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Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: 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 ground.


To prevent causing serious damage to the transmission and dynamic torque control awd system (awd models)

2Wd models: never tow this vehicle from the rear with the front wheels on the ground. This may cause serious damage to the transmission.


Awd models: never tow this vehicle with any of the wheels on the ground. This may cause serious damage to the transmission and dynamic torque control awd system.


Trailer towing tips
Your vehicle will handle differently when towing a trailer. Help to avoid an accident, death or serious injury, keep the following in mind when towing: Speed limits for towing a trailer vary by ...

Driving procedures
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Other materials:

Battery current sensor
On-vehicle inspection Check battery current sensor assembly Measure the resistance of the sensor. Standard resistance If the result is not as specified, replace the sensor assembly. Measure the resistance of the sensor. Standard resistance If the result is not as specified, ...

Wiper insert replacement
When replacing the wiper insert, perform the following procedure to operate each wiper. Windshield wipers â–  Windshield wiper blade removal and installation 1. While holding the hook portion A of the wiper arm, first lift up the driver side, and then lift up the passenger side. When returning the ...

Check for intermittent problems
Hint: Inspect the vehicle's ecm using check mode. Intermittent problems are easier to detect with the intelligent tester when the ecm is in check mode. In check mode, the ecm uses 1 trip detection logic, which is more sensitive to malfunctions than normal mode (default), which uses 2 trip detec ...

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