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

Dinghy towing

Your vehicle is not designed to be dinghy towed (with 4 wheels on the ground) behind a motor home. Notice To avoid serious damage to your vehicle Do not tow your vehicle with 4 wheels on the grou ...

Engine (ignition) switch (vehicles without a smart key system)

Starting the engine Check that the parking brake is set. Check that the shift lever is set in p. Firmly depress the brake pedal. Turn the engine switch to the “start” position to start t ...

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General maintenance (2006/01- )
Inspect drive belt (see page em-7) Replace spark plugs (see page ig-7) Replace air cleaner filter Remove the air filter. Visually check that the air filter is not excessively damaged or oily. Replace the air filter with a new one, if necessary. Replace engine oil and oil fil ...

System description
Brief description The can (controller area network) is a serial data communication system for real time application. It is a vehicle multiplex communication system which has a high communication speed (500 kbps) and the ability to detect malfunctions. By pairing the canh and canl ...

Throttle / pedal position sensor / switch "d" circuit range / performance
Description Hint: Refer to dtc p2120 (see page es-282). Monitor description When the difference between the output voltages of vpa and vpa2 deviates from the standard, the ecm determines that the accelerator pedal position (app) sensor is malfunctioning. The ecm turns on the mil and th ...