Recent content by oldman

Blowing out the air condition drain worked. Thank you everyone. I am sure I saved hundreds of dollars by not having to go to the dealer.

I have a 2013 RAV EV with 68,000. Never had any problems until now. When I use the heater a liquid, that seems to be water and not coolant because it is colorless and doesn't seem to have any oily feel, forms puddles on the carpet on either side of the console. I get about a half cup on both...

Same thing happened to me Saturday. I jumped the car. It worked but it only charged immediately and a few other issues. I brought it in today and by time they got to it they said the main battery was dead. I don't know what's wrong yet. If you are interested I'll let you know if and when...

After my 25k service I drove the RAV home and plugged it in normally. The next day everything was dead. I jumped it and a sign went on saying "System loading do not shut off power. I drove it over the weekend and main difference was it only charged immediately on extended charge. I brought...

So far so good on my battery (20,000 miles) but I did have an occasion to use Toyota SOS in Marin when I was hit head on by a Ford Escort. They called me automatically and asked if I needed anything. I asked for a tow. After awhile I called AAA. After the AAA tow truck arrived I heard back...

Read in today's SF Chronicle that Toyota is recalling all the EVs because there is a TESLA software glitch that may cause the car to go into neutral. Anyone know more about it? :oops:

Just read about crash. Then I had one. Country road in Marin County a small Ford came across double line into my lane. I instinctively swerved left to avoid cliff on my right and hoped to get around the other car but we got hit on right front. Poor guy must have been looking at his phone or...

I just got a 40amp Leviton charger station installed and a separate meter so that I can take advantage of PG&E off peak 10 cent per kwh rate. But I cannot figure out how to set the charge time so it goes on after 11:30Pm. I read the user guide and the other materials and could not find a way...

My wife saw a Blue/gray one like ours at the Petaluma Outlets. We live in Fairfax and that is the only one we've seen since December 26th when we bought ours.

Bought mine at Toyota of Berkeley. The salesperson was not that knowledgeable about the car and tried not to make mistakes by telling me very little about it. They had another person whose job was to familiarize buyers with entune etc. and she was pretty good. I had to read the users manual...

Toyota does not make a cover to fit the EV. Does anyone have any experience? suggestion? for a cover. I do not have a carport or garage.

Just bought our 2013 RAV 4 EV so worried people are already trading in theirs. Bright side for me was I wanted an electric SUV with enough space for dogs in the back and this was the only option. I was saving for the promised 2015 low priced Tesla SUV but when the dealer advertised $12K off...

I am guessing fuel cell vehicles make sense for keeping service stations alive and vibrant to service gas and hydrogen powered cars, for requiring more maintenance at Toyota dealers, and for getting people to drive longer distances. After all the bottom line for corporations is profit, not...