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#1773 of 2123 Accelerate more than expected by jordi Feb 27, 2005 (11:09 pm)
I need help and how. I have a Rav4,2004 auto. for more than a year this February. I loved the car and had no problem until last week. I was in a down town street parked waiting for my wife to buy something when I dicided to go to park someplace else near where she was shopping. I depressed the gas pedal to go slow, instead the car went forward accelereted like if I had step on the gas hard. Good thing no car was comming, otherwise it would have been an accident. I took my wife and went home very nervous. I did not tell her anything. Two days latter I went to do the groceries and when I was parking in the parking lot head in I tried to park right in the middle of the lines I was crooked I put the reverse and slightly deppress the gas pedal, my god the car accelerated even more than the first time hiting the left rear end against the firehydrant that was in back of me. This is only a second but I do not wish anybody to go through that. I applied the brakes and it was like if they did not exist, finnaly in terror I applied the hand brakes, almost to late. Since then the car is parked and I only go there every day to warm it up. I live in NJ and we are having snowfall almost every day. I made an appointment with the dealer for nex saturday, but I feel bad having to tell him that the car accelerated by itself, he might think I am nuts. Please advice me, I am even afraid to move the car now. I only have 3000 miles, mostly is city drive, my wife and I. We are both retired. I had a Matrix for a year before I traded it in for the Rav4, reason, two inches more front leg room. I am 6'4". I should have stayed with the Matrix. Please help me with this mess. Sincerely, Jordi Sama   P.S Excuse my English, it is not my mother language. Replies to this message: tidester (Feb 28, 2005 8:47 am)
#1774 of 2123 Re: Motor problem. [cindyc] by solidaudio Feb 28, 2005 (6:20 am)
Replying to: cindyc (Feb 11, 2005 6:49 am) cindyc,   im from the philippines, and i have the same problems with my RAV4, really same as your case(engine sludge?). We have made some talks with our dealer here but they do not seem to care. Our RAV4 has only ran about 65,000 miles, just three year old. And now the engine is dead and we cannot use our RAV4 for 2 months already. What seems to be quite interesting with our case is that, the engine died out only around 15 days after its last periodic maintenance, the cause was engine sludge. We really dont know for sure yet if its accumulated engine sludge or it was just really because the engine of our RAV4 was really prone to engine sludge. To think that the one doing our periodic maintenance is the dealer, they should have spotted the problem or sludge before it got worse if they were really doing their job. By the way, they were using Amalie Oil. when the sludging happened. Is this a good quality oil? We are quite in limbo here because the dealer does not have any options but for us to pay for the repair or to change the engine. They were very cold and heartless the letter that they sent us. Replies to this message: coastalcajun (Mar 30, 2005 10:32 am) petl (Mar 30, 2005 12:45 pm) rbleland (Mar 30, 2005 7:09 pm)
#1775 of 2123 Re: Accelerate more than expected [jordi] by tidester HOST Feb 28, 2005 (8:47 am)
Replying to: jordi (Feb 27, 2005 11:09 pm) The NHTSA recently closed an investigation of unintended acceleration in several Toyota models. Aside from any possible mechanical malfunctions in your RAV4, is it possible your floor mats or footwear somehow interfered with proper operation of your gas pedal?   tidester, host
#1776 of 2123 Sludge by rav4u Feb 28, 2005 (5:23 pm)
I read on one Toyota tech website that the sludge problem was a result of a redesign of the breathing system in the crankcase. The engines can't breathe well enough so sludge starts clinging to the parts. It has happened to vehicles that were well maintained according to the tech that runs the site. I thought Toyota had solved the problem, but hearing it resurfacing now is pretty disturbing. How long will it be before the resale value drops on Rav's? I hope I don't see it happening to the 2004's with the 2.4 liter engine. Replies to this message: scoti1 (Mar 02, 2005 5:07 am) cj3 (Jun 26, 2005 12:14 pm) rav4u (Jun 26, 2005 6:25 pm)
#1777 of 2123 Re: Sludge [rav4u] by scoti1 Mar 02, 2005 (5:07 am)
Replying to: rav4u (Feb 28, 2005 5:23 pm) While you are still under warranty, your best protection is to get all of your oil changes at the most frequent recommended interval at a Toyota dealership. Their argument in the earlier sludge fiasco was that owners weren't changing their oil. If an owner had proof, they ignored it. They can't ignore it if they are the ones changing the oil and maintaining the vehicle.
#1778 of 2123 Re: Redo of Rav4 ? by mikelevine64 [mikelevine64] by toyotaguy2 Mar 02, 2005 (9:17 am)
Replying to: mikelevine64 (Nov 01, 2004 4:29 pm) Redo of Rav4 Coming for 2006 Model Year, All I have heard is that it will have a 285hp engine. Replies to this message: escapenut (Mar 02, 2005 11:14 am) rbleland (Mar 02, 2005 12:52 pm)
#1779 of 2123 Re: Redo of Rav4 ? by mikelevine64 [toyotaguy2] by escapenut Mar 02, 2005 (11:14 am)
Replying to: toyotaguy2 (Mar 02, 2005 9:17 am) Toyotaguy2 : Do you mean a 185HP engine, as 285HP would be more powerful than most of the Toyota truck line ? Also, it would make the most powerful compact SUV bar-none and would even out-class some mid-large SUV's in power.
#1780 of 2123 Re: Redo of Rav4 ? by mikelevine64 [toyotaguy2] by rbleland Mar 02, 2005 (12:52 pm)
Replying to: toyotaguy2 (Mar 02, 2005 9:17 am) Yes, it will be new in '06 with a V6 optional engine. Have not heard hp but 185hp is a reasonable guess (285 cannot be correct). I've seen pix and it looks more aggressive. I thought it looked good IMO.
#1781 of 2123 Where are the pics by ronstoy Mar 02, 2005 (10:46 pm)
Howdy rbleland, where are some pics we can look at?

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