Toyota RAV4 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).
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 ...
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:
Road test
Inspect set switch
Push the main switch on.
Drive at a desired speed (40 km/h (25 mph) or
higher).
Inspect "+" switch
Push the main switch button on.
Drive at a desired speed (40 km/h (25 mph) or
higher).
Press the control switch to -/set. ...
Front passenger side - side airbag sensor assembly initialization incomplete
Description
The side airbag sensor rh consists of parts including the diagnostic circuit
and the lateral deceleration
sensor.
When the center airbag sensor receives signals from the lateral deceleration
sensor, it determines
whether or not the srs should be activated.
Dtc b1628/82, ...
Disassembly
Remove no. 1 Side defroster nozzle duct
Remove the 3 screws and duct.
Remove no. 2 Side defroster nozzle duct
Remove the 3 screws and duct.
Remove no. 1 Heater to register duct
Remove the screw and duct.
Remove no. 2 Heater to register duct
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