2010 Toyota RAV4 Wheels Problems

“I bought the car 8/31/2010. The car always jumped for no reason. Henderickson Toyota said nothing was wrong. I saw 2010 RAV4 was involved in a lawsuit that Toyota corporation lost in 2013. I was never notified. The car was rpaired for a floor mat problem, but not the motor jump. I sold the car because the car was in 2015 because it had a second major problem with poor control of backend.”

“One wheel stud on the front passenger side was broken. Apparently it was made of poor steel material. I checked internet and found this problem was also reported by many others. To our disappointment, so the manufacture and dealers are still not accepting the causation. I am thinking boycott Toyota since they are using cheap poor parts made in china.”

“Shortly after dealer maintenance, three lug bolts broke off while torquing the lug nuts to 80 foot pounds. The lug bolts appear to made from a low grade of steel. The dealer was good enough to replace broken bolts, but refused to replace all the lug bolts. I maintain that all my lug bolts could be damaged to the point of near failure and that Toyota should be using a higher grade steel in these bolts.”

“While driving vehicle began to shake or wobble . Upon inspection was found to be tire which was uneven in wear. Replaced tire and after a short time was found not to be the problem. Upon inspection was found seals on rear differential leaking . Closer inspection found rear suspension, tie rod loose. This we believe is due to rear suspension parts being faulty. Parts are original. At this time we are being told that it is not covered under any vehicle warranty or recall. This is a major safety problem as it caused vehicle to loose complete control. …”

“I went to rotate the tires for the first time on my 2010 RAV4 2.5 v6. I had never had the tires off before. The only time they would have been off was when I went back to the dealer after having the car for approximately 6 months to have the front 2 wheels re-balanced because of a slight shaking in the steering wheel. This fixed the problem. However when I went to rotate 4 tires, 2 of the front lug bolts broke. When I inspected them I could see that a couple more looked like they were also stretched between the threads, most likely from over torquing. …”