Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Trailer towing
Your vehicle is designed primarily as a passenger-and-load-carrying vehicle. Towing a trailer can have an adverse impact on handling, performance, braking, durability, and fuel consumption.
For your safety and the safety of others, you must not overload your vehicle or trailer. You must also ensure that you are using appropriate towing equipment, that the towing equipment has been installed correctly and used properly, and that you employ the requisite driving habits.
Vehicle-trailer stability and braking performance are affected by trailer stability, brake performance and setting, trailer brakes, the hitch and hitch systems (if equipped).
To tow a trailer safely, use extreme care and drive the vehicle in accordance with your trailer’s characteristics and operating conditions.
Toyota warranties do not apply to damage or malfunction caused by towing a trailer for commercial purposes.
Contact your toyota dealer for further information about additional requirements such as a towing kit, etc.
- Towing related terms
- Weight limits
- Gcwr, twr and unbraked twr
- Trailer tongue weight
- Hitch
- Trailer towing tips
Vehicle load limits
Vehicle load limits include total load capacity, seating capacity,
twr (trailer weight rating) and cargo capacity.
Total load capacity (vehicle capacity weight)
Total load capacity means the combin ...
Towing related terms
Gcwr (gross combination weight rating)
The maximum allowable gross
combination weight. The gross
combination weight is the sum
of the total vehicle weight
(including the occupants, cargo
an ...
Other materials:
Wireless charger (if
equipped)
A portable device can be
charged by just placing Qi standard
wireless charge compatible
portable devices according to
the Wireless Power Consortium,
such as smartphones and
mobile batteries, etc., on the
charge area.
This function cannot be used
with portable devices that are
larger than the chargi ...
Open in stop light switch circuit
Description
The skid control ecu detects the brake operating conditions through a signal
transmitted by the stop light
switch. The skid control ecu incorporates an open circuit detection circuit.
This dtc is set under either of
the following conditions:
An open is detected in the stop lig ...
Front suspension lower no. 1 Arm
Components
Removal
Remove front wheel
Remove hood sub-assembly
Remove the hood (see page ed-4).
Suspend engine assembly
Install the no. 1 And no. 2 Engine hangers with the
bolts as shown in the illustration.
Torque: 38 n*m (387 kgf*cm, 28 ft.*Lbf)
parts no.
...
