2019 Toyota RAV4 complaints

UPON PRESSING BRAKES WHILE GOING THRU A POT HOLE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL DEACTIVATES AND FLASHES LIKE IF THE VEHICLE WAS DRIFTING OR WITHOUT ROAD GRIP.

ON ALL OCCASIONS, WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF FUNCTION OF THE GAS PUMP ACTIVATES WHEN THE IN VEHICLE GAS GAUGE INDICATES ABOUT 3/4 FULL. I CAN THEN PROCEED TO ADD APPROXIMATELY THREE MORE GALLONS IF I "NURSE" THE FLOW OF GAS INTO THE TANK. I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF THIS PROCESS IN THAT GASOLINE COULD SPLASH BACK AT PERSON FILLING THE TANK.

FUEL TANK APPEARS UNABLE TO BE FILLED COMPLETELY. ALTHOUGH PUMP CLICKS OFF (ON MULTIPLE STATION'S PUMPS), FILL LEVEL ON FUEL GAUGE IS SELDOM ABOVE 7/8 FULL, AND SOMETIMES LESS. DURING ONE SERVICE VISIT TO ADDRESS THIS, DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WERE ONLY 9.2 GALLONS IN THE 14.5 GALLON TANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FILL-UP.

FUEL TANK WILL NOT FILL TO FULL CAUSING ATTENDEES/USER TO TRICKLE AND ATTEMPT TO TRICK THE VEHICLE TO ACCEPTING MORE FUEL. RANGE OF VEHICLE IS GREATLY REDUCED AS A RESULT OF LESS FUEL AVAILABLE TO A TANK OF GAS.

ADVERTISED FUEL TANK CAPACITY OF 14.5 BUT ONLY ABLE TO US 9-10 GALLONS OF THE TANK, WILL NOT FILL UP AS ADVERTISED ~550 MILE RANGE. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR THE ESTIMATED DRIVING RANGE AND WE AREN'T GETTING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. TOOK TO DEALER AND NO EXPLANATION OR ACTION WAS GIVEN. HELP

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS TANK ON MY RAV4. IT IS A 14 GALLON GAS TANK AND I'M ONLY ABLE TO EVER FIT 9-9.5 GALLONS OF GAS IN IT. I HAVE SPILLED GAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE TRYING TO FULLY FILL THE VEHICLE AND IT STILL WILL NOT SHOW AS FULL ON THE GAS GAUGE. I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE OVER 500+ MILES IN RANGE AND NOW WHEN I FILL IT THE RANGE ONLY UPDATES TO 380 MILES OR SO. BETWEEN SPILLING GAS AT THE PUMP AND NOT KNOWING THE ACTUAL RANGE BEFORE I RUN OUT OF GAS, THIS IS A PROBLEM.

UNABLE TO FILL GAS TANK BEYOND 9.5 GALLONS EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS A 14.5 GALLON TANK. GAS LIGHT WAS ON AND CAR ESTIMATING 35 MILES TO EMPTY WHEN I FILLED IT. WHEN I GET BACK IN THE CAR MY FUEL GAUGE SHOWS THAT THE TANK IS FULL. I'M AVERAGING ABOUT 350 MILES PER TANK RIGHT NOW.

THE FUEL TANK IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE 14.5 GALLONS BUT IN REALITY ONLY TAKES 9.5 GALLONS, CALLED DEALER AND THEY STATE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL ARTICLES REGARDING ISSUE.

THE FUEL TANK WILL NOT FILL UP ALL THE WAY. I LIVE IN OREGON AND WE CAN NOT TOP OF OUR TANKS AT THE PUMP. THE MOST FUEL WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN WHEN THE EMPTY LIGHT IS ON IS 8.4 GALLONS.

THE CAR CLAIMS 14.5 GALLON TANK. YOU CAN ONLY PUT 10 GALLONS IN THE TANK. IF YOU PUT MORE, IT SPILLS ALL OVER THE GROUND. INSTEAD OF A RANGE OF 560, IT ONLY HAS A 400 MILE RANGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH. IF THE TANK SHOW HALF FULL, YOU CAN ONLY PUT IN 4.3 GALLONS.

GAS TANK IS RATED AT 14.5 GALLONS. BUT IT CAN ONLY ACCEPT 9-10 GALLONS WHEN I FUEL UP WELL AFTER THE LOW FUEL LIGHT.

THE TANK DOES NOT HOLD THE "FULL" GAS CAPACITY THAT THE TANK IS MEANT TO HOLD. I AM ONLY ABLE TO PUT ABOUT 9 GALLONS OF GAS INTO THE TANK. THE SUV HAS A GAS TANK OF 14.5 GALLONS AND YET I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FUEL ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR ON 09/09/19.

WHEN PUMPING GAS THE AUTO-OFF FEATURE IS CLICKING EARLY, CAUSING ME TO ONLY FILL BETWEEN 9-10 GALLONS OF THE 14.5-GALLON TANK. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MY OWN CLAIM HERE AS WELL. I OWN A 2019 RAV4 XLE HYBRID.

STATED CAPACITY OF FUEL TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS. EVEN WHEN ABSOLUTELY CLOSE TO EMPTY ("20 MILES LEFT IN TANK"), THE MOST I CAN FILL UP TANK IS 9 TO 10 GALLONS. ADVERTISED RANGE OF VEHICLE IS 500 MILES. I'M LUCKY IF I GET 400 MILES FROM A SINGLE TANK.

THE VEHICLE IS ONLY ABLE TO FILL UP TO ABOUT 3/4 OF A TANK, REGARDLESS OF WHICH GAS STATION I GO TO. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE DAY 1 AND VARIES BY 1 OR 2 GALLONS. BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET A FULL TANK. I CAN USUALLY ONLY GET 9-11 GALLONS OF GAS WHEN THE CAR IS EMPTY. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF IN FUEL ECONOMY RECENTLY 39MPG VS 32MPG.

YOU CAN'T FILL IT UP ALL THE WAY IT SHUTS OFF AND IS NOT FULL BY SEVERAL GALLONS. ONE TIME WE TRIED PUTTING THE FUEL IN VERY SLOWLY AND IT OVERFILLED THE TANK AND SPILLED OUT! IT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL UP SINCE PURCHASE

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO A PARKING SPOT ON MY LEFT SIDE. SAVED FROM CRASHING INTO THE ADJACENT CAR WHEN I QUICKLY PUSHED THE BRAKES, VERY SCARY. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME, AND THE PARKING SPOT I WAS AIMING FOR IS AT AN INCLINE.

THE FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T GO BEYOND 3/4 FULL, INDICATES THAT THE GAS TANK IS NOT FULL. YET, ALL THE GAS PUMPS WE USED IN HE PAST 7 MONTHS CLICK OFF -- INDICATING THAT THE GAS TANK IS INDEED FULL. TRYING TO TOP THE GAS TANK (TO GET THE FUEL GAUGE TO SHOW FULL) CREATES TOXIC AND POLLUTING GAS SPILLS THAT HARM THE PEOPLE NEARBY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. I FILED A CASE NUMBER WITH MY DEALER AND TOYOTA ON 10/18/2019. TOYOTA KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM, NO SOLUTION FORTHCOMING AS OF NOW 12/22/2019.

PCS DOES NOT WORK. DEALER TESTED IT WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT CLAIMS IT IS OK. I RECHECKED IT 4 TIMES.IT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL. SINCE IT IS A BLIND SYSTEM I SUSPECT OTHERS MAY HAVE NON OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS WITHOUT REALIZING IT. OWNER MANUAL INSTRUCTS USERS NOT TO TRY TESTING'WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE AT REASONABLY SLOW SPEED OF ABOUT 25 MPH. I EXPERIENCED NO SOUND OR VISUAL WARNINGS AND NO BRAKING DURING SEVERAL TRIALS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO FILL THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL TO THE ADVERTISED CAPACITY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO IRA TOYOTA OF DANVERS (99 ANDOVER ST, DANVERS, MA 01923, (978) 739-8300) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE UNTIL HE BROUGHT IT IN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23.

THE FUEL TANK IS FAULTY AND DOES NOT HOLD 14.5 GALLONS OF GAS AS LISTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. THE GAS GAUGE IS FAULTY AND IS NOT ACCURATE. OTHERWISE TOYOTA IS COMMITTING FRAUD BY MAKING SUCH CLAIMS WHICH MY RAV4 DOES NOT DELIVER. THIS HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JULY 2019. THE TANK CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH 10 GALLONS OF GAS AFTER THE FUEL GAUGE IS ON EMPTY AND THE 'DISTANCE TO EMPTY' IS ZERO WITH REFUEL NOW WARNING. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH A FAULTY GAS GAUGE WHICH IS NOT ACCURATE. EVEN AFTER FILLING WITH 10 GALLONS, THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER FULL AND SHOWS ONLY 7/8 TANK FILLED. 14.5 GALLONS X 35.7 MPG SHOULD SHOW 517 MILES TO EMPTY, BUT MILEAGE COMPUTER ONLY SHOWS 392 MILE RANGE. 392 MILE RANGE DIVIDED BY 35.7 MPG IS 10.9 GALLONS IN THE TANK. IF THIS CAR HAS A 14.5 GALLON TANK IT IS FAULTY. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE RAV4 AND RANGE. THIS WILL PREVENTS ME FROM TAKING LONG CROSS COUNTRY TRIPS IN RURAL AREAS UNLESS I HAVE TO GAS UP AT SMALL RURAL GAS STATIONS AND NOT ALLOW ME THE RANGE TO KEEP DRIVING DURING LONG TRIPS. I AM TOLD NOT TO LET THE GAS TANK RUN DRY SINCE THAT COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING OF THE FUEL PUMP WHICH COULD START A FIRE IF HOT ENOUGH. I WANT TOYOTA TO FIX MY GAS TANK AND GAS GAUGE SO THAT IT WILL HOLD 14.5 GALLONS OF GAS AND ALLOW ME A DRIVING RANGE OF OVER 500 MILES AS ADVERTISED. I WANT A SAFE CAR THAT GIVES ME THE MILEAGE AND CLAIMED RANGE WHICH ARE WHY I BOUGHT THE CAR.

I LEASED A NEW 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 XLE IN APRIL AND SINCE THAT DAY HAVE HAD ISSUES. IF YOU ARE STOPPING AND THEN GO TO PUSH THE GAS AGAIN, YOU WILL LURCH FORWARD. ALSO IF YOU EASE OFF THE BREAK, IT WILL ROCK BACK AND FORTH. I DESCRIBE IT LIKE TRYING TO DRIVE A STICK SHIFT WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE CLUTCH. ALSO IF YOU STOP AND GO TO TURN INTO TRAFFIC OR LEFT ACROSS AN INTERSECTION, IT WILL DELAY AND NOT GO FAST ENOUGH AND THEN YOU PUSH HARDER AND IT ROCKETS FORWARD. I HAVE EXPERIENCED 3 NEAR ACCIDENT SITUATIONS DUE TO THIS DELAY. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I SPOKE TO THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER AND HE SAID THE CAR NEEDS TO LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS, IT COULD TAKE UP TO 10K MILES, AND THAT IT'S NORMAL. I TOLD HIM I WASN'T HAPPY AND WANTED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AS IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, UNCOMFORTABLE, AND KIND OF SCARY. HE TOLD ME I SIGNED A CONTRACT AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO. I CALLED AND INFORMED TOYOTA CORPORATE. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR A FULL DIAGNOSIS IN JUNE. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. I BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN IN OCTOBER. THEY DID THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE CAR DROVE BETTER FOR ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AND STARTED UP AGAIN. I CALLED AND SCHEDULED TO BRING IT IN NOVEMBER. THEY SAID THE SOFTWARE UPDATE HADN'T TAKEN FULLY AND NEEDED TO BE RE-RUN. I LEFT AND STILL HAD THE ISSUE. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE AGAIN AND STARTED THE PROCESS FOR LEMON LAW AND THE HAD MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS. THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO

I BOUGHT MY BOUGHT A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. I LIKE IT FOR THE MOST PART, BUT ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS I BOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE ADVERTISED ~550 MILE RANGE. HOWEVER, EVERY TIME I'VE PUT IN A FULL TANK, THE 'MILE RANGE' AT THE FRONT DASH SHOWS AROUND 430 MILES. I GOT THE TANK REPLACED BY ATLANTIC TOYOTA IN WEST ISLIP BUT MY TANK IS ONLY GETTING 9 GALLONS OF FUEL WHEN THE TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS. 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID XLE AWD

FUEL TANK ON MY 2019 RAV4 HYBRID XSE WILL NOT FILL COMPLETELY. TYPICALLY SHUTS OFF AT 9-10 GALLONS AND I CANNOT GET MUCH MORE IN NO MATTER HOW LOW THE FUEL INDICATOR OR HOW OFTEN I REMOVE, REPLACE AND REACTIVATE THE FILLER NOZZLE. I HAVE NOTIFIED TOYOTA AND RECEIVED A CASE NUMBER. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS VIEWABLE ON LINE AND TOYOTA IS TAKING A LONG TIME TO FIND A FIX. MEANTIME, THE EPA-ADVERTISED 580 MILES OF RANGE IS A BIG JOKE.

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW 2019 RAV4. WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER-SIDE SIDE MIRROR (ON THE LEFT SIDE) APPEARS TO BE DISTORTING OR STRANGELY MAGNIFYING THE OBJECTS. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS A "FEATURE", BUT IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR MY EYES TO ADJUST FROM LOOKING AT THE ROAD IN FRONT TO THE SIDE MIRROR BECAUSE THE FOCUS SEEMS TO BE OFF. IN FACT, AFTER A HALF HOUR OF DRIVING MY WIFE HAD A HEADACHE FROM GLANCING AT THE MIRROR. WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN ANY OTHER CAR. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING, THE MIRROR TENDS TO VIBRATE A LOT, MAKING IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO LOOK INTO COMBINED WITH THE DISTORTED IMAGE.

THE FUEL TANK WILL NOT FILL UP COMPLETELY. WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE IS READING EMPTY THE FUEL TANK WILL ONLY ACCEPT 8-9 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE FUEL TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS. TO TRY AND FILL THE TANK I HAVE TO REPEATEDLY TRY TO TOP IT OFF. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TRY TO REFUEL.

THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IS LIKELY MALFUNCTIONING. IF IT IS NOT THE SENSOR, THE FACTORY INSTALLED A SMALLER THAN ADVERTISED FUEL TANK. THIS VEHICLE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 14.5 GALLON (US) FUEL TANK. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FUEL GAUGE WILL READ EMPTY AFTER 9.5-10.5 GALLONS OF FUEL IS CONSUMED. THEREBY, LEAVING 4-5 GALLONS OF FUEL UNACCOUNTED FOR AND REDUCING THE SAFE DRIVE-ABLE RANGE BY 150 - 200 MILES. MOREOVER, WHEN TOPPED UP THE FUEL GAUGE WILL SOMETIMES READ SLIGHTLY LESS THAN FULL OR THE FIRST HALF OF THE FUEL GAUGE WILL BE DEPLETED MORE QUICKLY THAN THE LATTER HALF. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE LIES WITH THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR ITSELF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE, DROVE OVER A CURB AND SIDEWALK, AND CRASHED INTO A STOREFRONT. POLICE REPORT NUMBER: [XXX] WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND A FIELD MECHANIC TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,100. *PM ('PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).')*JB

FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL UP TO ADVERTISED CAPACITY. CONSISTENTLY LESS THAN FULL WHEN GAS PUMP CLICKS OFF. MULTIPLE PUMPS AND GAS STATIONS HAVE BEEN USED.

2019 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID, UNABLE TO FILL UP WITH FUEL. WITH FUEL LIGHT ON AND 30 MILES OF RANGE VEHICLE ONLY ALLOWS 8.8 GALLONS OUT OF A 14.5 GALLON TANK. CAUSING LOSS OF ABOUT 200 MILES OF RANGE. FUEL GAUGE STAYS SLIGHTLY BELOW F EVEN AFTER TRYING TO TOP OFF. UNSAFE AS WE NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL WE HAVE AND COULD END UP STRANDED OR OVERFILLING.

A VERY SIGNIFICANT "LURCHING" ALMOST"STALLING" IS VERY APPARENT AS THE COMPLAINTS INDICATE. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION STARTS IN 4TH GEAR...NOT 1ST GEAR FROM A DEAD STOP. I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FROM DAY 1 OF CAR PURCHASE. VEHICLE NOW HAS 22,000 MILES ON IT

NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I FILL UP THE TANK WITH GAS, I CAN NEVER REACH ANYTHING OVER 9 GALLONS, AND THIS CAR REPORTEDLY HAS A 14 5 GALLON TANK. THE DEALERSHIP ALREADY REPLACED MY ORIGINAL GAS TANK, BEFORE THAT MY CAR WOULD NEVER GET TO THE F ON THE FUEL GAUGE. NOW IT TELLS ME I HAVE LOW FUEL AND NEED TO FILL UP, BUT ONLY LETS ME PUT ON 9.5 GALLONS MAX, EVEN WHEN IT TELLS ME I HAVE ZERO MILES LEFT BEFORE EMPTY. SINCE THE FUEL ECONOMY AND SIZE OF THIS HYBRID GAS TANK ARE WHAT LEAD ME TO THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE, I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED AND HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN APRIL AND STILL, MORE THAN 6 MONTHS LATER, THEY DON'T HAVE A FIX. THIS IS SUPER UPSETTING AND SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH TOYOTA, I DON'T PLAN ON EVER BUYING ANOTHER. ANOTHER MONTH AND I'M GOING TO FILE UNDER THE LEMON LAW BECAUSE THIS CAR DEFINITELY IS NOT WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND NO ONE AT THE COMPANY SEEMS TO CARE. I'VE TAKEN IT IN TO MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS, MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY TELL ME THERE IS NO FIX YET. THEY DON'T THINK THE ISSUE IS THE FUEL TANK, BUT THE SYSTEM THAT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE LEFT IN THE CAR, THE SAME SYSTEM THAT TELLS YOU YOUR AVERAGE MPG. IT'S TELLING YOU THAT YOUR TANK IS EMPTY TOO SOON, SO WHEN YOU FILL UP, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO. WHILE LOGGING MY TRIP MILEAGE, I'M ONLY EVER ABLE TO GET AT MOST 350 MILES PER TANK, INSTEAD OF THE PROMISED OVER 500 MILES PER TANK WITH AN LOW-BALLED AVERAGE MPG OF 37.

MY HYBRID BATTERY HAS YET TO FULLY CHARGE. I HAVE ONLY RECIEVED DOUBLE TALK FROM 3 DIFFERENT SERVICE CARE SPECIALIST STATING "THE HYBRID BATTERY IS NEVER GOING TO FULLY CHARGE. AND IF IT DOES, IT WILL NOT LAST AS LONG AS THE 8 YEAR WARRANTY." I THEN ASK IF OTHERS {OWNERS OF THE TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID BATTERY } HAVE THE SAME HYBRID BATTERY ISSUES I HAVE. THE SERVICE CARE SPECIALIST ALL REPLIED"ALL HYBRID BATTERIES HAVE FULLY CHARGED"

I PURCHASED A 2019 RAV 4 HYBRID A FEW MONTHS AGO. EACH TIME I HAVE FILLED THE FUEL TANK, I HAVE FILLED IT UNTIL THE FUEL NOZZLE CLICKS OFF, BUT THE TANK NEVER REGISTERS MORE THAN 3/4+ FULL. I HAVE TRIED FILLING THE TANK AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GASOLINE STATIONS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FILL THE TANK TO FULL. HOWEVER, I SUSPECT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY NOT INSERTING THE NOZZLE COMPLETELY INTO THE FUEL TANK, BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AGAIN TODAY ABOUT THE CONTINUING PROBLEM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO DO. THEY ALSO OFFERED TO ACCOMPANY ME TO A GAS STATION, IMPLYING THAT AFTER DECADES OF DRIVING, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILL A GAS TANK. FORTUNATELY I LOGGED ONTO THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE 2019 RAV 4 HYBRID FUELING SYSTEM, AND THE FIX CAN'T BE TO NOT FULLY INSERT THE NOZZLE INTO THE TANK, OR CONTINUE FILLING THE TANK AFTER THE NOZZLE CLICKS OFF. DOING SO CIRCUMVENTS BUILT IN SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, AND IS DANGEROUS. IT ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE DRIVING RANGE THAT WE HAVE ON A TANK OF GAS.

FUEL TANK WON'T FILL ALL THE WAY. WHEN GAS PUMP CUTS OFF, TANK IS ONLY PARTIALLY FILLED. RANGE AVAILABLE IS FAR SHORT OF ADVERTISED RANGE. CAN HOLD PUMP LEVER ON, BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NO MATTER WHAT STATE YOU'RE IN. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP GIVES RUNAROUND WITHOUT REALLY SEEMING INTERESTED IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM MANY OTHER "FUEL" ENTRIES ARE CITING. IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE PURCHASE IN APRIL. I USED APRIL AS DATE HAPPENED. (BELOW). IT HAS BEEN 7 MONTHS AND TOYOTA IS STILL IGNORING THE PROBLEM. HAVE COMPLAINED TO DEALER AT LEAST TWICE.

GAS TANK WILL NOT FILL. MAX IS BETWEEN HALF AND THREE-QUARTER FILL. CALLED TOYOTA AND OPENED AN INCIDENT REPORT. TOYOTA ADVISED THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT NO CURRENT FIX. I DRIVE EXTENSIVELY AND PURCHASED A HYBRID FOR THIS REASON. I CANNOT USE THE CAR AS DESCRIBED. I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT TO A LOCAL DELEARSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP ACTED UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. DUE TO MY EXTENSIVE TRAVEL I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE OF NO FORSEEABLE SOLUTION. IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED BY TOYOTA BEFORE LEMON LAWS EXPIRE WHERE I AM TO TURN? I PURCHASED THIS CAR AT THE SISTER DEALERSHIP IN MAINE BUT RESIDE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. DUE TO MY EXTENSIVE DRIVING REQUIREMENT FOR WORK I ALREADY HAVE APPROX. 11,500 MILES ON IT. I AM VERY CONCERNED THIS WILL HANG WITHOUT A SOLID ANSWER AND I WILL RUN OUT OF TIME ON MILES TO REPORT UNDER LEMON LAW. I WANT THE VEHICLE FIXED BUT AM CONCERNED I WILL BE LEFT HIGH AND DRY BASED ON TIMING.

BATTERY DOES NOT FULLY CHARGE, WHEN I USE THE EV MODE IT WILL DRAIN THE BATTERY TO HAVING ONLY 3 GREEN LINES AND WONT WANT TO ACCESS THE EV MODE SAYING BATTERY IS TOO LOW. THIS TAKES ABOUT 10 MIN TO DRAIN. WHEN I GO PUT GAS I USUALLY TRY TO FILL UP THE TANK. I LEAVE THE PUMP ON SO IT CAN FILL AUTOMATICALLY. AT ONE TIME IT CLICKED TO WHERE IT INDICATES ITS FULL. WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE OFF I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL INDICATOR WAS LOWER THAN FULL TANK. I THOUGH IT WAS THE GAS PUMP. WENT AGAIN TO FUEL UP AND DID THE SAME THING BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO STAND THERE TO FUEL UP MYSELF THIS TIME IT TOOK MORE GALLONS THEN IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN. SO THERE IS SOMETHING DEFIANTLY WRONG WITH THE INTAKE TANK OF THIS RAV4

I CAN ONLY GET ABOUT 10 GALLONS IN THIS 14.5 GALLON TANK. THE GAS PUMPS CLICKS OFF AT 3/4 FULL. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR THE ADVERTISED RANGE OF ABOUT 500-550 AND IT IS NO WHERE NEAR THAT. TOYOTA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW SOME CARS HAVE THE PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY SOME DO NOT.

THE 2019 RAV4 HYBRID LIMITED I PURCHASED IN APRIL OF 2019 HAS NEVER ALLOWED ME TO COMPLETELY FILL THE TANK BEYOND 8/10'S FULL BEFORE THE FUEL NOZZLE CLICKS OFF. AS THE FUEL IS USED UP, THE FUEL GAUGE INACCURATELY INDICATES EARLIER THAN NECESSARY THAT THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. MANY OWNERS HAVE REGISTERED THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON CARGURUS.COM AND RAV4WORLD.COM SINCE THE ISSUE FIRST BECAME APPARENT FOLLOWING THE INITIAL SALES OF THE 2019 RAV4 HYBRID. I HAVE NOT FOUND ONE INSTANCE WHERE ANYONE IS NOT HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THERE 2019 RAV4 HYBRID.

THIS CAR IS A HYBRID, AND HAS A SO-CALLED "SMART KEY." THE VEHICLE ENGINE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE WHEN THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE CAR, EVEN IF THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL ENGAGED. USUALLY, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE THE DRIVER SHOULD TURN OFF THE ENGINE BY PUSHING THE ON/OFF BUTTON BEFORE WALKING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO INADVERTENTLY FAIL DO THIS PROPERLY, BY EITHER NOT PUSHING THE OFF BUTTON, NOT PUSHING IT HARD ENOUGH, OR FAILING TO FULLY PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK BEFORE PUSHING THE ON/OFF BUTTON. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS A HYBRID, IT IS USUALLY COMPLETELY SILENT EVEN IF THE ENGINE SYSTEM IS STILL ON. THE VEHICLE WILL EMIT 3 SHORT, RELATIVELY QUIET, BEEPS WHEN LEAVING THE VEHICLE WHILE THE ENGINE IS STILL TURNED ON, BUT THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS IN THE CAR OFTEN EMITS THE SAME BEEPS, SO THEY ARE EASY TO INADVERTENTLY DISREGARD. IF THE CAR IS LEFT IN A HOME GARAGE, IT CAN FILL THE HOME WITH LETHAL CARBON MONOXIDE. IF THE TRANSMISSION IS ENGAGED, THE UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE CAN MOVE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WELL REPORTED FATALITIES FROM THESE DEFECTS. VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER MANUFACTURERS OF VEHICLES WITH SMART KEYS CORRECTED THIS DEFECT YEARS AGO, BY AUTOMATICALLY TURNING OFF THE ENGINE IF THE SMART KEY IS REMOVED. TOYOTA IS CORRECTING THIS ISSUE IN 2020 MODELS. BUT TOYOTA IS NOT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, CORRECTING IT IN 2019 AND EARLIER CARS. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD FIX, WHICH COULD BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A FIRMWARE UPDATE. BECAUSE

VEHICLE'S OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT REFULE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THERE IS ONLY 2.2 GAL LEFT IN TANK. AT REFUELING, VEHICLE ONLY ACCEPTS 9-10 GALLONS WITHOUT TOPPING OFF/ FORCING ADDITIONAL FUEL. VEHICLE WILL SHOW LESS THEN FULL TANK AT STARTUP AFTER REFUEL. WHEN BROUGHT TO DEALERS ATTENTION, I WAS ADVISED THAT TOYOTA WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND NO FIX IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.

SAFETY SENSING SYSTEM NOT FUNCTIONAL - SEE ATTACHED LETTER.

THE 2 INCH MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY ON THE 2019 TOYOTA RAVV4 IS CREATING A DANGEROUS CONDITION. THE GEE-WHIZ FUEL ECONOMY DATA IS PREDOMINANTLY DISPLAYED IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN WHILE THE IMPORTANT AND OFTEN USED CRUISE CONTROL SPEED SETTING IS IN A BARELY READABLE SIZED FONT. OTHER MORE USEFUL DATA IS ALSO DISPLAYED IN VERY SMALL FONT. TOYOTA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPROGRAM AND UPDATE THE DISPLAY.

WHEN FILLING MY GAS TANK THE FUEL SYSTEM DOES THE AUTO SHUT OFF BEFORE THE FUEL TANK IS FULL. THE FIRST FEW TIMES I FILLED THE NEW VEHICLE, I PUT THE NOZZLE BACK IN THE PUMP THINKING IT WAS FULL, BUT WHEN I STARTED MY CAR, THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED ABOUT 2-3 TICKS BELOW THE FULL LINE, SO MAYBE 7/8 FULL. THE NEXT FEW TIMES I CONTINUED TO FILL WELL PAST THE AUTOMATIC FUEL SHUT OFF AND PUT IN AT LEAST 2-3 GALLONS MORE. THIS GOES AGAINST ENVIRONMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A FULL TANK OF GAS ON A NEW CAR, NOT JUST 9 GALLON ON A 14.5 GALLON TANK.

PURCHASED RAV4 HYBRID IN MAY AND NOTICED THE CAR WOULD HAVE A SQUEAL/SQUEAK WHEN STARTING. EVENTUALLY WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND WAS 'FIXED' HOWEVER UPON DRIVING OFF I NOTICED THE BREAK ASSIST WAS NOT THE WAY IT WAS. IT WAS DELAYED IN BREAKING ESPECIALLY IF NEEDING TO BREAK SUDDENLY. CURRENTLY IS BEING INSPECTED.

TRANS MISSION JERKS HARD AFTER I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND DRIVE AGAIN.

CANNOT COMPLETELY FILL THE FUEL TANK WITHOUT MANUALLY FORCING THE FUEL AFTER THE PUMP SHUTS OFF. IT STOPS FILLING AT ABOUT 3/4 FULL OR ABOUT 9 GALLONS. THE FUEL TANK HOLDS 14.5 GALLONS. IT IS RISKY AND NOT SAFE TO MANUALLY FORCE FUEL INTO THE TANK TO GET IT FULL. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT IS FULL UNTIL THE FUEL OVERFLOWS. FUEL OVERFLOW RISKS FIRE AND IS JUST ONE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES. I BEGAN NOTICING THIS ISSUE AFTER A COUPLE FILL UPS THIS PAST JULY. IT HAPPENS WITH EACH ATTEMPT TO REFUEL.

THE TRANSMISSION IS VERY JERKY. IT SEEMS TO START IN 4TH GEAR AND IF I HAVE TO SPEED UP IN AN INTERSECTION, IT DOWNSHIFTS VIOLENTLY AND CAUSES A LOT OF JERKING WHILE DRIVING. NOT A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND WORRIED ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE TRANSMISSION.VEHICLE HAS 4200 MILES ON IT.

VEHICLE WILL NOT ALLOW CONSISTENT FUEL FILL. PUMP OFTEN SHUTS OFF WELL SHORT OF FULL TANK. USUALLY STOPS AROUND 7/8 TANK. ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE TANK FULLY SOMETIMES RESULTS IN FUEL OVERFLOW AND SPILLAGE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONSISTENTLY FILL THE TANK ANYWHERE NEAR FULL. AFTER A "FILL", I DRIVE 20 OR 30 MILES AND AM ALREADY AT A GAUGE LEVEL OF 3/4 TANK. THIS IS ON A HYBRID, WITH THE COMPUTER SHOWING 40+ MPG. THERE IS A FLAW IN THE FUEL SYSTEM THAT PREVENTS FILLING THE TANK COMPLETELY. MY ESTIMATE IS ROUGHLY 1.5-2 GALLONS BELOW FULL IS WHEN THE PUMP SHUTS OFF.

EVER SINCE I FIRST DROVE MY RAV4 OFF THE LOT, I NOTICED IT HAD A RANGE OF 580 MILES TO EMPTY. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT EVER SINCE THE FIRST TIME I SAT IN THE CAR. WHEN I WENT TO THE FUEL PUMP, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET IN NO MORE THAN 10 GALLONS AND MY METER WOULD ALWAYS SHOW 2 TICKS BELOW FULL, WHICH IS ABOUT 3/4 OF THE METER GAUGE. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, SO I TRIED PUMPING IN MORE GAS AFTER IT AUTO SHUTOFF AND EACH TIME IT WOULD PUMP A BIT AND THEN STOP. IF I TRICKLED GAS INTO THE CAR, IT WOULD FILL UP EVENTUALLY AND THE NEEDLE WOULD FINALLY SHOW THE NEEDLE PAST FULL AND DTE OF 530 MILES TO EMPTY. EVENTUALLY I KEPT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SO I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT SERVICED. FUEL EVEN SPILLED OUT OF MY TANK ONCE AND GOT ONTO MY CLOTHES WHEN FILLING UP MY TANK. THEY COULDN'T FIX IT SO THEY HAD ME COME BACK LATER AND REPLACED MY ENTIRE FUEL TANK AT MY 5K MILE SERVICE. AFTERWARDS, MY TANK SEEMED TO FILL CLOSER TO FULL, BUT I NOTICED IT'S ACTUALLY STILL A BIT BELOW FULL. ALSO EVEN WHEN DRIVEN TO 0 MILES LEFT AND THE LIGHT BEING ON, I COULDN'T GET MORE THAN 10.5 GALLONS INTO THE TANK, AND IT WOULD ALSO SHOW THE NEEDLE A BIT BELOW FULL. THIS LED ME TO TRY AND DRIVE MY CAR AND FORCE IT TO EMPTY EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED. I PUT A 2.5 GALLON SPARE FUEL CONTAINER IN MY BACKSEAT AND DROVE IT UNTIL I REACHED 120 MILES PAST THE EMPTY MARK, AND MY CAR TOLD ME TO PULL OVER WHEN IT'S SAFE AND TO GET FUEL. I PUT IN 0.2 GALLONS AND WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE CHEVRON NE