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

Alarm
The alarm uses light and sound to give an alert when an intrusion is detected. The alarm is triggered in the following situations when the alarm is set: Vehicles without smart key system: A locked door is unlocked or opened in any way other than using the wireless remote control or key. (The ...

Reassembly
Caution: Wear protective gloves. Sharp areas on the seat frame (with adjuster) may injure your hands. Hint: Use the same procedures for the rh side and lh side. The procedures listed below are for the lh side. Install occupant classification ecu (for driver side) (see page rs-394) ...

Footwell light
On-vehicle inspection Inspect footwell light Connect the battery's positive (+) lead to terminal 2 and the negative (-) lead to terminal 1, then check that the light comes on. Ok: light comes on. If the result is not as specified, replace the light. ...

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