Rav4 gallops

Asked by jackpalmer Nov 15, 2007 at 11:49 AM about the 2004 Toyota RAV4

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

While sitting for warm-up stage, my daughters' 2004 Rav4 "gallops". How come?

Jack Palmer

2 Answers

is check engine on sounds like throtle position sensor or map sensor,may want toalso check temp control sensor maby have a scan done autozone will do this for free,

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It could be due to the kickdown from high to low idle. I have had similar things happen with other vehicles. Have the codes read and see if any stored codes are there that have not tripped the Check Engine light on.

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