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#14 of 20 Oily stain on paint by macrae Oct 18, 2008 (11:05 am)
On my 2008 RAV4 with 5000 miles on it I have recently - in last 2 months - been getting a yellowish brown oily stain on the right rear fender panel - same side as the tailpipe. I have to wash it off with soap and water but in a day or two there it is again. The longer I leave it the worse it gets. The dealer seems perplexed and offered this explanation: Water on road splashes on to tailpipe, turns to steam and deposits the result on the panel. No way! I have checked with other RAV4 owners in the area, examined others parked in various lots and see no such stain. Toyota head office couldn't/ wouldn't offer any diagnosis via email and suggested I contact my dealer. Seems to be a catch 22. Anyone else out there with an answer I can present to my dealer? Replies to this message: sage3 (Oct 18, 2008 2:02 pm) upstateny5 (Dec 30, 2008 7:13 am)
#15 of 20 Re: Oily stain on paint [macrae] by sage3 Oct 18, 2008 (2:02 pm)
Replying to: macrae (Oct 18, 2008 11:05 am) Do you park under something that can drip onto that spot like a garage with rusting metal or under a tree? Replies to this message: upstateny5 (Dec 30, 2008 7:13 am)
#16 of 20 Re: Oily stain on paint [sage3] by upstateny5 Dec 30, 2008 (7:13 am)
Replying to: sage3 (Oct 18, 2008 2:02 pm) I have a 2008 Rav4 Limited with less than 3,500 miles and it has 2 spots on the rear bumper where the paint is worn down to the primer. There is really no indication that stones hit the car and the car was primarily garaged until now. I was not offered any deal for extra paint protection and probably would have said no since I have never had paint problems with my other 5 Toyota cars.
#17 of 20 Re: Rav4 2007 Passenger side water leak [iceman293] by cmr6 Mar 07, 2009 (11:11 am)
Replying to: iceman293 (Oct 13, 2007 3:45 pm) I have a 2007 RAV-4 and it also had a passenger-side leak. I found cbmorton's post with the service bulletin number before bringing it in for servicing and it saved us from your ordeal. The folk's at the dealership had no idea that there was a service bulletin for passenger-side leaks in 2006-2007 RAV-4. Fortunately, I had brought the service bulletin number TSB BO021-06 with me. When he looked it up, he said the repair was VIN specific, that is the cause of the leak depended on which factory your RAV-4 was built. They fixed the leak and replaced the sound proofing and carpet. We love our RAV-4 Sport V-6 and this has been the only problem that we've had. And thanks to cbmorton's post, it is now resolved.
#18 of 20 mysterious dents on 2008 RAV4 by 1rav4gal Jun 22, 2009 (3:46 pm)
My car only has 7025 miles on it. I had a 5000 mi. service 2/25/09. On 3/06/09, I took the car back to the servicing dealer (not selling dealer) because it had eight dents on it. Oddly enough, all dents were within the 10-12 inches just below the bottom of the windows or on front fender in top 10-12 inches. No paint was chipped/broken. Dealer paid for paintless dent removal. Everything looked great when I got my car back from dent removal. On 3/18/09, I again took car to local dealer to have two more dents documented. They were a result of having a hand car wash. On 4/08/09, a factory rep. looked at the dents and determined that they were from "outside influence". I washed my car on 6/16/09 and again got dents. My contention is that the metal body panels are not strong enough or fabricated properly to stand up to light pressure without getting small dents in them. When the factory rep. looked at the problem he did not apply any pressure on the body panels to see what happens (didn't want to dent the car). These dents are not a product of "door dings" and no paint has ever been chipped. Has anyone else had this problem with their 2008 RAV4?
#19 of 20 Re: 2007 rav4 paint chipped [tree329] by tree329 Jul 03, 2009 (9:27 pm)
Replying to: tree329 (Oct 14, 2008 2:28 pm) I have a 2007 rav4 and have replaced brakes and need tires 40,000 miles. I also feel as if the trans is starting to slip as I go around corners. my mechanic gave some explanation that I am sorry to say I didn't understand. something to the effect that the trans was okay but I am not very confident with this car.
#20 of 20 Toyota Rav4 Paint by trifive Aug 21, 2009 (11:19 am)
I have a 2006 Rav4 with 75000Km. Overall, I'm satisfied with the Rav ..so far..BUT the paint damage on the rocker panels and lower doors is very bad. Sometimes paint damage is the result of other problems. I've come to determine it was caused by 2 things. The front mud guards are too small,you can actually see the damage that has left hundreds of small rock marks as they come off the front wheels. The paint on the front of the rockers is almost completely GONE. The other cause of this is the original tires. They are made from a soft rubber compound and they tracked up a lot more sand and gravel than the new tires we replaced them with.The original tires wore completely out at 40000 km's. These tires were properly inflated and rotated. The local dealer admitted Toyota was having a tire problem. Check out other Rav4's in the parking lot...most I see have paint damage in the rocker/lower door panel. Has anyone noticed that the 2009 Rav4's have what seems to be be an attached fender flare. Just in doing this has Toyota noticed a flaw?

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