Recent content by SolarDaveGreen

Hi everyone, I bought my 2012 RAV4 EV in April 2021 with 93,000 miles and it now has 146,000 miles and it's running well. The onboard charger failed, and I replaced it myself. I also had the motor rebuilt by QC Charge and a JdeMO installed. Since then, my brother and sister have both bought...

Thanks, Hokiematt.

Thanks for the feedback, both of you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFm9FOxfvuE This guy is trying to solve a weird charging problem and a 12v drain problem etc. At one point he swaps the Thermal ECU/Thermal Controller with one from a different car and his car begins to show the same...

Did you find a solution?

Yesterday I bought a beautiful 2012 RAV4 EV for my sister, I test-drove it for 30 mins and everything worked perfectly. I started and stopped it multiple times with no issues. No errors. No warnings. I charged it for 15 mins or so during the test drive with no issues. Last night I plugged in a...

Both of the RAV4s I own regularly charge to somewhere between 100-110 miles if they are being charged after a longish freeway trip. The both charge to between 90 and 100 after strictly city driving. All with no heat/A/C.

I am most interested in: - DRY speed sensor - Motor replaced within the past 5 years by either Tesla or QCCharge - Either a repainted car or NOT original Blizzard White - JdeMO installed and both JdeMO and J1772 working - At least 90 miles showing on the Guess-o-Meter after a normal charge in...

Last weekend I test-drove two RAV4 EVs advertised for sale by used car dealers in the Los Angeles, California area: VIN 2T3YL4DV7DW001669 VIN 2T3YL4DV9CW001493 Both cars made the infamous "milling noise" (Metal on metal grinding noise in the transaxle) described elsewhere in this forum...

On my 300 mile trip (one way), I have a few personal rules that have kept me from having to scrounge J1772 chargers partway home: 1. If there are 2 or more DCFCs in a location, try to charge at the first one I encounter so if it's broken or busy I can go forward to the next one and avoid...

I hadn't tried https://abetterrouteplanner.com/ but I just did. As an anonymous user, it provides some unreasonable default values. For example it shows charging to 94% in one case. Not going to happen. The chargers I am familiar with have slowed down to 12 kW or less at that level of charge...

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Hi Dave, I added all of these up in my head: - The mechanical key still worked to lock and unlock all doors (so it wasn't a bad door lock mechanism) - The fob still enabled the car to start when held next to the start button (proving the ECU was still working and recognizing the key) - Both...

Hi everyone, I was able to troubleshoot and fix the Smart Key problem myself. The malfunction was caused by water in the Smart Key antenna. This is the part: 2006-2012 Toyota RAV4 door control receiver 89740-0R010 The water had entered the part from leaks around the roof rack bolts. The...

Hello Hokiematt, Thanks for the procedure, but it did not have any effect. I tried perhaps a dozen times, with my brother reading the steps, and with slight variations in timing, but I never heard either a single or double beep at the end of the procedure. Also, the remote function and the...

Hi Dave, Yes, 2012 RAV4 EV. I can barely find anything about the wireless remote systems on our cars ("Our" being 2012-2014 Toyota RAV4 EVs). What I do find is a bit confusing. Here is a parts diagram for my VIN that shows no wireless antenna in the rear bumper...