Braking and transmission lunges car forward
Asked by Ceb87092015 Nov 07, 2017 at 08:41 AM about the 2012 Toyota RAV4 Limited 4WD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
When applying the
brakes this rav
accelerated and
lunged forward almost
causing an accident
accident
3 Answers
Yeah I went to o'riellys today to get another test done cause AutoZone wasn't helping an the diagnostic scanner said it couldn't indicate anything (like it was frozen). So I'm just testing all my fuses an relays one more time he said.
encountered the same issue, its happened four times in the last month. My floor mats are held down with locking clips and do not move out of position. My foot was firmly on the brake pedal and the vehicle was sitting at a stop light when the vehicle abruptly and lunged forward feeling as if someone had rear-ended me, but no vehicle hit my car. This appears to be a torque driven event, such as a torque converting momentarily locking up. I will monitor the vehicle and check to see if the the engine speed goes up the next time this occurs. In the meantime I think it's best to take the vehicle into the dealer and have a technician check the vehicle for any anomalies. Chances are if the event doesn't occur when at the dealer the technician will write a report stating no issue found at that time. The value of reporting it creates a historical record in case it happens again and possibly some damage occurs.