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8 years ago
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Is Subwoofer suitable with Toyota RAV4? Is it possible to upgrade?

Hi, I'm not sure if I post in the right thread, but I still want to ask something.
I have just purchased a used Toyota RAV4 2006 for sale [LINK REMOVED BY CYBEREALITY] from a Japanese platform since September as my birthday gift for myself. Well, I'm not a rich man .
It runs smoothly and in good condition, however, I'm not really satisfied with its audio working, it does not work very well as I expected. I am thinking about getting the factory Subwoofer for my car, is there anyone used the factory set up? Is it worth the money? I don't like a woofer that will blow my eardrums out.

Has anyone else acknowledged this problem? Many thanks in advance for your suggestions.
  • I think that the general response to this thread has been
    very poor. Please except my apologies on the behalf of everyone else. To correct
    matters, please find my advice on the problem….


    I recommend that you contact Toyota directly and open a
    case. Please don’t try to phone them as no number exists. Also expect to create
    a totally new userid and password to log your case because for some reason your
    standard Toyota id (which you use all the time) doesn’t work.


     Once you log your
    problem be prepared to play a marathon came of “ping pong email” against
    someone who’s speaks English as a second or possibly a third language. Don’t
    forget to occasionally point out your consumer rights along the way (you will
    need too).




     Eventually (if you
    haven’t lost the will to live) you will be randomly asked to submit of video of
    the sound problem occurring. Be aware that all efforts to point out that such a
    video is pointless will without doubt fall on deaf ears. Then despite your expectations
    of continued time wasting… when you eventually submit a video of piss poor phone
    cam video (which doesn’t explain the problem any better than your previous
    explanations) they will unexpectedly get your repair authorised (unless of
    course you live in outside one of the ten countries that Donald Trump can name
    from memory).




     You will then be
    asked to bundle all the cars paperwork, manuals, keys & locking wheel nut
    adapter back into the original packing that you purchased the car in, to send
    it back to Toyota (hope you kept it all in the loft!). Don’t even bother asking
    about the extremes of returning the whole thing for just a small fault… parts
    and spares are not an option. Also, don’t concern yourself about the amount of
    time you will be without a car while it is returned to Japan… they certainly
    won’t be.




     However, do be
    concerned about how pissed the UPS guy will be when he sees the size of the box
    he is collecting. At this point, try not to punch the guy because you have
    waited in all day and he turned up at the very last moment.




     After a mere wait of
    2 weeks, prepare to be surprised when you get sent a totally different RAV4
    (they have a policy of just swapping out… in the most inconvenient way feasible).
    Spend the next few weeks suspicious that the replacement has a worse windscreen
    than the original (but no-one will believe you)




    Hope that helps?







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