Toyota RAV4 (XA50) 2019-2026 Owners Manual: If the vehicle becomes stuck

Toyota RAV4 (XA50) 2019-2026 Owners Manual / When trouble arises / Steps to take in an emergency / If the vehicle becomes stuck

Carry out the following procedures if the tires spin or the vehicle becomes stuck in mud, dirt or snow:

Recovering procedure

1. Stop the engine. Set the parking brake and shift the shift lever to P.

2. Remove the mud, snow or sand from around the stuck tire.

3. Place wood, stones or some other material to help provide traction under the tires.

4. Restart the engine.

5. Shift the shift lever to D or R and release the parking brake. Then, while exercising caution, depress the accelerator pedal.

■When it is difficult to free the vehicle

Press to turn off TRAC.

Steps to take in an emergency

WARNING

■When attempting to free a stuck vehicle

If you choose to push the vehicle back and forth to free it, make sure the surrounding area is clear to avoid striking other vehicles, objects or people. The vehicle may also lunge forward or lunge back suddenly as it becomes free.

Use extreme caution.

■When shifting the shift lever

Be careful not to shift the shift lever with the accelerator pedal depressed.

This may lead to unexpected rapid acceleration of the vehicle that may cause an accident resulting in death or serious injury.

NOTICE

■To avoid damaging the transmission and other components

Avoid spinning the wheels and depressing the accelerator pedal more than necessary.
If the vehicle remains stuck even after these procedures are performed, the vehicle may require towing to be freed.

If your vehicle overheats

The following may indicate that your vehicle is overheating. The engine coolant temperature gauge shows the red zone or a loss of engine power is experienced. (For example, the vehicle speed doe ...

Vehicle specifications

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Other materials:

Wireless charger (if equipped)
A portable device can be charged by just placing Qi standard wireless charge compatible portable devices according to the Wireless Power Consortium, such as smartphones and mobile batteries, etc., on the charge area. This function cannot be used with portable devices that are larger than the chargi ...

Adding engine oil
■ Checking the oil type and preparing the items needed Make sure to check the oil type and prepare the items needed before adding oil. Engine oil selection Oil quantity (Low level mark Refill upper limit mark) 1.6 qt. (1.5 L, 1.3 Imp. qt.) Item Clean funnel ■ Adding engine oil If the oi ...

Shift solenoid "d" control circuit
Description Shifting from 1st to o/d is performed in combination with the on and off operation of the shift solenoid valves sl1 and sl2, which are controlled by the ecm. If an open or short circuit occurs in any of the shift solenoid valves, the ecm controls the remaining normal shift sol ...