2011 TOYOTA RAV4 towing

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2-5. Driving information
Dinghy towing
NOTICE
■To avoid serious damage to your vehicle
■ To prevent causing serious damage to the transmission and Active
Torque Control 4WD system (4WD models)
Your vehicle is not designed to be dinghy towed (with 4 wheels on
the ground) behind a motor home.
Do not tow your vehicle with 4 wheels on
the ground.
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2WD models: Never tow this vehicle from
the rear with the front wheels on the
ground. This may cause serious damage
to the transmission.
4WD models: Never tow this vehicle with
any of the wheels on the ground. This
may cause serious damage to the trans-
mission and Active Torque Control 4WD
system.
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3-5. Using the
storage features
3
Interior features
Third seat
CAUTION
■Items unsuitable for the bottle holder
Do not place anything other than a bottle in the bottle holders.
Other items may be thrown out of the holders in the event of an accident or
sudden braking and cause injury.
NOTICE
■Items that should not be stowed in the bottle holders
Put the cap on before stowing a bottle. Do not place open bottles in the bot-
tle holders, or glasses and paper cups containing liquid. The contents may
spill and glasses may break.
Bottle holders

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3-6. Other interior features
3
Interior features
Stowing the luggage cover (if equipped)
Open the rear deck board and
remove the deck side cover.
Insert the right end of the lug-
gage cover into the recess, then
compress the left end of the lug-
gage cover and insert it into the
recess.
STEP 1
STEP 2

336 3-6. Other interior features
CAUTION
■When the cargo hooks are not in use
To avoid injury, always return the cargo hooks to their stowed positions.
■ Caution while driving
●Do not drive with any of the deck boards opened. Items may fall out and
cause injury.
● Do not place anything on the luggage cover to avoid death or serious
injury.
■ When installing/stowing the luggage cover
Make sure that the luggage cover is securely installed/stowed. Failure to do
so may result in serious injury in the event of sudden braking or a collision.
NOTICE
■To prevent damage to the grocery bag hooks
Do not hang heavy loads on the hooks.

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4-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
4
Maintenance and care
8 ECU-B
10 AGauges and meters, clock, main
body ECU, wireless remote control,
smart key system, audio system,
front passenger occupant classifi-
cation system, ABS, TRAC, VSC,
AUTO LSD, downhill assist control
system, hill-start assist control sys-
tem, Active Torque Control 4WD
system
9 DOME 10 AVanity lights, personal/interior
lights, interior light, luggage com-
partment light, engine switch light,
foot lights
10 H-LP LH 10 A Left-hand headlight (high beam)
11 H-LP RH 10 A Right-hand headlight (high beam)
12 H-LP LL 10 A Left-hand headlight (low beam)
13 H-LP RL 10 A Right-hand headlight (low beam)
14 AC INV 15 A AC inverter
15 TOWING*
130 A No circuit
16 DEICER 20 A Windshield wiper deicer
17 HTR 50 A Air conditioning system
18 PTC NO.3 50 A No circuit
19 PTC NO.2 50 A No circuit
20 PTC NO.1 50 A No circuit
21 HEAD MAIN 50 A H-LP LH, H-LP RH, H-LP LL,
H-LP RL fuses
22 RDI*
230 A
Electric cooling fan
FA N 2 *
150 A
FuseAmpereCircuit

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*1: Vehicles with towing package
*
2: Vehicles with 2.5 L 4-cylinder (2AR-FE) engine
*
3: Vehicles with 3.5 L V6 (2GR-FE) engine
Type B (driver’s side)
23 CDS*
230 A
Electric cooling fan
FA N 1 *
350 A
24 H-LP CLN 30 A No circuit
FuseAmpereCircuit
1 AMP 30 A Audio system
2 AM2 30 A Starting system
3 IG2 15 A Starting system, multiport fuel
injection system/sequential multi-
port fuel injection system
4 HAZ 10 A Emergency flashers
5 ETCS 10 A Multiport fuel injection system/
sequential multiport fuel injection
system
FuseAmpereCircuit

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4-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
4
Maintenance and care
6 AM2-2
7.5 A Starting system
7 EFI NO.1 10 AMultiport fuel injection system/
sequential multiport fuel injection
system
8 EFI NO.2 10 AMultiport fuel injection system/
sequential multiport fuel injection
system
9 EFI NO.3 7.5 A No circuit
10 GROW 80 A No circuit
11 EPMS 60 A Electric power steering system
12 MAIN 80 AHEAD MAIN, ECU-B2, ALT-S, STR
LOCK, DOME, ECU-B, RAD NO.1
fuses
13 ALT 120 A
*1ABS 1, ABS 2, RDI*3, CDS*3,
FA N 1*4, AC INV, TOWING, HTR,
DEICER fuses
140 A
*2ABS 1, ABS 2, FAN 1, FAN 2, AC
INV, TOWING, HTR, DEICER fuses
14 P/I 50 A EFI MAIN, HORN, A/F, fuses
15 ABS2 30 A ABS, TRAC, VSC, AUTO LSD
function, downhill assist control
system, hill-start assist control sys-
tem
16 ABS1 50 A ABS, TRAC, VSC, AUTO LSD
function, downhill assist control
system, hill-start assist control sys-
tem
17 EFI MAIN 20 A Multiport fuel injection system/
sequential multiport fuel injection
system, EFI NO.1, EFI NO.2, fuses
18 HORN 10 A Horn
19 EDU 25 A No circuit
FuseAmpereCircuit

400 4-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
*1: Vehicles without towing package
*
2: Vehicles with towing package
*
3: Vehicles with 2.5 L 4-cylinder (2AR-FE) engine
*
4: Vehicles with 3.5 L V6 (2GR-FE) engine
■ Under the instrument panel
20 A/F 20 A A/F sensor, fuel pump*3
FuseAmpereCircuit
1 TAIL 10 A Parking lights, tail lights, license
plate light, front fog lights, rear side
marker lights
2 PANEL 7.5 A Clock, instrument panel lights,
audio system
3 GAUGE 1 10 A Back-up lights, charging system
4 D FR DOOR 20 A Power windows (front doors)
5 RL DOOR 20 A Power windows
6 RR DOOR 20 A Power windows
7 S/ROOF 25 A Electric moon roof
8 CIG 15 A Power outlet
FuseAmpereCircuit