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These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
89 of 627 complaints match · Fuel system · clear filters · page 4 of 4
FUEL FILLING SHUTS OFF WHEN AT GAS PUMP. TANK NOT CAPABLE OF FILLING TO TOYOTA SPEC GALLON CAPACITY (14.5). MAXIMUM 10.5 GALLONS. GREATLY REDUCING OVERALL MILEAGE AND POSING SAFETY RISK WHEN MANUALLY TOPPING OFF GAS TANK.
NHTSA ODI 11306912
OUR 2020 TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID XSE HAS A FAULTY FUEL TANK. TOYOTA ADVERTISED THAT THE TANK IS 14.5 GALLONS. WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO FILL ABOUT 10 GALLONS.
NHTSA ODI 11306892
WHEN THE LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON (IN THE MANUAL INDICATES THERE'S ABOUT 2.2 GALLONS LEFT IN THE TANK), I CAN PUMP ABOUT 9 GALLONS OF FUEL INTO THE TANK TO THE FIRST CLICK-OFF FROM THE GAS PUMP. SO, FOR A 14.5-GALLON TANK WITH A *2.2-GALLON RESERVE I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT ABOUT 12 GALLONS IN WHEN I FUEL UP, NOT 9 GALLONS. THE FUEL GAUGE WILL NOT SHOW FULL WHEN FUELING AND THE PUMP FIRST CUTS OFF, IT'S BETWEEN 3/4 AND FULL. THE DTE (DISTANCE TO EMPTY) WILL SHOW ABOUT 410 MILES AT THIS POINT. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO FILL THE TANK TO IT'S STATED CAPACITY. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY A TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. TOYOTA INDICATED TO THE TECHNICIAN THAT THERE IS NO FIX. TOYOTA IS CONTINUING TO SELL THE RAV4 HYBRIDS WITH DEFECTIVE GAS TANKS.
NHTSA ODI 11306432
TOYOTA ADVERTISED AND SOLD THE CAR WITH 14.5 GALLON TANK, BUT I CANNOT FILL MORE THAN 10 GALLONS BEFORE THE PUMP SHUTS OFF AUTOMATICALLY, AND I DO NOT GET THE RANGE THAT IS ADVERTISED.
NHTSA ODI 11306380
THE GAS TANK OF MY 2020 RAV4 HYBRID IS NOT FILLING PROPERLY. THE TANK IS SUPPOSED TO BE 14.5 GALLONS. MY FUEL GAUGE WILL READ JUST ABOVE EMPTY AND MY DISPLAY SAYS THAT I HAVE 29 MILES TO EMPTY. WHEN I GO TO FILL-UP MY TANK, THOUGH, IT CUTS OFF AFTER ROUGHLY 8.6 - 9 GALLONS. IF IT WAS TRULY ALMOST EMPTY, THIS IS WAY SHORT OF THE AMOUNT OF GAS THAT IT WILL TAKE TO FILL-UP MY TANK. WHEN I TURN THE CAR BACK ON, MY GAS GAUGE READS BETWEEN 3/4 AND FULL. BETWEEN FILL-UPS, I CAN ONLY DRIVE ABOUT 380 MILES. TOYOTA ADVERTISES ABOUT 580 MILES BETWEEN FILL-UPS. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I FILL-UP AND AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS.
NHTSA ODI 11302911
THE GAS TANK WILL NOT COMPLETELY FILL AT THE GAS STATION. WHEN THE GAS LIGHT COMES ON AND SHOWS THAT IT IS EMPTY, I WILL GO TO THE GAS STATION AND IT WILL ONLY ALLOW ME TO FILL UP ABOUT 9-10GALLONS OF GAS. THE GAS TANK IS LISTED AS BEING 14.5GALLONS. THEREFORE, THE REPORTED GAS MILEAGE THAT WAS EXPECTING TO GET FROM THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY UNDER RATED AND INCORRECT. I CAN SLIGHTLY SQUEEZE THE GAS HANDLE AND PUT MORE FUEL IN THE TANK BUT I RUN THE RISK OF POTENTIALLY OVERFILLING AND SPILLING FUEL ON THE GROUND. THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.
NHTSA ODI 11302474
THE FUEL TANK WILL ONLY ACCEPT LESS THAN 10 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE STATED CAPACITY OF THE FUEL TANK BY TOYOTA IS 14.5 GALLONS. THIS DEFECT CAUSES AT LEAST TWO PROBLEMS: THE MARKETED RANGE OF THE VEHICLE IS MARKEDLY DIMINISHED, AND THE FUEL GAUGE GIVES FALSE, MISLEADING INFORMATION TO THE POINT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT. THESE ARE SAFETY ISSUES BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE WHEN AND WHERE YOU WILL RUN OUT OF FUEL.
NHTSA ODI 11302202
TOYOTA ADVERTISES CAR WITH 14.5 GALLONS OF GAS WITH 590 MPG RANGE AND FUEL TOPS OFF AT 10 GALLONS ONLY.
NHTSA ODI 11301745
FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT PROPERLY REGISTER CORRECT FUEL AMOUNT IN VEHICLE. IT IS SHOWING EMPTY WITH ABOUT 4.5 GALLONS LEFT IN FUEL TANK. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ADMIT THERE IS AN ISSUE AND TRIES TO BLAME IT ON ETHANOL FUEL ADDITIVES....
NHTSA ODI 11300607
I WAS TOLD MY TOYOTA RAV4 HYBRID HAS A 14.5 GALLON GAS TANK. EVEN WHEN FILLING UP WHEN THE GAS LIGHT TURNS ON, I AM BARELY ABLE TO FILL 10 - 11 GALLONS. UPON FILL-UP, THE SYSTEMS SHOW 520 MILES (EXAMPLE) TO EMPTY BUT WITHIN 20 MILES OF DRIVING THE BALANCES RUNS DOWN TO UNDER 450.
NHTSA ODI 11299574
THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK CAPACITY IS 14.5 GALLONS. WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE ON THE DASH SHOWS 1/8 OF A TANK, I CAN ONLY ADD 9-10 GALLONS OF FUEL BEFORE THE FUEL PUMP CLICKS OFF. AT A FUEL TANK LEVEL OF 1/8, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT 12-13 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANK. THERE IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE HERE, BUT I'M NOT ABLE TO GET THE DRIVING RANGE ON A TANK OF FUEL THAT I WAS EXPECTING WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I SHOULD BE GETTING A RANGE IN EXCESS OF 500 MILES PER FILL UP, BUT I'M ONLY GETTING AROUND 400.
NHTSA ODI 11299594
2020 RAV4 XLE HYBRID. FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY WHEN ONLY APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS OF THE 14.5 GALLON TANK HAVE BEEN USED. THIS LEADS TO GETTING FAR LESS RANGE FROM A TANK OF GAS THAN THE VEHICLE SHOULD OR IS ADVERTISED TO GET. WHEN YOU FILL THE TANK THE COMPUTER FIRST ESTIMATES OVER 500 MILE RANGE BUT THEN QUICKLY DROPS AND ACTUAL RANGE YOU GET IS MORE THAN 100 MILES LESS DUE TO THE FUEL TANK PROBLEM.
NHTSA ODI 11298061
VEHICLE INDICATES FUEL EMPTY (GAS GAUGE AND WARNINGS) AFTER APPROX 350 MILES. FUEL TANK SUPPOSED TO BE 14.5 GAL., BUT TANK ONLY ACCEPTS 9-10 GALLONS FUEL BEFORE SHUTOFF. 1 FULL TANK FROM DEALER PLUS 1 FILL-UP WITH SAME RESULT. VEHICLE ALSO ONLY AVERAGING 36 MPG AFTER 2 TANKS MOSTLY HIGHWAY & NOW INTO 1 TANK MIXED CITY/HIGHWAY (TOYOTA INDICATES 38 HIGHWAY/40 CITY). EITHER FUEL TANK IS DEFECTIVE/CAPACITY IS INACCURATE, GAUGES/COMPUTER/WARNINGS ARE DEFECTIVE, OR BOTH?
NHTSA ODI 11292178
GAS LIGHT COMES ON AFTER THE CAR HAS CONSUMED ~10 GALLONS. THE VEHICLE IS ADVERTISED HAVING 14.5 GALLON TANK WITH 580 MILE TRIP.
NHTSA ODI 11291750
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