2016 Toyota RAV4 Engine Problems

“My brand new car caught fire in the front while it was parked outside a restaurant. I came outside to leave and it was towed away. The car was totaled from the fire. I saw the RAV4 investigation is happening and wanted to make sure you had my report included. The fire happened in the front left (as it was stated in the article other cars). I can send you additional details if needed but everything is matching up with the other incidents. It was a brand new car which is why it was such a strange event.”

“It was a cold day in massachusetts. I warmed up the car in the morning for 10 minutes before starting to drive to work. I got onto the massachusetts pike and after a couple exits of cruising at 60 hit stop and go traffic. At one of the entrances and when I slowed down to a stop in the traffic my car flashed the battery critical charging error for a split second before saying everything needed to be restarted by putting the car into park. After that, the car completely shut down. …”

“The wiring harness was chew completely up. This affected my power brakes, engine,steering system, etc. These lights came on while driving the car! Rats chewed my wiring .”

“This incident occurred on 8/30/16 and involved a sudden total and unexpected loss of power in traffic at interstate speeds. Vehicle involved was a six month old 2016 Toyota RAV4 with 5300 miles. Incident occurred in southbound lanes of I-65 between lafayette and lebanon, in. While moving at 60 MPH in a very heavy rainstorm. Fortunately, I was in the right hand lane and was able to coast to the shoulder of the road without being struck by following traffic and had the vehicle towed to a Toyota dealer in avon, in. …”

“When backing up (like from your driveway) if you shift from r to d too fast one of the following extremely dangerous actions will occur: 1. The engine will stall leaving you a sitting duck in traffic. Restarting is not quick or easy. You must put your foot on the brake, shift into p and then hit the I/o button a number of times to cycle back to start position to get the car started again. All the time you are praying oncoming traffic doesn't hit you! 2. The car will engage traction control (trac indicator on). When this happens pressing on the accelerator pedal has (almost) no effect (I.e. …”