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I really like the way the new Rav4 looks and consider it the front runner for what we plan on buying my daughter when she reaches driving age. I'm not worried about what car critics have to say. I've had good experiences with Toyotas and as long as I like their offering in whatever class of vehicle I'm considering I'll give it the first look over other brands.
I really like the way the new Rav4 looks and consider it the front runner for what we plan on buying my daughter when she reaches driving age. I'm not worried about what car critics have to say. I've had good experiences with Toyotas and as long as I like their offering in whatever class of vehicle I'm considering I'll give it the first look over other brands.
Remember to consult this page before driving home with your new RAV4. Past experience is bad habit, and does not guarantee future results. Automakers change designs all the time in order to reduce production costs.
Or better yet, maybe there are some demos of 2018 RAV4 with less than 2,000 miles for sale at your local Toyota dealer. That would be a much better choice for reliability, and in high-demand after more people read the negatives with 2019.
I’ve had good and bad with Toyota reliability. My Mom’s ‘04 Sienna was a disaster from day one, quite literally. It was back the day after ink was dried to have the AC system replaced. It went on to have folding seat problems, and anonymous traction control/ABS/AWD issues. It was traded at 19k before anything else could fail. But the beater Toyota Echo I got for free (!) gave me 70,000 miles for under $800 excluding insurance and fuel. I could have repaired it the final time for about $40 and an afternoon, but at 270k, I was ready for something else.
Remember to consult this page before driving home with your new RAV4. Past experience is bad habit, and does not guarantee future results. Automakers change designs all the time in order to reduce production costs.
Or better yet, maybe there are some demos of 2018 RAV4 with less than 2,000 miles for sale at your local Toyota dealer. That would be a much better choice for reliability, and in high-demand after more people read the negatives with 2019.
Oh please, you put in any car in that site and you got complaints that is what the site is for. Even your favorite car I bet has complaints. 21 complaints means nothing. Up into the hundreds or thousands then yes, that would mean something. My 2010 corolla has a bunch of issues according to that site, but I have never had one and my neighbor has a 2011 and had never had an issue.
Remember to consult this page before driving home with your new RAV4. Past experience is bad habit, and does not guarantee future results. Automakers change designs all the time in order to reduce production costs.
Or better yet, maybe there are some demos of 2018 RAV4 with less than 2,000 miles for sale at your local Toyota dealer. That would be a much better choice for reliability, and in high-demand after more people read the negatives with 2019.
Not worried. Not even a little. It'll be a couple years before I have to take that plunge anyway. I don't consider Toyota infallible but I've had issues with other brands too. Or watched my friends have issues with brands I've personally never owned. Lesson here: pick what you like and know regardless of make/model it may well give you some problems sooner or later.
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Originally Posted by trlhiker
Oh please, you put in any car in that site and you got complaints that is what the site is for. Even your favorite car I bet has complaints. 21 complaints means nothing. Up into the hundreds or thousands then yes, that would mean something. My 2010 corolla has a bunch of issues according to that site, but I have never had one and my neighbor has a 2011 and had never had an issue.
Exactly. At work I recently got audited by a higher authority and their report made it look like we weren't doing our job. They didn't register discrepancies against a scale, or share the scope of their audit (which was actually quite extensive) they simply spelled out discrepancies. Of course we're going to look bad when it's reported like that. Of course a site designed specifically for complaints is going to make any make/model look bad. If you consider only the few complaints and not the few complaints against the thousands of units sold in a year...
Oh please, you put in any car in that site and you got complaints that is what the site is for. Even your favorite car I bet has complaints. 21 complaints means nothing. Up into the hundreds or thousands then yes, that would mean something. My 2010 corolla has a bunch of issues according to that site, but I have never had one and my neighbor has a 2011 and had never had an issue.
I recently lease a new 2018 Audi A6 FWD 2.0L I4 turbo (with cast-iron engine block) that is showing huge potential being gold-certified by carcomplaints.com. I'm taking my big bet and trust that this latest Audi design is more-reliable and more-durable than Lexus now, and we'll see a few years later down the road. It definitely drives like a Lexus vehicle built from mid-1990s before, that was also gold-certified by carcomplaints.com.
As Consumer Reports highlights, the RAV4 is not what it use to be, yet Toyota diehards will always justify their purchase no matter what the experts say.
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Originally Posted by waltchan
Remember to consult this page before driving home with your new RAV4. Past experience is bad habit, and does not guarantee future results. Automakers change designs all the time in order to reduce production costs.
Or better yet, maybe there are some demos of 2018 RAV4 with less than 2,000 miles for sale at your local Toyota dealer. That would be a much better choice for reliability, and in high-demand after more people read the negatives with 2019.
As Consumer Reports highlights, the RAV4 is not what it use to be, yet Toyota diehards will always justify their purchase no matter what the experts say.
Give it about five more years, and the 2019 RAV4 will be on Consumer Report’s “best used SUV” list.
Give it about five more years, and the 2019 RAV4 will be on Consumer Report’s “best used SUV” list.
Of course. Looking at a website of “ complaints “ for knowledge is just plain foolish. Some of the complaints on that site were after 2 miles and 10 miles. Consumer Reports publishes “ used cars to avoid”. I don’t think I have ever seen a Toyota product listed there, and if it was , it was a very rare occurrence.
I will use my knowledge and experience with the 10 Toyota products I have owned rather then some comments on the web. Hundreds of thousands of miles. Only once was a car towed.
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Automakers change designs all the time in order to reduce production costs.
