The vehicle stalled while I was driving on a highway at approximately 55 mph. I had been driving for 15 minutes. I lost power at the dashboard, lost power steering, and the engine stopped running. I coasted to a side street and stopped the car. I opened the hood, and discovered a fire in the engine compartment. The battery cable closest to the engine was on fire, and had melted one corner of the battery. A passerby helped extinguish the fire, and the fire department was called to inspect and make sure the fire was out. Earlier that day, the vehicle stalled in the same way while driving approximately 5 mph in a parking lot, but the power came back in a few seconds. Immediately preceding that was a 1-hour drive at interstate highway speeds with no troubles.

- Venice, FL, USA

Car randomly shut off on Monday of this year.also the radio is defective and car try's to switch gears while driving

- Dracut, MA, USA

The car was running on the street in the city when it suddenly stopped, fire and smoke rose from the battery's side. After extinguishing the fire, the vehicle could not move, and had to call the tow truck to the repair shop. I have witnesses.

- Westminster, CA, USA

Driving normal, made a right turn and car suddenly restarts, steering wheel locks up during turn for a couple seconds. Electric restart engine and turns off the car and cannot gas it, only brake. Car comes back on without me turning it on and does not happen again rest of the drive. Driving normal for a few days, happens again, engine restarts again randomly while making a right turn, same exact description as described previously. Multiple dates of occurence

- Bloomington, IL, USA

Driving normal, made a right turn and car suddenly restarts, steering wheel locks up during turn for a couple seconds. Electric restart engine and turns off the car and can't gas it, only brake. Car comes back on without me turning it on and does not happen again rest of the drive. Driving normal for 2 days and on the 3rd day, engine restarts again randomly while making a right turn, same exact description as described previously. Driven car for a day and incident hasn't repeated yet. But, now not sure if this affected it, sensors of car door open sign is on when car is turned off and all doors and windows are in place for locking. Only when car is off and I cannot fix it.

- Burbank, CA, USA

I was entering traffic from a stop sign and collided with a black car at night time that did no have it's headlights on. City of raleigh, nc. Streets.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

I was entering traffic from a stop sign and collided with a black car at night that did not have it's headlights on. Their air bag deployed, - mine did not. City of raleigh, nc. Streets.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

The dom lights fuse keeps blowing. It appears to have a short but some times the fuse takes a little time to blow. Yesterday I tried to replace the fuse three times, and three fuses were blown immediately.

- Haslet, TX, USA

I was exiting a highway on a curve (est. 40mph) when my power steering failed instantly jerking the steering wheel to the right creating a safety hazard. At the same time all of my dashboard lights flashed on and off. I have a Toyota Rav4 2015. There have been a recall for this description but not on my VIN.

- Westminster, CO, USA

Numerous times over the last couple of months my cars eps light will come on after putting my car into reverse the car does not connect and goes into neutral instead causing the car to roll forward creating hazards because it happens on hills and flat areas. I then have to put my car into park, turn it off and restart the car to get the car to go into the correct gear. I have taken the car to Toyota but they won?T do anything because my VIN is not under recall. Starting in 2019 I started noticing flakes of paint in cracks of doorways and creases of the car. Last month a big piece of paint started coming off the top of my car in front of my sunroof.

- Tucker, GA, USA

Shortly after driving with no issues, the parked car started to smoke from underneath the hood. Within seconds, a large fire had started which completely consumed the car and also spread to my wife's car and the house's carport. Insurance investigator informed us that the fire likely started in/near the engine towards the drivers side based on where the hottest parts of the fire appeared to have been. However, no conclusive determination was made regarding the cause. The car was in good condition and had not had any maintenance work performed on it recently. There were also no signs of intrusion by rodents or other animals. This happened with no warning. I've also since learned this had happened only one month before to the parents of one of our childrens' friends. They also had a Rav4, although not the same model year (I believe it was a 2013). I have also seen many other reports while researching this issue. If there is a defect or design flaw contributing to these fires, it should be addressed quickly!

- Rockville, MD, USA

I was driving on the interstate entrance ramp when the battery died but then I was able to start it back and drove just a short distance when the hood started smoking. I pulled over and turned the motor off and raised the hood, and the battery was on fire. The battery and electrical system burned.

- Rutledge, TN, USA

1st occurrence 1/4/2016: Driving down an interstate with several lanes going same direction and the horn started blowing intermittently 2nd occurrence 2/26/2019: Had turned into a parking space and stopped with motor still running, then opened door to check if I was parked between the parking lines correctly and the horn started blowing 1st occurrence: Poor connection to horn to theft deterrent in security alarm 2nd occurrence: Intermittent open circuit in parking alarm harness

- Gillham, AR, USA

I drove for a few seconds, less than a block out of a parking lot, onto a local street, when my 2015 Rav4 suddenly shut down and smoke starting coming out from under the hood. I turned the steering wheel to roll to the side of the road and get out of the way of traffic, and got out of the car to walk far away. I saw flames under the front of the car and called 911.

- Yonkers, NY, USA

Gas guage and odometer went to zero while driving. I had to pull over. It felt like the bluetooth radio button got hot. I turned off car and waited, then all the gauges came back on. Is there a recall on the electrical system? I never received a letter

- Bonneau, SC, USA

Car stalled so I pulled over. There was smoking under the hood. Within minutes it turned into a big fire. Fire department had to be called.

- Mckinney, TX, USA

Four incidents of damage to wiring by rodents. Mechanic believes the rodent to be a rat. One rat has been caught in a live trap. Yet two more incidents of eaten wiring.the rat eats the insulation on the wiring and bites through the wiring. The rat drags tissues into the H/a vents. Even tried to eat a package of foil wrapped hand wipes. The rat has left scat under the seats. The rat was observed playing under my car while parked downtown. He managed to get back in the car and rode 'home.'

- Lyons, KS, USA

We purchased a Toyota Rav4 with a 100% O.K. from Toyota dealer four weeks and 200 miles after parking in the garage the next morning it would not start several try's later it barley started, I am a retired mechanic, the headlights were normal bright with horn honking, the dealer told my wife the battery had 0 cranking amps they installed a new 80 month Toyota battery, . my problem is safety issues going to the internet and searching Toyota problems battery's, electrical shorts, electrical fires, stopping unexpectedly loss of steering, electric wire burn smell, I could go on my point is everything is tied together electrical issue with wiring shorts ! I don't want to sound like an alarmist but it might sound that way, something is causing all the issues with early battery failure, as a mechanic 50 years I have seen this before and almost always it is a electrical short some ware in the system, and in some vehicles you no longer have throttle cables or linkage you have electric assist meaning a motor or some kind of pressure sensitive device that can short and inadvertently cause the vehicle to stop or cause the vehicle to advance full throttle with no way to stop! I'm hoping some one will read this that can help put our minds to rest or please look into this issue, I am afraid for my wife and all loved ones driving these vehicles.

- Valley Springs, CA, USA

Wiring harness has to be completely replaced, cause do to rodents chewing all wiring because of all the ingredients they use in the soy based wiring insulation.

- North Billerica, MA, USA

The car fails to start at times with keyless start I have been stranded in unsafe situation I have brought it to the attention of fort bend Toyota with no fix for the problem. The problem has occurred a number of times since I bought the car.

- Richmond, TX, USA