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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Diagnosis system
Description The ecm controls the function of cruise control on this vehicle. Data of the cruise control or dtc can be read from the dlc3 of the vehicle. When trouble occurs with cruise control, check that the cruise main indicator does not come on but dtc inspection is performed. Theref ...

Check for short circuit
If the wire harness is ground shorted (fig. 5), Locate the section by conducting a resistance check with the body ground (below). Check the resistance with the body ground. Disconnect connectors a and c, and measure the resistance Standard resistance (fig. 6) Hint: Measure ...

General maintenance (2006/01- )
Inspect drive belt (see page em-7) Replace spark plugs (see page ig-7) Replace air cleaner filter Remove the air filter. Visually check that the air filter is not excessively damaged or oily. Replace the air filter with a new one, if necessary. Replace engine oil and oil fil ...