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Back in 2020 the XC40Re had only 47 ft³ compared with the RAV4 EV's 73 ft³. That, plus its Geely (China) origins put me off. I am personally suspicious of Chinese OTA telemetry, but I admit to being more concerned on this topic than most.

*envy* TE News likes it, and I trust 'em.

While a working car sells for more than a non-working one, for non-DIYers I have for decades advised selling a car to avoid a repair, rather than repairing a car to sell it. If you can DIY, the equation is different.

To clarify: do you continue to have access to the EV-specific display pages?

The EVSE is provisioned/configured to provide 40A, and has been in service for months, charging a 32A OBC in a '19 Bolt, without issue. I do not suspect a faulty CP from the EVSE. In my video, the Charger State never leaves Standby. The contactors do not close for charging. They do not close...

Yeah, shops really like to mangle the pinch weld area at the rear of the front fenders :(

I connected the battery, and the contactors do not close. TPD has no errors, and charging does not occur. I double-checked the Service Disconnect. See 10-second video of TPD below, the contactors are open, the battery voltage is displayed. The Pilot Current signal (connected to EVSE...

A link to the JDemo installation manual (Dec2015 version): https://asavage.dyndns.org/Toyota/RAV4/EV/JdeMOinstallationManualRav4EVpaperA4.pdf I actually paid Tony $20 back in the day for the printed version :/ It's around here somewhere. There were several different Toyota dealers who were...

Tony Tam @ EVFixMe in Costa Mesa (yeah, not close to you at around 450 mi away, but in the same state) has performed the contactors replacement on a RAV4 EV recently. Auto transport isn't all that expensive, if your local resources don't pan out. See this thread for more info.

If the lead-acid battery was left in a discharged state for very long, one year service life is about what you could expect. Lead-acid batteries really don't like being either discharged below 20% nor left there.

Is this a RAV4 Prime hybrid?

I'm going to insert a plug here for the Odyssey AGM battery again. Expensive, but I'm coming up on seven years on the the one in the RAV4 EV. See https://www.myrav4ev.com/threads/who-still-owns-a-rav4-ev.2572/post-30290 for more info.

Frequent DCFCing? When equipped with the QCC JDemo, that max DCFC rate is 50kw, and that's not going to stress a 41kw pack much. The thermal management is really good on these packs.

I can't advise you about the lack of Toyota TPMS ECU unlock capability of your unit for your vehicle. The Autel models comparison chart at https://www.autelshop.us/blogs/autel-comparisons/autel-maxitpms-its600e-vs-ts608-pro-vs-ts508wf-vs-ts508 shows the ability. I was able to use the...

IME, most EVs are charged at their L2 maximum level, especially at home, and these days many OBCs pull more than 40A; our '18 Model 3 was routinely charged at home at 48A. Certainly, even after replacing the fuses on my OBC's AC input, I will continue to do so, and arguing to not use it at its...

The weather cleared enough to allow me time to bolt the battery to the chassis today. A couple of notes . . . I made a set of M12 guide pins for aligning the pack's case to the chassis, and that worked out really well. They could use more taper, but worked fine as-is. Moving the pack in and...

Contact info that I previously posted here. --------------------------------- NE Portland: Alex Bessinger WattWorks 8750 NE Emerson St. Portland, OR, 97220 +1 (971)-444-5064 [email protected] He is an extremely experienced RAV4 EV and MB B250e tech, and has kindly put many vids on YT about...

Well, yeah, some can -- a whole lot of the lower-end EVSEs don't have scheduling, esp. "fat snake" mobile ones. What I was implying is that I think more is lost, in replacing the OEM nav unit with aftermarket, than only access to the standard/extended range toggle feature.

How is charge scheduling done if not with the factory nav unit?

On my broken RAV4: In Ready/Park, measuring ENCG to chassis ground (below: black clip lead on drive unit mounting bolt on frame). In Drive (brake applied) (during this test, the drive unit was in working condition, could drive the wheels/could have been driven. But it would error and...