Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / RAV4 / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001079191 Incident Date: Aug, 24 2001
Consumer's City: ELK GROVE VILLAGE Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: RAV4 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTEHH20V610 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 26 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle exhibits intermittent hesitation upon acceleration from stop or low speed.hesitation has occurred since shortly after vehicle purchase date, with increased frequency during last 60-90 days. hesitation occurs both with air conditionong on and off, and with 4-speed automatic transmission overdive on and off. 2-3 occurrences per week are currently experienced. most frequent when vehicle is making slow turn (both right and left) and lasts 5-10 seconds even if accelerator is nearly fully depressed. hesitation has also occurred when moving straight ahead from stop or from low speed (5-10 mph) stop and go traffic. dealer has been notified and could not replicate problem or offer a solution, however vehicle was driven for only a short time by dealer's service technicians. dealer indicates no report of similiar problems either at this dealership or to toyota usa although i know of other 2001 rav4 owners who have reported a hesitation problem to their dealers and have not had the problem resolved. while this problem is intermittent, this is,in some ways, worse than if it happened every time because there is no way to pedict the event and compensate for it.*ak