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Syrinx

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Hello - my RAV's motor is failed and needs to be replaced. I am not interested in the cost of that exercise, so I would like to sell it. It is a silver 2013 with roughly 155k on it. Everything else works, and the interior is in decent shape minus a little staining on the seats. The body is also in good shape with minor scratches on the sides. It has JdeMO installed as well, and the battery is in good shape with contactors replaced roughly a year ago. Looking for any reasonable offers - PM with interest.
 
To recap: this car had the
OBC replaced in 2018
LDU & Gateway module replaced in 2020, and it
won the "most coolant found in an LDU" award in May.

Without a repairable LDU, its value is in parts. The JdeMO undoubtedly has value to someone. Have you received a quote to buy it, from QCC? They could get the most use from parts; most of use end-users can't afford to store an entire vehicle for a future part need.

The major parts that have value are the LDU (yours has not even core value, probably :( ), the HV battery, maybe the OBC (though that's maybe $250 for someone who needs one, as Model S ones will work in most cases). DC-DC has a little value, but again they're exactly the same as the Model S and readily available elsewhere. The heater, esp. if it has been replaced, is worth a few hundred to the right person (the original ones tended to eat their fuse, located inside the DC-DC converter, whose cover is glued-in-place :( ). The Gateway, but they don't have a large failure rate. Ditto the thermal controller.

Misc stuff like the battery heater and the four coolant pumps have some value, again for the right person, as they're not all that expensive new, but still . . .

Now, if the LDU was repairable, someone might take it on as a challenge. But soaked? It can be impossible to restore the stator's HV isolation resistance, and finding good replacement inverter parts is not a lot of fun, either. All-in-all, not something I'd care to do.

Is it currently located at QCC, or Santa Ana?
 
All you say is true! ;) It's at QCC still, but I can bring it back to OC if that worked best for anyone. Tony low-balled me which I might fall back on if no one else is interested.
 
Syrinx said:
All you say is true! ;) It's at QCC still, but I can bring it back to OC if that worked best for anyone. Tony low-balled me which I might fall back on if no one else is interested.
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I’m curious about what the lowball offer was.
 
I can repair/rebuild the motor, either for you or the new buyer. We've been doing Tesla ldu for a few years now, iso issues included. Matt with Hybrid ReVolt in Surprise AZ.
 
Syrinx said:
Hello - my RAV's motor is failed and needs to be replaced. I am not interested in the cost of that exercise, so I would like to sell it. It is a silver 2013 with roughly 155k on it. Everything else works, and the interior is in decent shape minus a little staining on the seats. The body is also in good shape with minor scratches on the sides. It has JdeMO installed as well, and the battery is in good shape with contactors replaced roughly a year ago. Looking for any reasonable offers - PM with interest.
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What is your price threshold for a used, working rav4 LDU that has the coolant delete, if you were to repair/replace it?
 
I'm in OC and would be interested in the Chademo quick charger portion for the right price. I can remove and install them no problem. Rebuilt my 2013 Tesla Model S from unused broken to daily driver. I'd think LDU removal and rebuild would be fairly straightforward operation on the RAV.

Steve
 
The LDU on the RAV4 EV is a whole lot easier to R&R than on the Model S. But this one does not sound as if it's rebuildable, unless you have two of them to make one, in which case . . . fix the other one.
 
asavage said:
The LDU on the RAV4 EV is a whole lot easier to R&R than on the Model S. But this one does not sound as if it's rebuildable, unless you have two of them to make one, in which case . . . fix the other one.
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Isolation issues are easy for us. We had this S ldu come in back in June. Basically 0 ohm resistance, coolant sludge in the stator and running out of the inverter side. Stator Isolation alone was 180k. When done stator was over 100M ohm. Needed 1 inverter phase, control board, wiring harness and plug replaced. Cost was $3000, which is on the higher side, but still cheaper than a used one.

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