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#1429 of 2123 In response to #1427 by bandera May 23, 2004 (8:52 am)
Did drive it on freeway and on roads around town but I live in country and on a regular highway is where I am encountering the problem. I have checked the tires and they are propertly inflated. anyone know of any other solutions
#1430 of 2123 Re: No noise [rbleland #1398] by bandera May 23, 2004 (9:01 am)
Replying to: rbleland (May 06, 2004 11:06 am) Re: no road noise I am encountering a lot of road noise. Please would you let me know what kind of driving you do. On the freeway and smooth roads it is okay but on blacktop highway the road noise is really loud. any suggestions?
#1431 of 2123 Road noise et al by rbleland May 24, 2004 (8:08 am)
bandera - have had my RAV4 sice mid-Jan and find it one of the quieter vehicles I have ever had considering it's size/wheelbase it is very quiet. Previous Subaru was far noisier. I have driven on city/hiway/paved/gravel and forestry roads. Don't know why yours is noisy??   sm re: side bars - have you tried your Toyota dealer?? No problem when I go mine.
#1432 of 2123 Rav4, Forester, CRV by kmurp May 24, 2004 (12:08 pm)
I know that the decision between these three can be a problem and so it is with me. I drove all three and liked all three. The price I was quoted on the Honda was the cheapest of the three in a model with side airbags and a moonroof. I need a car which will get me to work any time of the day or night through potentially unplowed roads in upstate NY winters even when the plow has plowed in the end of my driveway. I do not always have the luxury of time to snowblow out the end of my driveway before I need to go. I also am driving 25 miles of interstate to work one day a week in a job which requires me to be on time everytime, winter included. Can all of these cars do this or just the Subaru (which is the most expensive in the trim that I want)?
#1433 of 2123 All three.... by rbleland May 24, 2004 (2:39 pm)
...can probably do the winter job; but bear in mind that the Subie and the RAV are true AWD whereas the CRV is "real-time" AWD which means its FWD until there is slippage, then the AWD kicks in. For my money, I'd go the RAV or Forester.
#1434 of 2123 2004 step bars by totalnet May 25, 2004 (9:00 am)
The 2004 step bars are the same as the 2001-2003 ones. One of the online retailers sells them new for $360 and they said they were for the 2001 to 2004 models.
#1435 of 2123 Re: Log Lights [blackandblue #1423] by ravnbike May 25, 2004 (11:10 am)
Replying to: blackandblue (May 22, 2004 3:03 am) Installing the factory fog lamps is a plug-n-play install. The wiring is already in place. You will need:   1 LH Fog Lamp 1 RH Fog Lamp 1 LH Bracket 1 RH Bracket 1 Fog lamp relay (plugs into the back of the fuse panel) 1 Turn signal / Headlamp Switch- the column covers must be taken off to change the turn signal stalk to one with the fog lamp switch. 2 Bulbs   The cost for this venture is not cheap- $350 - $450 Replies to this message: golf4hack (Jun 02, 2005 9:54 am) ecuakid24 (Jul 08, 2005 8:19 am)
#1436 of 2123 Shifting in the 2004 - Automatic transmission by wsommariva May 27, 2004 (9:02 am)
We have a 2002 and a 2004 RAV4. Seems the 2004 does not shift very smoothly from first to second gear when I'm light on the gas. Also a bit quirky sometimes when I accelerate hard. Anyone have the same experiences? Our 2002 shifts very smoothly in all gears.   Thanks
#1438 of 2123 left rear tire/wheel roar on RAV4 AWD by newboy Jun 01, 2004 (8:15 pm)
I have a 2002 RAV4 AWD that has performed well except for a recurring, maddening problem: the left rear tire wears excessively and eventually causes a terrific roar at highway speed (actually, the sound starts at about 35 mph.) I took the vehicle in (7k miles) to the dealer where I bought it and explained the problem. The customer service rep. had it checked and the diagnosis was: no problem. I asked the service technician to drive with me as passenger. He claimed not to hear the noise. I asked the "tire guy" to do the same. He heard nothing, either. At the last moment, he ran his hand atop the tire and discovered it had worn 1/8" or more on the inner surface, markedly lower than the tread on the rest of the surface. He replaced the tire and aligned the vehicle, saying that would take care of the problem. It didn't. The vehicle now has 20k miles on it and the wear and noise are worse than ever. My father, a parts and service manager at a Chrysler dealership in his youth, said from the beginning he thought the problem was a bad bearing in the wheel. The CS guy said that was checked and the wheel was okay. I dread going back but if I can't get this problem fixed, I will trade the vehicle. The sound is that loud. (And it is definitely correlated to the rpm of the tire/wheel.) Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does anyone have an idea about the cause and about a remedy? Thanks much. Replies to this message: flyboy03 (Feb 26, 2005 7:43 am)

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