Federal complaint record · Toyota RAV4 · model year 2001

2001 Toyota RAV4

Owners submitted 309 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 66th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1999 to 2003 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 46% · group n = 191Electrical · 14% · group n = 60Engine · 9% · group n = 37Brakes · 6% · group n = 26Speed control · 6% · group n = 23
309
Complaint records on file
101,500
Median mileage at the reported problem · 236 complaints reported mileage
46%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 191
66th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 22 model years

Powertrain · 5 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain46%

Powertrain reports

Toyota RAV4 · model year 2001

Reports in this group191
Share of classified reports46%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Transmission behavior · 150 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32001 Toyota RAV4
Stalling or shutdown · 39 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32001 Toyota RAV4
Brake performance · 23 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32001 Toyota RAV4

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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