2010 Toyota Rav4 Brakes Problems

Your brake pedal went all the way to the floor without stopping your vehicle, causing you to rear-end the car ahead at a traffic light. The airbags did not deploy and no warning lights appeared before the failure. The brakes may need inspection for fluid loss, worn pads, or internal system failure.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT TRAVELED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED BY WEST HERR TOYOTA OF ORCHARD PARK (4141 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD, ORCHARD PARK, NY 14127). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,482.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE'S RPMS INCREASED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED MORE BRAKE PRESSURE THAN NORMAL, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND THE RPMS TO DECREASE. THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT, DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL INJECTORS MAY NEED CLEANING OR REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,500.

AT SOME TIME BETWEEN 2:00 PM AND 2:30 PM ON NOVEMBER 5, 2016 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING MY 2010 RAV4 SOUTH ON COUNTY ROUTE 561 IN VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, NJ ON THE INSIDE LANE OF THIS 4 LANE HIGHWAY WHEN I LIGHTLY PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW FROM 45 MPH TO THE LOWERED SPEED LIMIT. SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP TIGHT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE ABRUPTLY INTO AND ACROSS TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, HITTING THE CURB SMARTLY, FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR ACTION BY THE LIGHT TRAILER WE WERE TOWING. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED DURING RUSH HOUR, SERIOUS INJURIES OR FATALITIES MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED. THE LEFT REAR WHEEL REMAINED LOCKED AS THE VEHICLE WAS WINCHED UP ONTO THE BED OF THE FLAT BED TRANSPORT TRUCK. MORE PIECES OF THE BRAKE FELL OUT DURING THIS OPERATION. WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO UNLOAD THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP THE LOCKED WHEEL PREVENTED IT FROM ROLLING OFF THE TRUCK, SO AFTER UNHOOKING THE WINCH CABLE, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER STARTED THE CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO BACK IT OFF. DURING THIS ATTEMPT MORE PIECES OF THE BRAKE FELL OUT, THERE OCCURRED A LOUD 'BANG,' AND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL ASSUMED AN ANGLE THAT WAS NON-PARALLEL WITH THE CAR, INDICATING TO ME THAT THIS LAST ACTION HAD SERIOUSLY DAMAGED THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. I REQUESTED OF THE DEALERSHIP THAT A CORPORATE INVESTIGATION OF THIS FAILURE BE MADE. THEY FOUND THE BRAKES TO BE IN WORKING ORDER? NHTSA IS NOT INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATION BEYOND TAKING MY COMPLAINT. OUR TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME THAT HIS FATHER-IN-LAW HAD EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF FAILURE IN HIS 2013 RAV4 BUT DIDN'T REPORT IT TO THE NHTSA, SETTLING INSTEAD FOR A REDUCED PRICE FOR THE REPAIR. NO SUCH OFFER MADE TO ME FROM TOYOTA. CAR HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR OVER 3 MONTHS. CAN'T FIND INDEPENDENT FORENSIC INVESTIGATION TO LOOK AT IT. AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR WITHOUT KNOW WHAT CAUSED FAILURE. *TR

CAR ACCELERATED AHEAD WHILE PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN. THE HARDER I APPLIED THE BRAKES.... THE MORE IT TRIED TO SURGE AHEAD. FINALLY GOT IT STOPPED. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE TODAY. SHE WAS PARKING THE CAR AND WHEN SHE TOUCHED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CAR SURGED AHEAD ON HER. SHE FINALLY ALSO GOT IT STOPPED BUT IT SCARED HER. WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS REALLY HARD AND THE MOTOR ACCELERATES EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PUSHED AND NOT THE GAS PEDAL. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET IT IN TOMORROW TO CHECK IT OUT.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO. I WAS GOING 10MPH WHEN THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I PUSHED THE BRAKES TO THE FLOOR WITH BOTH FEET AND STILL NOTHING. I HIT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK JUST MY FRONT END. I GOT OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS BRAKING MY ABS LIGHT WAS FLASHING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING. BUT WAS I AWARE OF A SERVICE RECALL ON THE SMART STOP TECHNOLOGY. I SAID NO I HAVEN'T. I WAS TOLD THAT THE "RECALL CAME OUT IN 2013" FUNNY BECAUSE MY CAR HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP IN 2014. WHY WAS IT NOT TAKEN CARE OF THEN. I HAVE READ THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM AND WHERE TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I AM VERY THANKFUL I WAS ONLY GOING 10 MPH OR IT COULD OF BEEN ALOT WORSE.

I STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SCRUBBING NOISE THAT THE BRAKES HAD STARTED MAKING ,SO THEY REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ONLY CHARGED FORTY DOLLARS.SO ON JULY OF THE SAME YEAR, THE CAR STARTED MAKING THE SCRUBBING NOISE AGAIN, SO AGAIN THEY REPLACED THEM AGAIN,IT LASTED FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND THE SCRUBBING NOISE CAME BACK.THE CAR WAS ONCE AGAIN LOOKED AT AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THERE WAS A PIECE BY THE BRAKE THAT HAD RUSTED TOGETHER SO FOR THIS CAR TO BE NEW, WHY WERE THERE PARTS RUSTING ,MAYBE IT WAS SITTING IN WATER I ASKED, SO THE GENERAL MANAGER WAS BOUGHT OUT BECAUSE I JUST COULD NOT SEE PAYING WHAT THEY SAID THE COST WAS BUT BEING A WOMAN I THINK THAT THEY PULLED A FAST ONE ON ME AND THE REPAIR WAS SOMETHING LIKE SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. I THINK THAT LASTED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS SO WHEN IT CAME BACK I TOOK IT TO GOODYEAR AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE ROTORS WERE DOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I JUST SHELLED OUT TWO-THOUSAND- TWENTY TWO DOLLARS FOR ROTORS AND OTHER REPAIRS THAT THE TOYOTA COMPANY SAID THEY HAD DONE AND DIDN'T DO AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO PERSONAL INJURY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE BLACK BOX DATA DETECTED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT FAULTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME, SHE AND HER HUSBAND EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, WITH THE VEHICLE CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THAT AN UPDATE ON THE BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN MADE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF NOTIFICATION, TO HAVE SERVICE DONE.

LETTER FROM CONSTITUENT REGARDING AS ISSUE WITH HER TOYOTA 2010 RAV 4 - 4CYL AND FORDHAM TOYOTA SERVICE AND PARTS CENTER; SHE THINKS THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE INSPECTED, THE MATTER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND PROVIDED AND APPROPRIATE REMEDY. *SMD THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND STATED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY REPLACED THE FRONT PADS AND RESURFACED THE ROTORS. THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, HER HUSBAND THEN TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. AS HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING, HE HEARD A CRACKING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. HER HUSBAND WAS A ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE AND BROUGHT IT TO A STOP. ONCE HE EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A BRAKE PAD BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED A BOLT HOLDING THE BRAKE PAD HAD CRACKED.

I WAS DRIVING UP TO TRAFFIC LIGHT TO STOP AND I WENT TO BRAKE AND MY BRAKE PEDAL SEIZED UP! IT FELT LIKE IT GOT STUCK AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING ME TO HAVE NO BRAKES AND I HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD NO BRAKES AND I COULD NOT STOP! I HAVE BEEN CITED FOR HITTING SOMEONE FROM BEHIND AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP! I BELIEVE MY ABS- ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM SOME HOW CAUSED MY BRAKES TO SEIZE UP AND BECOME INOPERABLE. *TR

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM RE COPY OF LETTER ADDRESSED TO MR JAMES LENTZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, REGARDING SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THE 2010 TOYOTA RAV 4 *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THERE WAS SNOW ON THE STREET WITH SLIPPER ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ABS ENGAGED, WHICH MADE THE BRAKES INOPERABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SITUATIONS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE ABS ENGAGED. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND EVENTUALLY LANDED IN THE MIDDLE INTERSECTION OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE SECOND TIME, SHE ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE. THE ONLY WAY, SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, WAS BY TURNING INTO ANOTHER LANE WHICH CAUSED THE ABS TO GO OFF WHICH RENDERED THE BRAKES TO WORK AGAIN. *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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WOULD DEPRESS INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PEDAL WAS SO LOW THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT DESIGNED AND WAS OPERATING AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP FROM 45 MPH, THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE AT THE SAME SPEED. I INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. FINALLY, AFTER ABOUT THREE SECONDS, THE CAR SEEMED TO DOWNSHIFT, AND THE BRAKES ENGAGED. I ENDED UP HALFWAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. THE CONDITIONS WERE WARM AND DRY, AND THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. THIS IS A STOCK CAR WITH NO MODIFICATIONS. WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE FLOOR MATS AS DIRECTED BY TOYOTA IN 2010 AND 2011. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE LACK OF BRAKING WAS NOT MECHANICAL, BUT ELECTRONIC. IT SEEMED THAT THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED OUT WHILE THE CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE FORWARD AT THE SAME SPEED. WHEN THE CAR DOWNSHIFTED AND REVVED A LITTLE, THE BRAKES SUDDENLY CAME BACK ONLINE, AND WE CAME TO A STOP. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. WE WILL CONTACT TOYOTA AND SEE WHAT THEY ADVISE. *TT

2010 TOYOTA RAV 4. CONSUMER WRITES IN COMPLAINT OF THE PEDAL LOCATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS WERE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER WHICH CAUSED HIS FOOT TO BECOME TRAPPED UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE BRAKE PEDAL SHOULD BE REDESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR MORE FOOT CLEARANCE AND PROVIDE SOME LIGHTING TO THE FLOOR AREA. *JB

I WAS GOING ABOUT 4 MPH AROUND A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD ROARING NOISE AND ACCELERATED. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP ACCEPT FOR A CONCRETE POST IN THE PARKING LOT. I HAD NO CONTROL AND NO BRAKES. THIS INCIDENT HAS LEFT ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR USE. THIS IS DETRIMENTAL TO MY DAILY ROUTINE INCLUDING THE CARE OF MY 93 YEAR OLD FATHER WHO HAS DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER NEEDS THAT REQUIRE A VEHICLE. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AND CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS OR PAY $40.00 FOR CAR RENTAL. IT WILL BE OVER 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE DEALERSHIP WILL CHECK ELECTRONIC BOX/THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 3 WEEKS BEFORE I WOULD BE CONTACTED. I WILL NOT BE GIVEN A RENTAL UNTIL PROOF IS DETERMINED. *TR

MY NEW 2010 TOYOTA RAV4 MAKES SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE REAR WHEEL WHILE I APPLY BRAKE AFTER A COLD START. THE NOISE GOES AWAY AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES COUPLE OF TIMES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON CITY SIDE STREET, VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED, I ATTEMPTED TO DO THE SAME, BUT UNSUCCESSFULLY. MY VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL AND RENTAL COMPANY REPLACED IT WITH AN IDENTICAL VEHICLE. SUBSEQUENT EXPERIMENTATION WITH SAID REPLACEMENT SHOWED WHAT I BELIEVE IS A WEAKNESS IN THE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED BRAKE SYSTEM. WITH ONE APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF BRAKE POWER IS AVAILABLE, WITH A CLOSELY FOLLOWED SECOND APPLICATION, THE PERCENTAGE OF AVAILABLE BRAKING POWER IS INCREASED, AFTER A THIRD, EVEN MORE. THE BRAKING POWER AVAILABLE AFTER THE FIRST APPLICATION IS LOW, EVEN WITH FULL PEDAL APPLICATION. THIS CONSTITUTES A HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A NEED FOR FULL BRAKING POWER. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT A PERSON ENCOUNTERING A SITUATION AS I FOUND MYSELF IN WOULD DO WHAT I DID, I.E. APPLY MAXIMUM PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ONLY TO FIND THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOW AVAILABLE BRAKING POWER THE VEHICLE, PERSON, OR ANIMAL WOULD NOT ESCAPE DAMAGE OR INJURY.

VEHICLE WAS AT THE STOP SIGN FOR THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY A TRUCK. BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO TOWARDS THE RAILROAD CROSSING WITH APPROACH OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN. THE DRIVER IN DESPERATION MADE A U-TURN STILL TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IN DESPERATION THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED TO PARK AND THE KEY REMOVED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL JUMPED THE CURB AND FORTUNATELY RAN INTO TREE WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BODY DAMAGE IS BEING REPAIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF HIS FOOT WAS POINTED TO THE RIGHT WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WOULD TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 1,500. UPDATED 01/04/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED NO REPAIRS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ARE AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/10/11

I BOUGHT THE 2010 TOYOTA RAV4 THIS JULY. THE CAR WAS FINE UNTIL TODAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2010. TODAY AT 11:45 AM, I WAS BRAKING AS I APPROACHED THE RED LIGHT GOING AT 25MPH. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I PRESSED THE BRAKE EVEN HARDER, THE CAR JUMPED THE LIGHT, AND EVEN THOUGH THE CAR DID SLOWED, I HAD TO SLAM IN ORDER TO COME TO A COMPLETE HALT. I THEN PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT I WAS VERY SCARED. AT 4:30 PM THE SAME DAY, I JUST EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND WAS COMING TO THE RED LIGHT. I WAS BRAKING AT 25MPH, YET THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO SLAM THE BRAKES EXTREMELY HARD AND ALTHOUGH IT DID COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, I HEARD THE ENGINE REVVING. AGAIN I WAS VERY SCARED. NO ACCIDENTS OCCURRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4 . WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS MINIMAL VIBRATION CAUSING THE BRAKES NOT TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT THEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR WHEN THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES WITH EXTREME FORCE AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1900. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION. HIS SPEED WAS 25 MPH, GOING UP A GRADE. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WAS SOFT WITH A FINE VIBRATION. UPDATED EVOQ 09/22/10 UPDATED 10/21/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/25/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE FOR A TRAFFIC STOP. THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND PROCEEDED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC STOP WHERE SHE CRASHED INTO THE CURB AND A LIGHT POLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL COLLISION CENTER WHERE THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LOOSE BANJO BOLT ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE CALIBER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 800.

AUTO ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. THE BANJO BOLT WAS LOOSE ON THE RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER ON 2010 TOYOTA RAV 4 WITH 800 MILES. THE CAR COULD NOT STOP WHEN TRYING TO STOP ON FRONT OF STOP SIGN AS A RESULT THE CAR CROSSED THE STREET AND HIT THE CURB AND THE LIGHT POLE ACROSS THE STREET. *TR

MY RAV4 WAS PART OF THE RECALL. ONE, I BOUGHT MY CAR ON 1/18/10. I HEARD TOYOTA FILED THEIR CLAIM ON 1/21/10. THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED ON 1/26/10. I WAITED UNTIL BEGINNING OF MARCH FOR RECALL LETTER AS INSTRUCTED BY TOYOTA AND I NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT TOYOTA DOESN'T SEND OUT RECALL LETTERS AND THAT I SHOULD COME IN FOR RECALL. LAST SATURDAY THE PEDAL WAS FIXED BUT THERE IS A BRAKE LAG, MEANING THE CAR WILL NOT STOP IN TIME, YOU REALLY HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AS PER DEALER, THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND WHEN I ASKED THEM CAN THEY TELL ME IF THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE THEY TOLD ME THAT TOYOTA CAN NOT MAKE THOSE GUARANTEES. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND WANT TO RETURN IT SINCE AS PER TOYOTA IF THE CAR WAS PURCHASED/LEASED WITHIN 5 DAYS OF RECALL/PRODUCTION STOPPAGE THEY WILL TAKE IT BACK. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT TOYOTA DIRECTLY WHICH I DID AND NOBODY IS ANSWERING THE PHONE-ITS ALWAYS BUSY. ON THEIR WEBSITE, IT DOES INDICATE THAT THEY WILL WORK ON CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR TAKE BACKS BUT NOBODY FROM TOYOTA IS WILLING TO HELP. HOW DO I PROCEED? CAN ANYBODY HELP ME? *TR

JUST ANOTHER UNSATISFIED, UNHAPPY, AND SCARED FOR MY LIFE TOYOTA OWNER! THE REPAIR FOR THE RECALL FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT TAKES TOO MUCH EFFORT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE ACCELERATOR STICKS SOMETIMES. BRAKING IS BECOMING A MAJOR ISSUE FOR ME-I'VE NEVER HAD TO APPLY SO MUCH PRESSURE BEFORE. I'M USED TO LETTING MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, LETTING THE CAR SLOW DOWN ITSELF, THEN GENTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES AS NEEDED (MOSTLY AT STOPLIGHTS SO I DON'T HAVE TO ACCELERATE AS MUCH WHEN IT TURNS GREEN). THE CAR REALLY DOESN'T SLOW DOWN LIKE IT SHOULD, REQUIRING ME TO APPLY UNNECESSARY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE PEDAL OR REPAIRED IT FOR THE RECALL BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. *TR