Air Conditioning and Heater Controls for Toyota RAV4
If youve ever enjoyed a cool interior on a hot day or a warm interior on a cold day in your Rav4, you understand the importance of your vehicles climate control system. With an effective climate control system, you can actually control the temperature. If your HVAC controls in your Rav4 are not working correctly, getting them replaced is key to your continued enjoyment of all your future journeys.
What are the features of HVAC controls on a Rav4?To keep you comfortable at all times, your Rav4s heater and air conditioning controls are designed to provide maximum comfort in a short time. Packed with features to make them inherently user-friendly, you will always find your SUVs interior cabin to your liking.
- Simple: While some vehicles come equipped with HVAC controls that have a lot of unnecessary and complex features, your SUV offers exactly what you need to keep you comfortable, and nothing you dont. This ensures your temperature adjustments are quick, so you can quickly re-focus on the road.
- Precise: Your Rav4s controls allow you to select your desired temperature down to the exact degree. Once you select your ideal temperature, the climate control system handles everything else.
- Powerful: For those extremely hot or cold days when you just want to blast the comfortable air, your controls allow you the power to do just that. You can quickly get your vehicle nice and toasty or completely cool, then figure out what temperature suits you on that occasion.
- Modular: Your vehicles HVAC controls are separated into different components that are easy-to-remove, so you can easily replace just the part that is causing the issue.
Despite being simple to use, your Toyota Rav4s air conditioning and heater controls are fairly complex "behind the scenes." That said, a majority of the replacement controls you find will be Original Equipment Manufacturer, or O.E.M. models. You can find plenty of second-hand O.E.M. models taken from donor vehicles, as well as brand-new models that have never been used. Before you make a final selection, take careful note of your Toyota Rav4s model year and trim level. Both of these variables can affect what type of controls you need to purchase for your vehicle.
How do you replace the HVAC controls on a Rav4?Replacing the entire HVAC control panel on your Toyota Rav4 is a fairly straightforward process. You can also follow this process to replace the bulbs which illuminate the buttons and knobs on your control panel.
- First, remove the interior trim pieces surrounding the controls using a trim removal tool to pop the clips out.
- Second, remove the screws holding the control panel in place.
- Third, pop out the control panel and disconnect the electrical harnesses.
- Fourth, connect the new control panel to the electrical harnesses, and slide it into place.
- Finally, check for proper operation, then re-install the screws holding the panel in place. After that, re-install all trim pieces by snapping them into place.