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2002 Toyota RAV4 electronic stability control (esc) problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2002 Toyota RAV43% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
3%
share of all complaints
95,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The past couple weeks my car had been laghing more an more when at complete stop. This past week it has been the worst. Whenever I try to accelerate from.a complete stop my car with lag and jerk like it is trying to shift into gear but cant. When I took it in to a transmission specialist they said…

    filed Apr 10, 2019

  • Faulty ecu computers causeing variations in speed and problems with hard shifting, damageing transmissons, causeing vehicles to fail while driving while in motion vehicle will not shift correctly. My vehicle stopped in an intersection and I was nearly hit by another vehicle while attempting to…

    filed Jun 23, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electronic Stability Control (esc) problems in other RAV4 years

YearReportsShare
2020 RAV420%
2019 RAV461%
2018 RAV421%
2016 RAV431%
2015 RAV431%
2014 RAV421%
2013 RAV431%
2012 RAV473%
2011 RAV493%
2010 RAV451%
2009 RAV421%
2008 RAV471%
RAV4 electronic stability control (esc) problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.