1998 TOYOTA RAV4 User Comment / Complaint

On numerous occasions over a two week period, the manual transmission pops out of 5th gear without warning. this leads to a very dangerous situation when in traffic as it causes the vehicle to reduce momentum rapidly and could be easily rear-ended. the last event occurred on 6/7/2007, the day before vehicle was repaired by a private garage. i have asked toyota for assistance on this problem, but was declined. they have a service bulletin out on the problem, but the coverage is not adequate. this problem can occur at anytime after their coverage expires.