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2008 Toyota RAV4 service brakes, hydraulic problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2008 Toyota RAV43% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
3%
share of all complaints
19,700 mi
median reported incident mileage
7 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 2008 toyota rav 4. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle excessive oil consumption problems. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle has consumer 15 quarts of oil in 36,000 miles. Also, there was a noise coming from the front brake. The dealer informed the consumer, there was some rust in the drum…

    filed Dec 17, 2015

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota rav4. The contact stated that while exiting a parking space, he attempted to engage the brakes but the brake pedal abnormally traveled to the floorboard. The failure was also experienced a second time and the contact had to engage the emergency in order to stop…

    filed Apr 10, 2013

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other RAV4 years

YearReportsShare
2024 RAV411%
2020 RAV420%
2018 RAV421%
2016 RAV421%
2015 RAV410%
2014 RAV411%
2013 RAV421%
2012 RAV452%
2011 RAV441%
2010 RAV4195%
2009 RAV4196%
2007 RAV4192%
RAV4 service brakes, hydraulic 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.