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
Steve
RAV4 Tire pressure 53 psi
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It is intentional. Increases fuel mileage and generally tire life too. My dealer doesn’t go that high, but usually about 40psi.I wonder what a predelivery tech makes? I bet my 16 YO could be WAY more attentive to stuff like that.
Maybe....
If it was in the 50's it was neglect. Plain and simple. Not that its life ending in any manner. Just show lack of effort and basic attention by the dealer.
Nitrogen tires is the biggest ripoff that dealership & tire dealers love to pull. Who's to say that you paid for nitrogen in your tires, that they actually did fill with nitrogen & not just plain old air.
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I’ve got stuck on that with every new car. They have to ready the vehicle for delivery.
But the air is 78% nitrogen. So we’re giving you the majority of the air as nitrogen and the other parts are just a free gift from us.
That is included for free in the MSRP; says so right on the window sticker. For the dealer to charge you for it is a rip off. I've never had to pay that with my dealer, but he does find other ways to get more money such as "Document Fee".
How did your dealer get all the old air out of the tire before he filled it with nitrogen? The only way I know of to do that is to put a vacuum pump on the valve stem.
I have to do that for the collapsible spare tire in my Porsche so it will fold down to the size for the spare tire well:
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. "
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.
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.
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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"Plain old air" is mostly nitrogen.
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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.
I do the same. Bring tire gauge and inspect brake, coolant and engine oil levels also
Same plus take video and pics before signing for anything.
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