2019 Toyota RAV4 complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START-UP SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INCLUDED THE ABS, POWER STEERING, HEADLAMPS, BACK-UP CAMERA, PARKING SUPPORT BRAKE, REAR CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT, BLIND SPOT MONITORING, DRIVE START CONTROL SYSTEM, PARKING BRAKE ASSIST, SRS, AIR BAGS AND PRE- COLLISION ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MAC HAIK TOYOTA (2112 GULF FWY S, LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573; (281) 338-9700). THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO TOW THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPAIRED OR REPLACED THE ABS CONTROL, ECU, BRAKE ACTUATOR, PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND WHEEL BEARING HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE DEALER INSTALLED NEW TERMINALS 17 AND 18, AND SOLDERED THE WIRING HARNESS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE THE CHARCOAL CANISTER WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER ALSO ORDERED AN ENGINE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO PERFORM A REPLACEMENT REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,293.*DT

TOYOTA RAV4 2019 DON'T HAVE A CAR BUMPER THAT PROTECTS THE CARE WAIL PARKING OR IN THE PARKING LOT IT HAS A PLACK COVERING THE LOWER PART OF THE CAR AND IN THE SAME LEVEL AS THE FIBERGLASS ON THE UPPER PART SO IF ABUT TO HIT A WALL YOU GET THE CAR BODY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BUMPER IN NEW YORK STATE REQUIRE CARES TO HAVE BUMPER PLUS ALL THE SENSITIVE PARTS IN THIS CARE ARE BEHIND THE BUMPER TO FIX IT COSTED ME $18000

WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED. WHEN WE TRY TO FILL THE GAS TANK UP IT WILL ONLY FILL UP ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE GAS TANK. WE TOOK IT TO TOYOTA WHO ONLY RESET THE COMPUTER. HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. EVEN THOUGH TOYOTA IS AWARE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE, THEY SAID THEY DO NOT PRESENTLY HAVE A FIX AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL HAVE ONE. THE FUEL READING IS NOT ACCURATE AND WE ARE ALSO NOT GETTING THE FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF THE VEHICLE WE PURCHASED. WE WERE ALSO NOT MADE AWARE AHEAD OF TIME THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE ON THE VEHICLE.

THE VEHICLE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACE ON PARK, THE KEY WILL GO DOWN TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION. HOWEVER, WHEN THE KEY IS PUSHED IN TO REMOVE THE KEY, THE KEY WILL NOT MOVE TO THE OFF POSITION, SO THE KEY MAY BE REMOVED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WELLESLEY TOYOTA (234 WORCESTER ST, WELLESLEY, MA 02481, 781-237-2970) WHERE THE MECHANIC RETRIEVED AN UNDISCLOSED FAULT CODE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CODE SHOWED A NON-SPECIFIC ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

BREAKS MAKE A CHIRPING NOISE WHEN YOU STEP ON THE BREAKS. MOST RECENTLY HEARD ON 6.26.20. *TR

I AM HEARING CLICKING NOISE FROM STEERING WHEEL WHEN I MAKE TURNS AT LOW SPEED, SPECIALLY WHILE I AM APPLYING BRAKE (AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL). THE NOISE SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS TOUCHING INSIDE THE STEERING! BUT IT IS NOT CONSTANT. MAYBE ELECTRIC MOTOR OR A COMPONENT IN STEERING WHEEL. *TR

VEHICLE JERKS AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A "ROLLING STOP." IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE - THERE SEEMS TO BE A DELAY WITH GOING, SO THE CAR JERKS TO KICK INTO THE SPEED IT SHOULD BE. I'VE TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 TIMES TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY ALWAYS SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE TAKES LONG TO STOP AND THIS IS A BRAND NEW 2019 RAV4 ? IT ONLY HAS 5K MILES ON IT. I NOTICED A CLINKING SOUND WHEN TURNING RIGHT AND LEFT OR GOING OVER BUMPS. I RESEARCHED THIS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE REGARDING THE LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACEMENT DUE TO IT DETACHING FROM THE WHEEL HUB AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! THERE IS ALSO A RECALL FOR A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE MOTOR TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CRACKS ON THE ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO MANUFACTURE OVERSIGHT! MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE TIME FRAME OF THE RECALL MONTH OF MANUFACTURE??? THERE IS ALSO AN ISSUE ON THE REVERSE CAMERA SYSTEM GOING BLANK WHEN REVERSING? I RESEARCHED THIS AND THERE IS ALSO A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE? *TR

WAS AT DRIVE THROUGH CASH MACHINE, STOPPED, PUT INTO PARK, DID MY TRANSACTION, PUT CAR INTO DRIVE LEFT TO GET TO STREET VIA A SIDE STREET. NOTED AT STOPS THAT THE BRAKES WERE HARD AS WHEN ABS IS NOT QUITE RIGHT. ON A TOWN STREET, TWO PEDESTRIANS STEPPED OUT INTO MY LANE OF TRAVEL. I PUT ON MY BRAKES, HARD. THE ENGINE REV'D AND CONTINUED FASTER AND I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE WOMEN GOT OUT OF THE LANE. I REALLY DON'T RECALL SEQUENCE, I WAS TERRIFIED (HAVE HAD A CAR RUN AWAY WITH ME LONG AGO). BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS REV'ING HARD, I WAS SO TERRIFIED I DID NOT NOTE IF ANY DASH LIGHTS WERE ON, OR WHAT THE TACH (?) WAS DOING. RAV WAS IN DRIVE, I PUSHED LEVER TO N AND FINALLY TO PARK AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. I HAD PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET, SO FIRED IT UP, AND IT WAS 'NORMAL' BRAKES NO LONGER HARD. I CAUTIOUSLY PULLED OUT INTO THE LANE AND MADE IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER. IT TRIED ONE MORE TIME TO DO A REV WHEN I PUT THE BRAKES ON, BUT NOT LIKE THAT FIRST TIME AS I IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OFF AND PUT INTO NEUTRAL/PARK. TOYOTA SERVICE PERSON SHOWED CONCERN AND DROVE THE RAV AROUND FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND COULD NOT GET IT TO REPEAT THIS. HE THINKS MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE THE SHOP BYPASS THE AUTOMATIC STOP ENGINE THING, PERMANENTLY BUT THERE'S NOT LONGER A WAY TO DO IN NEWER RAVS. SO PUSHED THE A BUTTON TO TURN IT OFF AND FEAR DRIVING IT. SERVICE MAN WAS GOING TO CALL ME BACK IF HE COMES UP WITH ANYTHING. HE MAY NOT RECALL THE UNINTENTIONAL ENGINE REVS OF A FEW YEARS AGO IN TOYO

AS I DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND COME TO A STOP AND RE-ACCELERATE IT JERKS VIOLENTLY! IT FEELS LIKE IT DOES THIS AS IT'S ACCELERATING IN FIRST GEAR ONLY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION ISSUE, BUT I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE. *TR

WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, WE USED TO BE ABLE TO FILL IT UP ALL THE WAY AND COMPLETELY NOW YOU CAN'T FILL IT UP ALL THE WAY. WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ABOUT 450 MILES WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL. NOW, WHEN WE GO TO FILL UP, WE ONLY GET ABOUT 350 MILES FOR A FULL TANK WHEN FILLING UP THE TANK DOESN'T ALLOW US TO FILL THE TANK UP COMPLETELY THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL! *TR

UNABLE TO FILL GAS TANK FULLY IN ADDITION TO DISPLAYED RANGE BEING INACCURATE. TANK ONLY FILLS ABOUT 3/4 WITH AVERAGE DISTANCE TO EMPTY READING ABOUT 350 MILES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN THE DISTANCE WE ARE ABLE TO TRAVEL BEFORE NEEDING TO REFUEL. *TR

1) WHILE DRIVER APPLIES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BRING VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP ON A CITY STREET, AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 1500 AND 1000 RPM, THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE UP TO APPROXIMATELY 2000 RPM WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING PRESSED, FOR A DURATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1-2 SECONDS BEFORE DISENGAGING AND DECELERATING. 2) WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND IDLING IN A PARKING LOT, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 RPM, WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE DRIVE (D) POSITION, WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPM FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND AND LURCH FORWARD AND THEN DISENGAGES AND DECELERATES BACK TO IDLE AS LONG AS THE BRAKE PEDAL REMAINS DEPRESSED.*DT*JB

I NOTICED THAT IS A DRIP OF OIL UNDER THE CAR. LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM THE ENGINE. *TR

I NOTICE THAT MY RAV4 WAS DRIPPING OIL ON THE FLOOR OF THE GARAGE. I READ THE REPORTS ON YOUR SITE AND THIS MATTER COULD BE SERIOUS, AND CAN START FIRE.THE CAR IS NEW ONLY 8.000 MILES ON IT. I NEED HELP TO FIX IT. *TR

I RECEIVED 2 SPEEDING CAMERA TICKETS DUE TO SUDDEN ACCELERATION NOTICED TIME TO TIME, FRONT SUSPENSIONS ARE NOT EVEN AND ROUGH, TRANSMISSION IS NOT SMOOTH WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND/OR STOPPING VEHICLE. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60MPH ON A 65-DEGREE DAY AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT, THE GLASS BLEW OUT AND DOWN THE BACK OF MY CAR. *TR

FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL TO CORRECT CAPACITY. WHENEVER I FILL MY TANK, EVEN WHEN THE LOW FUEL LIGHT IS ON, I AM ONLY ABLE TO FILL APPROXIMATELY 9 GALLONS. THE ADVERTISED CAPACITY OF THE TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS. THIS IS VERIFIED BY THE RANGE AND FUEL INDICATOR ON MY DASHBOARD. THE FUEL TANK STOPS FILLING AT ABOUT 3/4-7/8 OF A TANK AND THEN RANGE INDICATED BETWEEN 380-400 MILES. TOYOTA ADVERTISES A RANGE ON 580 MILES. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MY CURRENT MPG, I SHOULD BE WITHIN ABOUT 40 MILES OF THIS NUMBER. *TR

FUEL TANK IS UNABLE TO FILL TO CAPACITY-!4 1/2 GALLON TANK -CAN ONLY FILL. 8 OR 9 GALLONS.*DT*JB *TR

GAS TANK SIZE IS 14.5 GAL. BUT ONLY FILLS UP TO 9 GAL. *TR

CAR LURCHED, SHOOK AND TILTED WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. SAFETY RECALL ISSUED MAY 20, 2020 (20TB08/20TA08) SAYS FRONT LOWER ARM SUSPENSION DEFECT FOUND FOR SAME MAKE AND MODEL IN PRODUCTION PERIOD 9/25/19-10/25/19, WHICH POST DATES MY PURCHASE DATE BY SEVERAL MONTHS BUT SEEMS TO INVOLVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS BROADER THAN TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND THAT TOYOTA IS BEING DANGEROUSLY DILATORY IN PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT IT ADMITS MAKE THESE CARS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

THE GAS TANK SHOULD BE 14 GALLONS, HOWEVER I AM ONLY ABLE TO BUT IN TO THE TANK APROX 8 GALLONS. I CAN FORCE APPROX 1 MORE GALLON BY PULLING OUT THE NOZZLE ON THE FUEL PUMP. THE TRIP ESTIMATOR WILL SAY IT CAN ONLY GO HIGH 300 TO LOW 400 MILES. WHEN I BOUGHT NEW OFF THE LOT IT WAS WITH A MAX FILLED TANK AND TRIP ESTIMATOR WAS AT 500 PLUS MILES. THE GAS GAUGE NEVER SHOWS FULL AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ACCURATE AS TO WHEN THE TANK IS LOW/EMPTY COMPARED WITH MILEAGE ESTIMATOR. *TR

THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2019 RAV4 HYBRID DOES NOT FILL UP TO CAPACITY AND ONLY ALLOWS TO BE FILLED UP TO AROUND 10 GALLONS. I HAVE TRIED SEVER DIFFERENT FUELING STATIONS, BRANDS, AND PUMP DISPENSERS BUT NONE OF THEM ALLOW TO CAR TO FILL UP TO IT'S FULL LIMIT. ESTIMATED LOSS OF RANGE IS AROUND 100 MILES PER TANK. *TR

CANNOT PROPERLY FILL FUEL TANK. *TR

THE FUEL TANK CAPACITY IS ABOUT 9 GALLONS WAY TOO LOWER THAN THE SPECIFICATION. THIS IS CAUSING TOO MANY TRIPS TO THE GAS STATION THAN EXPECTED. THE PURPOSE OF BUYING A HYBRID IS DEFEATED.

THE CAR'S FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL UP. EACH TIME I FILL UP, IT ALLOWS APPROX 10-11 GALLONS OF A 14 GALL TANK. UNCLEAR IF THE FUEL GAUGE IS WORKING OR IF THE ALERT FOR NEEDING GAS IS ACCURATE. NOT PERFORMING AS ADVERTISED.

WHEN TURNING RIGHT THE CAR HAS A KNOCKING NOISE. *TR

THE GAS TANK IS ADVERTISED TO HOLD 14.5 GALLONS. WHEN I FILL UP, THE PUMP STOPS AFTER ADDING ONLY ABOUT 8 GALLONS. I CAN VERY SLOWLY ADD MORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD IT OVERFLOW AND SPILL WHEN I'VE TRIED THAT. THE SMALLER CAPACITY SEVERELY REDUCES THE NUMBER OF MILES BETWEEN FILLING. I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MPG. A MAIN REASON I BOUGHT THE CAR WAS FOR THE 40MPG. BUT I'VE NEVER GOTTEN THAT. I AVERAGE AROUND 28. *TR

GAS TANK WILL NOT FILL UP COMPLETELY - LEAVING ABOUT 2-4 GALLONS SHORT THAT COULD NOT GO INSIDE THE GAS TANK REGARDLESS HOW HARD YOU TRIED. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU DO PUMP THE GAS FILL UP. *TR

THIS TOYOTA RAV4 ADVENTURE GROANS/SQUEAKS AFTER IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS A 1 TO 2 SECOND HESITATION AND THE STEERING SEEMS UNRESPONSIVE WHENEVER THE SOUND IS HEARD. THE LONGER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING OR THE HOTTER THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, THE MORE OFTEN THE SOUND IS HEARD. *TR

CAR WILL NOT FILL UP TO MAXIMUM FUEL TANK COMPACTLY (USUALLY 2 TO 3 GALLONS BELOW FULL). *TR

THIS HYBRID CAR HAS A 14.5 GALLON GAS TANK AND ON A FULL TANK, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET 570-580 MILES UNTIL EMPTY BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF 39-41 MPG. WHEN GAS TANK IS ON "E" WITH ONLY 10 MILES TO EMPTY, THE TANK WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS BEFORE SHUTTING THE PUMP OFF. IT WILL NOT TAKE A FULL 14.5 GALLONS OF GAS, LEAVING MY TANK ABOUT 4.5 GALLONS SHORT OF ITS CAPACITY, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 180 MILES I AM NOT GETTING ON A FULL TANK OF GAS. WHEN GAS TANK IS FILLED UP COMPLETELY, IT IS ONLY READIING THAT I HAVE ABOUT 400-450 MILES TO EMPTY AND THAT SHOULD BE READING 570-580 SO RIGHT THERE, IT PROVES THE GAS TANK IS NOT FILLING UP COMPLETELY. EVEN GOING BY THE REDUCED READING OF 400-450 MILES, I ONLY SEEM TO BE GETTING 350-370 MILES TO EMPTY. ALTHOUGH DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN VARY THIS STATISTIC, IT SEEMS WAY OFF CONSIDERING MOST OF MY DRIVING IS LOCAL AND NON-HIGHWAY. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAITED UNTIL GAS TANK HAD ONLY 10 MILES TO GO BEFORE BEING EMPTY, FILLED IT UP COMPLETELY (PUMP WOULD NOT ALLOW MORE THAN 10 GALLONS) AND DROVE ON THAT TANK OF GAS UNTIL ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY. I DROVE 352 MILES ON THAT FULL TANK AND BASED ON THAT WITH THE CAR HAVING A 14.5 GALLON CAPACITY TANK, THAT ONLY AVERAGES 24 MPG BUT SINCE I COULD ONLY FILL IT UP APPROXIMATELY 10.5 GALLONS, IT WORKS OUT TO 33.6 MPG, STILL BELOW THE STATED AVERAGE. SO, I AM NOT GETTING THE STATED MPG THAT I SHOULD AS WELL AS NOT BEING ABLE TO FILL UP GAS TANK TO 14.5 GALLON CAPACITY.

I AM NOT ABLE TO FILL UP GAS TANK TO FULL CAPACITY IN MY 2019 RAV4 HYBRID. THE GAS GAUGE SHOWS FUEL AT 75% CAPACITY AFTER FILL UP. THIS DRASTICALLY REDUCES DRIVING RANGE OF VEHICLE.

ADVENTURE TRIM OF 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 MAKES AN ABNORMAL GROANING/BUZZING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING. SOUND OCCURS BETWEEN 20-30 MPH WHEN AWD SYSTEM DISCONNECTS REAR WHEELS. A VIDEO RECORDING HAS CAPTURED THIS SOUNDS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

THE CAR LURCHED AND TILTED FOR NO REASON WHEN DRIVEN, ON BOTH THE HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADS. NO DASHBOARD INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

TOYOTA CLAIM THAT MY 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 FUEL TANK IS 14.5 GALLON AND AVERAGE MILES PER GALLON IS 40 (40 X 14.5 = 580 MILES FOR ONE TANK). BUT I NEVER FUEL UP TO THAT LEVEL AT ALL. THE MAX I CAN FUEL UP IS 10 GALLONS. (40 X 10 = 400 MILES MAX). SO IT IS LOSS 180 MILES HERE SOMEHOW. IF THIS IS THE CASE TOYOTA SHOULD ADVERTISE THEIR VEHICLE WITH 10 GALLONS TANK FOR ALL OF THEIR FUTURE RAV4 SUV. OR THEY SHOULD FIX THE FUEL TANK ISSUE HERE. PLEASE HELP. THIS IS SOMETHING WRONG FROM A BRAND NAME AS A RELIABLE TOYOTA. I NOTICE THIS ISSUE RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR IN MAY 2019. I BROUGHT BACK TO THE PIERCEY TOYOTA DEALER AND COMPLAIN, BUT THEY KEEP SAYING THIS IS NORMAL FOR HYBRID CAR. THIS IS NOT MAKING SENSE AT ALL.

FUEL TANK CAN'T BE FILLED TO THE FULL CAPACITY. EVEN WITH CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO FURTHER FILL THE TANK, IT IS SHORT BY A COUPLE GALLONS. JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE ISSUED WAS RAISED (NOW OVER 6 MONTHS AGO) TO BOTH THE LOCAL NJ DEALER AS WELL AS TOYOTA MOTOR SALES HEADQUARTERS. STILL NO RESOLUTION.

THE GAS TANK DOES NOT ACCEPT ENOUGH GASOLINE TO FILL THE TANK. UPON FUELING, THE DISPENSER CLICKS TO STOP WHEN ONLY 9-10 GALLONS ARE IN THE TANK. THE STATED FUEL TANK CAPACITY IS 14.5 GALLONS, THUS THE TANK CAN ONLY BE FILLED TO LESS THAN 70% CAPACITY. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2/16/2019 ME AND MY HUSBAND BEEN SMELLING FREON OR ANTIFREEZE. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO SERVICING EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE GET SERVICED BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO ASSISTANCE.

IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL GAS TANK TO CAPACITY. WHEN TANK REPORTED AS UNDER 1/4 CAN ONLY ADD 7-8 GALLONS. WILL ONLY FILL TO 7/8 OF A TANK PER THE GAUGE. ONLY WAY TO FILL TANK FULL IS TO TOP IT OFF. OCCURS AT EVERY FILL UP. WE REPORTED THIS TO BOTH TOYOTA AND THE DEALER. WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE REGARDING THIS ISSUE MORE THAN ONCE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING TO FIX IT. RUNNING OUT OF FUEL MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR LEAVE DRIVERS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY OR DESERTED ROAD CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. RUNNING OUT OF FUEL MAY DAMAGE THE VEHICLES, INCLUDING THEIR FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS. THE OWNER'S MANUAL WARNS THAT IF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES RUN OUT OF FUEL OR THE FUEL IS TOO LOW, THE HYBRID SYSTEM MAY NOT BE ABLE TO START. THE FUEL TANK DEFECT CREATES ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY HAZARDS BY CAUSING DRIVERS TO 'TOP OFF' (RESTART A FUEL PUMP AFTER IT HAS AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF) THE FUEL TANK TO TRY AND ACHIEVE A COMPLETE FILL-UP. TOPPING OFF CAUSES HAZARDOUS GAS SPILLS CREATING A DANGER TO THE DRIVER, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK DEFECT INCREASES THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THESE HYBRID VEHICLES BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TRIPS CONSUMERS MUST MAKE TO REFUEL AND CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL HARM RELATED TO FUEL EVAPORATION AND SPILLAGE (CAUSING BOTH GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND EMISSION OF GASOLINE VAPOR).

THE INFO SHOW THIS CAR HAVE 14.5 GAL, BUT NO MATTER HOW I REFILL THE GAS, EVERYTIME IT ONLY RAN UP TO AROUND 10 GAL CAN'T BE GO MORE FOR THAT.

FUELING: GAS PUMP SHUT OFF WHEN TANK IS ABOUT HAVE FULL. TO COMPLETE FUELING I HAVE TO PULL GAS HOSE OUT OF TANK AND PLACE NOZZEL WHERE I CAN SEE GAS BEING DEPOSED INTO TANK TO COMPLETE FILL. I HAVE HAD GAS SPRAY BACK ON ME. TAKES 3 TIMES AS LONG TO FILL.

OUR NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2019 TOYOTA RAV 4 HYBRID HAS THE FUEL PROBLEM THAT IT APPEARS THOUSANDS OF OTHERS DO. IT HAS A 14.5 GALLON TANK, BUT THE SYSTEM WON'T ALLOW YOU TO FILL THE TANK. AT EVERY GAS STATION, THE PUMP IS INITIALLY SHUT OFF WITH MANY GALLONS LEFT TO GO TO FILL THE TANK. THIS LEADS TO A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TRICKLE FILL TO GET IT CLOSE TO FULL. TRICKLE A LITTLE IN, THE VAPOR SYSTEM SHUTS IT OFF---AND DO THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL YOU FEEL YOU ARE CLOSE TO FULL. IT'S EASY TO OVERFILL AND EASY TO SPILL GAS ONTO THE GROUND WHILE DOING SO . I HAVE RETURNED TO MY TOYOTA DEALER TWICE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FUEL PROBLEM. THEY ASSURED ME TOYOTA WAS WORKING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. APPARENTLY TOYOTA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE MAY OF 2019, HOWEVER, TOYOTA CONTINUES TO SELL THIS VEHICLE WITH A KNOWN DEFECT. I WAS NOT ADVISED OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR.

FUEL TANK CAN NOT BE FILLED TO CAPACITY - WILL ONLY ACCEPT UP TO 10 GALLONS WHEN CAPACITY IS OVER 14 GALLONS.

TOYOTA IS KNOWINGLY SELLING AND NOT REPAIRING A POTENTIALLY NON-COMPLIANT VEHICLE. I PURCHASE A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 XSE HYBRID AND TOYOTA DID NOT DISCLOSE THAT THERE WAS A GAS TANK ISSUE. TOYOTA IS FALSE ADVERTISING THAT GAS MILEAGE AND CONTINUING TO SELL THE 2019 AND 2020 RAV4 HYBRIDS WITH THE SAME GAS TANK ISSUE. THE GAS TANK WILL NOT FILL TO ITS ADVERTISED CAPACITY AND IT IS NOT GET THE ADVERTISED MPGS. IT HAS A 14.5 GALLON TANK BUT WILL ONLY TAKE 9 GALLONS ON EMPTY. AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN GETTING 30 MPG AND THE ADVERTISED IS FOR 41MPG. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN AWARE FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO FIX. I OPENED A CASE WITH TOYOTA AND HAVE YET TO BE REACHED OUT TO SO I CAN GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. I PURCHASED THIS CAR BECAUSE OF THE GAS TANK AND MPGS AND NOW I PURCHASED FOR NOTHING, THIS TANK AND MPG ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE SO I WOULD HAVE HAD THE RIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION TO PURCHASE OR NOT.

I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW IN AUGUST 2019 AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS BEGAN TO SEE ISSUES WITH THE GAS TANK FILL-UP AND MILEAGE GAGE. THE MAIN ISSUE I SAW WAS THE GAS TANK NOT BEING ABLE TO FILL ALL THE WAY. WHEN I FILL THE TANK UP NORMALLY (LETTING THE GAS PUMP RUN AND CLICK OFF ON ITS OWN), THE TANK FILL-UP GAGE SHOWS IT ONLY ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY FULL (I.E. THE GAS PUMP STOPS FILLING SIGNIFICANTLY SHORT OF THE TANK BEING FULL). AFTER THIS, I FORCEFULLY TOP UP THE TANK NUMEROUS TIMES (6-7 TIMES) TO GET IT EVEN CLOSE TO THE FULL MARK ON THE TANK GAGE. EVEN WHEN THE GAGE READS THE TANK AS FULL, I'VE ONLY FILLED UP THE TANK ABOUT 10 GALLONS EVEN THOUGH THE TANK IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD 14 OR 15 GALLONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE MILES TO EMPTY GAGE SEEMS OFF FROM REALITY. WHEN TRACKING MY MILES, THE GAGE SEEMS TO BE AROUND 50 MILES OFF CALIBRATION FROM HOW FAR I TRAVEL (I.E. WHEN I TRAVEL 200 MILES, THE MILES TO EMPTY READING DECREASES 250 MILES). THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE GAS FILL-UP ISSUE. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS ISSUE, WHO INFORMED ME THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAVE PUT ME ON A LIST OF OTHER OWNERS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY PREVALENT ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN 6 MONTHS SINCE PURCHASING MY CAR AND I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY FIX.

STATIONARY PROBLEM. UNABLE TO FILL CAR COMPLETELY. TAKES A MAXIMUM OF AROUND 9.5 GALLONS OF 14.5 GAL TANK. STATED RANGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN 580 AND 550 MILES. NEVER EXCEEDED 429 DISTANCE TO EMPTY, TYPICALLY 392 MILES DTE WITH 36 MPG AVG. TOYOTA IS UNRESPONSIVE TO ISSUE. I LACK CONFIDENCE IN FUEL COMPUTER AND SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 TOYOTA RAV-4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD BECOME UNABLE TO FILL HER GAS TANK TO CAPACITY. DUE TO FAILURE, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NORTH HILLS TOYOTA 7401 MCKNIGHT RD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15237 WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW A CERTAIN WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE BEFORE PLACING FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER TO HAVE THEM PERFORM THE SAME PROCEDURE AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE DEALER REACHED OUT TO THE MANUFACTURER AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *LN *JS

LIKE MANY OTHERS WHO BOUGHT A NEW GENERATION RAV4 HYBRID (IT SEEMS TO AFFECT ALL TRIMS AS LONG AS IT'S HYBRID), I CANNOT GET MORE THAN MAYBE 10 GALLONS IN THE TANK. ADVERTISED IS 14.5 GALLONS, AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A 4+ GALLON RESERVE IN A PRIVATE VEHICLE, EVEN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. TOYOTA RESPONDED WITH "CALL US" AFTER 5 OR 6 EMAILS. I DRAINED IT OF FUEL DRIVING FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA, LET IT RUN DRY UNTIL IT WAS ELECTRIC ONLY, THEN TOOK IT TO THE GAS STATION (LITERALLY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE I WAS), AND IT STILL CLICKED THE PUMP OFF - TO FULL (THOUGH IT DOESN'T READ FULL ANYMORE, IT SITS JUST BELOW "F") - AT JUST OVER 10 GALLONS. I HAVE SQUEEZED EVERY LAST DROP I COULD ONCE AND IT DIDN'T EVEN READ 11 GALLONS FROM EMPTY, THOUGH I DON'T NORMALLY EVER DO THAT SO THE EVAP CANISTERS DON'T GET BURNED OUT. THE AVERAGE MPG AND ESTIMATED RANGE ON THE SCREEN ADDS UP WITH THE MATH FOR ONLY HAVING ABOUT 10 GALLONS IN THE TANK, 36.3 AVERAGE WITH JUST OVER 10 GALLONS GIVES ME ABOUT 300 MILES, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT THE ODOMETER SEES PER FILL FROM 1/4 FULL, WHEN I USUALLY FILL UP. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR AND TOYOTA HAS BEEN OF ZERO ASSISTANCE EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THIS, THOUGH 2 DEALERSHIPS IN TEXAS (WHERE I BOUGHT IT) TOLD ME IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE, AND 2 IN HAWAII (WHERE I LIVE NOW) REPEATED THAT INFO. AGAIN, THIS IS A HYBRID XSE - THE PREMIER MODEL FOR SPORTING I WANTED, THE LIGHT SPORTING I DO ANYWAY, AND IT HAS OTHER PROBLEMS TOO. ONE IS DECADES OLD WITH THE RAV4 (WINDOW