# 2019 Toyota RAV4 - Odd malfunction

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324 "2022-05-26T19:10:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yakiper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9dc877/32.png) [@yakiper](https://community.cartalk.com/u/yakiper)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324/1 "2022-05-26T19:10:40Z")

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SRS malfunction after 37000 miles.  
No accidents. It starts once per 2 weeks, every week, every  
3rd day and now everyday.  
Seems like, because of driver seat belt.

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324/2 "2022-05-26T19:36:34Z")

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Do you have any water leaking into the vehicle? if so I have found the following…

As noted by many other 2019 thru 2021 Toyota Rav4 owners, there is significant water leakage intruding into the vehicle passenger compartment. I can confirm that the water intrusion that my vehicle has sustained is leaking through inadequately sealed holes for clips that are part of the Roof-rack side rails. And that this severe water intrusion is likely damaging the electrical system connectors associated with the vehicles Side Impact Air Bags and possibly the tire-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) connectors in the side body pillar areas. Our local Toyota Dealership Service Center is aware of this problem

[2019 Toyota Rav4 Water Leak at the Headliner | TOYO Headquarters](https://www.toyoheadquarters.com/threads/2019-toyota-rav4-water-leak-at-the-headliner.1787/)

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324/3 "2022-05-26T22:54:39Z")

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Good idea above. Another, make sure there’s nothing on any of the seats other than people. Something like a briefcase on a seat might possibly confuse the SRS computer.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324/4 "2022-05-27T19:55:32Z")

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Warranty on the restraint system is 5 years/60,000 miles.

> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#):
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> Something like a briefcase on a seat might possibly confuse the SRS computer.

A briefcase should not cause a passive restraint system failure.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-toyota-rav4-odd-malfunction/184324/5 "2022-05-28T04:23:55Z")

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Example of a problem (water leakage) caused by something 90% of owners never use (roof racks) but get charged for. Kind of like sunroofs.