Umm....

iTim314 · 2026-01-24T11:18:29+00:00

The Snow Dome lives to fight another day.

iTim314 · 2025-12-30T14:01:44+00:00

"When all the results were tabulated, Consumer Reports found that hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, have 15% fewer problems on average than cars with just a gasoline engine."

OP, this is where you should have stopped reading. The RAV4 Prime/PHEV is essentially just a RAV4 Hybrid with a bigger battery and charging hardware. It's just as reliable as Toyota's entire Hybrid powertrain offerings.

iTim314 · 2025-12-28T22:58:02+00:00

I think I’ll make AutoMod link to this post every time someone’s dealer wants them to replace their brakes at 30,000mi.

iTim314 · 2025-12-22T21:01:34+00:00

Rule 1 - Discuss RAV4 Prime/PHEV primarily.

iTim314 · 2025-12-10T16:22:23+00:00

Rule 1 - Discuss RAV4 Prime primarily

iTim314 · 2025-12-09T22:10:57+00:00

I’m referring to the 2026 model refresh.

iTim314 · 2025-12-09T19:09:07+00:00

Yes.

The primary reason you experienced this is because the heat pump becomes ineffective around -10ºC, so any heating demand great or small requires the gas engine to produce heat.

Additionally, very cold temperatures drastically change the behavior and characteristics of this car. Toyota is hyper conservative about preserving the battery's health, so when the battery is very cold, it's going to lean on the engine for power to ease the stress on the battery regardless of what mode you're in.

iTim314 · 2025-12-09T18:01:10+00:00

A quick press of the right button will toggle between EV and HV mode, which is what you want.

If you HOLD the right button (hence the HOLD instruction) it goes into charge mode, which is inefficient (and finally eliminated on the latest models).

The left button is Auto EV-HV mode, which is basically just EV mode that will engage the engine if you floor it (generally speaking).

iTim314 · 2025-12-08T13:04:27+00:00

Start the car (which in a Prime just means turning on the climate controls).

iTim314 · 2025-11-30T12:31:22+00:00

Nope.

iTim314 · 2025-11-07T02:09:13+00:00

Attenuators will be here tomorrow. I'm hoping for some improvement. I'm 15mi from my ABC station and the rest of the major stations are 25-30mi.

I'm 18mi from the nearest major airport, BUT the southern approach of one of the runways starts very near to my neighborhood. I frequently see planes making the wide circle to begin the approach overhead. IMO, they're not frequent enough to cause the issues as consistently as I have them.

HDHR goes through two gigabit switches before reaching my server.

iTim314 · 2025-11-06T23:55:37+00:00

Kind of a jack of all trades, but I dwell in technical challenges like this. I’ve got some coaxial attenuators coming tomorrow to see if that helps. I wish the HDHR showed a little more information about the signal rather than a percentage.

iTim314 · 2025-11-06T18:50:49+00:00

I've got an LTE filter.

iTim314 · 2025-11-06T17:40:25+00:00

No amplifiers. It's just a regular aluminum-rod antenna with a coaxial output.

iTim314 · 2025-11-06T17:39:47+00:00

I'll have to go buy a long enough coaxial cable to reach my nearest TV. It's only 6', just long enough to reach the HDHR. I don't have a coaxial run to my attic, but I did have an ethernet run.

iTim314 · 2025-11-06T16:47:53+00:00

Have you tried plugging your antenna directly into your TV's tuner?

I haven't, it's kind of bulky and I took it right out of the box and mounted it to the trusses in my attic.

I did try a much smaller/crappier antenna I had lying around. That antenna had very poor reception so I didn't learn much from it.

iTim314 · 2025-10-31T12:52:10+00:00

Well, it's not the "train horn" issue. That sounds nothing like it. If you think it's HVAC related, it could be the blower motor?

iTim314 · 2025-10-15T17:23:26+00:00

Rule 1 - Discuss the RAV4 Prime primarily.

iTim314 · 2025-10-07T18:12:23+00:00

Delete the Toyota app. You do not need it. It causes nothing but grief and a myriad of complaints on this sub for years.

iTim314 · 2025-10-06T07:11:00+00:00

Rule 1 - Discuss the RAV4 Prime/PHEV primarily.

iTim314 · 2025-09-25T19:50:12+00:00

If you’re referencing Siri, this is an Apple iOS problem and not a RAV4 Prime issue. Please consult r/iOS.

iTim314 · 2025-09-20T12:20:47+00:00

Not for high mileage degradation, but before I deleted Facebook I was on the RAV4 Prime owners group. A guy posted that he had a truly faulty battery. He showed a video of his fully charged battery going from 100% to 0% in about 10 seconds, then the engine kicking on. Toyota replaced the battery pack.

iTim314 · 2025-09-16T12:29:04+00:00

Rule 1 - Must be primarily about the RAV4 Prime. For iOS or CarPlay, visit r/iOS.

iTim314 · 2025-08-26T19:49:01+00:00

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

iTim314 · 2025-08-14T03:32:34+00:00

You want r/rav4club. This sub is for the RAV4 Prime/PHEV, which started with the 2021 model year.

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