Toyota RAV4: Installing the tire
Remove any dirt or foreign matter from the wheel contact surface. If foreign matter is on the wheel contact surface, the wheel nuts may loosen while the vehicle is in motion, and the tire may come off the vehicle.
2 Install the tire and loosely tighten each wheel nut by hand by approximately the same amount.
Replacing a steel wheel with a steel wheel
Tighten the nuts until the tapered portion comes into loose contact with the disc wheel seat.
Replacing an aluminum wheel with a steel wheel
Tighten the nuts until the tapered portion comes into loose contact with the disc wheel seat.
Replacing an aluminum wheel with an aluminum wheel
Turn the nut washers until they come into contact with the disc wheel.
3 Lower the vehicle.
Type A
Type B
Type C
Firmly tighten each nut two or
three times in the order shown in
the illustration.
Tightening torque:
76 ft•lbf (103 N•m, 10.5 kgf•m)
5 Reinstall the wheel ornament.
16-inch wheel
17-inch and 18-inch wheels
Replacing a flat tire
Chock the tires.
2 Remove the wheel ornament using the wheel nut wrench as
shown below.
16-inch wheel
To protect the wheel ornament,
place a rag between the wrench
and the wheel ornament, ...
Stowing the flat tire
1 Remove any dirt or foreign matter from the disc wheel seat
and the wheel contact surface.
Vehicles with aluminum wheels
and a steel wheel for the spare:
Remove the plastic rings from
the wh ...
See also:
Driving on snow or ice
- Wet ice (328F, 08C and freezing rain),
very cold snow or ice can be slick
and very hard to drive on. The
vehicle will have much less traction
or “grip” under these conditions. Try
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Engine Cooling System Messages
A/C OFF DUE TO HIGH ENGINE TEMP
This message displays when the engine coolant becomes hotter than the normal
operating temperature. To avoid added strain on a hot engine, the air conditioning
com ...
Air purifier
An air filter has been incorporated into this air conditioning so that pollen
and dust are cleaned from the air. Replace the air filter periodically as its ability
to clean the air will be reduced ...
