NHTSA Complaint #10312850 — 2008 TOYOTA RAV4

IDLE SPEED KICKED UP UNEXPECTEDLY AT A STOP LIGHT. THE ENGINE WAS CLOSE TO FULL OPERATING TEMPERATURE, ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM HOME. THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT ON. THE DEFROSTER WAS ALSO NOT ON, SO THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE IDLE TO KICK UP. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION. IT LURCHED FORWARD, BUT WAS EASY TO HOLD BACK WITH THE BRAKE. I THEN PUT MY LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND RELEASED MY RIGHT FOOT TO BE SURE THAT BOTH BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR WERE NOT BEING PRESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE HIGH IDLE CONTINUED, ABOUT 1100 RPM IN DRIVE. I THEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND THE TACHOMETER READ 1300-1400 INITIALLY, THEN SLOWLY DROPPED TO ABOUT 1000. ONCE BACK IN DRIVE IT DROPPED TO ABOUT 800 RPM, WHICH IS NORMAL OPERATION. IT HAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE OR SINCE. THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION HAS POWER LINES AND/OR TRANSFORMERS THAT HAVE INTERFERED WITH MY AM RADIO IN OTHER VEHICLES, BUT NOT THIS ONE. *TR