8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
165,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
1997 Toyota RAV4 engine problems

engine problem

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1997 Toyota RAV4 Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 282011

RAV4

  • Manual transmission
  • 165,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The engine starts to race when idling at stops signs. Revs as high as 2.5 RPMs. Sometimes is seems like the throttle is sticking or there is no gas getting to the engine. Mechanics fixed the water pump last week, said it was causing the racing. Started doing it again almost immediately.

- hornbogen, Marquette, MI, US

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