Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Reporting safety defects for u.S. Owners
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) in addition to notifying toyota motor sales, u.S.A., Inc.
(Toll-free: 1-800-331-4331).
If nhtsa receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, nhtsa cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or toyota motor sales, u.S.A., Inc.
To contact nhtsa, you may call the vehicle safety hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://www.Safercar.Gov ; or write to: administrator, nhtsa, 1200 new jersey ave, s.E., Washington, dc 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.Safercar.Gov.
For owners
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Seat belt instructions
for canadian owners
(in french)
The following is a french explanation of seat belt instructions
extracted from the seat belt section in this manual.
See the seat belt section for more detailed seat belt instructions in
english.
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Other materials:
Diagnosis system
Description
When troubleshooting obd ii (on-board diagnostics)
vehicles, the intelligent tester (complying with sae
j1987) must be connected to the dlc3 (data link
connector 3) of the vehicle. Various data in the vehicle's
ecm (engine control module) can be then read.
Obd ii regulations ...
Center power outlet socket
Components
Removal
Disconnect cable from negative battery
terminal
Caution:
Wait at least 90 seconds after disconnecting the
cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to
prevent airbag and seat belt pretensioner activation.
Remove no. 1 Console upper panel garnish
(see page ...
Reassembly
Install cooler (solar sensor) thermistor
(for automatic air conditioning system)
Install automatic light control sensor
(for automatic light control system)
Install front passenger airbag assembly
(see page rs-351)
Install no. 2 Instrument panel register
assembly
Install no. 1 Ins ...
