Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2010 Toyota RAV4 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I have a 2010 Toyota rav4 limited and sometimes the car starts and sometimes it doesn’t but all the light come on but the car itself doesn’t start I replaced the battery, starter, starter safety switch but it still doesn’t start sometimes
IN OCTOBER OF 2018 PAID TO HAVE THE CHARCOAL CANNISTER REPLACED AT A COST OF $1500..NOW THE SAME TROUBLE CODES ARE IN THE SYSTEM, REQUIRING RERPLACEMENT OF CANNISTER AGAIN. I FOUND TSB 009809 FROM TOYOTA COCERNING WATER IN THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS SYSTEM. PROBLEM OCCURED WHEN STARTED ENGINE AT HOME.
WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO APPROACH A STOP SIGN OR WAIT TO MAKE A TURN ON A CITY STREET, THE CAR STALLS. IT HAPPENS WITH LEFT HAND AND RIGHT HAND TURNS. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK AND START IT AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED OVER WEEKS. I PUT 3/4 OF A TANK OF PREMIUM GAS TO SEE IF THAT HELPED AND IT STALLED ON THE WAY HOME. IT CAN STALL 3-4 TIMES IN A DAY OR NOT AT ALL. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. I BROUGHT IT TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A CAUSE. I NOTICE A 'RATTLING' NOISE NOW WHEN I START THE CAR. I AM AFRAID THAT I MAY TURN IN FRONT OF A CAR AND STALL SO THAT THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I EXPECT IT TO.
I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND ENTERING A FREEWAY RAMP TO ANOTHER FREEWAY IN A TURN AND I LET MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND THE THROTTLE STUCK AND ACTUALLY MY CAR BEGAN TO SPEED UP ON ITS OWN! MY FOOT WAS NOT THE GAS AT THE TIME I LET IT FOR A SEC AND THAN IT WAS LIKE I SLAMMED ON THE GAS GOING INTO THE TURN ON THE RAMP IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME ITS THE FIRST SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN TO ME. IT SPED UP FROM 65 TO AROUND 68 AND THAN IT WAS OFF TO THE RACES SO I HIT GAS PEDAL AND THAN THE BREAKS AND IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN I WAS AT THE TURN OF THE RAMP WITCH DIDNT HELP IT WAS REALLY BAD FOR A SECOND I WAS LIKE WHAT THE HELL AND WHEN I NOTICED I MADE SURE MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS AND THAN IT ACCELERATED EVEN MORE!!!
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, IN 4TH GEAR, A VIBRATION OR SHUDDER IS FELT IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS A SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER. IT CAN BE FELT INTERMITTENTLY AS LONG AS YOU ARE HOLDING A CONSTANT SPEED. IF YOU MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT DOWN IT STOPS, BUT AS SOON AS YOU MAINTAIN SPEED AGAIN IT WILL COME BACK. IT DOESN'T NECESSARY MATTER WHICH ROADWAY YOU ARE DRIVING ON. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A MALFUNCTION IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. A "LOCK-UP CLUTCH" DESIGN FLAW IN THE DAMPER PLATE AND SPRINGS. THIS IS ALREADY A KNOWN ISSUE FOR SOME MODELS AND RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. IT IS BECOMING A BIGGER, MORE WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AND THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL MODELS WITH THIS PROBLEM.
IN THE PAST 4 YEARS THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AND PURGE VALVE HAS GONE BAD. WHY DOES THE HAVE TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN? I'M ON A FIXED INCOME AND CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THIS EVERY FOUR YEARS, THEN I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE GOOD FAITH.
TOLD THAT EVAP CANISTER NEEDS REPLACED - COSTS $1,200. TOLD NOT NECESSARY TO FIX, BUT 4WD WON'T WORK WITHOUT BEING FIXED. ACCELERATION RANDOMLY INCREASES AND DECREASES.
I BOUGHT THE CAR 8/31/2010. THE CAR ALWAYS JUMPED FOR NO REASON. HENDERICKSON TOYOTA SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I SAW 2010 RAV4 WAS INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT THAT TOYOTA CORPORATION LOST IN 2013. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. THE CAR WAS RPAIRED FOR A FLOOR MAT PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE MOTOR JUMP. I SOLD THE CAR BECAUSE THE CAR WAS IN 2015 BECAUSE IT HAD A SECOND MAJOR PROBLEM WITH POOR CONTROL OF BACKEND.
LEFT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING SERVICE . IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE I HAD JUST JUMPED ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY 4 WHEEL DRIVE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A THIRD LIGHT ALL CAME ON. I THEN DROVE TO AUTOZONE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A 02 SENSOR. BUT I HAD JUST LEFT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. I READ A POST ON YOUR WEBSITE AND WITH THE SAME CONCERN AND DECIDED TO ADD MY COMPLAINT. I WILL BE TAKING MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FRIDAY.
APRIL 2014: AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND STABILITY CONTROLS ON DASH WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INFORMS THAT THERE IS A CHARCOAL CANISTER MALFUNCTION AND THE PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DEALER PERFORMED REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF TOYOTA PARTS. PAID ~$900. FEBRUARY 2016: SAME LIGHTS ON DASH WHILE DRIVING. TAKE TO THE DEALER AND THE ERROR CODES INDICATE THE CHARCOAL CANISTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. ESTIMATE $1020. THE PART IS NO LONGER UNDER 12-MONTH WARRANTY AS IT WAS REPLACED 20 MONTHS AGO.
A FEW DAYS AGO, I TURNED ON MY VEHICLE AND SAW THREE LIGHTS, CHECK ENGINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, AND 4WD. I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE TOYOTA DEALER, WHICH DIAGNOSED MY PROBLEM AS WATER IN THE CHARCOAL CANISTER THAT IS PART OF THE EVAPORATIVE FUEL SYSTEM. PROBLEM IS THAT FUEL VAPORS CAN NOW ACCUMULATED IN AND ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CHECKED WITH TOYOTA TO SEE IF IT WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THEY WOULDN'T. THE TOTAL PARTS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM COST ABOUT $1000, AND THE 3 HRS' LABOR IS OVER $500. I WAS SHOCKED. BUT SHOCK TURNED TO OUTRAGE WHEN I SAW, AMONG THE PARTS, A $14 PART TO COVER THE CANISTER AND PREVENT WATER ON THE ROAD FROM CONTAMINATING AND RUINING THE REPLACEMENT CHARCOAL CANISTER. WHY DIDN'T TOYOTA INFORM ME OF THIS BEFORE? I WOULD HAVE SPENT $14 PLUS AN HR'S LABOR TO INSTALL THIS COVER TO AVOID A $1500-1600 REPAIR. I CALLED TOYOTA AND ASKED WHY THEY WOULDN'T COVER THIS REPAIR. THEY SAID BECAUSE MY CAR HAS 64,000 MILES. THIS IS ABSURD. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING/DESIGN DEFECT THAT TOYOTA SHOULD COVER, BUT TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO SO, UNLESS THEY GET MORE COMPLAINTS, ACCORDING TO THE TOYOTA REP WITH WHOM I SPOKE. SO HERE'S ONE COMPLAINT. WHAT WITH ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS, STABILIZER PROBLEMS, POWER WINDOW PROBLEMS, AND I CAN'T RECALL WHAT ELSE THEY'VE RECALLED ON THIS VEHICLE, NOW I HAVE TO ADD A CHARCOAL CANISTER THAT WASN'T ADEQUATELY PROTECTED FROM ROAD WATER AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. IT'S LIKE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BEFORE TOYOTA WAS DONE BUILDING IT, AND THE COMPLETION OF MANUFACTURING HAS TAKEN 5+ YRS!
DEALER SAYS THAT CHARCOAL CANNISTER, WHICH IS PART OF EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM, HAS FAILED BY ALLOWING WATER TO RUIN CHARCOAL. WANTS $1500 TO REPAIR. SAYS TSB FOR THIS DOESN'T COVER MY VEHICLE DUE TO MILEAGE (WOULD BE COVERED IN CA). FUEL FUMES CAN ACCUMULATE IF THIS IS NOT REPAIRED.
2010 TOYOTA RAV 4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A BROKEN EVAP CANISTER. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, DUE TO THE BROKEN EVAP CANISTER, THE GAS TANK, MAY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB
AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 ON DECEMBER 27, 2011, I EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION EVENT IN MY 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. I WAS STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA AT THE CORNER OF FIRST STREET WHEN I NOTICED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO APPLY THE BRAKE, AND THE CAR DID NOT APPEAR TO WANT TO STOP. I APPLIED THE BRAKE MORE FORCEFULLY AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO STOP IN THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE, HOWEVER THE CAR KEPT LURCHING FORWARD AS IF IT WANTED TO BREAK FREE OF THE BRAKE. HAVING HEARD THE WIDESPREAD PUBLICITY REGARDING THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM IN TOYOTA VEHICLES, AND HAVING PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM ON ONE OCCASION OVER A YEAR EARLIER, I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE ISSUE. I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY REVVED UP TO AN ALARMING RATE. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION IN PANIC BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE TACHOMETER. HOWEVER, JUDGING BY THE SOUND AND LATER EXPERIMENTATION WITH REVVING WHILE PARKED, I BELIEVE THE RPM MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE 4000-5000 RANGE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. I WAS PARTICULARLY SHAKEN BY THIS EVENT BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY HAD THE RECALL SERVICE PERFORMED THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ISSUE. THIS RECALL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED MAY 10, 2011 AT DESERT TOYOTA IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. I HAD EXPERIENCE THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ISSUE ONCE BEFORE, BUT IT WAS NOT NEARLY AS DRAMATIC. I DO NOT RECALL THE DETAILS, BUT IT WAS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA IN EARLY 2011 AND MY MEMORY IS THAT TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS RESTORED THE CAR'S OPERATION TO NORMAL FAIRLY QUICKLY. I WAS LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT HAPPENING AGAIN SINCE THE RECALL SERVICE HAD BEEN PERFORMED. *TR
GASOLINE TANK LEAKING. *TR
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. GASOLINE HAD ENTERED THE GAS TANK VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM AND HAD RUINED IT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A DESIGN ISSUE AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A NEW, REDESIGNED GAS TANK AND VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. WHAT WAS TROUBLING TO ME WAS THAT THE VAPOR RECOVERY FILTER TANK, ABOUT 3-4 GALLONS OF CHARCOAL, WAS FILLED WITH GASOLINE. I BELIEVE THIS TO HAVE BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD WORTH REPORTING TO YOU. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV 4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE GASOLINE TANK STARTED LEAKING AND THE GASOLINE ODOR WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HIT DEBRIS WHICH COULD HAVE DAMAGED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.
WHEN I DRIVE MY TOYOTA 2010 RAV4 OVER A SIGNIFICANT BUMP OR POTHOLE, THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD/ACCELERATES. IT DOESN'T LAST LONG , BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE NOT HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH MY PREVIOUS CARS (VW PASSAT WAGON, FORD GRAND CHEROKEE,ETC.). *TR
ON THE DAY INDICATED BELOW WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 TOYOTA RAV4 TO A STORE, I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE TO A LEFT TURN BUT IT FAILED TO DROP THE SPEED. THEN I REALIZED IT PROBABLY HAS THE PROBLEM PEOPLE CURRENTLY COMPLAIN. SO, I SWITCHED THE SHIFT TO NEUTRAL POSITION AND I HEARD THE ENGINE SURGE AT A VERY HIGH SPEED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN SLOWED DOWN. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED THE GAS PEDAL WHICH WAS NOT STICKY. SINCE THEN, I CONTINUED TO USE THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT SAME ISSUE. I CHECKED WITH MY CAR DEALER A MONTH AGO ABOUT THE RECALL AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL LIST BY THE VIN NUMBER. *TR
ON 2 OCCASIONS, MY 2009 TOYOTA RAV 4 WITH A SERIAL # BEGINNING WITH A "J" EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ON EITHER INCIDENT, THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE WAS LITTLE THEY COULD DO AS THE RECALL FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION DID NOT APPLY TO TOYOTA RAV 4'S WITH A "J" SERIAL CODE. I EXPLAINED UPON BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN ON 2/17/10 TO DCH TOYOTA, RT. 9 SO., FREEHOLD, NJ,, THAT BOTH OF MY SUDDEN ACCELERATION CASES OCCURRED BEFORE THE RECALL NOTICE AND THAT I, IN FACT CALLED DCH ON 1/13/10 & ON 1/24/10 AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE BUT IT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO RECALL BECAUSE OF THE "J" SERIAL. I DID BRING THE CAR IN ON 2/17 AND WAS TOLD, AFTER INSPECTION, THAT SINCE NO SUDDEN ACCEL. WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE SERVICE, NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND NO REMEDIAL ACTION COULD BE TAKEN. MY CONTENTION, AND THE REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT IS THAT SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN THE RAV 4 IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, OCCURRING IN THIS CAR WITH A "J" SERIAL # AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE RECALL AND REMEDIATION SHOULD EXTEND TO THIS VEHICLE. I DO BELIEVE THAT OTHER "J" SERIAL CARS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS WHICH CAUSES ME TO FURTHER QUESTION TOYOTA'S EXISTING RECALL PARAMETERS. *TR
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