There was a little dash rattle, but the dealer fixed it long time ago. It is fine now.
Our first sports utility vehicle ever and we love it. We don't have to worry about spending so much in gas and also have a light truck. Definitely not designed for drag racing, but has adequate power to pull 4 heavy people without hesitation.
It is very roomy from inside although from the outside it looks like a small truck. We love the design. It definitely turns heads. Nothing like it on the road. I hope not many people buy it as it would take the design uniqueness away from the roads.
I will be taking this small truck above 300k miles like I took my Honda Accord. I have no doubt in my mind.
It is easy to get in and out of as it is not too low and not too high that we need a ladder. Many people say that it needs 6 cylinders. They can buy the Toyota Highlander if a 6 is needed. The RAV4 should be left alone with a 4 cylinder because it is supposed to be a fuel efficient vehicle, not a drag racer.
That guy that said bad things, he is wrong, I have one, it has good power and four wheel drive to get you almost anywhere. It is very sharp looking, better than any American car.
Rav4 is a beautiful car and I'm very happy with it. It certainly turns lots of heads, but I suppose it helps when you're a tall slim twenty something blonde! It just oozes street cred for the girl about town. Slightly underpowered, but excellent in every other way.
Vehicles age at different rates and with a mere 10K
on this vehicle, I can't imagine someone saying they'll
take it to 300K no problem!
Enjoy the vehicle, but be realistic about the future.
The turbodiesel RAV4 is much more driveable than the somewhat revvy petrol 4 IMO.
I can understabd why our US friend doesn't like the RAV4, its certainly not a Durango, but in the UK the nimbleness of the RAV4 more than makes up for its lack of grunt, cylinders and size.
It's an interesting, go anywhere alternative to a 5 seat MPV rather than a genuine farmers SUV I think.
It has been almost FOUR years I originally WROTE my original note above...
To the guy who wrote:
"Vehicles age at different rates and with a mere 10K
on this vehicle, I can't imagine someone saying they'll
take it to 300K no problem!
Enjoy the vehicle, but be realistic about the future."
I have taken two cars to 400k miles. Both on original 4 CYLINDER engines and manual transmissions. Are you telling me the RAV 4 is not able to do it. Well GUESS WHAT.. I am at 170k original miles on my RAV 4 and it is in a perfect shape. Its original engine and transmission are working perfectly fine. I EVEN HAVE ORIGINAL clutch plate on it. I drove long distances for sales purposes. Come back here in a few years and I will show you way more than 300k I mentioned above. Enjoy!!
Nice one!
Please let us know how your Rav 4 is still traveling.
It's cool that you came back a few years on and mentioned that it was still traveling fine.
I am about to purchase one and hope we enjoy a similar experience to you!
Cheers from down under!
You won't get that far if you have an automatic transmission. Our 2001 tranny just failed at 115k. Not bad, but less than I expected from Toyota. Turns out these have trouble with the ECM, and it destroys the transmission when it fails. I'll probably have it fixed, and keep driving it. It's a nice little car. Auto transmission failure rate is fairly high, so if you're buying used see if TC002-06 has been fixed first.
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