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2001 Toyota RAV4 cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 23 complaints for the 2001 Toyota RAV4, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
23 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
105,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2001 Toyota RAV4 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 105,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 105,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 9% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 105,000 miles, and 9% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While coming to complete stop by pressing ABS brakes, vehicle suddenly accelerated and hit a stonewall. Dealer has been contacted.please provide further details. Consumer has taken photographs of vehicle/ wall and ground, showing no tire marks.

August 2001 Crash

2001 toyota rav 4 the accelerator suddenly became stuck full open at a slow speed. Was able to bring car to stop by riding brakes and turned engine off. Happened one time. Car seemed fine after restarting. Nothing was done to correct because never could figure out cause and has never repeated.

Reported at 80,000 miles, February 2009

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Cruise control problems in other years

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