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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Opening/closing the back door (vehicles with power back door)
■ Using the wireless remote control Press and hold the switch. The power back door automatically opens/closes. Pressing the switch while the power back door is opening/closing stops the operation. When the switch is pressed and held again during the halted operation, the back door will perform t ...

Engine control system malfunction
Description If a malfunction in the engine control system is detected, the operations of vsc and trc are prohibited by the fail-safe function. When the signals from the engine are input normally, the fail-safe is canceled and the dtc is not stored. Inspection procedure Check harn ...

Throttle actuator control motor circuit
Description The throttle actuator is operated by the ecm and opens and closes the throttle valve using gears. The opening angle of the throttle valve is detected by the throttle position (tp) sensor, which is mounted on the throttle body. The tp sensor provides feedback to the ecm. This ...