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Nobody has had this issue?? Update: Toyota claims they updated the firmware and the "car seems to work fine now!". uhh...how does a mechanical issue get fixed by firmware?, I asked They claimed they did the update per a TSB Technical Service Bulletin. I cannot find such a TSB on the internet...

Turned my car ON the other day and the screen stated "parking lock mechanism failure, move car to flat area and apply parking brake." Let it roll off my driveway onto the flat street and that didn't help. Well, it wouldn't let me put the car in drive or reverse, only neutral. Nor would it let...

BTW, California assembly bill AB266 passed the assembly recently with a solid passing vote and goes to the senate -- extends solo HOV stickers thru 2017 for plug-in hybrids (green stickers) and thru 2019 for electrics/hydrogen/naturalgas (white stickers). Hope it passes the California senate...

Spotted my first wild RAV4 EV this Saturday morning! Blue (like mine), near the Warm Springs Cabana Club in south Fremont -- probably there for the morning swim meet. Anyone, anyone? A white Model S was parked right behind it.

Thanks everyone for this heads-up. My useless car dealership (Piercey) made this mistake in their Report of Sale DESPITE me telling 3 people along the car buying process (including the guy who handles the car registration report of sale) that they needed to be sure to put down electric as the...

Oh never mind.... for $229 and it doesn't let you shift directly into B, I'm not gonna buy it.

Love it! Will buy for RAV4 EV and try it -- hope it fits. But I suspect you'd still have to go into D before going to B...that is a software-defined requirement.

Done. Did as Tony suggested and just removed two bolts/brackets and pushed the radiator back. Took an hour -- much of that because the horns both wanted to rotate and not let me loosen the nut, and I just couldn't get two hands in there to stop the rotation of the horns. I like this upgrade to...

Tony, I was just wondering if it would be easier overall to remove the bumper cover to have plenty of space to reach in and unbolt the horns. Also, do you just use the existing connector, slipping it over the metal tab of the FIAMM horn without using the latching feature, or did you cut off and...

WOW, just found your fun photos, thanks for posting them. :D

I was planning on taking off the front bumper cover (seems like it is only 4-5 screws and a bunch of pop-up/push-in fasteners)...until I saw this post about pushing back the radiator. Which do you suppose is easier? Do you just use the existing connector, albeit without the latching feature...

looks nice! Ordered one.

Ahh, I see what 'happened'...this is listed only for southern california. If I switch 'my location' to northern CA, it doesn't list any offers for the RAV4 EV.

This recently appeared on the Toyota website: Get $0 Drive-off and only $539 per month PLUS $10,000 Lease Cash on a new 2012 RAV4 EV $539/mo for 36 months, $0 Drive-off *Includes $10,000 Lease Cash Includes Toyota Care Offer Ends 6/3/2013 Lease example for 2012 RAV4 EV model 4480. Based on...

Gary2020: you can drive thru any of the bridges' carpool lanes if you have Fastrak. A little-known fact about Fastrak is that you don't need the transponder to go thru toll booths if you've registered your license plate # in your Fastrak account -- something you have to do anyways because...