Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Toyota Rav4.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Rav4. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH and at various speeds, the t… |
| 2023-01-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The vehicle is very delayed shifting and will slow down without pushing the breaks |
| 2020-06-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I DRIVE AND THE SLEEP WHILE I'M DRIVING AND THE CAN NOT CHANGE CORRECTLY THE GEAR. *TR |
| 2020-02-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED AND ONLY 84000 MILES ON IT. AND THE CAR WONT SHIFT. IT JOLTS ME OR REVS EXTR… |
| 2019-11-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR COR… |
| 2019-10-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION STARTED RAVING UP AND SHIFTING ALL CRAZY AND TAKEN TO SCAN TO SHOW A SHIFT SELINOID B TOOK TO TRANNY SH… |
| 2019-02-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I JUST BOUGHT A ONE OWNER USED 2003 RAVA4 WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES ON IT RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR AL… |
| 2019-02-13 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | ECM FAILED. ORIGINAL OWNER, VEHICLE HAS 50,991 MI. ON IT . 16 YEARS OLD. TOYOTA AWARE OF PROBLEM-- EXTENDED WARRANTY … |
| 2018-10-16 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | MY WIFE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY OCT /16/2018 A CHEVY VAN SEVERELY CRASH INTO THE REAR OF MY 2003 RAV4 ,AND NONE… |
| 2018-07-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ON MY WAY HOME LATE AFTERNOON...AUTO STARTED TO JERK AND FELT LIKE SOMET… |
| 2018-04-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY RAV4 HAS BEEN SHIFTING HARD MAKING ME FEEL UNSAFE AS WELL AS PUTTING ME IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON HIGHWAYS AND FREE… |
| 2018-01-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | LONG STORY SHORT, BOUGHT THE CAR "AS IS" FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN OCTOBER 2017, DID NOT KNOW OF THE TRANSMISSION/ECM… |
| 2018-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE CHECK… |
| 2017-10-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL |
| 2017-06-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MARCH THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING AND WAS NO PULLING OUT CORRECTLY AT STOP SIGN AND RED LIGHTS. THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN… |
| 2017-02-17 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT SHOULDER STRAP STARTED TO SHRED AND PROGRESSI… |
| 2016-10-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHAT I HAVE A 2003 RAV4 THAT DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY AS A SLOW ACCELERATION AND BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND IT'LL SLIP AND … |
| 2016-09-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HARD SHIFTED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE V… |
| 2016-09-14 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 RAV 4 85,401 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MISS SHIFT, ENGINE WOULD SPEED UP AND THERE WOULD BE A LOSS OF POWER… |
| 2016-09-05 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | WE WERE ON A FAMILY VACATION ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, WHEN WE MERGED ON THE FREEWAY AND MY TOYOTA RAV 4 WOULD NOT SHIFT O… |
| 2016-09-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED WHEN THE … |
| 2016-08-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHI… |
| 2016-08-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLES RPMS CUT OUT AND THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT RESPOND IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN DIED IN THE … |
| 2016-08-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TOYOTA RAV4 AND ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO ANOTHER LANE WHEN I EXPERIENCED A VERY HARD SHIFT FROM TH… |
| 2016-08-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. AND SMELLED BAD ODOR. MY FIRST COMPLAINT WAS FILED… |
| 2016-08-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SMELLED BAD ODOR. MY FIRST COMPLAINT WAS FILED … |
| 2016-07-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIEN… |
| 2016-06-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION ACTED UP. IT WOULD WORK WELL, THEN IT WAS LIKE IF IT WAS IN THE WRONG GEAR. |
| 2016-06-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY 2003 RAV 4 STARTING SHIFTING GEARS ERRATICALLY, STARTING IN 3RD INTEAD OF 1ST GEAR, VERY SLUGGISH TO GET MOVING AFTE… |
| 2016-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HARSH SHIFTING, JUMPING FROM GEAR-TO-GEAR, SLUGGISH ACCELERATION AND TRANSMISSION/ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILURE. CA… |
| 2016-05-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HAD THIS CAR FOR ONLY 10 MONTHS (MY DAUGHTER WORKED 2 JOBS TO BUY IT) AND IT STARTED CLUNKING WHEN IT WAS PUT INTO REVE… |
| 2016-05-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ECM FAILED CAUSING HARSH SHIFT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING IN LOWER GEARS |
| 2016-04-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TH… |
| 2016-04-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR |
| 2016-02-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY TOYOTA 2003 RAV 4 BEGAN HAVING TRANSMIISION SHIFTING PROBLEMS. AT TIMES WHEN IN MOTION THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT CONTIN… |
| 2015-12-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE CAR JERKS WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE. TOYOTA RECCOMMENDS THAT I REPLACE THE ECM AND BECAUSE MY CAR HAS 101,000 AND IS… |
| 2015-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE AND THE… |
| 2015-10-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS WHEN THE CAR VIOLENTLY JERKED AND SPEEDED UP. I WAS IN FEAR OF BEING IN AN ACCIDENT AND F… |
| 2015-09-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) IS BAD, CAUSING HARSH SHIFTING, FAILURE TO ACCELERATE CORRECTLY, AND RPM'S TO JUMP. THIS… |
| 2015-09-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ERRATICALLY AND IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I TOOK IT TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO RE… |
| 2015-08-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO "BUCK" AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I INITIALLY TOOK IT TO THE CLOS… |
| 2015-07-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4! ON JULY 21, 2015 MY VEHICLE STARTED HARSH JERKING AND SLOW PERFORMANCE WHEN COMING FROM A ST… |
| 2015-07-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ERRATICALLY AT TIMES. AFTER DOING SOME CHECKING ONLINE, I DISCOVERED THAT TOYOTA HAD … |
| 2015-07-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SINCE LAST SUMMER OF 2015, MY DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT HAS BEEN FRAYING. THE FRAY IS OVER A FOOT LONG AND A 1/2" INCH OF S… |
| 2015-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 2014, WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THERE… |
| 2015-05-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS FRAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS … |
| 2015-05-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | HARSH SHIFTING, JUMPING FROM GEAR-TO-GEAR, SLUGGISH ACCELERATION AND ULTIMATELY TRANSMISSION FAILURE |
| 2015-04-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE ECM IS MAKING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR |
| 2015-02-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | BOUGHT CAR USED AND DIDN'T NOTICE THE SHIFT PROBLEM TIL LATER.SHIFTS HARD FROM 2 TO 3RD GEAR. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ISSUE WI… |
| 2015-02-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | ON THE SUBJECT DATE I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, WITH CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF ME. THERE WAS A CURB AND AN ISLAND,… |