Hi, Mr. Kilmer: I’m in need of bit of an advise. My son’s RAV4 with this transmission gives me a bit of a problem. Hunts for gears unsatisfactorily and inconsistently, in my opinion. It has a bit over 33,000 km on it and it has been doing this ever since new, randomly yet not often. A local service folks at Toyota tell me “it’s all as it should be, … just drive in SPORT mode if you like an improvement”. OK, … it shifts / acts properly when I drive in SPORT, no trouble, …
Anyway, I don’t trust their answer, and I can’t get to the computer yet to analyze it since LAUCH still does not have the latest software for for my scan tool for this transmission.
So, at least for now, I would like to check if the fluid level is properly set, hence my question:
Is there a way to confirm proper level in this transmission? I know factory procedure how to do it, but I don’t have a sheet specifying temperature of the fluid.
Also, I’m being told, by others, that I don’t need temperature, …that one can do it instead simply by placing a transmission in “the checking mode” - wire jump couple specific pins in OBD socket, … than fiddle with a shifter a bit, watch for blinks, etc., etc.
What do you say?
Best,
F.S.
@figmund-sreud
I don't have this specific transy, but I have a dipstickless Toyota transy on my 2013 Sienna. For my transy fluid change, I bought a bluetooth OBD2 device and connected it to my phone. It provided me with a realtime transy fluid temperature, and this made it pretty straightforward for me to get the level right after draining and filling several times to change out most of the fluid. The temp for checking seems to typically be between 36-46C but I don't know if that's true for all Toyota transies.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, BlueDriver you mean? I haven’t checked if they actually up to date to 2019 Toyotas, … but I will now check.
Btw, … when I talked above about transmission check mode method, I got that info from AGCO Auto website. I’m wondering if the description they provide is legitimate?
Best,
F.S.
Yeah with those gas save and transmissions and then power settings so they were actually work better are a little bit squirrely the software is how they have it set up for better gas mileage but yeah then they're kind of squirrely. Perhaps in the future Toyota have better software but me I just driving the smart mode
Ian Brown
@figmund-sreud
Request sent. Thank you for the update.
Great! Now, … if just every single Scotty’s groupie did the same thing, … we probably would have transmission coverage added by Tuesday next, …Spread the word!
F.S.
… btw, here is a listing I just got from BlueDriver of what it currently covers, … at least for a 2019 Toyota RAV4:
Your Rav4 will support reading/clearing codes from:
- Accessory Gateway
- Adaptive Front Lighting
- Adaptive Front Lighting (Subsystem)
- Automatic High Beam
- BCM
- Back Door
- Blind Spot Monitor Master
- Blind Spot Monitor Slave
- Camera - Forward
- Central Gateway
- Door Motor - Driver
- Door Motor - Passenger
- Door Motor - Rear Left
- Door Motor - Rear Right
- Electric Parking Brake
- Grill Shutter
- Immobilizer/Steering Lock
- Lane Assist
- Master Switch
- Occupant Detection
- Panoramic View Monitor
- Parking Assistance
- Power Roof
- Power Source Control
- Radar - Forward
- Rain & Humidity Sensor
- Remote Starter
- Road Sign Assist
- Seat - Driver
- Smart Key
- TPMS
- Telematics
- Vehicle Proximity Notification System
- 4WD
- A/C
- ABS
- ABS (EPB)
- Adaptive Cruise Control
- Airbag
- Auto Stop/Start
- ECM
- Electric Propulsion Control System
- Instrument Panel
- Motor Generator - Front
- Motor Generator - Rear
- Navigation System
- Parking Assist Camera
- Power Steering
- Pre-Collision 2
- Starting Control
- Steering Angle Sensor
- Transmission
- Immobilizer/Steering Lock
And will display the following live data:
- Fuel System Status
- Calculated Engine Load Value
- Engine Coolant Temperature
- Short Term Fuel % Trim - Bank 1
- Long Term Fuel % Trim - Bank 1
- Engine RPM
- Vehicle Speed
- Timing Advance for Number1 cylinder
- Intake Air Temperature
- Mass Air Flow Rate
- Absolute Throttle Position
- Time Since Engine Start
- Distance Traveled While MIL is Activated
- Commanded evaporative purge
- Fuel Level Input
- Number of Warm-ups Since DTCs Cleared
- Distance Traveled Since DTCs Cleared
- Barometric Pressure
- WRO2 B1S1 (l/mA)
- WRO2 B1S2 (l/mA)
- Catalyst Temperature Bank 1, Sensor 1
- Catalyst Temperature Bank 1, Sensor 2
- Control Module Voltage
- Absolute Load Value
- Commanded Equivalence Ratio
- Relative Throttle Position
- Ambient Air Temperature
- Absolute Throttle Position B
- Accelerator Pedal Position D
- Accelerator Pedal Position E
- Commanded Throttle Actuator
- Engine Run Time While MIL is Activated
- Engine Run Time Since DTCs cleared
- Current Fuel Type
- Absolute Evap System Vapor
- STFT 2nd O2 B1 & B3
- LTFT 2nd O2 B1 & B3
- Engine Oil Temperature
- Actual Engine - Percent Torque
- Engine Reference Torque
- Auxiliary Inputs / Outputs
- Commanded EGR and EGR Error
- Fuel Pressure Control System
- Intake Manifold Absolute Pressure
- Engine Friction - Percent Torque
- ISO/SAE Reserved
- ISO/SAE Reserved
- PIDs Support 0xA1-0xBF
FWIW
F.S.