Recent content by 10basetom

Do you guys believe in miracles? :D When the tow truck came to the dealership to tow it back to my house, the Toyota guy entered the car to reverse out to make the tow hookup easier. I was like "dude don't bother it's totally dead so we need to push it out", but before I had a chance to finish...

They didn't provide a document saying recalls have 1yr warranties on them, but they told me over the phone. Frankly, I have not had a good experience at any of the local dealerships (Tustin and Irvine). I lost over $850 from Tustin for replacing charge port assembly that didn't fix the 19-flash...

Yes, that's what Toyota corporate told me as well. Unfortunately, there's only a 1yr warranty for recalls, so I'm out of luck. I'm planning to put this on eBay this weekend for spare parts starting at $5200 (the price scrappers have offered for the car).

Latest update: my auto insurance does not cover mechanical failures, so now I'm out of options. My next plan is to tow the car from the dealership back to my home to try and troubleshoot it on my own or sell it for spare parts.

Thanks for the troubleshooting advice. Unfortunately I don't have access to the car anymore since it's at the dealership still. If the dealership replicated what I experienced, then they were not able to get car into Ready mode as it automatically shifts to Neutral with "Check EV System" and...

I tried to argue as best I could that this car should have been recalled but they keep coming back with "sorry, we looked up your VIN and it did not qualify for the recall you mentioned". I feel like they are giving me the run-around, and if I go down this road I will end up like @SpicyUnagi in...

From what the service manager told me, they could not power the car on and had no idea what was wrong with it, so they went back and forth with a Toyota tech over the phone for three days and concluded to replace electric motor assembly. You are probably more qualified to diagnose the EV than...

Thanks so much for this info, alflash! Where I'm at now: the car is still sitting at the dealership. I'm trying to see if they are willing to return the car to Toyota for repairs as part of the recall mentioned in...

Hmm...that's the exact error I got before my EV died. I really hope you don't experience what I went through this week: http://www.myrav4ev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2499&p=29503

I think my 2013 Rav4 EV finally bit the bullet the past weekend when I was driving on the freeway and the motor suddenly died (pressing on accelerator did nothing) with a "Check EV System - Have Your Vehicle Checked by a Dealership Immediately" message. Needless to say, this was very stressful...

I agree on JdeMO, however this charging issue also affects the 120V (I tried).

I've only tried it with the 240V Duosida EVSE. I can try it with the 120V Toyota EVSE tonight. You will see better once I share my video. Stay tuned... "The system error would go away by itself after driving for a few miles." -- I just noticed that the error message went away overnight, so I...

I verified my car is charged back to 80% this morning. However, as soon as I start the car & shift into D, turn off engine again, then try to charge, it will fail with 19 flashes again. After the charge failure, the "Check EV System - Have Your Vehicle Checked by a Dealership Immediately" is...

The EVSE has a little display that shows the voltage.

After a lot of trial and error, my friend and I finally discovered a solution to the charging issue that so far is 100% reliable. I will describe it below in case anyone else suffers from the 19-flash charging issue and need to charge their car in a pinch without having to take the car to a...