Engine light came on 2 days before the car completely stalled out & was running really rough, but light went off again and Toyota service folks could not get a code reading from the computer. They suspected contaminated fuel. Drove 2 more days without incident, then car completely stalled on a Sunday. Had to get towed to Toyota service shop. Gave me quote for emptying gas tank, tried to start car, wouldn't start. Checked plugs and they were completed saturated with fuel. Then they also discovered the computer was fried. 3-4 days est. to get ECU in and replace. Once it was replaced, they 'discovered' the ignition coil was also fried. All was replaced and they assured me I could have complete confidence in driving the car. Story isn't done yet. See next complaint.

Ok. So Thurs. September 23, 2010 I Left my folks' home to make the 27 mile return trip to my house. Well, I tried to, at first. The vehicle stalled twice while I was trying to back out of their driveway. Again, I didn't think much of it. Figured I needed to let the engine warm up, so I let it run for a few minutes before I put it back into R and backed out of the driveway. No problem this time, or so I thought. I continued on my merry way. 5 minutes later, while in D, at 35 mph and accelerating, the vehicle stalled AGAIN. I was in HEAVY traffic,and NEARLY GOT REAR ENDED by the person behind me when the RAV4 stalled and STOPPED DEAD, transmission gears GRINDING. I put it in P, started it back up, and had to continue on, as I was on a 3 lane HIGHWAY and blocking a lane of traffic and could not get anyone to let me change lanes to pull off the road. I managed to get home and immediately called the dealership where I got the RAV4 and made an appointment for the next day to take it in for service and diagnostics. It gets even better, folks...