2006 Toyota RAV4 Wheels Problems

“My wife's 2006 RAV4 has a clunking noise in the steering that is worrisome to us. It has been present and getting worse for seven or eight years, now. I noticed the noise as being faint but didn't think much of it until my stepson asked me one day what the noise was. It occurs when driving the vehicle and turning the steering wheel. It got progressively louder and when I mentioned it to the Toyota dealer where we have the vehicle serviced they basically blew us off and implied that it was our faulty driving. …”

“I was driving by 88 st and 94 ave in miami, florida went through the train tracks, and heard a loud noise, like an explosion, and the car started to shake and move to the left lane, thank god there was no cars coming, so I finally control the vehicle, I look for a reason of the explosion, and then drag...literally to a shopping plaza, where I noticed the tire behind on the driver side was almost separating from the vehicle. I called my son, and he send a tow truck, later a mechanic would tell me that the inner tie rod broke. …”

“On wednesday, january 30th, around 6 p.m. Est, I was driving home from work, going approximately 40-45 MPH, when suddenly I lost control of my vehicle (2006 RAV4, standard not sport). Fortunately, I was able to get the car off to the shoulder after about 30 seconds of swerving and inability to control the car. There was no physical damage to my person, car or anyone else, but as you can probably imagine, I was ? And continue to be- very shaken up over what happened, and how much worse it could have been had I been on a more congested highway, going at a faster speed. …”

“I got a flat and I went to remove my tire and the bolt broke. This was the first time. I had it fixed. I went to the dealer to have my brakes done and was told that a bolt was going to brake if they continued to remove the tire. I was given the option to have it fixed for $178. Then I was having my tires rotated at the shop and another bolt broke. That made 3 bolts broken on the passenger rear tire. I've owned 5 brand new cars in my life and never had this happen before. I've checked the Toyota website to see if any 2006 RAV4 have been recalled for this problem but no recalls reported.”

“This complaint is related to discovery srx p215/70r16 cooper tires which were bought on october 23 2018. These tires are identical to recall 'NHTSA recall no. - 19t-005 affecting cooper discoverer' and cooper evolution' tires' only they are the 16 inch tires. We believe that the 16 inch tires should also be included in this recall. …”