2015 Toyota RAV4 Engine Problems

“I was driving with my 2 sons from jfk airport to woodside, queens in new york. We just got off the van wyke highway and were traveling west on queens boulevard. The speed limit on queens boulevard is 25. We were approaching a red light when we noticed smoke coming from the under the hood. I pulled over and turned off the car, when we got out of the car we noticed there were flames starting to come out from under the hood. We immediately grabbed our items, purse, phone, coats and got away safely from the car. …”

“Temporary loss of power. On a trip from san francisco to cypress, ca on the I-5 freeway cruising at 70 MPH a sudden temporary loss of power occurred at least 30 times (this with odometer in 6,000 mile range). I had reported this problem to my Toyota dealer at approximately 3000 miles. They said their technician could not find any problem. Around 1/3/2020 I took it to dealer and said I would leave it there until they repaired it. I purchased an 8 year extended warranty in oct., 2014. After. 4 days dealer called for me to pick it up. …”

“Driving on slight grade at approx. 55 MPH. Attempted to pass car in front of me. Checked left lane, semi about 50-75 yards back. Pressed down gas pedal and nothing. It was like the car went into neutral. Meanwhile semi is approaching. Pumped pedal a few times nothing semi has to slow down because I am slowing down instead of accelerating. Finally pedal catches and car accelerates. This has happened about 5 times since I got this car new in january, Toyota dealer service person says this is normal as everything is done by computer now, not hardwire. …”

“Driving normal, made a right turn and car suddenly restarts, steering wheel locks up during turn for a couple seconds. Electric restart engine and turns off the car and can't gas it, only brake. Car comes back on without me turning it on and does not happen again rest of the drive. Driving normal for 2 days and on the 3rd day, engine restarts again randomly while making a right turn, same exact description as described previously. Driven car for a day and incident hasn't repeated yet. …”

“The car was being driven in philadelphia at a low speed when the engine caught fire. The fire quickly was out of control and destroyed most of the car, including the engine, dashboard, front seats, windshield, windows, front tires which exploded, and airbags.”