Skip to main content
Participant
December 29, 2017
Solved

Is Subwoofer suitable with Toyota RAV4? Is it possible to upgrade?

  • December 29, 2017
  • 25 replies
  • 5288 views
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.
    Best answer by flibberflops

    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?







    25 replies

    Honored Contributor
    January 9, 2018
    @kojack, @cybereality
    I've listed the sites where this poster has spammed the Japanese car import website. I suggest this thread be deleted as he now adds the occasional post to bump it back.
    Thanks
    13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)
    Honored Contributor
    January 9, 2018
    @DidierAubin87, thanks for the suggestion, I suggest you edit the original post and remove the link to the website in order to comply with the forum rules.
    13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)
    Inspiring
    January 9, 2018
    I don't know about the rav4 but most standard/manufacturer audio equipment is overpriced/rubbish.

    It can generally be better cheap to get an after market sub woofer and potentially a new head unit to run it if the current one doesn't have any pre-outs.
    Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 + 16GB RAM 1866mhz + i5-3570K at 4.5Ghz + Coolermaster Nepton 140XL cooler Sapphire 8GB RX 580 Nitro+ 256Gb SDD Samsung Evo 850 +3x2TB in raid 0 with 64GB SSD cache Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition + Toughpower 875w
    Participant
    January 11, 2018

    falken76 said:



    . Well, I'm not a rich man .



    Nor a smart one.  Perhaps you'd get a better response had you posted this in a relevant board and category.

    Oh I could not find any relevant board and category  :( BeastyBaiter said:


    I recommend selling the Rav 4, getting a motorcycle and putting a Sena or Cardo headset into your helmet. Take the extra money from the swap and put it into a better gaming PC. :p


    Haha thank you for your recommendation. However, I think it is not a good idea to me, I can not sell this Toyota RAV4 2006 , one more thing I'm not a good driver with a motorcycle  :p I have not ever tried to drive it once.


    RAV4 has VR in it



    What do you mean?
    Inspiring
    January 11, 2018
    This is too far off topic and potentially spam. I've deleted the link URL. This is a VR forum. If you want to talk about cars, please go to a car forum. Thanks.
    AMD Ryzen 7 1800X | MSI X370 Titanium | G.Skill 16GB DDR4 3200 | EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 | Corsair Hydro H110i Gigabyte RX Vega 64 x2 | Samsung 960 Evo M.2 500GB | Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB | Phanteks ENTHOO EVOLV