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2012 Toyota RAV4 EV Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1266615
Internal NHTSA #	10840133
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	RAV4 EV
Model Year	2012
File date	05/03/16
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My 2012 rav4 ev has an unsafe condition where the electronic transmission does not actually engage from r to d, or d to r when stationary, even though the vehicle instrumentation indicates so. The vehicle instead moves inadvertently in the wrong direction. It has been a chronic issue with the vehicle, and i have reported it to the toyota dealer on several occasions. Each time i was told that the technician could not duplicate the condition, but that a software update would be installed and might correct the matter. It has not, and my wife and i continue to experience the problem randomly. On march 5, 2016 however, the condition caused an accident as i was leaving a parking spot on the street. I initially had trouble getting the car to engage in reverse or drive. I turned the car off and restarted it (rebooting the software). This time reverse engaged and i moved the car backward to make room to exit the parking space and came to a complete stop. I then put the car in drive, heard the reverse 'beep' stop, visually checked the instrumentation cluster to verify the indicator was on 'd', applied the hill-assist function, and pushed the accelerator to drive forward. The car instead lunged backward and slammed into the car behind me. This is a serious and dangerous condition. It could have easily been a pedestrian behind me instead of a car. I can no longer drive this car and feel safe with my family, or for the people around the vehicle. Checking the owner forums at http://www. Myrav4ev. Com/, i am not the only owner that has experienced transmission issues.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	33000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SAN FRANCISCO, CA
VIN pattern	2T3YL4DV6CWXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	5
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Toyota RAV4 EV Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Toyota RAV4 EV Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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