2019 Toyota RAV4 · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 31owner reports
- 10,000median miles
- 1involved a crash
Newest report May 9, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
80 of the 879 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 31 of those describe transmission shudder.
Tick what matches of 31 reports
Transmission shudder on other RAV4 years
No other RAV4 model year has enough reports of transmission shudder for a sheet of its own. See every RAV4 year.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2019 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 4,000 and 61,000 miles, from the 16 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“have experienced transmission problems when stopping, such as the vehicle lurching forward when the gas is pressed again. 69000k miles on car.”
Filed May 16, 2024 · 69,000 miles
“Hesitation on acceleration from slow or rolling stop. When I step on the gas it takes a while to respond also when you slow down and accelerate again it hesitates to go .This has been an ongoing issue. It started around 2500 miles. Vehicle only has around 4000 miles total.”
Filed Feb 27, 2023 · 2,500 miles
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 31 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
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