What 869 owners told NHTSA about the 2019 Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid

I NOTICE THAT MY RAV4 WAS DRIPPING OIL ON THE FLOOR OF THE GARAGE. I READ THE REPORTS ON YOUR SITE AND THIS MATTER COULD BE SERIOUS, AND CAN START FIRE.THE CAR IS NEW ONLY 8.000 MILES ON IT. I NEED HELP TO FIX IT. *TR

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I RECEIVED 2 SPEEDING CAMERA TICKETS DUE TO SUDDEN ACCELERATION NOTICED TIME TO TIME, FRONT SUSPENSIONS ARE NOT EVEN AND ROUGH, TRANSMISSION IS NOT SMOOTH WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND/OR STOPPING VEHICLE. *TR

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DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60MPH ON A 65-DEGREE DAY AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT, THE GLASS BLEW OUT AND DOWN THE BACK OF MY CAR. *TR

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FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL TO CORRECT CAPACITY. WHENEVER I FILL MY TANK, EVEN WHEN THE LOW FUEL LIGHT IS ON, I AM ONLY ABLE TO FILL APPROXIMATELY 9 GALLONS. THE ADVERTISED CAPACITY OF THE TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS. THIS IS VERIFIED BY THE RANGE AND FUEL INDICATOR ON MY DASHBOARD. THE FUEL TANK STOPS FILLING AT ABOUT 3/4-7/8 OF A TANK AND THEN RANGE INDICATED BETWEEN 380-400 MILES. TOYOTA ADVERTISES A RANGE ON 580 MILES. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MY CURRENT MPG, I SHOULD BE WITHIN ABOUT 40 MILES OF THIS NUMBER. *TR

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FUEL TANK IS UNABLE TO FILL TO CAPACITY-!4 1/2 GALLON TANK -CAN ONLY FILL. 8 OR 9 GALLONS.*DT*JB *TR

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GAS TANK SIZE IS 14.5 GAL. BUT ONLY FILLS UP TO 9 GAL. *TR

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CAR LURCHED, SHOOK AND TILTED WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. SAFETY RECALL ISSUED MAY 20, 2020 (20TB08/20TA08) SAYS FRONT LOWER ARM SUSPENSION DEFECT FOUND FOR SAME MAKE AND MODEL IN PRODUCTION PERIOD 9/25/19-10/25/19, WHICH POST DATES MY PURCHASE DATE BY SEVERAL MONTHS BUT SEEMS TO INVOLVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS BROADER THAN TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND THAT TOYOTA IS BEING DANGEROUSLY DILATORY IN PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT IT ADMITS MAKE THESE CARS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

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THE GAS TANK SHOULD BE 14 GALLONS, HOWEVER I AM ONLY ABLE TO BUT IN TO THE TANK APROX 8 GALLONS. I CAN FORCE APPROX 1 MORE GALLON BY PULLING OUT THE NOZZLE ON THE FUEL PUMP. THE TRIP ESTIMATOR WILL SAY IT CAN ONLY GO HIGH 300 TO LOW 400 MILES. WHEN I BOUGHT NEW OFF THE LOT IT WAS WITH A MAX FILLED TANK AND TRIP ESTIMATOR WAS AT 500 PLUS MILES. THE GAS GAUGE NEVER SHOWS FULL AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ACCURATE AS TO WHEN THE TANK IS LOW/EMPTY COMPARED WITH MILEAGE ESTIMATOR. *TR

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THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2019 RAV4 HYBRID DOES NOT FILL UP TO CAPACITY AND ONLY ALLOWS TO BE FILLED UP TO AROUND 10 GALLONS. I HAVE TRIED SEVER DIFFERENT FUELING STATIONS, BRANDS, AND PUMP DISPENSERS BUT NONE OF THEM ALLOW TO CAR TO FILL UP TO IT'S FULL LIMIT. ESTIMATED LOSS OF RANGE IS AROUND 100 MILES PER TANK. *TR

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CANNOT PROPERLY FILL FUEL TANK. *TR

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THE FUEL TANK CAPACITY IS ABOUT 9 GALLONS WAY TOO LOWER THAN THE SPECIFICATION. THIS IS CAUSING TOO MANY TRIPS TO THE GAS STATION THAN EXPECTED. THE PURPOSE OF BUYING A HYBRID IS DEFEATED.

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THE CAR'S FUEL TANK DOES NOT FILL UP. EACH TIME I FILL UP, IT ALLOWS APPROX 10-11 GALLONS OF A 14 GALL TANK. UNCLEAR IF THE FUEL GAUGE IS WORKING OR IF THE ALERT FOR NEEDING GAS IS ACCURATE. NOT PERFORMING AS ADVERTISED.

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WHEN TURNING RIGHT THE CAR HAS A KNOCKING NOISE. *TR

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THE GAS TANK IS ADVERTISED TO HOLD 14.5 GALLONS. WHEN I FILL UP, THE PUMP STOPS AFTER ADDING ONLY ABOUT 8 GALLONS. I CAN VERY SLOWLY ADD MORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD IT OVERFLOW AND SPILL WHEN I'VE TRIED THAT. THE SMALLER CAPACITY SEVERELY REDUCES THE NUMBER OF MILES BETWEEN FILLING. I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MPG. A MAIN REASON I BOUGHT THE CAR WAS FOR THE 40MPG. BUT I'VE NEVER GOTTEN THAT. I AVERAGE AROUND 28. *TR

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GAS TANK WILL NOT FILL UP COMPLETELY - LEAVING ABOUT 2-4 GALLONS SHORT THAT COULD NOT GO INSIDE THE GAS TANK REGARDLESS HOW HARD YOU TRIED. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU DO PUMP THE GAS FILL UP. *TR

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THIS TOYOTA RAV4 ADVENTURE GROANS/SQUEAKS AFTER IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS A 1 TO 2 SECOND HESITATION AND THE STEERING SEEMS UNRESPONSIVE WHENEVER THE SOUND IS HEARD. THE LONGER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING OR THE HOTTER THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, THE MORE OFTEN THE SOUND IS HEARD. *TR

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CAR WILL NOT FILL UP TO MAXIMUM FUEL TANK COMPACTLY (USUALLY 2 TO 3 GALLONS BELOW FULL). *TR

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THIS HYBRID CAR HAS A 14.5 GALLON GAS TANK AND ON A FULL TANK, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET 570-580 MILES UNTIL EMPTY BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF 39-41 MPG. WHEN GAS TANK IS ON "E" WITH ONLY 10 MILES TO EMPTY, THE TANK WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS BEFORE SHUTTING THE PUMP OFF. IT WILL NOT TAKE A FULL 14.5 GALLONS OF GAS, LEAVING MY TANK ABOUT 4.5 GALLONS SHORT OF ITS CAPACITY, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 180 MILES I AM NOT GETTING ON A FULL TANK OF GAS. WHEN GAS TANK IS FILLED UP COMPLETELY, IT IS ONLY READIING THAT I HAVE ABOUT 400-450 MILES TO EMPTY AND THAT SHOULD BE READING 570-580 SO RIGHT THERE, IT PROVES THE GAS TANK IS NOT FILLING UP COMPLETELY. EVEN GOING BY THE REDUCED READING OF 400-450 MILES, I ONLY SEEM TO BE GETTING 350-370 MILES TO EMPTY. ALTHOUGH DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN VARY THIS STATISTIC, IT SEEMS WAY OFF CONSIDERING MOST OF MY DRIVING IS LOCAL AND NON-HIGHWAY. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAITED UNTIL GAS TANK HAD ONLY 10 MILES TO GO BEFORE BEING EMPTY, FILLED IT UP COMPLETELY (PUMP WOULD NOT ALLOW MORE THAN 10 GALLONS) AND DROVE ON THAT TANK OF GAS UNTIL ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY. I DROVE 352 MILES ON THAT FULL TANK AND BASED ON THAT WITH THE CAR HAVING A 14.5 GALLON CAPACITY TANK, THAT ONLY AVERAGES 24 MPG BUT SINCE I COULD ONLY FILL IT UP APPROXIMATELY 10.5 GALLONS, IT WORKS OUT TO 33.6 MPG, STILL BELOW THE STATED AVERAGE. SO, I AM NOT GETTING THE STATED MPG THAT I SHOULD AS WELL AS NOT BEING ABLE TO FILL UP GAS TANK TO 14.5 GALLON CAPACITY.

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I AM NOT ABLE TO FILL UP GAS TANK TO FULL CAPACITY IN MY 2019 RAV4 HYBRID. THE GAS GAUGE SHOWS FUEL AT 75% CAPACITY AFTER FILL UP. THIS DRASTICALLY REDUCES DRIVING RANGE OF VEHICLE.

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ADVENTURE TRIM OF 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 MAKES AN ABNORMAL GROANING/BUZZING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING. SOUND OCCURS BETWEEN 20-30 MPH WHEN AWD SYSTEM DISCONNECTS REAR WHEELS. A VIDEO RECORDING HAS CAPTURED THIS SOUNDS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

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THE CAR LURCHED AND TILTED FOR NO REASON WHEN DRIVEN, ON BOTH THE HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADS. NO DASHBOARD INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

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TOYOTA CLAIM THAT MY 2019 TOYOTA RAV4 FUEL TANK IS 14.5 GALLON AND AVERAGE MILES PER GALLON IS 40 (40 X 14.5 = 580 MILES FOR ONE TANK). BUT I NEVER FUEL UP TO THAT LEVEL AT ALL. THE MAX I CAN FUEL UP IS 10 GALLONS. (40 X 10 = 400 MILES MAX). SO IT IS LOSS 180 MILES HERE SOMEHOW. IF THIS IS THE CASE TOYOTA SHOULD ADVERTISE THEIR VEHICLE WITH 10 GALLONS TANK FOR ALL OF THEIR FUTURE RAV4 SUV. OR THEY SHOULD FIX THE FUEL TANK ISSUE HERE. PLEASE HELP. THIS IS SOMETHING WRONG FROM A BRAND NAME AS A RELIABLE TOYOTA. I NOTICE THIS ISSUE RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR IN MAY 2019. I BROUGHT BACK TO THE PIERCEY TOYOTA DEALER AND COMPLAIN, BUT THEY KEEP SAYING THIS IS NORMAL FOR HYBRID CAR. THIS IS NOT MAKING SENSE AT ALL.

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FUEL TANK CAN'T BE FILLED TO THE FULL CAPACITY. EVEN WITH CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO FURTHER FILL THE TANK, IT IS SHORT BY A COUPLE GALLONS. JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE ISSUED WAS RAISED (NOW OVER 6 MONTHS AGO) TO BOTH THE LOCAL NJ DEALER AS WELL AS TOYOTA MOTOR SALES HEADQUARTERS. STILL NO RESOLUTION.

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THE GAS TANK DOES NOT ACCEPT ENOUGH GASOLINE TO FILL THE TANK. UPON FUELING, THE DISPENSER CLICKS TO STOP WHEN ONLY 9-10 GALLONS ARE IN THE TANK. THE STATED FUEL TANK CAPACITY IS 14.5 GALLONS, THUS THE TANK CAN ONLY BE FILLED TO LESS THAN 70% CAPACITY. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2/16/2019 ME AND MY HUSBAND BEEN SMELLING FREON OR ANTIFREEZE. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO SERVICING EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE GET SERVICED BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO ASSISTANCE.

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