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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002097765 | Incident Date: May, 17 2002 |
| Consumer's City: ALLENTOWN | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: RAV4 | Model Year: 1996 |
| 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#: JT3GP10V3T0 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 13 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: When i was driving down the highway, my friend (who was sitting in the passenger seat and likes to sit with his knees up) accidentally bumped the gear shift into neutral. i was in the passing lane on a busy highway and found that all of the sudden i had no power to the wheels. it was very frightening. i pulled over as soon as i could. i feared that if i put the gear shifter back into drive, the car would drastically lurch (faster or slower). after this happened, i noticed that the gear shift is actually located closer to the passenger side than the driver side and easily bumped into neutral. i called a local toyota dealer and asked that they fix the problem. i was told that all cars are designed to be able to switch into neutral should you be sliding on a slippery road. and that they therefore could and would do nothing about this problem. i have read only great things about toyotas but after this experience, i plan to sell this car and never get another toyota. this, i think, is a very, very serious safety design flaw. people with kids in the passenger seat must have this happen to them all the time. i think these cars should be recalled. no automatic gear shift should be easily accidently tapped into neutral while driving on the highway.*ak |
