Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Reporting safety defects for u.S. Owners
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) in addition to notifying toyota motor sales, u.S.A., Inc.
(Toll-free: 1-800-331-4331).
If nhtsa receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, nhtsa cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or toyota motor sales, u.S.A., Inc.
To contact nhtsa, you may call the vehicle safety hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://www.Safercar.Gov ; or write to: administrator, nhtsa, 1200 new jersey ave, s.E., Washington, dc 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.Safercar.Gov.
For owners
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Seat belt instructions
for canadian owners
(in french)
The following is a french explanation of seat belt instructions
extracted from the seat belt section in this manual.
See the seat belt section for more detailed seat belt instructions in
english.
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Other materials:
Removal
Drain engine coolant (see page co-6)
Disconnect cable from negative battery
terminal
Caution:
Wait at least 90 seconds after disconnecting the
cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to
prevent airbag and seat belt pretensioner activation.
Remove no. 1 Engine cover
Remove ...
Wiper switch
Precaution
Precaution for vehicle with srs
Some procedures in this section may affect the
supplemental restraint system (srs). Prior to
performing the procedures, read the srs section's
"precaution" (see page ss-2).
Components
Removal
Disconnect cable from negat ...
Air-fuel ratio (a/f) and heated oxygen (ho2) sensor
heater monitors (front a/f and rear ho2 sensor type)
Preconditions
The monitor will not run unless:
The mil is off.
Drive pattern
Connect the intelligent tester to the dlc3.
Turn the ignition switch on.
Turn the tester on.
Clear dtcs (if set) (see page es-35).
Start the engine.
Allow the engine to idle for 10 minute ...
