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The top line shows time in seconds before and after the event (-2, -1, 0, 1), with 0 being the event captured. You can see that Detail 2 code 488 popped up after the event. This caused my internal shift position to go from B to N without my input. As to your observation, the "Cause of READY...

The Toyota Field Technician was coming into town for another reason. Since I had been in the week before and inquired about getting the proper scan tool, the dealership asked around and found out this guy had one and that he would be at the dealership if I wanted to bring my car back in. This...

Got my car back from the dealer. The roving Toyota Field Technician came in town and had the correct diagnostic tool to update the firmware. As predicted on this list, my version was 1.3.57 and they upgraded it to 1.3.62. The details simply state: The EV Gateway Control ECU logic has been...

So far my individual cell testing has shown only about a 1% difference between standard and extended charges over 25k simulated miles of use. I expected more of a degrade but I'm not really seeing it. Depth of discharge seems to make no difference in degradation. Use your EV as much as...

My Austin dealer just called me to say that the last two 5k services they performed under the 2 year 25k mile Toyota Complete Care were denied by Toyota Corporate and they can no longer perform those services (and charge Toyota) because they are not a certified RAV4EV dealer. This pisses me off...

My Austin dealer just called me to say that the last two 5k services they performed under the 2 year 25k mile Toyota Complete Care were denied by Toyota Corporate and they can no longer perform those services (and charge Toyota) because they are not a certified RAV4EV dealer. This pisses me...

No, I don't NEED any EV service at this time. As long as the previous Check EV System warnings don't interfere with the use of my car, I don't care. Even if a dealer is PiP certified, I don't think they will do anything different. They haven't been trained on this vehicle nor do they carry...

I imagine Toyota Corporate doesn't want any unauthorized dealer trying to work on it for liability reasons. However, I hope that they would allow any dealer anywhere to at least do as much diagnosis as possible, and allow simple fixes like replacing gateway ECUs, etc.

In Austin, Texas, the dealer has performed the normal 5k services (rotate tires and check fluids) for free under the Toyota Care Program. As for updates, they don't have the necessary hardware. There is a field tech that comes through from time to time that supposedly has the equipment to...

I have had the error occur twice, once when shifting from P to D while in my driveway, the other while pulling out of a space in a parking lot (<5 mph). Both times the system restarted. Both times the Error Display cleared after 4-5 times of restarting the vehicle. I have not had my ECU...

I notice the A/C line runs right above the motor/compressor unit, causing the condensation from the tube to fall directly on itself. Of course this aids in cooling the A/C motor but doesn't help the wiring at all. I was contemplating adding a small aluminum tray to the underside of the foam...

Great post BBQ, The highest performance Model S 85 allows for a 3.5C pulse from each cell (assuming 350kW from a 100kWh pack). Ours is about 2.6C pulse (129kW from a 49kWh pack). If you could tap into that higher current setting of 3.5C, you'd theoretically get 170kW out of the pack and...

My dealer in Austin, Texas wasn't told not to do the 5k service. Granted, they didn't have to do any firmware upgrade, but they checked out the car (state of health?), rotated the tires, and said "see you in another 5k miles". No fighting Toyota Corporate that I know of.

That's actually not too bad. Even if the loss was linear, you'd still have a car with greater range after 100k miles than a new Leaf off the lot. But from what I've seen, capacity loss is not linear, rather it drops faster at the beginning of life and then flattens out. My testing of cells...

If Tony has found a place to connect to the battery safely, perhaps one could then use the EP Tender. Putting out 22kW would keep the RAV4EV cruising for miles and miles. http://green.autoblog.com/2013/07/26/ep-tender-ev-charging-on-the-go/ Hook it up for long trips, take it off the rest of...

The first time I got the screen, was hitting the accelerator too close to selecting drive. However, the second time I got it I was turning around in a parking lot, going slow and it opened up the contactors (stopping power steering). Luckily, cycling the power button a few times cleared it...

Not to be a buzz kill, but doesn't the RAV4EV already have an alarm straight from the factory? Since EnTunes (smart phone free app) can track your vehicle's location, is Lo-Jack even necessary? Did Toyota Financing do away with the 0% for 60 month financing offer?

I believe our RAV4EV cells are similar to those in the Roadster (just newer and of a higher capacity rating, 2.9 vs 2.2Ah?), I thought the forum would like to see this study. "Plug In America study projects Tesla Roadster packs will retain 80-85% capacity after 100K miles"...

There are two in Texas that I know of, one in Sherman (north of Dallas), and one in Austin. If you are ever in Austin, let me know and you can drive mine.

Just saw my first "Check EV System" Error screen. My sequence of events are similar to others. Had been running errands, stopped to open/close a gate, got in the car (still on), moved gear selector from P to D then hit the accelerator. The car was on a slight incline so it was actually...