i sold mine to much Toyota did cost saving like no led on passenger controls

Yes! Quite disappointing in overall amenities, but I’ve rarely found a Toyota product that had the surprise and delight type features/attributes. They’re definitely selling on reputation. Shame given such a strong PHEV package. I suspect they are “leaving room” for the new NX to be the luxury product. Despite competitors stepping up their interior game in the mainstream set. Thanks for watching!!

Good luck with that. They are not available

@@ir8145 Fine with me. I decided not to buy one because Toyota dealers are garbage. I found several that were available to buy but only for thousands over MSRP. I will never pay a markup for any vehicle, especially one that is overpriced to begin with. Toyota has likely lost me forever.

It’s a great car, congrats!! What did you have before?

@@Carsplain Honda Accord Sport 2017, very nice car :-)

Awesome news Anthony. I think we in NZ will be getting the RAV4 Prime in October or November 2021. At the moment I have to make do my 2003 model. Hope you will be happy. Live Amazon stream on the new Mitsubishi 2022 Outlander next week. Regards John.

Thank you!!! We try our best!

Congrats on your Prime! Definitely one of the best PHEV's out there. I haven't seen anything that would allow for that easy of a use case to use the existing cameras unfortunately. There may be some aftermarket software/hardware items that could enable but could likely take some work.

Thanks Johannes!

*Is there any danger if you spill liquids on the back seat or accidentally leave the windows open during a rain storm if hurting the charger or DC/DC converter , or are they waterproof????.*

@@stephenfiore9960 I believe water could damage the system. The system is not covered. An air intake for the fan is in front right side of the rear seat. If the air is humid, this will enter the area under the seat. Have seen a TSB (for Europe) to fix an issue when cold/humid air entering over the charger making damage in one connector plus the charger.

I just picked up a Prime SE in NY. Definitely not worth getting the XSE for all that extra money.

Some of the features you refer to are only on the XSE Premium. I bought an XSE for $43k that has the Softex leather seats, 9 inch touch screen, wireless cell phone charge, 19 inch aluminum wheels, 4 way passenger seat. For me those features were worth an extra $2k. My advice to buyers, look at all your options.

Congrats on the car! For me, the two tone color, head up display, panoramic sunroof are all big differences too. Not sure if you forgot about them or didn’t count them as big differences.

My Toyota salesman said the JBL audio & Navigation package (package #1) is a separate package from the panoramic light & 6.6kw etc package (package #2). Package # 2 has a lot of little things also.

Was whoever had the car before us unfortunately.

It was just a test car, but I haven’t seen anything about people utilizing the existing cameras as dashcam type views. Most are pointed too far downward I would think. Android Auto works well. Have used both android Auto and Apple CarPlay in their cars. Depends what you’re trying to use it for, but we like it a lot better than the standard interface

Good point about dash cams. There is a video on KZfaq of a guy from Canada who wires a dashboard for a RAV4 Prime, it is quite involved to me.

See my comment We own the SE

@@rncondie thank you very much for your explanation, I go with the SE 😉

Thanks for the feedback and congrats on your RAV4 Prime! A lot of your driving modes will depend significantly on your own driving styles and uses. How many miles driven per day, terrain, highway/surface streets etc. If don’t often drive more than 40 miles at a time and have easy access to charge up at home I’d definitely recommend EV as much as you can. Some of that depends on your cost of electricity but can’t imagine there are many places where the cost of the battery charge is more than the gallon of gas you’d use. High speed highway points to having hybrid be more efficient in the long run if mixed with city driving needs after your highway trek, but if your total trip can be completed using EV then why bother with that? Maximum power/acceleration is achieved with the auto mode (so not EV only). But did like how the EV only mode kept it strictly EV, even with a firm press on the accelerator. Our driving tech video tries to demonstrate some of the advanced driver assistance systems, but yes there are many options and thresholds that can be selected in the menus. Audible warning vs active corrections, etc. What else did you consider and what car are you coming from?

@@Carsplain well I’m coming from a Chevy Silverado 1500 truck that got 15 mpg on a good day so this is completely new to me. What is still a bit confusing is the “auto” HV EV mode, does that automatically switch to EV when I’m off the highway or to HV when on highway? I’ve noticed the EV getting used on the highway and counting down. For example: I had it on Auto HVEV and when I got on the highway for about 5 miles the EV counted down. I would have thought it would have switched to HV and not touched the EV at all. Maybe I just understand how that all works yet.

Auto Mode just allows for the vehicle to switch between EV (which seems to be the default mode the car tries to stay in) and hybrid. Auto mode will wake up the gas hybrid portion if you floor it for full power. So that’s why even in Auto Mode it’s using up the EV portion first. It doesn’t take into account how or where you are driving. Auto favors EV mode until you floor it. I think EV mode makes the most sense if you’re able to keep your trips within the overall range. This will somewhat lockout the gas portion of the car (if you have enough battery power) and help you from inadvertently dipping into the gas side of things. On the highway you could use HV mode to force hybrid functionality, but I think the EV range will still go down if I remember correctly. Maybe not as fast. Charge mode (accessed by a long hold of the button) can help build electric range while you’re on a long highway stint if you plan on needing EV mode once you get off the highway. But does impact fuel efficiency.

@@Carsplain I did notice that on the first trip today. What was strange was on the highway in HV mode, the EV range went from 31 miles to 26 miles on a short trip. I was able to quick charge at the mall back to 31, but taking a back road route so I could use EV only, by the time I got home again it was back down to 26. My thought here is to use EV around town, but when on the highway, use HV. I would have thought that the Auto HV/EV would do this automatically, but at least on this one trip, not forcing EV vs HV mode manually, it appeared to eat the EV even while in HV mode which makes zero sense.

Definitely hard to adjust for all things and lots to play around with and learn about the new car! At least it has switchable modes. Our Pacifica Plug In Hybrid had no modes. Simply used EV first and then Hybrid after that, or would summon hybrid if you pressed the accelerator pedal hard enough, etc. I’m sure they thought some owners wouldn’t want to think through different power modes but I feel like many initial plug in owners do want to try to optimize and try to mix and match as they experiment.

We usually try to cover most of the physical controls. We did show the HUD in our driving tech video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q-CkZJB1lqmro2w.html

I can’t remember if it’s in the dash cluster menus... will try to check. If not, I think it may be available through a dealer and available settings.

Dang it!! Next time

I believe the RAV4 only has the singular warning light. Individual pressures may be visible in the smartphone app.

What else are you considering? Toyota's headunits and graphics do look pretty dated and lackluster.

We’re not a detailing channel, can’t always have it spotless. Sorry that disturbs you

Sorry to hear these struggles!! Hopefully They support a fix or solution for you soon.

@darkhairbeing Tell the dealer if they don't fix it, you're going to make a call to Toyota corporate. Toyota prides themselves on quality. I'd also take it to another Toyota dealership and see if they can find the problem.