2002 rav4 options questions

Mar 12, 2005 Last reply: 21 years ago 3 Replies
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Does anyone know if a 2002 Rav4 4x4 with the L package comes standard with ABS? I can't seem to find this info. We just took one home tonight, in the snow, and I intentionally tried to engage the ABS in a snowy lot and all I accomplished was to start to slide sideways as the wheels locked up. The manual mentiones ABS, the dealerships told us it had ABS, but there is no ABS indicator light telling us something is wrong and it certainly doesnt engage any ABS.



Also is there a way to tell if it has keyless entry? Dealerships says they don't know, they don't have a keyless fob for it but it might have it.



We just had a newborn and this was to replace my wife's Celica GT and frankly, I'm ready to try and get out of this contract and swap vehicles back. It's not much roomier and the Celica had more options.



If your RAV has ABS, there should be an amber light on the dash when the key is in the 'on' position, and you should certainly not lock up wheels with ABS either. Take you VIN to the service dept. at your dealer and ask them to check the options that the vehicle came with. It will list them all, including ABS and keyless entry if factory equiped.

Thanks, I'll do that. I guess I'm just surprised that on a 4x4 that ABS wouldn't be standard. The keyless thing isn't a big deal, an aftermarket alarm will take care of that, but I don't like the idea of the wife not having ABS in new england weather. I doubt that's something that could be easily retrofitted.

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