Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Driving procedures

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 grou ...

Engine (ignition) switch (vehicles without a smart key system)

Starting the engine Check that the parking brake is set. Check that the shift lever is set in p. Firmly depress the brake pedal. Turn the engine switch to the “start” position to start t ...

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Shifting the shift lever
Vehicles without a smart key system While the engine switch is in the “on” position, move the shift lever with the brake pedal depressed. When shifting the shift lever between p and d, make sure that the vehicle is completely stopped. Vehicles with a smart key system While the en ...

Transmission fluid temperature sensor "A" circuit
Description The automatic transmission fluid (atf) temperature sensor converts the atf temperature into a resistance value which is input into the ecm. The ecm applies a voltage to the temperature sensor through ecm terminal tho1. The sensor resistance changes with the atf temperature. ...

Evaporative emission leak detection pump
Dtc summary Hint: The leak detection pump is built into the canister pump module. Description The description can be found in the evap (evaporative emission) system (see page es-335). Inspection procedure Refer to the evap system (see page es-340). Monitor description 5 Hours* afte ...