Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Driving procedures

Dinghy towing

Your vehicle is not designed to be dinghy towed (with 4 wheels on the ground) behind a motor home. Notice To avoid serious damage to your vehicle Do not tow your vehicle with 4 wheels on the grou ...

Engine (ignition) switch (vehicles without a smart key system)

Starting the engine Check that the parking brake is set. Check that the shift lever is set in p. Firmly depress the brake pedal. Turn the engine switch to the “start” position to start t ...

Other materials:

Transmission oil cooler
Components Removal Remove transmission oil cooler *1: Disconnect the no. 3 Water by-pass hose from the transmission oil cooler. *2: Disconnect the no. 4 Water by-pass hose from the transmission oil cooler. *3: Disconnect the no. 1 Oil cooler inlet hose from the transmiss ...

Intake air temperature sensor gradient too high
Description The intake air temperature (iat) sensor, mounted on the mass air flow (maf) meter, monitors the iat. The iat sensor has a built-in thermistor with a resistance that varies according to the temperature of the intake air. When the iat is low, the resistance of the thermist ...

Torque converter clutch solenoid performance (shift solenoid valve dsl)
Description The ecm uses the signals from the throttle position sensor, air-flow meter, turbine (input) speed sensor, intermediate (counter) shaft speed sensor and crankshaft position sensor to monitor the engagement condition of the lock-up clutch. Then the ecm compares the engagement ...