2002 Toyota RAV4 Vehicle speed control Problems

“I was driving my RAV4 down my road when I suddenly lost control of the accelerator with my foot on the brake not touching the gas pedal at all my vehicle continued speeding up. I had my emergency brake locked which slowed me down but couldn't stop me. I placed the vehicle in neutral and the car came to a stop but the rpms went up to 9000rpm's immediately so I turned the car off in hopes something would reset. When I turned the car back on the problem continued until I was able to stop in my driveway. …”

“Faulty ecu computers causeing variations in speed and problems with hard shifting, damageing transmissons, causeing vehicles to fail while driving while in motion vehicle will not shift correctly. My vehicle stopped in an intersection and I was nearly hit by another vehicle while attempting to accelerate the vehicle would not shift into gear while turning left. I felt I could have been killed by on comming traffic with no ability to control my vehicle. Toyota dealer and mechanic told me this is a well know defect and problem know to Toyota with rav 4 2001-2003. …”

“Original owner of 2002 Toyota RAV4 awd. Was driving home from a friend's house and stopped off near my home for an errand. Left the store, (car was running, family inside) and proceed to drive towards my house. The engine was running but the car was barely moving. The tach was at 4,000 and I was barely going 5 MPH. Suddenly and without warning the car raced forward at a high rate of speed. I slammed on the brakes to avoid a rear-end collision. After it was safe to move, I stepped on the gas again and the car sluggishly moved at about 5mph again. …”

“Today my Toyota RAV4 2002 began to have automatic transmission shifting issues. It has an excessive jerk when shifted from park to reverse, it is slow to shift from 1 to 2, and it jerks like I was rear ended when shifting to the next gear. I contacted my local Toyota dealer and was told there are no outstanding recalls on my car, the ECM software was updated before I purchased it used. I asked if they had any issues with the transmission on this model and year and I was told no . They recommended I bring it in for a diagnostic check for $104 just to check it out. …”

“2002 Toyota RAV4 - while driving on the freeway, my car may automatically go from 60 to 40 mpr in matter of seconds. Or my car will get stuck on 60mpr & violently jerk. Twice have I taken it in for an ECM recall. My engine light has been on ever since 60,000 miles and now it's at 150,000. The extended warranty has been issued but my car is over the limit (154,000 miles). This extended warranty should have been issued years ago now it's too late. My car has had problems ever since my check engine light has turned on at 60k.”