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Hi, when I purchased my 2024 RAV4 Prime my tire pressure is 53 psi. The door jamb I.D. says tire pressure should be 35 psi?

Steve
 
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We must've heard this same scenario a couple dozen times. Now we know the solution - get free oil changes. But wait, don't free changes come with every new car?
 
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They've gotta pay the girl in the office to check off all the boxes.
Takes time, but at least she doesn't get her hands dirty.
 
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I lurked on this forum for a couple years before joining and buying my '21 gas XLE so I knew about the dealer incompetence in checking and lowering the obscenely high shipping tire pressures. I had a tire gauge in my pocket when I went to pick up my RAV brand new at the dealer and lowered those pressures to the proper PSI on the door jamb decal before even test driving the new car.
 
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Colonel said:
I wonder what a predelivery tech makes? I bet my 16 YO could be WAY more attentive to stuff like that. :D
Maybe....
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Big Daddy said:
So why am I paying a prep charge on a new vehicle purchase???
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FYI: There is a pre-delivery service (PDS) procedure that all Toyota dealers are required to perform (see T-SB-0056-20 for the 2021 RAV4 PDS procedure). It requires checking the tire pressure and initializing the TPMS, which also includes changing the tire pressure compensation settings in cold weather, if needed.

Now for the fun part. This procedure also requires the dealer to "maintain the completed Check Sheet in the customer's file" ( the bold/underline is in the document, not my editing). Then goes on to say: "If you cannot produce a completed form for each retail sale upon TMS and/or Distributor audit, the PDS payment amount will be subject to debit."

So a suggestion: go to your dealer and ask for a copy of the PDS check list in your file. If they argue with you, simply show them the procedure T-SB and point out they are required by Toyota to keep the check list. I did that, and the dealer took several days to produce a copy of my check list. (Perhaps they went in the back room and the secretary filled in the boxes to earn her keep as Dr. Dyno suggested).
 
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Its....air? While most likely the whole PDC probably wasn't done I cant remember any life threatening issues that could become of it.

And to pay for PDC? You would if they wrapped it up in price or made it a line item. I just expect dealers not to do their job and get out of there as soon as possible therefore I am never surprised.
 
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my '24 R4P also came with the tires way over-inflated - so much for the new car prep... i complained and got nothing but 'we'll have the Serice Manager call you back' - and never did... no free oil changes for me but that's ok because if they can't even get the tire pressure correct - I'm certainly not going to trust them changing my oil... Roseville Toyota
 
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Sadly this makes you wonder what more important services they're messing up! years ago I used to work for Mercedes Benz, you wouldn't believe what they used to tell us what to do, and how to do it, pertaining to scheduled maintenance. I worked there only a short time. I had a problem living with myself.
 
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Chat GPT says "Nitrogen-filled tires have been promoted for their potential benefits, such as maintaining tire pressure more consistently and reducing oxidation and degradation of the tire components. Nitrogen molecules are larger and less permeable than oxygen molecules, so tires filled with nitrogen are less likely to lose pressure over time compared to those filled with regular air. This can lead to better fuel efficiency, longer tire life, and improved safety due to more stable tire pressure. "
 
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Are you sure that was not the check list.of things they were supposed to show you when you picked up the car? Because I have that in my car too, the salesman did not go through any of it (other than how to link up the phone and show me a button that turns off something (whatever makes the engine sound like it is off at lights.) He showed me nothing g else nor taught me how to use anything else, and checking tire pressure was not on that checklist.
 
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Kitty5840 said:
Are you sure that was not the check list.of things they were supposed to show you when you picked up the car? Because I have that in my car too, the salesman did not go through any of it (other than how to link up the phone and show me a button that turns off something (whatever makes the engine sound like it is off at lights.)
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Toyota requires all dealers to do a Pre-Delivery Service (PDS) on every new car, which includes a checklist. There is one for every year and model that Toyota makes. For example, here is the PDS requirements for my '21 RAV4: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179696-9999.pdf

And, yes, the PDS instructions requires dealers to set the tire pressure to the correct level. But just because Toyota requires it, does not mean that all dealers do.

As far as I know, there is no requirement on the dealers to show a buyer how to use all the possible features. That is up to each dealer.
 
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Tazio Nuvolari said:
Literally hundreds of 5th gen posts going back all the way to 2019 that dealers commonly failed to reset delivery tire pressures and peoples' new RAVs had 40 or more PSI. I checked mine when I took delivery in 2021 and it had 45 PS!. When I pointed it out to the Toyota salesman he just shrugged.
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Makes sense, shipper/transport folks dont really want to be held up because a tire went flat, or vehicle sat too long in a staging lot.
 
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