Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Service Manual: Circuit inspection

Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Service Manual / Introduction / How to troubleshoot ecu controlled systems / How to proceed with troubleshooting / Circuit inspection

A description of the main areas of each circuit inspection is below.

Item	Description
description	The major role, operation of the circuit and its component parts are explained.
Dtc no., Dtc detection condition, trouble area	Indicates the diagnostic trouble codes, diagnostic trouble code detection conditions, and trouble areas of a problem.
Wiring diagram	This shows a wiring diagram of the circuit. Use this diagram together with electrical wiring diagram to thoroughly understand the circuit.
Inspection procedures	Use the inspection procedures to determine if the circuit is normal or abnormal. If abnormal, use the inspection procedures to determine whether the problem is located in the sensors, actuators, wire harnesses or ecu.
Inspection procedure connector illustrations	Connector being checked is connected: connections of tester are indicated by (+) or (-) after the terminal name. Connector being checked is disconnected: for illustrations of inspections between a connector and body ground, information about the body ground is not shown in the illustration.

Problem symptoms table

When a "normal" code is output during a dtc check but the problem is still occurring, use the problem symptoms table. The suspected areas (circuits or parts) for each problem symptom are ...

Electronic circuit inspection procedure

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Other materials:

System description
General The front passenger occupant classification system judges whether the front passenger seat is occupied or not in accordance with the seat belt buckle status; and whether the seat is occupied by an adult or child (with child seat) in accordance with the load that is applied ...

Opening the back door from outside the vehicle
Back door opener Vehicles without a power back door Raise the back door while pressing up the back door opener switch. Vehicles with a power back door When the back door is unlocked: press the back door opener switch. When the back door is locked (vehicles with a smart key ...

Passenger airbag on / off indicator circuit malfunction
Description The passenger airbag on / off indicator circuit consists of the center airbag sensor and the heater control panel*1 or *2. This circuit indicates the operation condition of the front passenger airbag, the front passenger side airbag and passenger side seat belt pretensioner ...