Recent content by tridub

Hi wdw007, I’ve had several great RAV4 EV service experiences with Nalley Toyota in Roswell, GA. They replaced the Drive Unit (DU) in my 2012 under its original factory warranty a few years ago, and the DU in my 2014 yesterday under my Toyota Platinum extended warranty. It has about 89k miles...

Cool! Mine works now too. Did Thorn say WTF the problem was, so Toyota can fix it faster when (not if) it fails again next year? By the way, thanks to all of you who officially complained about this problem and got it fixed. I just didn’t have the energy to go through all of that again after...

Thanks for all of these updates, as sad as they are. I guess I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best.

Hi eplantz, How's that 3-day estimate working for you? My entune is still busted. The app continues to work in a "receive-only" mode, whereby the RAV will tell me when it's finished charging or where it is (GPS), but it won't accept any commands from the app like update charge status or...

Mine is still busted too. Do we know if anyone has complained to Toyota yet? I've been too busy at work to call it in, and now that the weather in Georgia is getting cooler, I don't need pre-climate as much.

It's been about a year since my last post on this topic, so I guess it's time for Entune to break again. Has anyone else been having problems? I can't get it to do anything active now (e.g., turning on pre-climate or forcing a charge/range update), but I can get a passive update when charging is...

The backup camera died on my 2014, and my local (Georgia) Toyota dealer replaced it for $750! I'm glad I had the 10-year/100,000-mile Platinum extended warranty, which only cost me $1360 from Toyota of Greenfield, MA. That one repair covered half of the warranty cost. I wish I could get a decent...

Hi Tony, I have a few questions about your proposed extra battery. If these questions have already been answered in the previous 10 pages of posts, please humor me: 1. Would/could the GOM automatically adjust to the extra battery capacity, or would it just read "135 miles" of range for the...

My 2012 back-up camera has been behaving lately, but now my 2014 is starting to act up. I had always assumed these problems were simply caused by some switch in the "transmission" not fully engaging to provide power to the camera, but it's getting more complicated with my 2014. Instead of only...

I tend to agree with Tony. I finally drove a Bolt at the Atlanta Auto Show in March, and it looked and felt a lot smaller than my RAV. The uncomfortable seat I had heard about was also quite evident...it felt like sitting on a toilet - with the seat up! If Chevy doesn't fix that, I'm out.

Thorn certainly did right by me. He got my 2012's Drive Unit replaced - in Georgia - and followed up with a customer satisfaction phone call. I now retract any doubts I might have expressed about Toyota's warranty commitments. If they will spend $15k in parts and who knows how much on labor to...

I got a new DU in my 2012 a couple of weeks ago, and I'm very pleased with the results. The car is now as quiet as a church mouse pissing on carpet in a vacuum! It makes my 2014 seem a little loud by comparison.

Gotta love that regenerative braking! That's one reason I drive in B mode a lot...to save my brake pads. Kinda like thrust reversers, eh Tony?

My 2014 started having all kinds of crazy transient electrical symptoms, including Check EV, and other warning lights. So I popped a new Bosch 12v AGM battery in it like Tony said, and it's been right as rain ever since! Thanks, Tony! P.S. I checked the voltage on my old battery just before the...

My 2012 was in surgery all day yesterday. I hope to be able to test drive my new Drive Unit Friday or Saturday...