[Bruce_SF]

My 2020 Rav4 Hybrid has had a problem with the LTA pulling the car to one side - often I need to fight the steering assist in order to avoid going over the center line into oncoming traffic.

Last night it was so bad that the cops actually pulled me over for suspicion of driving under the influence since it looked like I was weaving. I had just disabled the LTA on the screen when they stopped me, and I told them to note that the LTA screen was on the display screen and it had been set to 'off.' They still ran me through the drill and fortunately i was well within the limit, but it was late at night and cold, and definitely an interruption that I didn't need.

Moral of the story: if you don't like getting pulled over by the cops, don't buy a RAV4 with lane tracking assist!

 

[hotracer_05]

My 2020 Rav4 Hybrid has had a problem with the LTA pulling the car to one side - often I need to fight the steering assist in order to avoid going over the center line into oncoming traffic.

Last night it was so bad that the cops actually pulled me over for suspicion of driving under the influence since it looked like I was weaving. I had just disabled the LTA on the screen when they stopped me, and I told them to note that the LTA screen was on the display screen and it had been set to 'off.' They still ran me through the drill and fortunately i was well within the limit, but it was late at night and cold, and definitely an interruption that I didn't need.

Moral of the story: if you don't like getting pulled over by the cops, don't buy a RAV4 with lane tracking assist!

This sounds like they replaced the windshied and failed to recalibratre, or removed and reinstalled the camera and did not calibrate it

 

[Tazio Nuvolari]

My 2020 Rav4 Hybrid has had a problem with the LTA pulling the car to one side - often I need to fight the steering assist in order to avoid going over the center line into oncoming traffic.

Many people just keep the LTA turned off all the time because it's just not reliable. You can leave the LDA (Lane Departure Alert) turned on with the LTA (Lane Tracking Assist) off. The LDA will beep at you furiously if you go over the lane marker line and at the top of the MID screen it will show red warning lines.

 

[RSK5]

Many people just keep the LTA turned off all the time because it's just not reliable. You can leave the LDA (Lane Departure Alert) turned on with the LTA (Lane Tracking Assist) off. The LDA will beep at you furiously if you go over the lane marker line and at the top of the MID screen it will show red warning lines.

I know this an old thread Tazio, but, I can't figure out how to have LDA on withbLTA off. I do not mind (often prefer) to get the audible warning if I depart lanes (without signaling). But I do not want, cannot stand having the car adjust my steering. Or try to put me back in the middle of the lane if I decide to favor the curve. But on my car ('23 Rav4H Ltd.), when I use the LTA button to turn it off, it also turns off the LDA warning. I can't find any setting that leaves LTA off and LDA on.

 

[Tazio Nuvolari]

I know this an old thread Tazio, but, I can't figure out how to have LDA on withbLTA off. I do not mind (often prefer) to get the audible warning if I depart lanes (without signaling). But I do not want, cannot stand having the car adjust my steering. Or try to put me back in the middle of the lane if I decide to favor the curve. But on my car ('23 Rav4H Ltd.), when I use the LTA button to turn it off, it also turns off the LDA warning. I can't find any setting that leaves LTA off and LDA on.

I'll try to help you out. I have a '21 ICE model so things may be slightly different in your '23 hybrid and it's been two years since I did these settings before I drove home from the dealer so my memory is hazy. First, LTA, and LDA only work when you are using the radar (Dynamic) cruise control. The right spoke steering wheel buttons only turn the LTA/LDA functions on or off--those buttons don't adjust how the functions work. To turn off the LTA but to keep on the LDA beeping you must go into the vehicle settings menu. Use the left spoke steering wheel buttons. On the MID (speedometer) screen. Go to the settings icon (Gear Cog Wheel). There will be LTA in the drop down menu. Click on LTA and press OK. A second drop down menu appears with "lane center"--you can turn it on or off--this is the LTA which takes over your steering wheel to keep you in the lane SO TURN IT OFF! There may be a setting for "Alert"--this is the LDA beep-SO MAKE SURE

IS ON! Once you are in that gear wheel settings menu it is pretty intuitive how to do it. The Owners manual is not much help. Here is all thats said at page 94 of the '21 manual. Here a a couple of YouTube videos to help you.

 

[RSK5]

I'll try to help you out. I Cog Wheel). .....

This is great, thank you! I did try MID settings, but not in that much detail, I don't think, and will try again. Your help is above and beyond, thanks again!

 

[ethanu]

I started experiencing issues with my 2020 RAV4 within weeks after getting it in August of this last year. I was experiencing instances where my vehicle's lane centering would dramatically jerk my steering wheel. The first time I took it into the dealership, they told me that I should disable the lane centering if I did not like the way it responded. A couple of weeks later, my vehicle almost pulled me off the interstate. When I took it into the dealership the second time, they told me I should adjust the sensitivity setting. I noticed some slight tugging happening off and on, but then again, I had not been driving it a lot because of working and schooling from home. Unfortunately, the issue did not go away.

Towards the end of January, the lane centering randomly jerked my vehicle into another lane of traffic and almost caused an accident. I took my vehicle into the Toyota dealership after contacting Toyota's customer service. They had my car for a week to diagnose the issue. During that time, they flew a senior technician in from Toyota headquarters to help with the diagnosis. They were able to get my vehicle to replicate the same issue twice and gathered black box info from my vehicle. They were not exactly sure what caused it, but they gave my RAV4 back to me and told me that I should not turn on cruise control under any circumstances until they can fix it.

Toyota has a case manager contacting me regularly to give me updates. They advised me that after reviewing all of the data, they had to determined the issue. Once they figured out the issue, they had to determine what would fix the issue. Once they figured out the fix, they had to write up a very detailed report and submit it to Toyota's legal department for review. I have been told that the part cannot be released and the repair cannot be completed until Toyota's legal department signs off on the report and gives the repair the okay. My patience is starting to wear thin at this point. It's been 6 weeks since they gave my vehicle back to me and there is still no resolution for my issue. Toyota's legal department is still reviewing the information, and I still do not know what is causing the issue or what the fix will be. I've been told that all of this information should be disclosed to me when the repair is done.

If any of you have experienced this same issue with your RAV4 or other Toyota vehicle, I highly suggest that you contact your dealership's service department for diagnosis. I have tried to get a tracking number or something for reference in case others are experiencing this same issue, but I was told that is not something they can provide.

Hey Erik, I have this same issue with a 2020 Rav 4.

Did you ever get resolution on this? I’ve been having trouble getting the two dealerships I visited to accept this as a defect that needs addressing. They want to charge me to investigate even thought the vehicle is under warranty.

 

[RSK5]

Toyota legal is well aware, I'm sure, of the huge legal exposure they face, it LTA starts killing people who, like on this original post, get the run around (are falsely told it's working fine) when they complain. They're looking at extravagant punitive damages, not just liability. Threaten to sue now I say.

The only solution I have found to this annoying at best, fiercely dangerous at worst, Toyota (bad) tech is to turn LTA off. I can steer my car just fine, thank you, better, been doing it for decades. I've posted several times my remaining complaint with LTA, which apparently has no solution other than reprogramming. When LTA is off, the audible lane departure warning also stays off. That's stupid I think, I should be able to keep the lane deiparture beep on (or off), independent of LTA.

 

[500500]

LTA is such a pain

-sometimes I try it
-it's not so bad
-maybe I will learn to keep using it
-BLAM it messes up hard somehow somewhere for some reason, reasons known and unknown
-turn it off and try to forget this LTA exists

wait some days/weeks/months

-try it again
-it's no so bad
....repeat

it's CRAP imho

 

[ethanu]

Toyota legal is well aware, I'm sure, of the huge legal exposure they face, it LTA starts killing people who, like on this original post, get the run around (are falsely told it's working fine) when they complain. They're looking at extravagant punitive damages, not just liability. Threaten to sue now I say.

The only solution I have found to this annoying at best, fiercely dangerous at worst, Toyota (bad) tech is to turn LTA off. I can steer my car just fine, thank you, better, been doing it for decades. I've posted several times my remaining complaint with LTA, which apparently has no solution other than reprogramming. When LTA is off, the audible lane departure warning also stays off. That's stupid I think, I should be able to keep the lane deiparture beep on (or off), independent of LTA.

The strange thing about my issue is that even with LTA off it affects my alignment. The car's alignment is off quite a lot and I've confirmed that it isn't a mechanical issue when they test it on the alignment machine.

I've tried taking videos with my phone on wide angle to show the steering issues we are both speaking about on cruise with lane centering and you're right. If someone engaged it without expecting an issue, it could absolutely cause a major accident. The first time it happened I was driving my mother and she was shocked thinking I had swerved for no reason.

My most recent visit, they told me since there is no "error code" they can't proceed without paying out of pocket.

 

[RSK5]

> they told me since there is no "error code" they can't proceed without paying out of pocket.<<

Yeah Ethan, that's just not right, as if their failure to have an automated error code generated justifies charging us to fix a dangerous condition, that they'll otherwise ignore. No surprise for dealers to behave like that, disappointing for Toyota to do so.

 

[hotracer_05]

The strange thing about my issue is that even with LTA off it affects my alignment. The car's alignment is off quite a lot and I've confirmed that it isn't a mechanical issue when they test it on the alignment machine.

I've tried taking videos with my phone on wide angle to show the steering issues we are both speaking about on cruise with lane centering and you're right. If someone engaged it without expecting an issue, it could absolutely cause a major accident. The first time it happened I was driving my mother and she was shocked thinking I had swerved for no reason.

My most recent visit, they told me since there is no "error code" they can't proceed without paying out of pocket.

What do you mean your alignment is off? like when you get it aligned the numbers are in the red or the vehicle pulls/ doesn't drive straight?

 

[Joedirt]

I started experiencing issues with my 2020 RAV4 within weeks after getting it in August of this last year. I was experiencing instances where my vehicle's lane centering would dramatically jerk my steering wheel. The first time I took it into the dealership, they told me that I should disable the lane centering if I did not like the way it responded. A couple of weeks later, my vehicle almost pulled me off the interstate. When I took it into the dealership the second time, they told me I should adjust the sensitivity setting. I noticed some slight tugging happening off and on, but then again, I had not been driving it a lot because of working and schooling from home. Unfortunately, the issue did not go away.

Towards the end of January, the lane centering randomly jerked my vehicle into another lane of traffic and almost caused an accident. I took my vehicle into the Toyota dealership after contacting Toyota's customer service. They had my car for a week to diagnose the issue. During that time, they flew a senior technician in from Toyota headquarters to help with the diagnosis. They were able to get my vehicle to replicate the same issue twice and gathered black box info from my vehicle. They were not exactly sure what caused it, but they gave my RAV4 back to me and told me that I should not turn on cruise control under any circumstances until they can fix it.

Toyota has a case manager contacting me regularly to give me updates. They advised me that after reviewing all of the data, they had to determined the issue. Once they figured out the issue, they had to determine what would fix the issue. Once they figured out the fix, they had to write up a very detailed report and submit it to Toyota's legal department for review. I have been told that the part cannot be released and the repair cannot be completed until Toyota's legal department signs off on the report and gives the repair the okay. My patience is starting to wear thin at this point. It's been 6 weeks since they gave my vehicle back to me and there is still no resolution for my issue. Toyota's legal department is still reviewing the information, and I still do not know what is causing the issue or what the fix will be. I've been told that all of this information should be disclosed to me when the repair is done.

If any of you have experienced this same issue with your RAV4 or other Toyota vehicle, I highly suggest that you contact your dealership's service department for diagnosis. I have tried to get a tracking number or something for reference in case others are experiencing this same issue, but I was told that is not something they can provide.

Hi, just curious if you ever got this resolved and what the fix was? Thank you

 

[Joedirt]

My 2020 Rav4 Hybrid has had a problem with the LTA pulling the car to one side - often I need to fight the steering assist in order to avoid going over the center line into oncoming traffic.

Last night it was so bad that the cops actually pulled me over for suspicion of driving under the influence since it looked like I was weaving. I had just disabled the LTA on the screen when they stopped me, and I told them to note that the LTA screen was on the display screen and it had been set to 'off.' They still ran me through the drill and fortunately i was well within the limit, but it was late at night and cold, and definitely an interruption that I didn't need.

Moral of the story: if you don't like getting pulled over by the cops, don't buy a RAV4 with lane tracking assist!

Hello, I'm just curious was the LTA lane tracking assist What caused it.
I really don't know the difference between Lane tracking assist or Lane centering or are they the same thing on the Toyota RAV4? Thank you