2002 TOYOTA RAV4
682 complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints by Component
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 255 |
| POWER TRAIN | 118 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 88 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 34 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 23 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 23 |
| ENGINE | 22 |
| AIR BAGS | 17 |
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | 16 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 13 |
| STEERING | 7 |
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 5 |
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | 5 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 4 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | 4 |
Recent Complaints
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASH. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S AIR BAGS WERE THE ONLY ONES NOT TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGER, MULTIPLE BUMPS, AND BRUISES ALL OVER THE BODY. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WA
Mileage: 200,000
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN JUNE 2016 WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD VEERED INTO MY LANE AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND ME AND MY SPOUSE SUSTAINED INJURIES. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. ALL OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE THAT HIT US HEAD ON WERE DEPLOYED, PROTECTING THE DRIVER. HOWEVER, MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHICH CAUSED ME AND MY SPOUSE TO HAVE SEVERAL INJURIES INVOLVING ME BEING ADMITTED TO THAT HOSPITAL.MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 45
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL! MARCH 28, 2017 [XXX] [XXX] TELEPHONE: [XXX] EMAIL: [XXX] MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY! DEAR SIR: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IN JUNE 2015 WAS DRIVING MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 SUV AND I HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD RUN A STOP SIGN AND THE DRIVER VEERED INTO MY LANE AND HIT ME. I WAS STUCK IN MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION HAD PUSHED THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE BACK AND THE FRONT DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AND PEOPLE STANDING AROUND SAID THAT
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL: ME AND MY WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN JUNE, 2015. A LADY TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE LOST CONTROL OF HER SUV AND HIT MY TOYOTA RAV4 SUV HEAD-ON. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT, I SUSTAINED SEVERAL INJURIES TO MY HEAD, NECK, RIGHT KNEE AND LEFT ARM AND HAND. THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD THAT THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE WAS PUSHED BACKWARD WHICH BLOCKED THE TWO FRONT DOORS FROM OPENING. MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE AND SOMEONE CALLED THE POLICE, THE FIRED DEPARTME
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA RAV4 SUV IN JUNE AND I WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY A LADY TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED ME TO BE INJURED. MY HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD, MY KNEE HIT SOMETHING WHICH CUT IT, MY CHEST HIT THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE ONE OF THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND I HAD TWO DAMAGED RIBS AND ALSO I HAD INTERNAL INJURIES ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO MY LEFT HAND. MY WIFE AND I WERE WEARING OUR SEATBELTS AND MY WIFE ONLY INCUR
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL. I HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION LAST JUNE, 2015 AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH CAUSED ME EXTENSIVE INJURIES AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. I HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND REMAINED A PATIENT. NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. IF ANY OF THE AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED THEN I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE SEVERELY INJURED.
Mileage: 33,000
I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA AND MY WIFE WAS A PASSENGER. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A LADY RAN A STOP SIGN AND SWERVED AND HIT US HEAD-ON. WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE, THE DOORS WERE JAMMED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE CAME AND QUICKLY PUT THE FIRE OUT AND PRIED THE FRONT DOORS OPEN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. I INCURRED SEVERE INJURIES TO MY HEAD, CHEST, NECK AND LEFT ARM. MY TOYOTA WAS TOTALED AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS CITED FOR THE WRECK. I HAVE BEEN IN AND
Mileage: 33,000
I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA AND MY WIFE WAS A PASSENGER. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A LADY RAN A STOP SIGN AND SWERVED AND HIT US HEAD-ON. WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE, THE DOORS WERE JAMMED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE CAME AND QUICKLY PUT THE FIRE OUT AND PRIED THE FRONT DOORS OPEN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. I INCURRED SEVERE INJURIES TO MY HEAD, CHEST, NECK AND LEFT ARM. MY TOYOTA WAS TOTALED AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS CITED FOR THE WRECK. I HAVE BEEN IN AND
Mileage: 33,000
I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA AND MY WIFE WAS A PASSENGER. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A LADY RAN A STOP SIGN AND SWERVED AND HIT US HEAD-ON. WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE, THE DOORS WERE JAMMED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE CAME AND QUICKLY PUT THE FIRE OUT AND PRIED THE FRONT DOORS OPEN. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. I INCURRED SEVERE INJURIES TO MY HEAD, CHEST, NECK AND LEFT ARM. MY TOYOTA WAS TOTALED AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS CITED FOR THE WRECK. I HAVE BEEN IN AND
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL: I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA RAV4 2002 SUV AND I WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH AT THE TIME. THE OTHER VEHICLE RAN OUT OF HER LANE AND HIT ME HEAD-ON. THE AIRBAGS IN MY TOYOTA DID NOT WORK WHICH CAUSED ME AND MY WIFE TO SUSTAINED SEVERAL INJURIES. THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT HIT ME HEAD-ON, THE AIR BAGS WORKED. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR AGENCY TO INVESTIGATE AND TO FIND OUT WHY MY TAKATA AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK. MY VEHICLE HAD ONLY 33,000 MILES ON IT AND IT LOO
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL: I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-0N COLLISION AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEFLATE LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT HIT ME, THEIR AIRBAGS DEFLATED. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND THE IMPACT PUSHED EVERYTHING BACK FROM THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE, WHICH BLOCKED THE DOORS SO THAT WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE ACCIDENT WAS THE OTHER PARTIES FAULT AND SHE WAS CITED FOR THE ACCIDENT. I RECEIVED SEVERAL INJURIES WHICH RESULTED WITH ME BEING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SE
Mileage: 33,000
TAKATA RECALL: I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-0N COLLISION AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEFLATE LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT HIT ME, THEIR AIRBAGS DEFLATED. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND THE IMPACT PUSHED EVERYTHING BACK FROM THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE, WHICH BLOCKED THE DOORS SO THAT WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE ACCIDENT WAS THE OTHER PARTIES FAULT AND SHE WAS CITED FOR THE ACCIDENT. I RECEIVED SEVERAL INJURIES WHICH RESULTED WITH ME BEING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SE
Mileage: 33,000
ON JUNE 25, 2015, I WAS DRIVING MY NEIGHBOR TO PICK UP HIS VEHICLE AT A GARAGE. A LADY WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND HIT ME HEAD ON.I INCURRED SEVERAL INJURIES TO MY LEFT HAND, STOMACH, CHEST, HEAD, NECK AND MY NEIGHBOR SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS TWO ARMS. WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD THAT MY FRONT TWO DOORS WERE DAMAGED TO THE POINT THAT THEY WOULD NOT OPEN. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY HOWEVER THE LADY WHO HIT ME HEAD ON, HER AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. IF MY AIR BAGS
Mileage: 38,000
I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. SUV ON JUNE 26, 2015. A LADY TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND HIT MY CAR HEAD ON. ME AND MY PASSENGER SUSTAINED SEVERAL INJURIES. MY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR (THE DOORS WERE JAMBED) FINALLY WITH SOME HELP WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE. I HURT MY HEAD, CHEST, STOMACH, RIGHT LEG CUT, RIGHT KNEE JOINT DAMAGED AND LEFT ARM AND HAND SERIOUSLY INJURED. EVERYONE ( THE POLICE, FIREMEN, WITNESSES,WRECKER T
Mileage: 43,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN CHARLESTON, WV AND A LADY WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND SHE HIT MY TOYOTA RAV4 SUV. HEAD ON AND THE AIR BAGS IN MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 SUV, DID NOT EMPLOY, BUT THE AIRBAGS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE DID. AS A RESULT OF THE AIR BAGS IN MY VEHICLE FAILING TO EMPLOY CAUSED ME AND MY WIFE INJURIES.I REALLY BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE AIR BAGS IN ANY TOYOTA MADE VEHICLES ARE EITHER DEFECTIVE OR WILL NOT EMPLOY AS A RESULT OF A HEAD ON ACCIDENT. MY WIFE AND I HAD TO HAVE MEDICAL CARE
Mileage: 47,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN TENNESSEE STREET WHEN A LADY RAN THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND HIT US HEAD-ON. MY AIR BAGS NOT DID DEPLOY WHICH CAUSED ME AND MY WIFE INJURIES. THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT HIT MY TOYOTA 2002 RAV4 SUV. AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY ON IMPACT, WHERE MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IF MY AIR BAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THEN ME AND MY WIFE WOULD NOT HAVE SUSTAINED INJURIES. FOR ALL INTENT AND PURPOSES, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE THAT ALL OF THEIR AIRBAGS ARE EITHER
Mileage: 38,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED ARM AND HAND INJURIES AND LACERATIONS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.
Mileage: 38,000
WHEN I WENT ON MERGER RAMP ON HIGHWAY .THE CAR NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH OR TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE CAR BEHIND ME HIT MY CAR. *JS
Mileage: 115,800
WHEN I WENT ON MERGER RAMP ON HIGHWAY .THE CAR NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH OR TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE CAR BEHIND ME HIT MY CAR. *JS
Mileage: 115,800
MY WIFE DRIVE A 2002 RAV4 TO WORK. ON APRIL 15 2013 WHILE ON HER WAY TO WORK LIKE ALWAYS SHE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT . AS THE LIGHT TURN GREEN SHE PRESSED THE GAS THE CAR STARTED MOVING AND SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION, THE DRIVER BEHIND HER DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACTED AND REAR ENDED THEM. MY 2 YEAR SON AND MY WIFE SHOCKED MY SON CRIED FOR A LITTLE BIT AND MY WIFE HAD A SORE BACK . AN THE BEGINNING WHEN SHE TOLD ME THESE I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT . ONE WEEK AFTER THE INCIDENT SHE TOLD ME THE CHE
Mileage: 79,100