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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 Sep 9, 2026

80 of the 875 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 31 of those describe transmission shudder.

Tick what matches of 31 reports

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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 Sep 9, 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.

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What owners wrote

“At 92,000 miles my transmission went out and Toyota told me I need a brand new one. It goes in for routine services. It’s available for inspection. For the last few years I addressed the issues of jerky shift motion and it was blown off every time. It is only 7 years old. It stalled out in a busy intersection and wouldn’t move forward or backwards. There were no warning lamps before it went out.”

Filed Mar 28, 2026 · 92,000 miles

“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.

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