Recent content by Tech26

Is there a nice step by step guide for the fuse replacement job that anyone else has made? Or a video? If not, I still have my pictures from when I did mine. Can anyone see this image? Can you get it by right clicking and then saying load image or open in new tab? Here's a link to the...

Ah, OK, thanks for the heads-up. I'll have to put them on my Imgur account and try again.

I know there were at least a couple people interested in a write up or guide for the onboard charger fuse replacement. I took a fair amount of pictures when I replaced the fuses in my charger, so here you go! First off, this is what my car was doing when I plugged it in...

She said, "Oh, good. Does this mean you can do the dishes now?" :roll:

The two original fuses are 500V and 50AMP rated, branded as Ferraz Shawmut, PN: A50P50-4 The two new fuses that I used are identical in size, shape, and specification, 500V and 50AMP but they are branded as Eaton (Bussman series) PN: FWH-50B Basically I called up Platt Electric with the Ferraz...

It's fixed! :D Charging again at ~40 amps! The new fuses are made by Eaton, a brand that I suspect is higher quality and will last longer than the original Ferraz Shawmut units. This got me thinking about what will fail next, probably the battery coolant heater because it's the ZeroStart...

I called Toyota of Seattle to get a price quote on a new onboard charger: ~$3700 just for the part. I suspect labor and diagnostic would add another $1000 or more. Told my wife and she had a conniption fit while making some unsavory comments about my intelligence for buying a vehicle that is so...

Thanks for the reply Al. I'm closer to TOS and they handled the DU replacement... I'll give them a call tomorrow and ask about it. Oh, and Jimbo, there would be no need to tow it. It starts and drives just fine. The dealer is only 10 miles away. I don't have the extended warranty, so... this...

I think the onboard charger has failed in my 2013 RAV4 EV. Last six of the VIN: 001592 It has 69,078 miles at the time of this writing and I've owned it since about 30k miles with no issues, other than the drive unit whine noise, which it got replaced for back at the 35k-ish mark. And about...

I like the idea of mud flaps behind the rear wheels. I haven't looked into dashcam, but I did install a tow hitch and wire harness kit. Got this hitch from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reese-Towpower-44785-Custom-Fit-Receiver/dp/B01CKK388I?ref_=pe_527950_33920250 And I'm pretty sure I got...

Test drove with the Shop Foreman and Field Technical Specialist (FTS) at Toyota of Seattle and they confirmed the drive unit whine. It has some minor clunk noise too going from drive to reverse or acceleration to regeneration. New drive unit is on order =) The new drive unit should have updated...

Didn't end up needing Thorn's help. Toyota of Seattle took care of the seat belt and wiper recall work with no hassle. They have another RAV4 EV there that's waiting for a drive unit to show up. Sounds like they make use of a field tech that visits about once a month and he does the EV work. I'm...

Good eye Larry, and thanks for the offer. It does look like it needs to be topped off. Is there a RAV4 EV meet in the Seattle area soon? Maybe we could schedule one at Kubota garden when the spring blooms get started? I've been wanting to go for a walk through Kubota garden again when the...

Here in Seattle we have a lot of rats. I've dispatched over a dozen rats in the last year that were living in my crawlspace and my roof. I've sealed off the crawlspace, and I've got a plan for keeping them out of the roof, but in the meantime I wanted to make sure they wouldn't chew up my RAV...

My wife liked the RAV4 EV so much that we're going to purchase a Mercedes B-Class for her later today! We'll be all electric in a few more hours.