Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Service Manual: Blower unit
Components
Removal
- Disconnect cable from negative battery terminal
Caution:
Wait at least 90 seconds after disconnecting the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to prevent airbag and seat belt pretensioner activation.
- Remove upper instrument panel
- Remove the upper instrument panel (see page ip- 4).
- Remove lower instrument panel
- Remove the lower instrument panel (see page ip- 16).
- Remove air duct (see page ac-188)
- Remove air conditioning unit
- Remove the air conditioning unit (see page ac- 185).
- Remove blower assembly
- Remove the 3 screws and blower.
Disassembly
- Remove heater to register duct assembly
- Detach the 7 claws and register duct.
- Remove air filter case
- Detach the 2 claws and remove the air filter case.
- Remove the air filter.
- Remove air inlet control servo motor (for manual air conditioning system)
- Remove the 3 screws and air inlet servo motor.
- Remove air inlet control servo motor (for automatic air conditioning system)
- Detach the claws and lever.
- Remove the 3 screws and air inlet servo motor.
- Remove blower resistor (for manual air conditioning system)
- Remove the 2 screws and blower resistor.
- Remove blower motor
- Remove the 3 screws and blower motor.
Reassembly
- Install blower motor
- Install the blower motor with the 3 screws.
- Install blower resistor (for manual air conditioning system)
- Install the blower resistor with the 2 screws.
- Install air inlet control servo motor (for automatic air conditioning system)
- Install the air inlet servo motor with the 3 screws.
- Attach the claw to install the lever.
- Install air inlet control servo motor (for manual air conditioning system)
- Install the air inlet servo motor with the 3 screws.
- Install air filter case
- Install the air filter.
- Attach the 2 claws to install the air filter case.
- Install heater to register duct assembly
- Attach the 7 claws to install the register duct.
Installation
- Install blower assembly
- Install the blower assembly with the 3 screws.
- Install air conditioning unit
- Install the air conditioning unit (see page ac-197).
- Install air duct (see page ac-199)
- Install lower instrument panel
- Install the lower instrument panel (see page ip-23).
- Install upper instrument panel
- Install the upper instrument panel (see page ip-9).
- Connect cable to negative battery terminal
- Check srs warning light
- Check the srs warning light (see page rs-37).
Installation
Install air conditioner unit assembly
Install the a/c unit with the bolt and nut.
Torque: 9.8 N*m (100 kgf*cm, 7 ft.*Lbf)
Install instrument panel reinforcement
Install th ...
Blower motor
On-vehicle inspection
Inspect blower motor (for automatic air conditioning system)
Disconnect the blower motor connector.
Connect the positive (+) lead from the battery to
terminal 1 ...
Other materials:
Air outlets and air flow
Upper body
Upper body and feet
Feet
Feet and windshield
Switching between outside air and recirculated air modes
Press .
The mode switches between outside air mode (indicator off) and recirculated
air mode (indicator on) each time
is pressed.
Adjusting the pos ...
Wheels
If a wheel is bent, cracked or heavily corroded, it should be
replaced. Otherwise, the tire may separate from the wheel or
cause a loss of handling control.
Wheel selection
When replacing wheels, care should be taken to ensure that they are
equivalent to those removed in load capacity, diameter ...
Driving in vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode
This mode employs a radar to detect the presence of vehicles up to
approximately 328 ft. (100 m) ahead, determines the current vehicle-to-
vehicle following distance, and operates to maintain a suitable following
distance from the vehicle ahead. The desired vehicle-to-vehicle
distance can also be se ...
