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We have had our RAV4 EV since March of 2013, 73k miles and zero issues so far. Wife LOVES this car and wants to keep driving it as long as possible. I do suspect our drive unit may need replacing as its a bit loud, perhaps due to motor bearing on the way out, not sure. We are in Colorado and...

2012 purchased in March of 2013. We are at 72k miles, no problems at all other than the 12v battery killing over after 3 years. Replaced with an Odyssey 35-PC1400T and solid ever since. Motor makes a "Jetsons" car like noise so Im not sure if that is normal, but its been making that sound for as...

White 2012. Almost 60k... zero issues. *Knocks on wood. In Littleton, CO. Throw some good snows on it, and its awesome in the snow IMO. Being able to warm up the car on a cold day without having to open garage so you dont kill your fam is a nice plus too.

I must have gotten lucky with our 2012 RAV4. We have almost 60k on the original motor and other than a few trips to the dealer for recalls we have spent almost nothing on maintenance. I did have to replace the 12v battery, but thats it. Motor has got a bit of a Jetsons car sound thing going on...

I ordered the Odyssey (Group 35) battery from Amazon, knowing that our RAV4 EV was coming up on three year mark. The battery arrived last Wednesday, and through sheer chance the RAV4 did the "Low" on full charge nonsense for the first time the next day, but after a power off/on it started...

I finally managed to get an extended warranty through Stapp Interstate Toyota. 8 year 100k, zero deductible (Platinum) for $1445. It certainly wasnt the lowest price I have seen in this thread, but it was fair, especially considering the quotes I got from other local dealerships. Stapp was 100...

Wow... best price I can find so far is $1750 for the 0 deductable 8/100k... not even sure if taxes are included, probably not. Typical BS of Toyota dealers around here... which is why I dont buy cars in state. Seriously, is there an out of state dealer that will sell me a warranty for a fair...

Thanks for the replies... lots of good points. I think I am leaning towards getting an extended warranty and keeping the RAV4 until the warranty is nearly up. Thanks again.

My wife absolutely loves her RAV4 EV, but im a bit freaked out by the prospect of something going bad on this thing. As I understand any Tesla component crapping out will require us to ship the car to CA to have any work done. We are at 32k miles and under warranty for another month. The car has...

Ok... Can anyone recommend a local Toyota dealer (that isnt Stevenson) and salesperson in the Denver area that will want to take my money in exchange for an extended warranty? For some reason this is another one of those cases where I am finding it difficult to give someone a quick and easy...

Oh, well that explains the reason why he never called me back after leaving him a message... I live in CO too. So why are some dealers willing to sell the warranty at much lower prices, while others cant be bothered with the lower margins? Its good to hear these guys value their past...

Thanks for the reply, Mickeymammoth. Boulder certainly isnt out of range for me but getting picked up and dropped off up there would be difficult. I will contact Kevin again and see what we can get done at another dealership around here. Im a bit apprehensive to get any work done as our RAV4 EV...

What the heck. Im in Littleton, CO and I talked to Kevin around 2 months ago. He said he would arrange to have the recall done for me and I would get a call from Stevenson Toyota when their special tech was in town. This is after Stevenson Toyota said they could work on it, kept the car for half...

The wife drives the RAV4 EV, I have a Volt. We both love our cars. I also have a Brammo Empulse... best motorcycle ever!

I created this app to do similar calculations: http://www.empulserider.com/pvCalculator.php Yeah, no RAV4 EV in the drop down menu yet, but you can manually specify range, battery size, and all kinds of other settings. From experience, its pretty accurate.