I am in Marietta, Georgia and have happily owned my RAV4 for almost 5 years. My local Toyota dealer shipped the car out to Tustin CA to have the onboard charger replaced about 4 years ago under warranty and then I paid to have the car shipped back to GA.
While driving home, I noticed a clunk sound and the feeling that the car went into neutral, but it quickly went back into drive. Didn't think too much of it at the time. When I got home, I plugged into the 40amp 240v charger as normal. The next morning it wouldn't start. We had a low temperature outside of 28 degrees. I now have the Check EV system error again. I changed out the 12 V battery with the 24F from Costco. I restarted the car six times with a 1 minute wait in between starts, but I still have the error. The car will go into N, but not drive or reverse. The READY light blinks but then everything on the dash lights up. No heat from the heater. Power steering is dead. When I try to charge, the left light blinks about five times, then both lights blink very fast about 19 times.
I had the car towed again to the same local dealer as before, but now it is out of warranty. They ran the codes and found P312 F. They told me to take it to Tesla. I told them that this was a Toyota and Tesla would not work on it. After a week of phone calls to Toyota HQ, my only solution is to have the car towed to a dealer in California. I have an independent warranty for the car that covers everything and is still valid for up to 98K and 2024. Would anyone recommend a dealer or perhaps another alternative that would be my best choice to send it to?
All advice would be gladly received!
While driving home, I noticed a clunk sound and the feeling that the car went into neutral, but it quickly went back into drive. Didn't think too much of it at the time. When I got home, I plugged into the 40amp 240v charger as normal. The next morning it wouldn't start. We had a low temperature outside of 28 degrees. I now have the Check EV system error again. I changed out the 12 V battery with the 24F from Costco. I restarted the car six times with a 1 minute wait in between starts, but I still have the error. The car will go into N, but not drive or reverse. The READY light blinks but then everything on the dash lights up. No heat from the heater. Power steering is dead. When I try to charge, the left light blinks about five times, then both lights blink very fast about 19 times.
I had the car towed again to the same local dealer as before, but now it is out of warranty. They ran the codes and found P312 F. They told me to take it to Tesla. I told them that this was a Toyota and Tesla would not work on it. After a week of phone calls to Toyota HQ, my only solution is to have the car towed to a dealer in California. I have an independent warranty for the car that covers everything and is still valid for up to 98K and 2024. Would anyone recommend a dealer or perhaps another alternative that would be my best choice to send it to?
All advice would be gladly received!
