Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Toyota Rav4.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My car engine light goes on and off due to transmission fault. It continuously has a hard time shifting gears in betwee… |
| 2023-09-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, she heard an abnormal sound coming from t… |
| 2022-05-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2002 Toyota RAV4 AWD transmission problems and will be available upon request. Transmission caused vehicle to disengag… |
| 2021-08-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2002 Toyota RAV4. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, an abnormal noise was hear… |
| 2021-03-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2002 TOYOTA RAV. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *LD *JS |
| 2020-08-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ERRATIC SHIFTING ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CAR MAY LOCK IN HIGH GEAR (4 SPEED AUTOMATIC) OR SE… |
| 2020-06-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS AND JERKS CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING; UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPLIGHT. VERY UNPREDICTABLE.THIS IS DUE… |
| 2019-08-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2002 RAV4 ECU SHIFTING PROBLEM (DTC CODE P0755). THE CAR JITTERS WHEN SWITCHING FROM GEAR 1 TO 2 AS WELL ON REVERSE. IT… |
| 2019-06-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING STOPPED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE MANUALLY STEERED TO LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. SHOP STATED T… |
| 2019-03-24 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS MY CAR HAD BEEN LAGHING MORE AN MORE WHEN AT COMPLETE STOP. THIS PAST WEEK IT HAS BEEN THE WORST.… |
| 2018-12-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABNORMALLY LOUD WHILE IDLING AND THE… |
| 2018-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE WHEN DEPR… |
| 2018-07-28 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 EQUIPPED WITH COOPER FUTURA SCRAMBLER C14L TIRES, SIZE: P215/70/R16 (NA). WHILE… |
| 2018-02-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT SWITCHED GEARS I… |
| 2018-01-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASH. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, T… |
| 2017-12-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OR LETTER FROM TOYOTA ABOUT EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE RAV4 SENT TO O… |
| 2017-05-03 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | FAULTY ECU COMPUTERS CAUSEING VARIATIONS IN SPEED AND PROBLEMS WITH HARD SHIFTING, DAMAGEING TRANSMISSONS, CAUSEING VEH… |
| 2017-01-26 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON, BUT AFTER CHECKING, NO ISSUES ARE TOUND |
| 2017-01-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY RAV4 DOWN MY ROAD WHEN I SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE NOT TOUCHI… |
| 2016-12-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TSB = TC002-06. KNOWN ECM ISSUES CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT INCORRECTLY AND RUINED TRANSMISSION. ECM HAS TO BE REPLA… |
| 2016-10-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO SEC… |
| 2016-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MPG ISN'T AS RATED. RATED 25 CITY/30 HWY. IM GETTING 18 CITY/22 HWY. IV HAD IT CHECKED AT THE TOYOTA RAV4 2002 DEALER … |
| 2016-03-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY FRIENDS 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4 AND FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT IT BACK IN MARCH HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TH… |
| 2015-12-31 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | RAV4 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SO HAD A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE. CODES INDICATE THERE MAY A PROBLEM WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTER.… |
| 2015-12-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL… |
| 2015-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ECM WHICH CONTROLS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 2015-11-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR MAKE NOISE,BY THE TRANSMISSION AREA AND THE 3 GEAR NOT WORKING WHEN THE CAR IS ALREADY HOT. I THINK MY C… |
| 2015-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE NEGOTIATING AN INTERSECTION ON SEVERAL OCCATIONS. HAS BUCKED STALLED PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, … |
| 2015-09-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4 IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND IT DOESN'T SHIFT EASILY. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS … |
| 2015-09-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT ITS GEAR. IT RUNS ONLY IN FIRST GEAR. THERE ARE NO REVERSE EITHER. IT IS HARD TO CONTROL I… |
| 2015-09-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE RAV IN 2007 WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES. SOON AFTER THE PURCHASE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON A… |
| 2015-06-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TAKATA RECALL: I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-0N COLLISION AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEFLATE LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THE O… |
| 2015-06-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 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 … |
| 2015-06-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 6 | 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 HEA… |
| 2015-06-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 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 … |
| 2015-06-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 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… |
| 2015-06-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 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 HI… |
| 2015-06-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO TH… |
| 2015-06-20 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 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… |
| 2015-06-20 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TAKATA RECALL: ME AND MY WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN JUNE, 2015. A LADY TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE LOST CONT… |
| 2015-06-20 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TAKATA RECALL! MARCH 28, 2017 [XXX] [XXX] TELEPHONE: [XXX] EMAIL: [XXX] MY AIRBAGS FAIL… |
| 2015-06-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN JUNE 2016 WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD VEERED INTO MY LANE AND MY VEHICLE WAS… |
| 2015-06-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TAKATA RECALL: I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA RAV4 2002 SUV AND I WAS DRIVING AT 4… |
| 2015-06-15 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TAKATA RECALL. I HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION LAST JUNE, 2015 AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH CAUSED ME EXTENSIVE INJU… |
| 2015-06-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2002 TOYOTA RAV 4 ENGINE CONTROL MODULE/TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 82,264 MILES, ERRATIC DRIVING, VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. … |
| 2015-06-03 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I AM REQUESTING THAT DOT NHTSA RECALL THE ECM IN ALL 2002 TOYOTA RAV4S. WHEN I CONTACTED TOYOTA AFTER A BADLY DESIGNED … |
| 2015-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THIS CAR IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEATH TRAP AND LEMON BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH MY USED RA… |
| 2015-05-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE CAR RECENTLY STARTS HESITATE AND SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN SOMETIMES WHEN I PUSH THE GAS GEAR FROM STOP (NOT ALWAYS). THE … |
| 2015-02-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | PURCHASED THE 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 FOR $6000 FROM A 'REPUTABLE' MECHANIC. HIS NEPHEW OWNED IT. MECHANIC DID ALL THE WORK ON… |
| 2015-01-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR SEEMED TO STRUGGLE GETTING TO 1ST GEAR THEN LURCHED INTO 4TH GEAR. STRUGGLED TO GET IT DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. … |