Hello again friend,
You sparked my curiosity the other day by bringing up this subject, so I decided to look for a speedometer from a 2016 Limited in eBay, I came across one that wasn't too bad in price and decided to take my chances and purchase it.
Here are my findings installing this, keep in mind that my vehicle is a late 2013 XLE Plus, was
not equipped with factory TPMS, was in metric format (Celsius and Km/h).
- Like I mentioned in my previous reply, the shape and fitment are identical, the connectors are the same and will interconnect without an issue.
- Looking at them from the back they are slightly different but the clips and the ears where the screws go are in the same location.
Here are pictures of my original speedometer and the upgrade:
Notice that my vehicle has around 79K kilometers, idling at 1K RPM, full tank of gas, measuring outside temp @ 15°C, seatbelt light is on, park brake light is on, door ajar light is on and the ECO mode is selected.
Note the back of the clusters, the original is the bottom and the one I purchased is the top one
Newer cluster installed, installation was seamless no issues with harness fitment or cluster fitment.
To give it a try, I opened the driver's side door and the LCD screen displayed the appropriate door opening, then I opened the passenger door and does recognize it as well, I took a picture when both front doors were open (also registers when rear doors open as well as the rear hatch). Notice that the odometer does not match my actual kilometers when you do the conversion. The cluster retained the previous mileage and in your case, it will have to be programmed.
Here is a video when I started the vehicle with newer cluster:
New Cluster installed video
Notice that all the dummy lights turn on to perform a check test and once the car is on, two unwelcomed lights are now on
Notice in this picture that now my vehicle has around 31K miles which does not match from previous, idling is right at 1K RPM as before, full tank of gas, measuring outside temp @ 59°F which does convert from the 15°C from the original cluster, seatbelt light is on, park brake light is on, doors are all closed and the ECO mode is selected. Two additional lights are now on 😞, the TPMS (which was to be expected as my vehicle is not equipped from factory) and the power steering malfunction, I know my car does not have a malfunction so I can assume there's is a pin change in newer models.
Headlights on with fog lights. Coolant Temp is climbing as it should.
Bright lights are now on.
I tried changing the display screen by pressing the DISP button on the steering wheel and only goes to trip and fuel economy. It does not display any other information on the LCD display. I was hopping to a least show the music info but I guess my car was not designed to do that in the first place.
I took it out for a drive and found another minor inconvenience, I get a hyper flash when I use the turn signals, I did installed LED lights on the front a year ago but I also added a proper Load Resistor to prevent that, I can assure that it was not hyper flashing prior to me changing out the cluster. Who would have thought that changing the cluster would cause this hyper flashing, not sure if this is due to the fact that the Limited and SE versions are equipped with rear LED in the 2016 models, the cluster needs a feedback from the diodes to make sure the rear lights are working properly, but I believe the turn signals are still halogens even in the Limited and SE Versions so not sure what to think, maybe uses different circuitry to check for burned out bulbs. A bonus is that when the Cruise control engages, it prompts the set speed for a brief second and goes away.
In conclusion, I'm not sure if its worth the money to do this upgrade in your case since there's no gains in the functionality other than having a cool looking color LCD with more graphics, not sure if the 2015 is wired differently from a 2013 to prevent the electric power steering malfunction light or if it will display more information with this modification. This goes back to my first reply stating that some features might not be available with early RAV-4. If you do decide to purchase this in your country, the dealer might insist on you to provide a VIN, if that's the case then they might not even sell it to you because they will see that it's not for your particular year model so keep that in mind. I'm not sure if I will spend any more time trying to fix the small issues I have encountered (getting the electronic power steering fault sorted out, disable the TPMS on this cluster) not even sure if I will keep this cluster since I would like to retain the metric units, at least now you have some answers.
Cheers
I believe the wiring should be all the same on 2013 vs 2015. You should be able to program the new dashboard cia Techstream and get your issues fixed. How much did you ended up paying for it?
