2002 Toyota RAV4 vehicle speed control problems
36 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2002 Toyota RAV4 — 7% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“My car engine light goes on and off due to transmission fault. It continuously has a hard time shifting gears in between 2500-3000 rpm and gives a jerky stop before continuing to speed up/accelerate despite when I have not let go of my foot from the pedal. After taking it to the auto shop, I was…”
filed May 24, 2024
“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.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other RAV4 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 RAV4 | 6 | 8% |
| 2024 RAV4 | 12 | 7% |
| 2023 RAV4 | 6 | 4% |
| 2022 RAV4 | 6 | 4% |
| 2021 RAV4 | 6 | 2% |
| 2020 RAV4 | 14 | 2% |
| 2019 RAV4 | 30 | 3% |
| 2018 RAV4 | 20 | 6% |
| 2017 RAV4 | 12 | 4% |
| 2016 RAV4 | 12 | 5% |
| 2015 RAV4 | 21 | 7% |
| 2014 RAV4 | 7 | 4% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2002 Toyota RAV4
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.