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2009 Toyota RAV4 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1106585
Internal NHTSA #	10630560
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	RAV4
Model Year	2009
File date	07/07/14
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I purchased a used 2009 rav4 with about 78,000 miles. It was a one owner with a clean car fax. It was great during the test drive. About 2 days after i purchased it, it started to make a rattle/rumble/vibration at approximately 40mph and 1500 - 1800rpm. It seems like the noise was coming from the transaxle/transmission area. The noise progressively got worse. It typically happened when on an incline. I took it into a dealer and they flashed the ecu since there were multiple tsbs out with this problem related the ecu. This helped with the problem for a week. Then the rumble came back with a vengeance. The dealer worked on diagnosing for a couple of days. The toyota engineers on the technical service line had the dealer's technician taking heat shields, plastic covers off, etc thinking something was just hitting resonate frequency and vibrating loudly. Nothing helped. Eventually the technician used listening ears and isolated the noise to the transfer case. The official diagnosis was components in the transfer case were failing. I bought this vehicle thinking toyota still were high quality. I've discovered rav4s are basically tin cans on wheels. It makes an amazing amount of creaks and rattles. When i spoke to the toyota customer service representative on the phone i was basically informed toyotas are now designed to go the 60,000 miles (the manufacturer warranty). After that it's anyone's guess how long the mechanical components will last.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	78555
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	TACOMA, WA
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	40
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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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2009 Toyota RAV4 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Toyota RAV4 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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