Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Automatic transmission

Engine (ignition) switch (vehicles with a smart key system)

Performing the following operations when carrying the electronic key on your person starts the engine or changes engine switch modes. Starting the engine Check that the parking brake is set. ...

Shifting the shift lever

Vehicles without a smart key system While the engine switch is in the “on” position, move the shift lever with the brake pedal depressed. When shifting the shift lever between p and d, ...

Other materials:

Reassembly
Hint: Thoroughly clean all parts to be assembled. Before installing the parts, apply fresh engine oil to all sliding and rotating surfaces. Replace oil seals with new ones. Install valve stem oil seal Using sst, push in a new oil seal. Sst 09201-41020 Hint: The int ...

Throttle / pedal position sensor
Hint: These dtcs relate to the accelerator pedal position (app) sensor. Description Hint: This etcs (electronic throttle control system) does not use a throttle cable. The app sensor is mounted on the accelerator pedal bracket and has 2 sensor circuits: vpa (main) and vpa2 (sub). This ...

Ecm power source circuit
Description When the ignition switch is turned on, the battery voltage is applied to the igsw of the ecm. The output signal from the mrel terminal of the ecm causes a current to flow to the coil, closing the contacts of the integration relay (efi main relay) and supplying power to either term ...