Recent content by miimura

no, the numbers started somewhere after 1,000. The highest VINs are around 3500 and around 2,500 cars were made. The actual figures are floating around here somewhere.

If you got a dealer to give you what you thought was a fair price, then that is what I call a Win. Congrats. What did you get? I just got a year-end lease deal on a Kia EV9 Wind 7 seater. I am keeping the RAV4 for my daughter. I was going to wait until she actually got her license to get a new...

Clearly there are repairs that you won't get back in the selling price. However, when you have a car that is basically inoperable and the sale is limited to people who are able and willing to do the repair themselves, you run the risk of having to basically give the car away in order to get rid...

Your location says San Diego. Why not get a quote from Konduit EV to change the fuses and see if you think it's worth the price to fix it so you can keep the car? Also, if you do want to sell it, it would certainly fetch a better price if it's fully working. https://konduitev.com/

Different Tesla parts have different restrictions. Many are "Over the Counter" and those don't need a VIN. However, I did a quick search at epc.tesla.com and found that Model S contactors that visually look like the Gigavac units do require a VIN to purchase.

The fundamental problem that you are facing is that a dealer won’t have a reasonable solution for you if the contactors are kaput. They can only swap the whole pack and that is only a viable solution while the traction battery is under factory warranty. I am sure you will find that the Platinum...

Absolutely none. It's a drop in fit because the V6 ICE RAV4 uses the same battery tray and uses that size battery.

Toyota Palo Alto has done two drive unit swaps on my car with JdeMO installed. They charged an extra $160 to move it out of the way during the work that was otherwise covered by Powertrain warranty or Platinum extended warranty. I have no idea about their policies today. I haven't taken the car...

If a dealership installed a new 12V battery one year ago, they should have a pro-rated warranty on it. I would inquire about that. If they don't give you any consideration for the short life of the the one they put in, go to Costco and get the Group24F Interstate battery. It will last a lot...

Facing a repair of thousands of dollars for an OEM head unit, a smart EVSE is not that much of an expense. However, I'm with you - if you can keep an original head unit in the car, you will a more functional vehicle.

EVSE can do scheduled charging.

I am by no means an expert on ICE models, but I don't think there was ever an ICE RAV4 that used the home button interface like the EV. I think the 032 version is just an older rev of the same functional assembly. This seems to be confirmed by the Toyota part page below. See: "Previous...

I assume you have used the fused disconnect under the passenger seat before working on the high voltage stuff. The most likely culprit is failing to put that back correctly.

You're right. I don't see a way to add new entries to the ZeeMap from the 1st post.

The seat heater controls are unique in the EV. People have swapped for the full leather seats from an ICE RAV4, but the only practical way to retain seat heater function was to take apart the EV seats and remove the heaters and transfer them to the new seats...