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Vehicle Speed Control complaints
22 reportsClear category filter129,000 miles · Feb 13, 2010
Vehicle Speed Control
TOYOTA 2001 RAV4 HESITATING TRANSMISSION. MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE AND METAL IS GRINDING. STARTED ALL OF THE SUDDEN. DOES NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR FROM FIRST TO SECOND, ETC. DESCRIPTION OF EXACT PROBLEM IS HERE: HTTP://WHEELS.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM/2009/08/26/TOYOTAS-REACTION-TO-TRANSMISSION-WOES-D…
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TOYOTA 2001 RAV4 HESITATING TRANSMISSION. MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE AND METAL IS GRINDING. STARTED ALL OF THE SUDDEN. DOES NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR FROM FIRST TO SECOND, ETC. DESCRIPTION OF EXACT PROBLEM IS HERE: HTTP://WHEELS.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM/2009/08/26/TOYOTAS-REACTION-TO-TRANSMISSION-WOES-DRAWS-CUSTOMERS-IRE/#MORE-23445. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10310220
83,650 miles · Feb 13, 2010
Fuel System, GasolineVehicle Speed Control
2001 TOYOTA RAV4 STARTED CAR PUT IN DRIVE APPLIED GAS AND CAR LEAPED FORWARD. PUT TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL,ENGINE WAS HEAVILY RACING,STEPPED ON BRAKE BUT COULD NOT STOP CAR. SHUT ENGINE OFF AND STOPPED IN A SNOW PILE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR EVALUATION. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10310163
80,000 miles · Nov 3, 2009
Vehicle Speed Control
2001 TOYOTA RAV 4 THE ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY BECAME STUCK FULL OPEN AT A SLOW SPEED. WAS ABLE TO BRING CAR TO STOP BY RIDING BRAKES AND TURNED ENGINE OFF. HAPPENED ONE TIME. CAR SEEMED FINE AFTER RESTARTING. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT BECAUSE NEVER COULD FIGURE OUT CAUSE AND HAS NEVER REPEATED. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10290777
Mileage unknown · Feb 19, 2003
Service Brakes, HydraulicVehicle Speed Control
BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED.*JB,...*AK
NHTSA ODI #10008698
Mileage unknown · Jul 13, 2002
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
OUR RAV4 2001 ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AFTER WE CAME TO A STOP AND RESULTED IN US CRASHING HEAD ON INTO A BRICK BUILDING WITHOUT THE AIRBAGS OPENING CAUSING TREMENDEOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING BOTH AUTOS ON EACH SIDE AND OF COURSE OUR CAR. TWO DAYS BEFORE, IT ACCELERATED AGAIN AFTER WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WAITING IN …
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OUR RAV4 2001 ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AFTER WE CAME TO A STOP AND RESULTED IN US CRASHING HEAD ON INTO A BRICK BUILDING WITHOUT THE AIRBAGS OPENING CAUSING TREMENDEOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING BOTH AUTOS ON EACH SIDE AND OF COURSE OUR CAR. TWO DAYS BEFORE, IT ACCELERATED AGAIN AFTER WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WAITING IN LINE FOR GAS JUST MISSING US CRASHING INTO A TRUCK.*AK
NHTSA ODI #764196
Mileage unknown · Jul 2, 2002
Vehicle Speed Control
CONSUMER SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 35 MPH, AT THE NEXT BLOCK THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPEEDING AT 60MPH AND WAS CLIMBING, CONSUMER SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WHILE THE RPMS WENT TO 6000, CONSUMER THEN SHUT OFF THE IGNITION, DEALER FOUND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATOR WAS AT FAULT. *SLC
NHTSA ODI #566412
Mileage unknown · Feb 13, 2002
Power TrainVehicle Speed Control
THE VEHICLE DOESN'T RESPOND TO THROTTLE PRESSURE AND TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT DOWN PROPERLY. THIS IS NOTICED AS A HESITATION. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY DOWN SHIFTS IT SHIFTS ALL THE WAY TO FIRST GEAR, THEN ROARS FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SHIFTS QUICKLY.
NHTSA ODI #758187
Mileage unknown · Jan 18, 2002
Vehicle Speed Control
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WITH THE CAR IN PARK AND STILL RUNNING, VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A HUGE CLANKING NOISE AND WOULD SPEED FORWARD WITH UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION, VEHICLE RECEIVED BODY DAMAGE, DEALER UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. *TT
NHTSA ODI #564115
Mileage unknown · Nov 26, 2001
Vehicle Speed Control
VEHICLE DOES NOT RETURN THROTTLE TO IDLE POSITION WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE DOES NOT DECELERATE. WHEN PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL OR PRESSED CLUTCH RPMS WOULD GO UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY STATED THIS WAS NORMAL.*AK
NHTSA ODI #899453
Mileage unknown · Sep 16, 2001
Vehicle Speed Control
THE 2001 TOYOTA RAV4 HAS A SIGNIFICANT HESITATION PROBLEM UPON ACCERATION RESULTING IN, MY OPINION, AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE VEHICLE. AT RANDOM TIMES THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO POWER PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE FOR APPROX. 5-10 SECONDS WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. THIS RESULTS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE DEAL…
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THE 2001 TOYOTA RAV4 HAS A SIGNIFICANT HESITATION PROBLEM UPON ACCERATION RESULTING IN, MY OPINION, AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE VEHICLE. AT RANDOM TIMES THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO POWER PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE FOR APPROX. 5-10 SECONDS WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. THIS RESULTS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE DEALER, ADMITTING THERE IS A PROBLEM, CLAIMS THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSES IT, NOR DOES TOYOTA. I HAVE NARROWLY MISSED BEING HIT BY OTHER TRAFFIC WHEN I EXPECTED THE VEHICLE TO SMOOTHLY ACCELERATE OUT OF HARMS WAY WHEN IT DID NOT.*AK
NHTSA ODI #752241
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