2007 Toyota Rav4 Body & Structure Problems

Your car's unibody frame has severe rust that makes it structurally unsafe to drive, according to a mechanic's assessment. The vehicle could potentially fall apart due to this corrosion damage. Addressing this issue would likely involve either extensive rust repair/replacement of affected frame sections or, in severe cases, determining if the vehicle is economically repairable.

Your car's subframe has rusted severely and won't pass your state's vehicle inspection. This is a structural integrity issue that needs attention before your inspection expires.

Your car's frame is experiencing rust and corrosion. This is a structural integrity issue that should be inspected by a professional to determine the extent of the damage and whether repairs are needed.

HOOD MOVES WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HOOD IS PROPERLY LATCHED.

PAINT "BUBBLING-UP" AND PEELING; PAINT FADING. LOSING OIL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA RAV4. WHEN THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED SEVERE RUST ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT OF AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ON MARCH 29, 2016, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE FAR LEFT LANE WHEN A GENTLEMAN DRIVING A GREEN PICKUP TRUCK COME RUSHING UP BESIDE ME. HE WAS WAVING AT ME POINTING DOWN AT THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY TOYOTA. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT TIRE AND DIDN'T REALIZE IT SO I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW. HE YELLED AS HE WAS STILL POINTING DOWN AT THE FRONT OF MY TOYOTA "YOUR CAR IS ON FIRE". HE GOT AHEAD OF ME AND I PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND RAN BACK TO MY 2007 TOYOTA RAV4 AND SAID "MA'AM, YOU BETTER GET YOUR PURSE AND THINGS AND GET OUT, YOUR CAR IS ON FIRE". AT THAT TIME, SMOKE WAS POURING OUT SOMEWHERE UP FRONT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY THE TIRE. I GOT MY THINGS AND WE MOVED TO THE BACK OF MY TOYOTA WHEN AT THAT TIME, IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. I TOOK CARE OF THAT VEHICLE BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER. MY LAST OIL CHANGE WAS IN NOVEMBER 2015 WITH ONLY 50035 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN IT WAS LAST INSPECTED, EVERYTHING WAS FINE. SO I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS HAPPENED. TIRES WERE ABOUT A YEAR OLD AS WELL. CAR JUST DON'T CATCH ON FIRE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. ON APRIL 4, 2016 A FRIEND AND I TOOK A DRIVE TO MY BURNT VEHICLE AND SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS MY TOYOTA. AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE I HAD WALKED AWAY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THERE IS NO ENGINE, NO DASHBOARD, NO STEERING WHEEL, NO FRONT SEATS, AND NO BACK SEATS. ALL BURNED! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE CAN EASILY BE STEPPED ON AT THE SAME TIME WITH ONE FOOT. I HAVE DONE THIS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, IT'S JUST BEEN LUCK THAT HAS PREVENTED ME FROM CAUSING INJURY DAMAGE TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. IT DOES GIVE ME A GOOD SCARE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN 65-70 MPH ON JANUARY 25, 2014, WE STARTED TO NOTICE THE HOOD OF OUR TOYOTA 2007 RAV 4 STARTING TO VIBRATE UP AND DOWN. WE PULLED OVER, OPENED IT AND SLAMMED IT SHUT. IT CONTINUED TO VIBRATE UP AND DOWN, BUT NOT AS MUCH. YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014, DRIVING TO WORK, ON THE INTERSTATE, THE HOOD STARTING VIBRATING UP AND DOWN HARD AT 70 MPH. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE OFFICE AND LOOKED AT THE HOOD IT WAS OPEN 1". THE FRONT LATCH HAD EVIDENTLY FAILED COMPLETELY; THE BACK LATCH HAD EVIDENTLY HELD THE HOOD ON. IT WAS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING SINCE THE INTERSTATE WAS PACKED AND I COULDN'T GET OVER. MY RAV 4 IS PRESENTLY AT OUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HOPEFULLY BEING FIXED. *TR

WATER APPEARS IN THE FRONT OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A RAINSTORM, SEEMS WORSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WATER APPEARS TO PERSIST AND DRIP FOR DAYS AFTER THE RAINSTORM FROM BELOW THE DASHBOARD. CONCERN IS THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MAY BE COMPROMISED, ESPECIALLY AFTER REPEATED OCCURRENCES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED WATER INTRUSION THROUGH THE FRESH AIR INTAKE UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, CAUSING THE CARPET TO BECOME MOIST AND GROW MOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE GASKET WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND A PLASTIC SEALANT WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED AROUND THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

DRIVER'S SIDE SUNVISOR ON 2007 RAV4 WILL NOT STAY IN FOLDED UPRIGHT POSITION. THE VISOR FLOPS DOWN IMPEDING VISION WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT OBSERVED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE REAR DOOR RUBBER SEAL DOES NOT REMAIN SECURED AFTER A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000. UPDATED 6/3/10 *CN UPDATED 06/10/10

THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS IN THE 2007 TOYOTA RAV4 ARE TO CLOSE TOGETHER. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE TO ALL BE APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER. THE SALESMAN MEASURED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS IN A TOYOTA HIGHLANDER (I ALSO OWN A HIGHLANDER) AND CLAIMED THEY WERE THE SAME DISTANCE APART. WHEN ASKED TO FIX THE PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I HAVE ALMOST HIT A HOUSE, OFFICE BUILDING, VEHICLES AND MOST RECENTLY MY WIFE. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I'VE DRIVEN. INITIAL INCIDENT WAS IN FEB 07. *TR

THE "MEMORY DRIVE FEATURE" ON THIS VEHICLE IS A HAZARD AND SKEWS GAS MILEAGE. I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA RAV4. I SHOPPED AND COMPARED VEHICLES, PRICES AND CONSUMER GUIDES FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS. I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE "DRIVING MEMORY FEATURE" IN THE COMPUTER ON THE VEHICLE WHEN CONSIDERING BUYING. VEHICLE HAS LAG TIME BETWEEN THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATION OR TAKE EVASIVE CAPABILITY TO AVOID ACCIDENT OR GET OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID BEING HIT. THE MEMORY FEATURE, ELECTRONICS/COMPUTER SYSTEM DEVELOPS A MEMORY AS TO A PERSON'S DRIVING "HABIT". IT THEN BECOMES CONFUSED BECAUSE EVERY TIME I DRIVE CONDITIONS CHANGE, MINUTE TO MINUTE, DAY TO DAY, CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO BECOME CONFUSED WHEN I ASK THE CAR TO RESPOND TO AN EXCEPTION IN DRIVING CONDITIONS. MY GAS MILEAGE EPA IS LISTED AS 19 TO 28 MPG, AND I AM YET TO GET 18 MPG ONCE IN CITY DRIVING. I CAN'T EVEN GET CLOSE TO AN AVERAGE OF 19 I GET 17.5. ONE HIGHWAY TRIP I GOT 24.9 MPG, AND I AM AN AVERAGE DRIVER, NOT A LEAD FOOT. I TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA DEALER HERE IN TUCSON AND THEY "ERASED" THE MEMORY IN THE DRIVE COMPUTER. IT DROVE WELL FOR 2 DAYS THEN HAS RETURNED BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ERASED MEMORY. MY GAS MILEAGE IS WORSE. I TALKED WITH ANOTHER OWNER AND HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT OUT OF OVERDRIVE FOR IN-TOWN DRIVING. IF I DO THAT THE ENGINE WILL RPMS WILL NOT DROP IF OVER 40 MPH THEREBY ,SKEWING GAS MILEAGE AND WILL DAMAGE THE ENGINE. SO, HERE I AM, PAID $26,000 FOR A CAR AND AM SO UNHAPPY WITH THE RIP OFF. I WOULD BE HAPPIER IF IT WAS AVAILABLE IN A STICK SHIFT SO I COULD TAKE THE CONTROL, BUT AMERICANS ARE LAZY, SO TOYOTA DOESN'T OFFER THIS MODEL IN A STICK SHIFT.(MY PREFERENCE) THE FACT THAT TOYOTA IS NOT FOURTH COMING WITH THIS FEATURE IS GROUNDS FOR FRAUD. BUT THE NEW AMERICAN WAY IS LIE BY OMISSION. I DID CALL THE TOYOTA COMPLAINT LINE, NATIONAL NUMBER AND THEY TOOK A REPORT AND WILL GET BACK WITH ME. I DO NOT THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO SPEND MY TIME OFF GOING TO THE DEALER ONLY TO BE TOLD THE SAME STORY. *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA RAV-4. IF I APPLY THE BRAKES AND MY FOOT IS PLACED PARTIALLY TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT, IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE AND THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS BELOW THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I NOTICE AN INCREASED LEVEL OF ACCIDENTS WHERE A VEHICLE CRASHES INTO A BUILDING. I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE A CAUSE OF THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT. I DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE TOYOTA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND HE SAID THAT THIS CONDITION IS TYPICAL WITH THE NEW TYPE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR