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Replying to: scape2 (Mar 07, 2005 8:06 pm) I've got a 2001 Escape V6. Still runs great at 66K miles. However, if I'm in the market again in a couple of years then I may would consider one w/the 3.3 V6 or a pumped-up four-banger at 180+HP. It sounds to me, if the above info. is correct then the 3.3 could easily output 200 HP+. This would probably be a higher-end option on the new RAV4, which could easily put the RAV4 in 30K territory w/AWD. If they offered the 4-banger at the entry /lower end then it would obviously be at lesser cost. My wife curently has an '03 RAV4, low-low mileage as she drives 3/4 mile to/from work everyday. Hardly enough to get the engine heated-up. When she first got the car we went on a short vacation. We got 29mpg on a particularly good stretch, but generally on the highway it's about 25mpg. In town it's about 22mpg. The main complaint I had was the visit(s) back to the dealer three (3) times to the get the well-documented dash-noise(s) taken care of. To their credit I finally believe that they got right the 3rd time. I had a minor door-ratle in my Escape which I took car of, but otherwise my Escape is pretty solid. The RAV4 seems more solid, now that the dash-noise has been taken of. |
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My RAV has 111,000 miles...yes a lot. I drive 60+ miles per day. In Oct 2004 the car was having trouble accelerating...it would get up to 15 MPH and almost stall. Once it got up to 50 MPH+ it was ok. I took it in to the shop and they said it was low on oil and they could find nothing else wrong with it. They changed a couple of belts and that was it. Now in March 2005 it is doing it again. My regular mechanic was closed on Sunday so I took it into Precision Tune. The did a diagnostic too and could find nothing wrong except some carbon build up and they said it could possibly be a faulty catalytic converter. Today it sits at my regular mechanic's shop and they will be looking for this mysterious problem. Any suggestions? I have owned it for 3 years and I have had no problems with it until last Fall when I began commuting these long distances. Please help!
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Replying to: andybeard (Mar 21, 2005 8:10 am) de-carboned using a shop's BG/Wynn's/Justice Bros. machine and chemicals. The service really does help if the intake is carboned-up bad. Not sure what a cat-converter runs for the RAV4, but your mechanic will inevitably be cheaper than Toyota.
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The re-designed '06 will be out in Nov., but the V6 won't be out until late Jan.
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Replying to: toycash (Mar 23, 2005 8:38 am) http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/31-11435-239487-3791/rav4200514.jp- g http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/31-11435-239487-3792/rav4200513.jp- g
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Replying to: vcarreras (Mar 24, 2005 10:40 am)
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