1997 Toyota RAV4 Service and Repair Manual
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1997 Toyota RAV4 Service and Repair Manual
The 1997 Toyota RAV4 is built around a 2.0L DOHC four-cylinder, the 3S-FE, carried in the two- and four-door utility bodies listed below, and this manual works to the factory figures Toyota published for that year rather than to the values that belong to an adjacent model year of the same vehicle.
Engines
- 2.0L 1998CC l4 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated
Trims
- 2D Utility
- 2D Utility, Automatic
- 2D Utility, Standard
- 4D Utility, Automatic
- 4D Utility, Standard
Known issues on the 1997 RAV4. One recall reaches this model year, and it falls under exterior lighting: SaberSport recalled 16,270 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers, sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles, and decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash. Owners have filed 61 complaints against the 1997 RAV4, and Toyota has issued 35 technical service bulletins for it.
That lamp recall covers aftermarket assemblies rather than parts Toyota fitted on the line, so lighting work on a 1997 RAV4 is still measured against the original Toyota specification, and that specification is the standard every procedure here holds you to.