OEM 2007 Toyota RAV4 Starter Motor

2007 Toyota RAV4 Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to remove and replace the starter motor on 2007 Toyota RAV4?

  A: You should start by detaching the cable connecting to the negative battery terminal before waiting for at least ninety seconds to avoid triggering the seat belt pretensioner and Air Bag system. Begin by discharging the positive battery terminal cable and following with the steps to loosen the nut then remove the bolt and detach 2 wire harness clamps and finally pull off the battery clamp from the front of the battery bracket. The removal of battery insulator together with battery and front battery bracket requires disconnected wire harness clamps and removal of four bolts and two wire harness clamps. The battery bracket reinforcement must be taken out through removing the 2 bolts. The starter assembly installation requires disconnecting the starter connector and opening the terminal cap to remove the nut before disconnecting the starter wire and then taking out the 2 bolts to remove it. Begin the installation by attaching the starter assembly through its 2 bolts which should be torqued to 37 N.m (377 kgf.cm, 27 ft.lbf), then reconnect the starter connector, fasten the terminal nut while placing a cap above it with a torque setting of 9.8 N.m (100 kgf.cm, 7 ft.lbf). After installing the battery bracket reinforcement with a torque of 19 N.m (194 kgf.cm, 14 ft.lbf), the worker must install the front battery bracket using 4 bolts that are torqued to 19 N.m (194 kgf.cm, 14 ft.lbf) while attaching the 2 wire harness clamps. Start by mounting the battery and battery insulator followed by installing the battery clamp through front attachment of its hook then temporary nut torquing before adding the bolt for adjustment before tightening both to 5.0 N.m (51 kgf.cm, 44 in.lbf) while securing wire harness clamps. The cable installation ends with connecting it first to the positive battery terminal followed by the negative terminal.