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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JTEGH20VX30••••••2003 Toyota RAV4
That is about average for the 2003 Toyota RAV4 — 5 complaints per build across 47 builds.
5on this build
250on the model
47builds in total
1involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedPower Train 2Tires 1Electrical System 1Engine And Engine Cooling 1
What owners of this build wrote
TirescrashAug 2003
While driving east at 75 mph, the right rear tire blewout, which caused the consumer to lose control of the vehicle. Consumer made a 190' turn on the highway and stopped after hitting a guardrail. There were no serious injuries, and a ambulance came to the scene as well as the…
Power TrainSep 2010
Toyota rav4 2003 has transmission problems. The mechanic said this is common with this car so I did some research and quickly found that many other people had the same problem. There is a problem with the computer asking the car to shift to first and second gear at the same…
Electrical SystemOct 2009
Toyota 2003 rav4 has a malfunctioning ecm. It has caused the car to speed up and slow down almost causing accidents 2 times while driving on the road. Please take action. I have found that toyota knew about this defect in 2006 and will not fix the problem. I think that toyota…
Engine And Engine CoolingApr 2009
The contact owns a 2003 toyota rav4. The contact stated the accelerator pedal became stuck intermittently while driving. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that all toyota vehicles accelerator pedals were sticking. The contact was also advised that…
Power TrainSep 2009
My 2003 toyota rav4 sometimes stalls in traffic, due to what seems like the transmission slipping. The engine races for a while, then the transmission will catch and the car will surge forward. There is no pattern to when this happens
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JTEGH20VX30105899 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.