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 ...

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Check 4wd control ecu (for 4wd)
Notice: Turn the ignition switch off before measuring the resistances of the main wire and branch wire. After the ignition switch is turned off, check that the key reminder warning system and light reminder warning system are not in operation. Before measuring the resistance, leave the ...

Electronic control
Removal and installation of battery terminal Notice: Certain systems need to be initialized after disconnecting and reconnecting the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal. Before performing electronic work, disconnect the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to ...

Operation check
Check electrical door lock operation Check the basic function. Check that all doors lock when the door control switch (for manual operation) is turned to lock and all doors unlock when turned to unlock. Check that all doors lock when the driver side door lock key cylinder is t ...