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:
System description
Key reminder warning system description
When the driver side door is opened with the key in
the ignition key cylinder and ignition switch in the
acc or off position, this system causes the key
reminder warning buzzer to sound in order to warn
the driver that the ignition key has not ...
Tc and cg terminal circuit
Description
Dtc output mode is set by connecting terminals 13 (tc) and 4 (cg) of the
dlc3. The dtcs are indicated
by the blinking of the tire pressure warning light.
Wiring diagram
Hint:
When each warning light continues blinking, a ground short in the wiring of
terminal tc of the dlc3 ...
Using the aux port
This port can be used to connect a portable audio device and listen
to it using the vehicle’s speakers.
Open the cover and connect
the portable audio device.
Press the “media” button repeatedly until “aux” is displayed.
Silencing a sound
Press
(mute).
To cancel, p ...
