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2016 Toyota RAV4 Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1728319
Internal NHTSA #	11398767
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	RAV4
Model Year	2016
File date	28/05/20
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Tl* the contact owned a 2016 toyota rav4. While her husband was making a right turn at 30 mph, the vehicle abruptly shut off without warning; however, her husband was able to restart the vehicle upon depression of the accelerator pedal. As they continued to drive, the failure occurred two more times and after the third failure, a blackish smoke began to emit from underneath the front passenger side of the hood. The contact's husband was able to exit the vehicle and extinguish the fire with a water bottle. The authorities were called to the scene, and the fire department removed the battery from the vehicle. A fire and police report were filed; no injuries were reported. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to sheehy toyota of stafford(95 garrisonville rd, stafford, va 22554) where they initially gave the contact an estimate to replace the vehicle parts in order to check if the vehicle was still operable. Due to the high cost of the repair, her insurance company deemed the vehicle total loss and was destroyed. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had been destroyed. The failure mileage was 44,156.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	44156
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	HOTLINE VOQ
City and State	STAFFORD, VA
VIN pattern	2T3YFREV8GWXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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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	30
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2016 Toyota RAV4 Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 Toyota RAV4 Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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