I had to come into the dealership to learn and by then my car is already out of warranty and my car is in no working order. Apparently Toyota knows the ecm is faulty and damages the transmission, but the actions they took on this matter were too late and barely caring. Sometimes higher gear would judder the car. Trying to enter a fast paced road is highly risking the chance of being read ended, and at times I would attempt to accelerate from a stop light only to crawl into the intersection and sit in horror. This is extremely frightening I thought I was going to be hit because I stall in dangerous situations. Automatic transmission does not hold on to a gear and when a gear is finally engaged, the car jerks violently forward. When attempting to accelerate from a stop, the car stalls. I used oem fluid and am on schedule with all of my maintenance. I have all of my maintenance records and recently had the transmission flushed and filled completely. I am worried one day I am going to be driving and get into a serious accident because of this issue. This is my primary vehicle and I transport my daughter in it all of the time. They check my floor mats, but not the ecu for faulty issues. Could it be that my ecu is bad? yes, but my dealer won't acknowledge that possibility. However, upon reading several complaints about the Rav4 02-03 models, regarding transmission problems, I find that their issues of hanging before slipping into gear, grinding gear and not finding the gear at all are the same ones I have been experiencing in my '06 Rav4. Since there was no record of it happening, it was nothing. I had previously reported the problem, when it happened less frequently, to my dealership (darcars of frederick) and they told me that 1)they could not duplicate the sound during their test run and 2) if such a thing had happened, my ecu would have made a note of it and recorded it. I did not have any accidents, but this has been happening more frequently. I noticed it happening more frequently during slowdown for making a turn and then acceleration to resume driving. While driving from maryland to maine for a vacation, I noticed my transmission was slipping and grinding gears frequently in the range of 20-35 mph. The warranty is limited to 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever occurs first. There are technical service reports on the website. I feel Toyota should replace the ecm in any car that fails in this manner. The failure is episodic and unpredictable. However I cannot access any assistance from Toyota because the car has been in service greater than 10 years. Toyota has a document that describes the problem. ) I was barely able to drive the car up my driveway - shifting continued to be a problem so that the car stalled and did not respond to the accelerator. (this occurred early on a Sunday morning so traffic was light. I then restarted the car and drove home to wallingford (3 miles) by pacing the car so that I did not have to interact with other vehicles. I pulled over to the curb on meridian way and turned the car off. I continued to drive to meridian way and turn left. The car (automatic transmission) failed to shift gears and almost stopped in the middle of the intersection near i5 northbound entrance. I was driving west on northgate way toward meridian avenue. I have taken it to the dealer and brought it up multiple times during oil changes and tire rotation, but they say that cannot duplicate it or that it is just how the car works. All these issues happen often but completely at random. When going downhill and letting off the gas it will downshift, causing the car to jerk. Once I have accelerated and let off the gas, and then returned to the acceleration pedal after braking or just momentarily resting my ankle with the car at speed, the car will "fish for gears" like it cannot decide which gear the car should be in. Along with that issues I have noticed a delayed acceleration at green lights sometimes to the point where I get a traction control light once it has kicked in or even jerking while finding the correct gear to be in. Shifting from park to any gear I would hear a loud banging type noise and the entire car would jerk. 10000 miles I started having issues with the gears. I purchased my Rav4 brand new mid/late year 2018.
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