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Assuming that the following things are what happened, I believe there is a critical design flaw in how RAV4 EV handles a hardware failure. a) The DC/DC converter failed for some reason b) Power was sucked out of the 12V battery by the failed DC/DC converter to the main battery c) Before any...

I'm not sure how to find the firmware version. The Software Update screen shows only "VB503150" and "21.210" for the Navigation and Bluetooth systems respectively. Anyway, Toyota of El Cajon worked with Toyota HQ and identified the root case of my problem. They said that the DC/DC converter...

Hi miimura, Thank you for your response and the clarification on converter vs. inverter. I think the dealer was telling me about the faulty converter. This sounds like what happened to my car. I'll update once I get more information on the fix. Thanks again.

I just reported this incident at http://www.safercar.gov/. My VIN ends with 1816, and I've been driving my Rav4 EV since July '13. I've put around 6,500 miles so far. Yesterday 4/24/14 on the way to work, the center panel (navigation screen) started rebooting itself a few times. When I...