Recent content by Aries

Thanks for asking. Turned out to be caused by the GPS tracker (www.accutracking.com) I had plugged into the OBD port. Apparently the tracker module prevented the car computer from “sleeping”. We have these trackers in all of our cars. It’s not a problem for the gassers. The RAV however...

Well, time has come to sell the RAV. Posting here to see if there is interest before going to mainstream routes. Car is blue. Has had no accidents. Does have a scratch here and there, nothing unusual, just normal wear and tear. Interior is clean. Never smoked in, etc. It does have. JDEMO...

Hey Tony - A couple thoughts about this... maybe you already know the answers.. 1. Gateway ECU - is this truly custom hardware or is it more like a part used elsewhere (other Tesla vehicles, etc) that has been co-opted into this role by way of customized firmware or similar? 2. Drive unit - I...

I guess pictures have to be externally hosted. I’ll try that later.

That’s quite a different experience than I have. I’m not sure what to say other than I went into this expecting an experience more like what you describe due to my readings on this forum. As you read, my experience was truely smooth.. literally a non event. I dropped it off either Dec 7 or...

Got the car back, new motor works great. This was a complete non-event!

Maybe by posting here. I, too, have a jDemo and are interested in this topic and result. There may be others interested ...

Well, apparently the new motor has arrived “in a crate”. I’m going to go out tomorrow most likely to take a look at it as I’m curious what this all consists of. So, seems things are moving along and the motors apparently are available without a huge wait or anything. They called today to...

Yes, indeed. I was shocked at that and, of course, very happy. Yes, thats what it is, the powertrain warranty. It went to Toyota of El Cajon. This is where i originally bought it new. There was literally no communication about JDEMO units, motors, or anything else at all. I simply...

So, I was driving along in my Rav the other day with everything normal as can be and came to a stop at a stop light. When the light turned I pressed the accelerator to get going and the car didn't "go". Almost immediately I got a "Check EV System" indicator and I also noticed the traction...

Is the charger in the S actually different from the one in the RAV? Would Tesla have designed a special charger for our cars versus using one of their S parts "off the shelf"? Perhaps the charger can be replaced with one from a wrecked S?

While browsing the web looking for details on the RAV battery I came across these pictures. Have these been posted before? These are the only one I've seen purporting to be the innards of our battery packs. I was curious how our batteries differed from those used on the tesla cars. Is it the...

Very cool. Sure looks serviceable to me... socketed and all. Thanks for sharing this!

Awesome if Tony takes over the site. I've only two requests.. please no Facebook and please please don't do whatever was done a few years ago to My Nissan Leaf with the forum software. Ugh!

So what actually goes wrong with this heater? Does it somehow dead-short and blow something in the dc-dc converter? Can the heater simply be disconnected (before failing, obviously) to avoid the risk of issue, of course at the expense of not having cabin heat? Or perhaps suitable fusing could...