is in "drive". it rolls back usually when the car is driven at the low speed with frequent turns. irvine autonation toyota lead technician marco stated that it is normal for some cars with a certain transmission (760ae?). he demonstrated with another rav4. that car rolled back also until the brake is pressed while the transmission was in "drive". problem is it doesn't roll back always. i expect the car would not roll back while it's in "drive". it would hit the car behind if i don't press the brake fast enough or press the gas pedal fast enough. it acts like a manual transmission rather than an automatic transmission. if i don't have fast reaction, driving in a hilly area would be dangerous.
New vehicle 625 miles. does not seem to shift into the correct gear when attempting acceleration up hills or from parking lot to roadway ,or passing vehicles. does not have adequate power, engine makes a straining sound . was attempting to accelerate to drive up hills, pass other vehicles especially on hill. santiam hiway oregon. less power than little kia and pt cruiser which easily passed me. dealer had me compare it to a similar model on their lot, noticeable difference, lot vehicle did not have the problem. i have owned toyotas since 1984 and have a rav 4 2010 so i know this car is not accelerating properly
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota rav4. the contact stated that his wife pulled into the driveway, pushed the ignition button; and applied the emergency brake; however, she forgot to shift the vehicle into the park position. upon the contact's wife exiting the vehicle, it ran over her and crashed into another vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the contact's wife was injured and received medical attention. a police report was not filed. the manufacturer was not notified. the approximate failure mileage was 85.