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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
150,000 miles

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1996 Toyota RAV4 electrical problems

electrical problem

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1996 Toyota RAV4 Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 242013

RAV4 4-cyl

  • 150,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I got the car off of my brother for $4,000, it looks great, never ever been wrecked, paint great, brand new tires, new exhaust, new brakes, etc. I was waiting on him to get the title notarized and he brought it over today, but this morning when I shut the door in the driveway, the fuse box burst into flames, both windows came down and luckily I had a large fire extinguish in my house and was able to put the fire out, otherwise it was parked between 3 buildings worth 1/2 million $$$ and surely would have burned all 3 down if I had not had the ability to put the fire out. The flames were as high as the window and the car a total loss as all the wiring burned up in less than 2 minutes in the fuse box area. If this had happened on the highway, I am sure it would have been disastrous and at the very least the entire car would have burned up. I am 55 years old and this is the very first car I have ever owned that caught fire.

- East Liberty, OH, USA

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