Toyota RAV4 Change Vehicle

"Ongoing issue. Unit clearly doesn’t have enough memory or processing power to do the job. Very uncharacteristic poor quality for a Toyota"

"When on highway with GPS on it will freeze and get stuck on a spot on the interstate. Until you shut the vehicle off none of the buttons or touch screen will work. So you have to get off the freeway and restart - just to listen to the radio!"

"entire screen freezes and vehicle has to be shut down and restarted to reboot system"

"Brought the car in to Toyota where they downloaded a software fix. Car is fine since then."

"Display screen freezes while driving"

"Freezes randomly"

"The audio portion of the installed combined navigation/audio system stops working from time to time. The dealer did a system update that seems to have fixed the problem"

"Segments of LCD characters are blank. This problem occurs periodically and the dealer won't fix until it is constant"

"The infotainment system display would go blank and then restart with the initial start up message screen periodically. The dealer where I purchased the vehicle fixed the problem with a software update."

"Sometimes the display screen just goes black. Service adviser said it's a common problem. Going in this next week for service and they will download updated software."

"This is related only to the GPS - it doesn't work more than half the time."

"Happens randomly"

"While using the navigation system, the screen sometimes goes blank. I was told by dealer that it was a common problem with that system and that I should bring it in for replacement. I haven't had time to do that.....hardly ever use the navigation system."

"My RAV 4's navigation system MUST work ONLY through an iPhone. It burns the battery up. I was told by Deluca Toyota that I had to get a different case for my phone, which I did. I asked them why my previous RAV4's navigation system didn't have to work through an iPhone. They told me the only was to get the other system was to buy the top of the line model. My previous one was the mid range like this one. I will NEVER get another Toyota because of this dealerships attitude."

"The GPS freezes up and will not work. I have taken it to the dealer 3 times and they say nothing is wrong with it. It connects through my iphone, but maps show up on my iphone OK, but not on the in dash screen"

"poor communication for driving instructions, system informs driver of turns too late, screen automatically zooms in too closely, instructions to avoid heavy traffic ignored, and screen graphics are not clearly shown."

"Navigation system is unreliable. Routes you out of your way and freezes in big cities. I always use an alternate navigation system, such as my phone, while I'm using the GPS."

"Out of date maps, phone much better. Hard to operate also."

"Saving and modifying routes is not easy and has quirks, but the default directions provided change reliably if I ignore a turn I know isn't the best, and are better than other systems I've experienced. The display freezing and blanking are random, and have occurred even after the head unit was replaced; and the manuals do tell how to reset the display without shutting off power (press and hold the sound on/off button). However, even if the display freezes, navigation voice instructions are correct and continue normally."

"Voice recognition does not understand properly. The voice produced often cuts off and does not allow me to continue. Radio stops completely in the entire system and car must be restarted. Three software updates have been done. It just gets worse. Now a new system is being built just for me by Toyota!!"

"The GPS doesn't work much of the time, and when it does it performs poorly. It doesn't perform anything close to my Garmin - so I still rely on my Garmin. I don't have time to run to the dealer on this."

"Pairing with my phone"

"It connects thru my iPhone. It is constantly disconnecting or does not connect at all."

"too difficult and archaic to use. Preferred using smartphone app."

"Contact list not transferred to car system is my main complaint. I don't have numbers memorized, so can't call using Bluetooth. Caller ID, of course, then doesn't function. Accessing controls not very intuitive. i.e., can't find a delete phone action or voice control delete call history Not sure if it's iPhone or car problem."

"If you don't have a smart phone it constantly drops the blue tooth signal. West Herr Toyota's service manager indicated they would fix it or replace my phone, but they never did."

"Car was not able to find phone signal. Finally replaced entire system under warranty."

"Poor audio quality connecting to Android phone"

"Would not link to phone for text messaging"

"xm radio could not find signal"

"For the money, poor sound quality, lacking."

"The radio is a premium system but I get heavy interference on the FM band - it seems very susceptible to such noise from electricity transmission wires. FM services are not supposed to experience interference of this kind. My previous vehicle (2013 Venza) had no such problems. The dealer has not been able to solve the issue. The Sirius XM service is interference free"

"technical service bulletin for a radio issue . Factory radios are not the best quality"

"Too many ineffective updates"

"Many ineffective software updates"

"Had to return to the dealer 3 times to correct. Opened up complaint with Toyota. Last update with software helped but still not 100% on a vehical with an msrp of $34,000."

"Doesn't recognize my verbal commands approx 33% of the time I use it."

"A list of commands supposedly understood by the system is unavailable, and the system is so frustrating to use that I only use it to cancel navigation destinations."

"Rattle from inside the doors due to wires hitting inside the door. Corrected with rubber bushings"

"Annoying rattle, sometimes there, sometimes not. Extremely hard to locate. Sounds like coming from a different area depending on where you sit."

"noise created when getting in and out of vehicle.sometimes on turns."

"Front driver door and rear right and right front door."

"There is a persistent thumping and rattling in the car that I can hear and feel, but it is hard to reproduce in a three minute drive at the dealer. I think I get it fixed when it get worse."

"Rattle in the back hatch. Toyota fixed with dampening kit"

"Rattle on driver's side of the panel that runs along the windshield. May be due to loose or improper mold fittings."

"interior rattles, road noise"

"The sun roof mechanism has a very annoying squeak to it which comes and goes with regularity."

"Undetermined noise in front dash area. Passenger hears it on driver side, driver hears it on passenger side, source can’t be determined. Very annoying"

"Car squeaks when entering or exiting, sometimes has a noise when braking or just beginning to start after stopping"

"The Rva-4 has excess road noies at 55 and above to the point that passanger conversation are at a minmium. At low speed the paassager side front has some kind of viabrating noise of a low frequency level. My trin lne is the platium top of the line in this model. Second problem would be almost funny if it was not so serious. RVA-4 built by Japanise who are small people. The passinger front seat is not power. My wife is 4' 11tall when seating cofortable her feet does not touch the floor hence on long trips her legs go to sleep. I had to pace a 4 inch peice of high density foam in the floor to eliminate the problem. passanger seat is manual it goes foward and backward no height adjustmemnt. my mistake as a I read the brochure I read 8 way adjustable driver seat coma four way adjustable passinger sear oops no powner. Last thing for my vision a speed indicator show up bes with a white background with black lettering."

"Car is very noisy when on the highway. Hard to hear audio system at normal volume"

"car is noisier than I would have expected. It also seems to be getting louder."

"The sound proofing is minimal and you have a lot of road noise."

"Same situation as the rattles: It has to get worse before I can reproduce it for the dealership."

"More road/wind noise in cab. Not optimal"

"Mainly tire noise"

"THERE IS TOO MUCH WIND AND ROAD NOISE. I EXPECTED A QUIETER RIDE."

"Road noise inside the vehicle is the problem with the car. It is extremely noisy. In fact, most of the time when driving the car it is almost impossible to hear the radio playing."

"Car is just noisy even when windows are tightly closed"

"I prefer a little lower dbl, but I can carry on a conversation at a “normal” level."

"Impossible to get the gauges to do what you want. It refuses to remember driver options."

"Toyota changed to the headlights on the 2017 RAV4 and when the lights are on at night there is a line that goes across the hood of the vehicle, where the line of vision is compromised. Unless the high beams are activated, you cannot see objects or street (stop) signs ahead. Unless you know there is a stop sign, you cannot see it until you are right up on it. I have almost hit a deer that was on the side of the road, because of the field of vision that is illuminated. I have had the lights adjusted and they still have an issue with the field of vision. I took photos and a small video and showed it to the Toyota service manager to show the hazard of driving this vehicle at night. I am hoping that Toyota addresses this issue before someone gets into an accident caused by the issue with the headlights. This is my only complaint with this vehicle."

"Poor design and should be a safety recall. Headlight aiming way too high causing oncoming traffic, especially semi-trucks, to turn on their brights thinking you've left yours on. Dealer said it's by design but lowered the aiming when I insisted. Now I can see more of the road ahead at night, but still occasionally get flashed."

"low beam was aimed too high so oncoming cars flashed their lights at me. Both car low beams were adjusted one notch lower and now seems ok."

"low beams were aimed too high so oncoming cars flashed their lights at me."

"Specifically the high beams. While lights were in auto, the high beams were engaged and, despite it being pitch black outside, the high beams turned off. The dashboard high beam indicator AND the auto indicator also turned off. The high beam toggle was still engaged during this time. The toggle was returned to neutral and, within 1-5 minutes after multiple tries, I could move the toggle to the single high beam and it would work and then could re-engage the high beams while in auto. This occurred 7 times. Once, while not in auto, the high beams were engaged and turned off by themselves. It took closer to 5 minutes before I could re-engage the high beams."

"Low beam lights were set too high causing oncoming traffic to flick lights at me. Dealer adjusted - no cost"

"My wife and I didn't like the field of vision offered by the headlights at night. It seemed low. While the vehicle was at the dealership getting the alignment adjusted, we asked the technician to tilt the headlights up for a better field of vision at night. The technician obliged us, but warned that doing so might result in oncoming traffic honking at us, thinking we had our brights on. He was right. Additionally, the tilted-up headlights only provided marginal improvement to our field of vision."

"Automatic headlight hi beam/low beam does not work all the time in the auto mode. Due to this feature being something that is used at night and does not happen routinely the service department has not been able to track down the problem."

"Even on bright, the illumination is not sufficient."

"I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT GETTING FLASHED BY ON COMING CARS THAT MY HEADLIGHT BEAM MY BE A BIT HIGH! THEY SAID THE BEAMS WERE OK WITHOUT CHECKING THEM!"

"The halogen projector beams have a dark horizon line, out about 200feet. Everything above this line is in pitch darkness. Signs like stop and yield cannot be seen because they are above this line. High beams do not illuminate the road but shine on the trees. This horizon line also bounces with every little bump which is extremely distracting.I drive as little as possible at night because I don't feel safe with these lights."

"It's not a problem, rather a concern. The headlights are very bright, and oncoming night traffic thinks the high beams are on (many people flash their lights, hoping I'll turn mine down)."

"As I mentioned previously, the brake light came on at odd times. Had it come on at the right time, perhaps I would have been able to stop n time."

"the whole wiring harness for the engine had to be replaced because they couldn't find what was causing the brakes to freeze and the car not start and the taillights to keep blowing fuses"