Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: If you think something is wrong
If you notice any of the following symptoms, your vehicle probably needs adjustment or repair. Contact your toyota dealer as soon as possible.
Visible symptoms
- Fluid leaks under the vehicle (water dripping from the air conditioning after use is normal.)
- Flat-looking tires or uneven tire wear
- High engine coolant temperature warning light comes on
Audible symptoms
- Changes in exhaust sound
- Excessive tire squeal when cornering
- Strange noises related to the suspension system
- Pinging or other noises related to the engine
Operational symptoms
- Engine missing, stumbling or running roughly
- Appreciable loss of power
- Vehicle pulls heavily to one side when braking
- Vehicle pulls heavily to one side when driving on a level road
- Loss of brake effectiveness, spongy feeling, pedal almost touches the floor
If your vehicle needs
to be towed
If towing is necessary, we recommend having your vehicle
towed by your toyota dealer or commercial towing service,
using a wheel-lift type truck or flatbed truck.
Use a safety chain system for al ...
Fuel pump shut off
system
To minimize the risk of fuel leakage when the engine stalls or
when an airbag inflates upon collision, the fuel pump shut off
system stops the supply of fuel to the engine.
Follow the procedure bel ...
Other materials:
Test mode procedure
Test mode check
Hint:
When entering the test mode, the tire pressure
warning ecu sets all the test dtcs first. After
completing the test mode for each inspection item, the
dtcs that are determined normal by the tire pressure
warning ecu will be erased.
The dtcs for other inspec ...
Functions included in
LTA system
â– Lane departure alert function
When the system determines that the vehicle might depart
from its lane or course*, a warning
is displayed on the multi-information
display, and a warning
buzzer will sound to alert the
driver.
When the warning buzzer sounds,
check the area around your vehicle
and c ...
Registration
Hint:
The key has 2 codes: the key code (immobiliser code) and
the wireless code (recognition code). Both of these codes
need to be registered. For wireless code registration
procedures, refer to the following procedures (see page dl-
46). For key code registration procedures, refer to the
pro ...
