1 & 2. RECENTLY I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT ON MY 2001 TOYOTA RAV4. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (E.C.M.), WHICH TELLS THE TRANSMISSION WHAT TO DO, APPARENTLY IS FAULTY (A PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED BUT FAILED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT) WHICH CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO ESSENTIALLY SELF DESTRUCT. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED REVVING AND MY CAR DRAMATICALLY SLOWED DOWN. AFTER PULLING OVER AND PUTTING IT INTO PARK, I SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD, ALMOST CRASHING INTO ANOTHER CAR. I FEARED FOR MY LIFE IN BOTH SITUATIONS AND FEEL THAT THIS PRODUCT IS EXTREMELY FAULTY. 3. MY TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REBUILT FOR APPROXIMATELY $3,500, BUT IF TOYOTA HAD NOTIFIED CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM EARLIER THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECTIFY THE ECM BEFORE IT CAUSED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND ENDANGERED MY LIFE. *TR
2008
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON ONE DAY AFTER TURNING THE CAR ON AND THE LIGHT NEVER WENT OFF AFTER THAT. I HAD THIS REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL IN 2011. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE SPIRAL CABLE. THE COST TO FIX THIS WAS $500.00. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAG AND IS A FAULTY SYSTEM GIVEN THAT THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I SEE ON THE WEB THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS CAR ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS TOO. MY CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A CAR WITH THAT MILEAGE. PLEASE HELP IN GETTING THIS THROUGH AS A RECALL. *TR
