2002 Toyota RAV4

IN 2007 A RECALL 601 WAS ISSUED BY TOYOTA FOR ENGINE CONTROL MODULES IN RAV4S. I TOOK MY 2002 IN & THEY RECALIBRATED THE MODULE. I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME IT SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE GEAR SHIFT. 18 MOS. LATER, FEB. 2009, MY TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STARTED SLIPPING & JUMPING IN & OUT OF GEAR. I'VE OWNED TOYOTAS FOR 30 YEARS & THIS WAS MOST UNUSUAL. I TOOK THE CAR TO S.F. TOYOTA. THEY HAD A VERY HARD TIME PINPOINTING THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS SPORADIC. FIRST THEY SAID SOLENOID, THEN THEY FINALLY SAID REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION FOR $4800. AND THAT IT WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. IF IT WERE, IT WOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY, OTHERWISE, NOT. I DON'T FEEL A TRANSMISSION SHOULD SUDDENLY GO OUT AFTER 78,000 WITH NO WARNING. ESPECIALLY ON A TOYOTA. I ALMOST HAD A VERY BAD ACCIDENT WHEN MY CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY & WOULDN'T REENGAGE. I THINK IT'S DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON LINE FOR THIS YEAR & MODEL WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. AND I THINK TOYOTA IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY CAR STARTED TO REV WITHOUT ANY FORWARD GAIN IN DISTANCE WHEN I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. I TOOK IT INTO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION FLUIDS JUST NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO METAL IN IT. TWO DAYS LATER I TOOK MY CAR BACK IN FOR THE SAME REVVING AND BUCKING PROBLEM. THE TEAM MANAGER CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION OUT AGAIN AND. REASSURED ME THAT ALL WAS FINE AND ASKED ME TO RIDE WITH HIM TO PROVE IT. THE CAR DID NOT BUCK. I WAS GIVEN A STORY ABOUT HOW THE COMPUTER RESETS WHEN THE CAR IS WORKED ON, AND THAT IT WAS SET FOR A MORE AGGRESSIVE DRIVER. TODAY, I BARELY MADE IT HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS. MY RAV CRAWLED OVER THE PASS AND KEPT JERKING FROM 30-60 RPMS WITH NOISE BUT NO ACCELERATION GAIN. I CANNOT COUNT ON THE CAR TO TAKE ME TO WORK UNTIL IT IS FIXED PROPERLY. *TR

STARTED CAR 2 WEEKS AGO (DECEMBER 8TH) DROVE FOR 10 MINUTES AT SLOW SPEED UNDER 30 MPH. CAR STARTED BUCKING AND HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING. WAS ALMOST RARE ENDED DUE TO LACK OF ACCELERATION. RPM WOULD INCREASE BUT CAR WOULD STRUGGLE SHIFTING AND ACCELERATING. BROUGHT TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THEY THOROUGHLY CHECKED TRANSMISSION AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. DRAINED FLUID AND REPLACED FILTER. COST $170. THREE DAYS LATER STARTED BUCKING AGAIN. TROUBLE SHIFTING. BROUGHT TO DIFFERENT MECHANIC WHO STATES NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. REQUESTING REBUILT FROM TOYOTA. COST OVER $2000, CAR ONLY HAS 94,000 MILES ON ENGINE. TOYOTA SAYS THAT IF IT IS OVER 60,000 MILES IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I BROUGHT MY RAV BRAND NEW IN 200. HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. IT WAS RUNNING JUST FINE BUT THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD JERK WHEN I SHIFTED IN/OUT OF REVERSE. NOT ONLY THAT BUT IT HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND WOULD JERK FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE VIA WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/TOYOTA/RAV4/2002/TRANSMISSION/PROBLEMS_SHIFTING.SHTML AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS PROBLEM....THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.. I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD AND I AM SCARED OF DRIVING ANYWHERE BECAUSE IM SCARED OF PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC FOR THE FEAR THAT THE CAR WONT MOVE AND I MAY GET HIT.....THIS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED....*TR

2002 TOYOTA RAV4 TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING AND COULD NOT PICK UP SPEED ON HIGHWAY. ALMOST GOT INTO A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MY DAUGHTER (20 MONTH OLD) ON BOARD. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAVING MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TOYOTA NEED TO FIX THIS MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND NOT STICK THE CONSUMER WITH THE BILL (AVERAGE FIX $3,000 DOLLARS FIX PER VEHICLE AT BEST WORTH$7,000). *TR