Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Service Manual: Headlight relay circuit
Description
When the light control switch, located on the headlight dimmer switch, is
turned to the head position, the
head relay illuminates the headlights.
Wiring diagram

Inspection procedure
- Perform active test by intelligent tester (headlight)
- Connect the intelligent tester (with can vim) to the
dlc3.
- Turn the ignition switch on and press the intelligent
tester main switch on.
- Select the item below in the active test and then
check the relay operation.

Ok:
headlight comes on

- Inspect fuse (head ll, head rl)
- Remove the head ll fuse and head rl fuse from the
engine room no. 2 Relay block.
- Measure the resistance of the fuses.
Standard resistance:
below 1

- Inspect headlight relay (marking: head)

- Remove the headlight relay from the engine room no. 2
Relay block.
- Measure the resistance of the relay.
Standard resistance 

- Inspect bulb (headlight bulb)

- Remove the headlight bulbs (low).
- Connect the positive (+) lead from the battery to terminal
2 and the negative (-) lead to terminal 1, then check that
the bulb illuminates.
Ok:
bulb illuminates.

- Check wire harness (main body ecu - battery)

- Disconnect the e15 main body ecu connector.
- Measure the voltage of the wire harness side connector.
Standard voltage 

- Check instrument panel junction block (main body ecu)

- Measure the voltage of the main body ecu.
Standard voltage 

Repair or replace harness and connector (head relay - headlight bulb and
body ground)
- Check wire harness (headlight dimmer switch - main body ecu)

- Disconnect the e17 main body ecu connector.
- Disconnect the e12 headlight dimmer switch connector.
- Measure the resistance of the wire harness side
connectors.
Standard resistance

- Inspect headlight dimmer switch

- Disconnect the e12 headlight dimmer switch.
- Measure the resistance of the switch.
Standard resistance 

Repair or replace harness and connector (headlight dimmer switch - body
ground)
Description
When the stop light switch is turned on, current flows to the stop lights to
illuminate them.
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
Inspect fuse (stop)
Remove the stop fus ...
Description
The main body ecu controls the daytime running light no. 2 Relay (marking:
drl no.2).
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
Inspect daytime running light relay (marking: drl no. ...
Other materials:
Disassembly
Hint:
When removing the ornament plate and emblem, heat the
radiator grille, ornament plate and emblem using a heat light.
Standard heating temperature
Notice:
Do not heat the emblem base and emblem excessively.
Remove hood to radiator grille seal
Remove the double-side tape.
Deta ...
Brake switch "A" / "B" correlation
Description
The stop light switch is a duplex system that transmits two signals: stp and
st1-. These two signals are
used by the ecm to monitor whether or not the brake system is working properly.
If the signals, which
indicate the brake pedal is being depressed and released, are detected ...
Transponder chip malfunction
Description
This dtc is output when: 1) during key code registration, a key malfunction
occurs; 2) the key code was
unable to be registered properly.
Inspection procedure
Reregister key
Clear the dtc (see page ei-18).
Reregister the key code with the transponder key ecu
(s ...