Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Trailer towing

Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 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:

Disassembly
Remove magnetic switch assembly Remove the nut and disconnect the lead wire from the magnetic switch. Remove the 2 screws holding the magnetic switch to the starter drive housing. Remove the magnetic switch. Remove the return spring and plunger from the starter drive hou ...

Sensor (motor) failure
Description When the sliding roof drive gear (sliding roof ecu) detects the motor's malfunction, and the sliding roof operation is stopped, dtc b2341 is output. When the sliding roof drive gear (sliding roof ecu) detects the gear's malfunction, and the sliding roof operation is stopped, d ...

Rear occupant classification sensor lh circuit malfunction
Description The rear occupant classification sensor lh circuit consists of the occupant classification ecu and the rear occupant classification sensor lh. Dtc b1782 is recorded when a malfunction is detected in the rear occupant classification sensor lh circuit. Wiring diagram ...