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I'm sorry if I sound like a bit of a ped but I am trying to help as I have owned my rav since 2002. Firstly the engine warning light (eml) is yellow on mine as is the abs one. What do you mean by the red SRS one? The story about loose petrol cap causing eml to come on sounds like an urban myth to me unless anyone can prove otherwise. Yes, there is a big whoosh noise when you remove the cap , it is normal. If you remove a connection off the battery you will hear a bleep for some seconds but the alarm will not go off. (If you change the battery on the petrol model at any time get the bigger one as fitted to the diesel model). The idle will be iffy until the ecu relearns the meaning of life and you may find it cutting out at junctions. I think you lose the presets on the radio as well. Lambda sensors - Don't understand your comment about the top 2 (bank1 sensor 1 and bank 2 sensor 1) being on all the time. Surely all 4 are? The heater circuits go o/c in these , I have had 2 replaced and this has come up several times on this forum. If you look on the homepage for the toc forum you will see a list of people who are happy to let others use their OBD II readers to read fault codes. You don't have a location listed but there maybe someone local.

For those who are thinking of ordering a new Auris or Auris Touring Sport, in the November 2014 Price List Toyota now list spacesaver spare wheel kits for the Auris hatchback at £100 and for the Auris Touring Sport at £125.

When the Mini came out in 1959, customers were charged extra for the heater to get the price below £500 - but you couldn't buy a Mini without a heater. At least Toyota are fairly new in having the spare as an extra - Skoda began not supplying spare wheels as standard from 2009. As regards the tyre inflation kit, quite a few owners are buying the following instead of the Toyota product as it is a lot cheaper - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slime-1800330-Repair-Automobile-Dispensor/dp/B003QHY000/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1420657002&sr=8-8&keywords=car+tyre+puncture+kit

You could have a look at the Toyota Estima Owners Club to see whether anyone there has done the same - http://www.teoc.ws/community/

Hello Vincent - welcome to Toyota Owners Club

I would completely agree with that P&G technique. It's something I've learnt very quickly with ours and we're only 1600 miles into the life of our car. Accelerate to your chosen speed as quickly as possible, using full power if necessary, then back right off the throttle as soon as you get there. We had an excellent trip home from my mother's yesterday (Stourbridge) of around 122 miles which was mostly by motorway (M5, 6, 42, 1 & M18 ) and perhaps 10% urban. Started with a full tank and zeroed the avg mpg meter. The average speed shown for the trip was 61 mph as we pulled into our driveway and the average fuel consumption was 63.8 mpg! REALLY pleased with this nice little car (first long trip it's had in quite a while). Oh and by the way, this was on 15" winter wheels /tyres but I don't count this as a factor because the combination I have has a rolling circumference that is only -0.27% difference from the standard 16" wheels combo... Oh and above all BE GENTLE WITH YOUR FEET while cruising! Especially when braking (where possible). Finally, if you have it, use the Cruise Control as much as possible based on your GPS speed (if you can) not Speedo Speed (which is very inaccurate on ours). I noticed at times that when I was doing a steady (true) 60 on the flat, the ICE was merely ticking over at between 800 - 1,000 rpm so most of the work was being done by the traction motor and battery... (I have the Torque Android app connected by BT to an ELM327 OBDII plug...)

Hi, I have a scangauge II plugged in constantly, it does show temp in C. In work at the moment so can't detail any further, but have a look here: http://www.scangauge.com/support/user-manuals/scangaugeii-user-manuals/ Regards

Just out of interest Saman, I had a similar ECU malfunction light come on regularly on my last Golf.....it turned out to be the brake pedal switch was broken (happened 4 times), and was replaced very simply check that the brake lights are working!

C1300 is skid control ECU malfunction indicating problems with the Brake booster with master cylinder (Skid control ECU) circuit. This is backed up by the VSC and brake warning lights you are getting. Assuming the brake booster is the servo, maybe check everything is connected to the servo ok and there are no chafed wires or pipes.

I would think that a repair shop would charge more like three hours to do the timing belt, however as your truck is 14 years old I would highly recommend having the water pump replaced at the same time as much of the labour required to change the water pump can be incorporated into the timing belt job. If you plan on keeping this vehicle for some time this will save you a lot of money and give you some solid peace of mind.

I have just been reading another car forum (not toyota) and the post I read was from a young guy who had modified his car. He has had an accident and is now worried because he DID NOT INFORM HIS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HIS MODIFICATIONS and they are coming to inspect his car. When you insure your car and say "no modifications car is factory spec" it means your car is how it left the factory. If you change your alloys for steel wheels with winter tyres you have modified your car. It is best to tell them of ANYTHING you change because they will find ANY way to say in the event of a accident "sorry sir you are not insured". I had my windows tinted and mud flaps fitted,I told my insurer and they sent me new Insurance documents with the items on it (no extra cost). Now for the good bit,I rang around for renewal quotes and 2 companies would not cover me because my tinted windows were "not factory fitted". So if I had not declared them I would not have been insured,in the event of an accident,and my car inspected. The bottom line is that if you do ANYTHING which takes your car outside factory spec TELL THEM !! It might cost you a bit on your premium but will save a FORTUNE in the event of an accident. Sorry if I am preaching to the converted but this is an easy trap to fall into.