Toyota RAV4 Owners Manual: Trailer towing

Toyota RAV4 Owners Manual / Driving / Before driving / 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.

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:

Air inlet control servo motor
Components Removal Remove blower assembly Remove the blower (see page ac-203). Remove air inlet control servo motor (see page ac-210) Inspection Inspect air inlet control servo motor (for automatic air conditioning system) Inspect the servo motor operation. ...

Diagnostic trouble code chart (2006/01- )
Hint: When the air conditioning system functions properly, dtc b1400/00 is output. Hint: *1: Dtc b1422/22 (compressor lock sensor circuit) is indicated only for a currently occurring malfunction for 2grfe. *2: Compressor and pulley for 2az-fe, compressor and magnetic clutch for 2gr-fe ...

On-vehicle inspection
Check front seat side airbag assembly (vehicle not involved in collision) Perform a diagnostic system check (see page rs- 49). With the front seat side airbag installed on the vehicle, perform a visual check. If any of the defects mentioned below are present, replace the fron ...