Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Trailer towing

Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual / Driving / Before driving / Trailer towing

Your vehicle is designed primarily as a passenger-and-load-carrying vehicle. Towing a trailer can have an adverse impact on handling, performance, braking, durability, and fuel consumption.

For your safety and the safety of others, you must not overload your vehicle or trailer. You must also ensure that you are using appropriate towing equipment, that the towing equipment has been installed correctly and used properly, and that you employ the requisite driving habits.

Vehicle-trailer stability and braking performance are affected by trailer stability, brake performance and setting, trailer brakes, the hitch and hitch systems (if equipped).

To tow a trailer safely, use extreme care and drive the vehicle in accordance with your trailer’s characteristics and operating conditions.

Toyota warranties do not apply to damage or malfunction caused by towing a trailer for commercial purposes.

Contact your toyota dealer for further information about additional requirements such as a towing kit, etc.

Vehicle load limits

Vehicle load limits include total load capacity, seating capacity, twr (trailer weight rating) and cargo capacity. Total load capacity (vehicle capacity weight) Total load capacity means the combin ...

Towing related terms

Gcwr (gross combination weight rating) The maximum allowable gross combination weight. The gross combination weight is the sum of the total vehicle weight (including the occupants, cargo an ...

Other materials:

Installation
Install drive plate sub-assembly Clean the 8 bolts and 8 bolt holes. Apply adhesive to 2 or 3 threads of the 8 bolts. Adhesive: Toyota genuine adhesive 1342, three bond 1342 or equivalent Using sst, hold the crankshaft. Sst 09213-54015 (91651-60855), 09330-00021 Instal ...

Front lower ball joint
Components Removal Hint: Use the same procedures for the rh side and lh side. The procedures listed below are for the lh side. Remove front wheel Remove front speed sensor lh (for 2wd) (see page bc-191) Remove front brake cylinder assembly lh (see page br-40) Remove front ...

Headlight assembly
Components Removal Hint: Use the same procedures for the rh and lh sides. The procedures listed below are for the lh side. Disconnect cable from negative battery terminal Remove front fender liner lh (see page et-4) Remove front fender liner rh (see page et-4) Remove ra ...