Recent content by james

I had my Rav4EV serviced at Folsom Lake Toyota a year ago. They replaced the motor. They also had a couple other Rav4EVs they were working on at the time. It was a good experience.

I still own my pearl white 2014 Rav4-EV. 42K miles. Everything works great and I plan on keeping it for many more years.

My Rav4-EV is still going strong. 45K miles. Had the motor replaced right before my platinum warranty ran out last September. Being retired, it's a great around town car for me. The only other thing I replaced under warranty years ago was the on board charger. All in all, it's been a great...

The cost of the replacement motor was $5825.00 and labor to replace was $965.00.

The cost of the replacement motor was $5825K and labor to replace was $965K.

I got my car back pretty quickly and the drive unit install went well. It took the dealer several days to do the work. The remanufactured drive unit is very quiet. The Rev4-EV drives / sounds like new. I also had the battery coolant replaced. The overall experience with Folsom Toyota was...

Just got a call and the motor / drive unit just arrived at my Toyota dealer. Less than a week after it was ordered. So much for the 6 week to 6 month estimate. Hopefully this motor has all the latest fixes. For all you folks in the Sacramento area, Folsom Toyota seems to have in house...

Hi I purchased my Rev4-EV September of 2014 and it's been a great car. The only thing I had to replaced was the onboard charger at 3 years still under warranty. My extended Platinum warrantee ends soon so I took the Rav in for a quick checkup as the motor was making more noise. Toyota...

I remember an early thread on this forum discussing this and if was noted that our motors are electromagnet motors that do not use permanent magnets. During acceleration it is normal to hear some whine caused by the current feeding the electro magnet. When starting out this noise is especially...

I believe the recommendation is to replace the coolants at 50K miles. I wonder if replacing the coolants sooner would better protect the seals from leaking? Perhaps water content in the coolant is causing the seals to fail. This issue seems to be 0ne 0f our biggest issue going forward...

My 8yr/100K Toyota platinum warranty ends net year too. Is the warranty extension through Toyota offered automatically or do we need to search / ask for it? Also. is the 5yr/ 60K $2600 extended warranty the only option offered? Thanks

Thanks, Great information. One more question. I added G48 coolant to the traction battery reservoir, not the motor coolant reservoir. Does that make any difference? I would think that the speed sensor would be part of the motor coolant system.

I assume the speed sensor is located under the car. Any special tools required? Also, replacing the speed sensor (if wet) would not fix the problem of the internal leak, right? If the speed sensor isn't wet then why the drop of G48 coolant? I'm not sure what the next step would be. Sounds...

I also got this error message the other day. I was able to clear the error by turning the car off and on 4 times. So far it seems fine so hoping for the best. I also noticed my G48 coolant was down some so I bought a gallon at NAPA and topped it off. My Rav4EV has been a great car (38K...

I don't remember anything about a traction motor recall on the 2014 Rav4EV. Does anyone else? thanks James