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.
- Towing related terms
- Weight limits
- Gcwr, twr and unbraked twr
- Trailer tongue weight
- Hitch
- Trailer towing tips
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:
Receiver error
Description
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
Notice:
It is necessary to register an id code after replacing the tire pressure
warning valve abd
transmitter and/or the tire pressure warning ecu (see page tw-9).
Hint:
Set the tire pressure to the specified value.
Standard pres ...
Back-up power source circuit
Description
This is the back-up power source circuit for the air conditioning amplifier.
Power is supplied even when the
ignition switch is turned off and is used for functions such as the diagnostic
trouble code memory.
wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
Inspect fuse (ecu-b2)
...
Disassembly
Remove generator pulley with clutch
Remove the cap from the pulley.
Using a screwdriver, puncture the center of the
cap and pry it off.
Notice:
Do not reuse the cap.
Install sst to the pulley and vise as shown in the
illustration.
Sst 09820-63020
Mount sst (a) i ...
