Hello Bruce. We are a family of four and we just bought a 2015 RAV5 limited as our first car with 97k miles on it for $10,500. Everything inside and outside is nice and the ride quality is excellent. Feels like a 3-year old car. We are glad we choosed a RAV4 just like you did.
My 2015 got torque converter chatter at 190k did 2 drain and flushes on the transmission and added a torque converter fix addative and that lasted another 50k just did another drain and fill at 240k everything working great.
I’m going to follow y’all’s advice and service the transmission just for piece of mind. TBH my trans hasn’t ever acted up but I do want this car to live a very long time
VV-I change both Timing chain tensioner. , pvc, valve I change them at 105,000 miles. It started the cold start rattle. Change motor oil every 5,000 miles. Oh, Get it Rust proved not undercoat. Rust prove it every year or every 2 years. Is cost $100 to $200 bucks. It will help stop the rust.
@ TH-cam Toyota, colt star rattle, The cam phasers on the two top camshafts go bad overtime . They’ll need to be replaced and timing chain tensioner will also, these are 100,000 mile replacement. Rust proofing, they drill holes in your car and treated with an oil compound that stops the rust and moisture . If it’s it won’t rust from the salt. You can TH-cam rustproofing to understand how it works , and I live in Michigan and yes, it works
Today is the first time I hear the rattle you are talking about. If it goes away after a couple of seconds then runs fine I don’t see a need to repair it. But, thanks for the heads up I’ll keep an eye on it. I’ll look into the rustproofing as well. I love this RAV4 and it’s paid off so it’s staying with me forever! Thanks for watching!
Hello Bruce. We are a family of four and we just bought a 2015 RAV5 limited as our first car with 97k miles on it for $10,500. Everything inside and outside is nice and the ride quality is excellent. Feels like a 3-year old car. We are glad we choosed a RAV4 just like you did.
wow congrats! the limited is the way to go for sure. i wish i had bought a limited but, i'm just happy i have what i have to be honest.
I have a 2015 with 240k miles. I recommend doing drain and fills on the transmission every 40 to 60k miles
@ seems excessive but I’m at 100k miles and definitely going to do this next oil change thanks
My 2015 got torque converter chatter at 190k did 2 drain and flushes on the transmission and added a torque converter fix addative and that lasted another 50k just did another drain and fill at 240k everything working great.
I’m going to follow y’all’s advice and service the transmission just for piece of mind. TBH my trans hasn’t ever acted up but I do want this car to live a very long time
"Looks like a Pikachu!" made me crack up.. And I agree!
Thank you for this. just got 2016 RAV4 and its nice to know what to expect :-)
Best car to buy used! Im finally having the power locks fixed right now lol thanks for watching!
BOOM! Awesome
thanks! first comment!
VV-I change both
Timing chain tensioner.
, pvc, valve
I change them at 105,000 miles.
It started the cold start rattle.
Change motor oil every 5,000 miles.
Oh,
Get it Rust proved not undercoat.
Rust prove it every year or every 2 years.
Is cost $100 to $200 bucks.
It will help stop the rust.
What do you recommend for rustproofing? And also what is this about a cold start rattle?
@ TH-cam Toyota, colt star rattle,
The cam phasers on the two top camshafts go bad overtime .
They’ll need to be replaced and timing chain tensioner will also, these are 100,000 mile replacement.
Rust proofing, they drill holes in your car and treated with an oil compound that stops the rust and moisture .
If it’s it won’t rust from the salt.
You can TH-cam rustproofing to understand how it works , and I live in Michigan and yes, it works
Today is the first time I hear the rattle you are talking about. If it goes away after a couple of seconds then runs fine I don’t see a need to repair it. But, thanks for the heads up I’ll keep an eye on it.
I’ll look into the rustproofing as well. I love this RAV4 and it’s paid off so it’s staying with me forever!
Thanks for watching!
I used pirelli tires
It's plastic
What is?
@bruceknows the entire car lol
@@ElvisHunky317 They use PVC for sanitary pipes - maybe plastic is not a bad thing!
@@bruceknows good for the environment too