4.2 Owners Poll

[Hoovie]

Any poll like this is inevitably self-selecting with the respondents being either car enthusiasts or those people who have had problems and, as Anchorman says, looking for information - and the more expensive the problem, the more they are likely to look :)

it is a shame that the Diesel engine has not made any inroads into the US passenger car market, as then there would be masses of comparative info to see - and probably a few class actions against every car maker as well B)

[local hero]

As most on here know i am not mechanical, but i have driven an awful lot of miles, about 2000,000 in a lot of different vehicles mostly diesel, and it seems to me the more we try to make our diesels perform like petrol vehicles in terms of performance the more problems we have, i have over the last 18yrs driven 4 different engined black cabs avg 50,000 mpa, of the last 3 the oldest has a 2.7 normally aspirated diesel(nissan) and this was and still is almost fault free despite rediculous mileages, next came the ford 2.4 duratorque turbo, this has been a disaster going through dmfs at sometimes 20000m intervals and all sorts of timing belt/chain? problems, some owners have literally welded dmfs up so they are solid, but then this leads to transmission drive train problems, we now have a VM italian engine used by Chrysler, this has only been out about 2yrs + was fitted with a stronger crank to cope with the extra abuse cabs get, recently a fault has apeared on the EGR unit causing serious engine fires on some vehicles, and now are being fitted with an underbonnet sprinkler system.. The point i am making is that this DMF issue is not just a Toyota problem, IMO it is because of the massive torque that our modern diesels are expected to produce, all manufacturers have problems and i think Toyota have fewer than most

[dave.m]

Bump.

As I said on another thread I would bump this one back up, some newer members seem interested on faults

experienced by other Rav owners. Bear in mind though, some people join the forum to get answers to problems

they are having, then you never hear of them again. So it probably isn't a true reflection of how reliable your

Rav actually is, plus as you can see it has been forgotten about.

Anchorman, maybe could do with a bit of updating ? maybe add the other models ?

[crofter]

I wonder how many people who voted no issues were like me and crossed their fingers whilst doing so!

[anchorman]

As soon as I get chance I will modify the list to add faults that have come to light more recently (e.g. fuel filter head).

[Bristim]

As soon as I get chance I will modify the list to add faults that have come to light more recently (e.g. fuel filter head).

It would be interesting to see what was causing the engine management issue for the VVTi's too - I had a llamba (oxygen) sensor go and according to the RAC man and the Toyota dealer this is quite a common fault, but generally the only one - fingers crossed.

AA and RAC patrols have both separately have said to me that generally the only thing to go wrong with RAV 4.2s are batteries and tyres (had a flat Battery - lights left on when chatting ).

[tropical_Z]

In general, its been reliable other than for three o2 sensors that have had to be replaced - but it seems to be a common thing so thats no bigie.

The only thing that has been a negative is the speedometer fault. The first time it happened, was 2nd year of owning it - driving locally. The last time it happenned, was a few weeks back on the motorway. Doing motorway speeds only to find the needle pointing to 0mph is scary. SatNav speed reading saved me that day.

[matt@theforce]

Have voted.

I havent been on here in a while as the Rav is SWMBO's car but so far 4 months of Very Happy motoring and no faults. Having said that my only critasism is it's a bugger to wash the roof (I'm quite short) :D