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Hi all, Looking for advice. Got the "check EV system immediately" warning a few weeks ago, and took it to a local dealer (Mossy Toyota). They've had it 3.5 weeks now and haven't figured out a single thing. They seem to get a Tesla tech to come only every 1-2 weeks, and so far they have not even...

I was smart enough to buy it at $34... and smart enough to sell it at $34.80 :)

that's correct, there is a pin somewhere that needs to be pulled out to connect power to those circuits. Seems like there have been 2 or 3 threads about this, it looks to be a common oversight at the point of sale.

Looks pretty good if you're ok with only 3.8 kW. You might find others at homedepot (or elsewhere), 30A for about the same price, and may have extra features like delayed start, and are probably as easy to install as the Leviton kit.

If you're calling Mossy Toyota in San Diego, that's where I got mine. It was Justin York in the service dept who figured out about this pin. My sales guy was Alex Rangel, he also learned about it. Good luck.

This is looking like a common oversight at the dealers - there is a factory pin that prevents power from going to the overhead lights, the hand sensors in the handles, and the microphone for voice commands (and maybe other places too). This is to prevent phantom battery loss on dealer lots over...

Another option is to get a charger with its own timer option. I got the Schneider Electric 2nd generation level 2 EVSE, which you can set to charge up to 8 hours in the future.

My car had this exact problem. There is a pin somewhere that needs to be pulled out to enable those features. The factory puts that pin in, so the battery doesn't drain while sitting for months on dealer lots. The dealer is supposed to pull it out when the car sells. I don't think it's in the...

If it were me, no way. First of all, you can get a brand new one for likely around $28k, with 5-yr 0% financing. Second, if it's showing 75 mi at 100%, something is wrong. It could be like you guessed, the first owner ruined the battery by using in extended all the time, or there might be a...

pure speculation - perhaps toyota recommends against using N simply to limit liability in case someone has an accident and dies while in N mode and absentmindedly flooring the accelerator to gun it across the tracks before the train reaches. Another pure speculation, if shifting to N did...

Does anyone know a SD area electrician who could install a charger for a reasonable price? It's a Schneider Electric EVLINK 2nd gen 30A. Supposedly an easy job but my regular guy is quoting $900. And no, my wife will never let me do it myself :)

I called my salesman and he said the 10k is already rolled into the quoted price of 0 down $529/mo.

My guess is that they have a typo... notice the NoCal site says "$489/mo + tax after $7k bonus cash". Probably they're trying to say the same for SoCal, that the $10k cash is already figured in. Else it would pretty insane (and dramatically cheaper than in NoCal). Full text of NoCal offer...

$529 * 36 - $10000 - $2500 = $6544.

In SoCal, they're still showing 3/4, but they've added a couple lease options I didn't see before. LEASE: $399 per month, $4,999 Drive-off PLUS $10,000 Lease Cash on a new 2012 RAV4 LEASE: Get $0 Drive-off and only $529 per month PLUS $10,000 Lease Cash on a new 2012 RAV4 That's 3 yrs in a...