In three separate occasions since purchase january 16th, 2018, the adaptive cruise control has lost track of an suv in front of me and continued to accelerate. driver had to intervene. first instance was a brown pontiac aztec in clear weather daytime. second occurrence was a blue chevy encore in clear weather daytime. third occurrence was a black escalade in clear weather at night. vehicle cruise control was set to 70-80 mph with the closest distance setting.
If you drift away from another vehicle or obstacle (pedestrian, bicycle, etc) that is also drifting into your lane, the lda system (lane departure assist, which is touted as a safety feature) will pull you back towards the obstacle you are trying to avoid. clearly this is a safety hazard and should be removed as a "feature" from the vehicle. toyota should also stop calling this a safety feature. secondly, the radar assisted cruise control will start braking if it sees the vehicle in front is slowing down. however, if the system then thinks an accident is imminent, the crash warning shows up and the cruise controlled braking is then disabled causing the vehicle to stop the braking process, and thereby causing a safety hazard since the car will now coast into the obstacle. again, this is a surprising and terrible implementation of this system that should be removed or fixed.
Vehicle was in a parking space; foot on brake. went to shift the vehicle into park and it accelerated into the glass / building i was parked in front of. air bags did not deploy.
Toyota rav 4 accelerates on it's own while driving i brought it back to dealership and i was told that the computer shows that it didn't accelerate on it's own. it has happened two more times the latest was today sept 24. i am afraid for my safety and the safety of my family and other driver because once it took me thr a red light a d today i almost hit a tree.
Same problem i had with the 2014 rav4 is now happening with the 2018 rav4 starting from a stop at a traffic light or making a turn the car fails to move for moment as if you did not step on the gas and i am now afraid to make turns unless at a traffic light.