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Sorry to hear about the troubles. How many miles are on your car? Everything should be covered (Toyota and Tesla parts) if under 36k miles. Getting the dealer to be able to submit for warranty claim out of state might not be immediately approved, but call Kevin Spillane at Toyota Corporate to...

drmanny3, can you send us a link to what you purchased? I'm interested, as a potential quick chargee, and don't want to mess with pop rivets.

You are correct, of course. But in the context of my story, I couldn't have locked the doors by touching the button on the door handle, which is how I always do it. Thanks for the info though, in case I do need to leave it on for some reason.

I can't "take it in", as I'm an out of stater. Unfortunately, I let my RavCharge subscription lapse back in October. I have since resubscribed. Yesterday I drove 127 miles on the car without issue. But this morning, I woke up to find that it failed to charge (I have it set up to charge by 5am...

Why in the world would they not use AC power to pre-condition everything when connected?

So one theory might be there was a glitch in the battery coolant temp sensor (thinking the batteries were super cold, even though it was 65-70F ambient), then turned on the pack coolant heater (at 2.5kW level), and that I had to leave the car ON (as our systems do not have active cooling when...

I thought about leaving the car on too, but it won't let you lock the doors with it on, and I always lock when I get out. I even remember unlocking the door and hearing the beep before I got in it to go to lunch. As for the heater, that can't be it, as my heater is broken. But thanks for trying!

I had the strangest thing happen to me yesterday. Somehow I lost ~10kWh. Is Encyclopedia Brown on the list? I could use your help. Here are the facts: My average daily usage 60 miles. Driving pattern does not deviate much. Recharge time typically takes ~3 hours using 240V/30A EVSE. Fully...

Toyota Platinum Care is less expensive.

I too had the same concerns and asked Troy at Greensfield Toyota in Mass. He said to call Toyota Corporate directly, which I did. They said our EV items are covered under this policy. I recently posted about my heater being covered (Telsa only part) and I am out of state.

I contacted Troy with Toyota of Greenfield in Mass. about buying an extended warranty for the RAV4 EV. He replied back saying Toyota won't let him sell out of state anymore unless a mailing address in Mass. is provided or I go there in person to purchase it. One of my co-worker's brother lives...

Welcome aboard! However, for the same price, you should look into getting the Toyota Platinum Extended Warranty that gives you 6 years/125k mile warranty bumper to bumper including the EV parts. If Toyota Corporate does have to help out coordinating a fix after 36k/50k miles for a component...

Toyota is responsible for everything, but whatever has caused my heater to stop working, Toyota is waiting on Tesla. So it doesn't matter if Denso makes the heating element and someone else manufactured the coolant pump. The fact that no entity carries stock of any of these components is the...

Are you driving any differently (sporty or in sport mode), causing your average efficiency to go down from the previous day? Is the ambient temperature dropping? Switch to Extended Mode charging and see if bumps you up 20%.

"Sorry sir, your flat tire cannot be repaired. You have this strange device that may be causing interference with the Tire Pressure Monitoring System." :D

Even though the cabin heater is made by Denso, it may have been furnished by Tesla as part of the package. Or perhaps there is a fuse/diode/relay inside the DC-DC that went bad to knock out the heater but still allows the DC-DC to work. Either way, the part is back-ordered. Kevin said he would...

With Tony's JdeMO fast charging feature and 40 minutes, you already have a $35k, 200 mile range SUV EV!

I'm pleased to report that my extended warranty works as I hoped. Mid December my heater stopped working. I called Kevin Spillane at Toyota Corp. and he coordinated with my local Toyota dealership (in Austin, Tx) to diagnose my car. Basically, they needed someone from Toyota to follow their...

Wow, it doesn't look that bad to be salvaged.