Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Dinghy towing
Your vehicle is not designed to be dinghy towed (with 4 wheels on the ground) behind a motor home.
Notice
To avoid serious damage to your vehicle
Do not tow your vehicle with 4 wheels on
the ground. 
To prevent causing serious damage to the transmission and dynamic torque control awd system (awd models)
2Wd models: never tow this vehicle from
the rear with the front wheels on the
ground. This may cause serious damage
to the transmission. 
Awd models: never tow this vehicle with
any of the wheels on the ground. This
may cause serious damage to the transmission
and dynamic torque control
awd system. 
Trailer towing tips
Your vehicle will handle differently when towing a trailer. Help to avoid
an accident, death or serious injury, keep the following in mind when
towing:
Speed limits for towing a trailer vary by ...
Other materials:
Removal (2005/11-2006/01)
Remove front wheel
Drain automatic transaxle fluid
Drain the automatic transaxle fluid for u140f (see
page ax-147).
Drain the automatic transaxle fluid for u241e (see
page ax-146).
Remove front axle hub nut (see page ah-6)
Disconnect front speed sensor lh
Disconnect th ...
Disposal
Hint:
When scrapping vehicles equipped with a seat belt
pretensioner or disposing of a front seat outer belt (with seat
belt pretensioner), always first activate the seat belt
pretensioner in accordance with the procedures described
below. If any abnormality occurs during activation of the seat ...
Seat belt pretensioners (front seats)
The pretensioners help the seat
belts to quickly restrain the occupants
by retracting the seat belts
when the vehicle is subjected to
certain types of severe frontal or
side collision or a vehicle rollover.
The pretensioners do not activate
in the event of a minor frontal
impact, a minor ...
