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I just started leasing a KIA EV6. It’s nice to get 310 miles to a charge but I still like my RAV. My daughter is now using the RAV4 EV over her 2020 regular RAV to save on gas. I am leasing because I a want my next purchase to have a solid state battery. When she finds her own place the.I...

Agreed, if all of them are working then Ukraine may have more working RAV4 EVs than the US. LOL.

It is awesome that you got everything back up and running. It brings back memories of me and dfergensen digging out the inconveniently placed OBC too many times. I have a non-working OBC and all of the equipment that Dan mentioned, in the Sacramento area if anyone needs it, as well.

Dan, It sounds like you have a similar issue as I did, where the fuse replacement did not fix the OBC. How much did the new OBC cost?

You sound like a mirror of me. I bought one of the last 2014s when they were cutting $20k off the sticker price for a lease. I only charge with my 40A L2 at home. I still get 95 mile in the summer. Toyota/Tesla replaced my motor early on due to faulty temperature sensors. I have replace the...

Bobgirl, I too am watching the EV market for the right time to downgrade to a new EV but with more mileage per charge. I am reading that prices will likely start falling in the next year or two as production costs, including batteries, drop. I want to wait long enough for solid state batteries...

Siobhan: I would not take the dealerships word about the battery problem or you independent EV mechanic unless you really know and trust him. As people mentioned already, there can be several thing causing the error not directly related to the battery. Alflash may be able help you out if you...

I drive my 2014 every day. I'm creeping up on 100K, so I am expecting the electric motor oil leak and eventual requirement to replace or rebuild the motor. Other than a loud motor whine and having to swap out the on-board charger, it has been running flawlessly. I still get a 90+/- mile...

Here is a parts list to build the high voltage and data cable for a test bed. https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtSKKmN-5msBg_o7uNXyRN4SCKtDjA?e=2UCEXC A few things to note. 1) I am still waiting a two items, both female housings for high voltage wire. They will take month to arrive. For testing, I just...

fred, I will get you and everyone here a shopping list of the wiring parts that I ordered to create my test bed. In the meantime, I can mail you my test bed and you can either mail it back or reimburse me for the cost of the parts. In total it will run around $50+, excluding data wire and the...

plee12, your problem sounds a little like the in-warranty repair that Toyota had to make to my RAV4 EV. While driving, my car would go into turtle mode with the EV system error. After turning the car on and off everything would be fine for a while. I took it into Toyota several times but they...

Your current situation sounds eerily like mine during the early days of my failing OBC. The writeup that HokieMatt shared and I believe you read briefly explained that starting symptoms. One plug in would charge the car a few mile, another some more/less miles and another fully charge it. But...

fred_dot_u, confirm this with others, but many have had the same problem that you seem to have, charger cycles for several seconds and then fails to charge. In most cases it is just the fuses and not a faulty charger. Yes, the cost of a replacement charger is reasonable, $250-$350 is where we...

Thank you for the information hokiematt. One issue I thought was odd with the replacement charger, when alflash connected to the car with the Tesla software, the charge provided no information. No errors, no warning, no communication at all. With the incorrect firmware, would it at least...

I am posting this story as a link to a PDF for my simplicity. https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtSKKmN-5msBg_oYXNH9E1vYZ_8bDA If you have trouble accessing it then contact me and I can email it to you. Here is the summary from the first paragraph and a teaser picture of the repair process (if I can get...