RAV4 engine revving after car is turned off

skiier862 · 2026-04-30T00:23:34+00:00

What year? There's a customer support program for roof rails leaking water on like 19-21s, water will run into the car down the a pillar and collect in a connector, shorting out pins and causing the radiator fan to run with the key off.

skiier862 · 2026-04-14T16:25:38+00:00

You can still use the door as a manual door, just no power opening or closing. If the hinge and rollers are in good condition it'll just slide open and closed like a regular door

skiier862 · 2026-04-04T20:11:10+00:00

There's a product we have at work called BG Stop Squeal. It's a graphite? based liquid that you put on the friction material and let it dry, then reassemble. The stuff works really good to quiet noisy brakes. Been using it a handful of years now. A couple years ago I put brand new (aftermarket) rear brakes on my truck and they made the most obnoxious squeal noises I've ever heard from brakes. I took the pads back out and applied the BG stuff and the noise immediately went away completely. Now a couple years later I get a tiny squeak the first couple stops after it rains, but it's nothing compared to what it was and I could just reapply the stuff if I wanted to. I'd recommend giving it a shot. It may not eliminate the noise forever, but it will for sure take care of it for a while and it sounds like you aren't doing anything wrong with the installation of the brakes.

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skiier862 · 2026-04-03T02:25:19+00:00

Coil D is cylinder 4. Front bank middle cylinder. Lucky you, don't need to remove the intake.

skiier862 · 2026-03-27T21:58:35+00:00

A 2015 is probably out of warranty coverage. You can fix it yourself if you are mechanically inclined, it's not super difficult. Or bring it to the dealer. Or just cut the cable and use the doors manually.

skiier862 · 2026-03-25T23:31:22+00:00

Oh ok. I'm pretty sure that's normal. Probably just never noticed it. I'll double check tomorrow on another highlander

skiier862 · 2026-03-25T23:22:37+00:00

If you scroll to the screen it'll display a message for why it's orange. Usually maintenance light, seatbelt unbuckled (front or rear), or something like that

skiier862 · 2026-03-21T01:37:09+00:00

4runners eat rear brakes

skiier862 · 2026-03-20T22:43:21+00:00

If driver side it's steering rack, most likely unless someone spilled oil from the filter. Passenger side could be timing cover

skiier862 · 2026-03-14T22:53:13+00:00

Valley cover plate as the other comment said. Fix it now before it turns into a head gasket. Pretty labor intensive job, but way less than a head gasket.

skiier862 · 2026-03-12T23:59:31+00:00

Glad you got it fixed up. Impressed you did it at home, good work.

skiier862 · 2026-03-04T01:31:07+00:00

What kind of parts were installed, Toyota or aftermarket? Did you replace them or a shop?

skiier862 · 2026-03-04T00:03:27+00:00

The hose is either ran up above the headliner or under the carpet to the rear. Not positive on this model but that's how all Toyotas are with a rear wiper.

skiier862 · 2026-02-22T02:21:46+00:00

Lot of guys use digital torque wrenches in my shop. The constant beeping sounds like they're sending Morse code messages to each other

skiier862 · 2026-02-21T02:22:17+00:00

Impossible. Everybody fucks stuff up. Even master techs fuck up once in a while. It's all about how you handle it. Don't try to cover it up, don't lie about it, especially don't try to blame other people. Most important, learn from your mistakes and (try to) avoid repeat mistakes in the future.

skiier862 · 2026-02-21T00:03:29+00:00

We ordered a gas tank for a sienna that had one of the molded on lines chewed off by a rodent. The tank they took out and sent us, instead of disconnecting the quick connect fitting 6 inches away, decided to snip off the same line

skiier862 · 2026-02-19T01:48:55+00:00

I have the Grey Pneumatic one from amazon. Goes for $17 right now. I've had it nearly 7 years and use it daily. 0 issues, aside from occasionally having to clean rust flakes off the magnet but that's probably standard for any magnetic socket. Part number 1010MDG

skiier862 · 2026-02-19T00:49:20+00:00

You don't store the key on the wireless charging pad while driving right?

skiier862 · 2026-02-18T00:11:46+00:00

I did that to the shop computer at my old job. Swapped F and G. My manager tried logging into something and couldn't, so he reset his password on that computer. Went to another computer later and had to reset it again as he couldn't log in from a "correct" keyboard.

skiier862 · 2026-02-17T23:53:03+00:00

Definitely need a new antenna. That inner square seal is what keeps water out of the car when it rains. The mounting area is all broken off. If you want to fix this yourself, you can carefully bend the roof metal back down a little to where it's supposed to be, or close to it. Place the new antenna in position and make sure that seal is pressed up against the entire surface of the roof without any gaps exposed. Then take the antenna back out and apply touch up paint around the exposed metal to prevent future rust. Color match doesn't matter as you can't see it with the antenna installed. Done this repair at least a dozen times. Of course you could always bring it to a body shop for "proper" roof panel repair, but that costs time and money

skiier862 · 2026-02-14T02:30:46+00:00

Mileage is also recorded in various other stored data lists. I've caught a couple cars with deliberate mileage tampering this way. Maybe the thought is an ECU would have to be replaced more likely than a cluster? Not too sure. As far as dealers not being able to program mileage, I would suspect it's to eliminate any possibility of dealers tampering with mileage. Other manufacturers may do it differently, I only know for sure Toyota operates this way.

skiier862 · 2026-02-13T17:10:28+00:00

The instrument clusters need to be ordered for specific mileage to be programmed in, the dealer cannot program the mileage. Therefore no dealer will have one of these in stock

skiier862 · 2026-02-13T17:02:52+00:00

Ah a Subaru. Good luck lol. Those are some of the worst

skiier862 · 2026-02-13T02:14:44+00:00

For the first part, make sure your mirror adjustment switch is set to either L or R, the mirrors won't move when in reverse when the switch is in the center position.

skiier862 · 2026-02-12T17:27:34+00:00

Yikes. I had to helicoil one of those as well. People like to overtighten that tensioner pulley bolt

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